The Red Pill Blues Tour[1] was the eleventh headlining concert tour by American band Maroon 5, in support of their sixth studio album Red Pill Blues (2017). The tour began on May 30, 2018 in Tacoma, Washington[2] and concluded on December 31, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3] With over sixty dates, the tour traveled to the Americas, Australia, Asia, and Europe.

Red Pill Blues Tour
Tour by Maroon 5
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Latin America
  • Australia
  • Asia
  • Europe
Associated albumRed Pill Blues
Start dateMay 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)
End dateDecember 31, 2019 (2019-12-31)
Legs9
No. of shows65
Maroon 5 concert chronology

Background

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Maroon 5 announced the tour on October 26, 2017 and produced by Live Nation Entertainment, with American singer Julia Michaels, who served as the opening act in North America.[4] On August 28, 2018, the band announced new dates for Australia, Asia and Europe.[5] Artists, Cxloe (Australia)[6] and Sigrid (Europe),[7] were announced as the tour's opening acts.

Opening acts

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2018

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2019

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Setlist

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This setlist is based on the show in Tacoma, Washington on May 30, 2018. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.[13]

Asia

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This setlist is based on the concert in Taiwan on March 1, 2019. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the Asian leg.[14]

  1. "What Lovers Do"
  2. "Payphone"
  3. "This Love"
  4. "Misery"
  5. "Sunday Morning"
  6. "Animals"
  7. "One More Night"
  8. "Cold"
  9. "Maps"
  10. "Harder to Breathe"
  11. "Don't Wanna Know"
  12. "Wait"
  13. "Makes Me Wonder"
  14. "Rock with You"
  15. "Moves Like Jagger"
Encore
  1. "Forever Young" / "Girls Like You"
  2. "Lost Stars"
  3. "She Will Be Loved"
  4. "Sugar"

Notes

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  • During the show in Nashville, actress Millie Bobby Brown made an appearance to perform the rap verse of "Girls Like You".[15]
  • During the shows in Doha and Las Vegas, Maroon 5 performed "Memories".
  • During the show in Salt Lake City, Utah, Adam Levine performed "Lost Stars" dedicated to rapper Mac Miller, who died earlier that day.[16]
  • During the show in Detroit, Michigan, Levine performed "She Will Be Loved" dedicated to singer Aretha Franklin.[17]

Shows

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Revenue
2018
North America[18][19][20]
May 30 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome Julia Michaels 17,080 / 18,133 $1,412,098
June 1 Oakland Oracle Arena
June 2 Sacramento Golden 1 Center 12,997 / 13,713 $1,476,982
June 4 Inglewood The Forum 25,385 / 25,385 $2,444,343
June 5
June 7 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 13,418 / 13,739 $1,440,465
June 9 Dallas American Airlines Center 13,569 / 14,060 $1,570,742
June 10 Houston Toyota Center 10,799 / 11,849 $1,294,322
June 12 San Antonio AT&T Center 12,843 / 14,149 $1,206,050
June 14 New Orleans Smoothie King Center
June 16 Tampa Amalie Arena 14,868 / 14,940 $1,465,135
June 17 Sunrise BB&T Center 13,193 / 13,618 $1,335,148
July 14 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium PJ Morton 19,332 / 20,588 $946,947
July 15 Atlantic City Etess Arena at Hard Rock Live
August 4[a] Cedar Rapids Newbo Evolve Robert DeLong 7,587 / 18,880 $633,105
August 5[b] Canton Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium Lee Brice
August 25[c] Monterrey Mexico Fundidora Park
September 7 Salt Lake City United States Vivint Smart Home Arena Julia Michaels
September 9 Denver Pepsi Center 12,389 / 19,200 $1,413,172
September 11 Kansas City Sprint Center 10,702 / 10,702 $964,983
September 13 St. Louis Enterprise Center 11,242 / 12,876 $928,490
September 14 Chicago United Center 13,582 / 15,126 $1,496,196
September 16 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 10,251 / 12,583 $1,118,133
September 18 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 12,663 / 14,890 $1,236,759
September 20 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,781 / 12,501 $1,048,562
September 22 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 13,909 / 17,767 $1,219,048
September 23 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 12,975 / 13,616 $1,172,820
September 25 Columbus Nationwide Arena 12,850 / 13,661 $1,249,654
September 27 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena 16,006 / 16,006 $1,578,711
September 29 Pittsburgh United States PPG Paints Arena 13,386 / 13,537 $1,275,219
September 30 Detroit Little Caesars Arena 16,391 / 20,000 $1,604,504
October 2 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 14,503 / 15,381 $1,548,259
October 4 Charlotte Spectrum Center 14,944 / 15,692 $1,483,234
October 6 Newark Prudential Center 13,107 / 13,432 $1,857,223
October 7 Boston TD Garden 13,225 / 13,485 $1,600,769
October 10 Hartford XL Center 10,899 / 12,744 $929,142
October 12 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 14,459 / 15,888 $1,650,148
October 14 New York City Madison Square Garden 28,275 / 28,275 $3,980,239
October 15
November 10[d] Philadelphia Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
December 30[e] Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
December 31[e]
2019
Australia[24][25]
February 19 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre DJ Noah Passovoy
Cxloe
10,572 / 10,827 $952,243
February 21 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena Cxloe 16,602 / 16,602 $1,526,547
February 22 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 28,270 / 28,270 $2,609,402
February 23
Asia[24][26][27]
February 25 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome DJ Noah Passovoy
February 27 Seoul South Korea Gocheok Sky Dome 30,573 / 30,573 $3,533,735
March 1 Kaohsiung Taiwan National Stadium 47,669 / 48,033 $5,572,698
March 3 Macau Cotai Arena 12,647 / 12,667 $2,371,387
March 5 Pasay Philippines Mall of Asia Arena
March 7 Singapore National Stadium 43,301 / 47,157 $5,562,070
March 9 Bangkok Thailand Challenger Hall 18,301 / 18,301 $2,399,003
Europe[24]
June 1 Aalborg Denmark Mølleparken DJ Noah Passovoy
Sigrid
16,611 / 16,611 $1,507,428
June 3 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena 16,255 / 16,255 $1,171,871
June 5 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena Sigrid 16,507 / 16,507 $1,208,223
June 6 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena 18,023 / 18,023 $1,383,301
June 8[f] London England Wembley Stadium
June 10 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome Sigrid 16,206 / 16,206 $1,065,357
June 11 Paris France AccorHotels Arena 16,178 / 16,178 $1,218,247
Asia[28]
June 14 Dubai United Arab Emirates Coca-Cola Arena
Latin America
August 31[g] Willemstad Curaçao World Trade Center
Piscadera Bay
North America[29]
October 25 Hollywood United States Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Brynn Cartelli
Chevel Shepherd
5,800 / 5,800 $1,100,000
Asia[30]
December 19[h] Doha Qatar Doha Exhibition and Convention Center
North America[31][32]
December 30[i] Las Vegas United States Mandalay Bay Events Center Phantom Planet 15,437 / 16,634 $2,419,966
December 31[i]
Total 767,562 / 821,060 (93.44%) $80,182,080

Cancelled shows

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List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason Ref.
2018
July 13[j] New York City United States Rockefeller Plaza Scheduling conflict [34]
2019
July 6[k] São Paulo Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace Festival postponement [35]
July 7[k]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ The concert on August 4, 2018, in Cedar Rapids is part of the Newbo Evolve Festival.[21]
  2. ^ The concert on August 5, 2018, in Canton at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium is part of the 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame.[22]
  3. ^ The concert on August 25, 2018, in Monterrey at Fundidora Park is part of the Bud Light Hellow Festival.
  4. ^ The concert on November 10, 2018 in Philadelphia was part of a free event to benefit the Philly Fights Cancer.[23]
  5. ^ a b The concerts on December 30 and 31, 2018, in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Events Center is part of the New Year's Eve 2019 Festival.
  6. ^ The concert on June 8, 2019, in London at Wembley Stadium is part of the Summertime Ball.
  7. ^ The concert on August 31, 2019, in Willemstad at World Trade Center Piscadera Bay is part of the Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival.
  8. ^ The concert on December 19, 2019, in Doha at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center is part of the Qatar Live Festival.
  9. ^ a b The concerts on December 30 and 31, 2019, in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Events Center is part of the New Year's Eve 2020 Festival.
  10. ^ The concert on July 13, 2018, in New York City at Rockefeller Plaza was originally to be part of the Citi Summer Concert Series,[33] but was cancelled due to scheduling conflict.
  11. ^ a b The concerts on July 6 and 7, 2019, in São Paulo at Autódromo José Carlos Pace was originally to be part of the VillaMix Festival, but was cancelled due to the festival has been postponed.

Citations

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  16. ^ Bowenbank, Starr (September 10, 2018). "Drake, Niall Horan, G-Eazy & More Pay Tribute to Mac Miller in Concert: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  17. ^ Graff, Gary (October 1, 2018). "Maroon 5 Dedicate 'She Will Be Loved' to Aretha Franklin in Detroit". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
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  19. ^ "Current Boxscore | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
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  21. ^ "GO Cedar Rapids Announces "Newbo Evolve" featuring Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson and the Cedar Streamer Zi". Music Update Central. January 29, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  22. ^ "Maroon 5 to headline Pro Football Hall of Fame concert in August". Cleveland.com. February 22, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  23. ^ Hughe Dillon (November 10, 2018). "Seinfeld, Maroon 5 perform at 'Philly Fights Cancer's event". Philly Voice. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
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  27. ^ "Current Boxscore | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  28. ^ "Confirmed: Maroon 5 to perform at Coca-Cola Arena on June 14". What's On. April 8, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  29. ^ "Maroon 5 to Headline Grand Opening of New Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino". The Boca Raton Tribune. May 29, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  30. ^ "Maroon 5, Katy Perry, and many more artists to perform in Qatar this December". Qatar Living. November 19, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
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  32. ^ "Billboard Boxscore". billboard.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  33. ^ "TODAY & Citi Announce Lineup For 23rd Summer Concert Series". BroadwayWorld. May 4, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  34. ^ Maroon 5 (June 19, 2018). "Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be cancelling our performance in July on the Today Show". Twitter. Retrieved November 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  35. ^ Manuela Sant'Ana (June 7, 2019). "VillaMix Festival, which featured Maroon 5 as the headliner, is postponed". Tracklist.com.br. Retrieved March 23, 2022.