The Unexpected Tour

The Unexpected Tour

Stadium tour by Monica Vinco
Location	Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	Unexpected
Start date	August 1, 2024 (2024-08-01)
End date	November 17, 2024 (2024-11-17)
Legs	3
No. of shows	47
Attendance	2.2 million
Box office	$214 M
Monica Vinco tour chronology

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The Unexpected Tour was the fourth concert tour by American singer-actress Monica Vinco, launched in support of her fifth studio album, Unexpected (2023). Spanning forty-seven shows, the all-stadium tour officially began in Copenhagen on August 1, 2024, and concluded in Dunedin, on November 17 of the same year, and marked the singer's first visits to Switzerland, Wales, Ireland, Mexico, and New Zealand.

The three-hour show was heavily inspired by gothic literature, the carnival of Venice, and the Romantic period, with Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death serving as a framing device and Vinco taking on a "Prospero-esque" figure, inviting the audience to a masquerade at a secluded island villa. The standard set list featured around thirty songs from her discography, including every track from Unexpected, spanning across seven color-coded acts.

Met with rave reviews by fans and critics alike, The Unexpected Tour earned praise for its lavish production, choreography, costumes, and Vinco’s vocal and stage performances. It landed at #5 on Pollstar’s 2024 Year-End Tours chart. By its conclusion, all dates had sold out, grossing $214 million. At the age of 23, Vinco became the youngest artist to headline various stadiums and The Unexpected Tour became the first all-stadium tour and the highest-grossing tour by an act born in the 21st century. Footage from the September 17 performance at Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium was released as an HBO special on December 25, 2024.

Background and promotion

During the summer of 2023, Vinco headlined European music festivals to promote her then-upcoming fifth studio album, Unexpected. Released on October 20, the album was met with both critical and commercial acclaim, securing high rankings on year-end lists. Vinco would go onto headline Jingle Bell Ball in London and five dates of iHeartMedia's Jingle Bell Tour by the end of 2023. In December 2023, during an interview with Gayle King, Vinco had expressed a desire to headline an all-stadium tour, giving a "grandiose spectacle" worthy of the album's aesthetic, but feared tour might conflict with production on a potential second season of One of the Boys.

Speculation for a tour intensified in early 2024 after reports emerged Vinco had started rehearsing for a summer tour at Culver Studios. On February 14, 2024, Vinco announced the first forty dates. Pre-sale launched the following day, with general ticket sales opening on February 19. On March 8, 2024, to celebrate the premiere of One of the Boys, Vinco announced Teyana Taylor, Tinashe, Coco Jones, Reneé Rapp, and Tyla as the tour's opening acts. On April 19, 2024, Vinco announced additional dates for Paris, London, New York City, Toronto, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and San Juan.

Meanwhile, filming for One of the Boys was rescheduled to January 2025, but later pushed to April following Vinco’s announcement as the headliner for the Super Bowl LIX halftime show on September 9, 2024. Prior to the tour, Vinco performed at Tecate Pa’l Norte on March 29, BottleRock Napa Valley on May 24, Pride in the Park on June 8, and WonderRoad Festival on June 17. On October 26, Vinco made an appearance at Kamala Harris' rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan, endorsing the presidential candidate and called on Gen Z and queer voters.

Production

Stage and set design

The outro of "Who I Am" sees the pride colors on the LED screen shifting into the colors of the flags of Ukraine, Palestine, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Taiwan, and Sudan, as "Free" is interspliced between each transition.

Concert synopsis

Blue: Ballroom / Masquerade

Purple: Vampiric Discotheque

Green: Garden / Sexuality

Orange: Circus / Debauchery

White: Ice Palace

Violet: Y2k Punk / Rage

Scarlet/Black: Bloodbath

Commercial performance

Venue records

Dates (2024)	Venue	Country	Description
August 23–24	Emirates Stadium	England	First female act to headline one and two dates on a single tour.
August 28	Ibrox Stadium	Scotland	First female act to headline a concert at the stadium.
September 15	Progressive Field	United States
September 17	Lucas Oil Stadium		Highest single-day attendance.
September 26	Busch Stadium		First female act to headline a concert at the stadium.
September 28	Coors Field
October 6	T-Mobile Park		First female soloist to headline a concert at the stadium.
October 12	Stanford Stadium		First ever concert held at the stadium.
October 14–15	Dodger Stadium		First female act to headline two consecutive dates on a single tour.
November 2–3	Hiram Bithorn Stadium	Puerto Rico	First solo Anglophone act to headline two consecutive dates on a single tour.
			Highest two-day attendance.

Set list

The following set list is obtained from the August 1 concert in Copenhagen. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.

1. “Training Season”
2. “End of an Era”
3. “Break My Heart”
4. “Blow Your Mind”
5. “Whatcha Doing” / “Scared to be Lonely” / “Pretty Please”
6. “Levitating”
7. “Illusion”
8. “Physical”
9. “Hallucinate”
10. “Fever”
11. “Last Dance”
12. “Love Again”
13. “Happy for You”
14. “Anything for Love”
15. “Maria” (contains excerpts from “These Walls” and “New Love”)
16. “Cold Heart”
17. “Falling Forever”
18. “Be the One”
19. “One Kiss” / “Electricity”
20. “French Exit”
21. “IDGAF” (contains elements of "New Potential Boyfriend", "Bad Girls", and "If")
22. “New Rules” / “Don’t Start Now”
23. “Hotter than Hell”
24. “Dance the Night”
25. “Houdini”

Notes

• During the first show in London, Vinco dedicated "Charades" to those affected by the 2024 Labor Party riots and the victims of the Southport stabbing.
• During the show in Dublin, Vinco covered "Zombie" by The Cranberries.
• During the show in Indianapolis, "Hotter" was performed with Sabrina Carpenter.

Concert film

Main article: Unexpected: The Homecoming Performance

Tour dates

Date (2024)	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
August 1	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium	Teyana Taylor	39,613 / 39,613	$3,834,522
August 3	Solna	Sweden	Friends Arena		45,084 / 45,084	$4,499,060
August 6	Berlin	Germany	Olympiastadion		51,726 / 51,726	$5,132,703
August 9	Zurich	Switzerland	Letzigrund		42,360 / 42,360	$4,164,450
August 11	Milan	Italy	San Siro		50,452 / 50,452	$4,904,932
August 13	Barcelona	Spain	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys		46,864 / 46,864	$4,639,775
August 15	Nanterre	France	Paris La Défense Arena		83,371 / 83,371	$8,385,499
August 16
August 18	Brussels	Belgium	Stade Roi Baudouin		39,528 / 39,528	$3,927,708
August 20	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Johan Cruyff Arena		48,825 / 48,825	$4,897,207
August 23	London	England	Emirates Stadium	FKA Twigs	105,796 / 105,796	$10,494,370
August 24
August 26	Cardiff	Wales	Principality Stadium		51,198 / 51,198	$5,193,698
August 28	Glasgow	Scotland	Ibrox Stadium		43,628 / 43,628	$4,278,292
August 30	Dublin	Ireland	Aviva Stadium		46,135 / 46,135	$4,554,447
September 6	Bronx	United States	Yankee Stadium	Tinashe	91,916 / 91,916	$9,127,105
September 7
September 9	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium		47,836 / 47,836	$4,748,380
September 11	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field		41,396 / 41,396	$4,127,533
September 13	Washington, D.C.		Nationals Park		37,629 / 37,629	$3,743,830
September 15	Cleveland		Progressive Field		40,983 / 40,983	$4,057,317
September 17	Indianapolis		Lucas Oil Stadium		56,317 / 56,317	$5,543,715
September 19	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre		100,466 / 100,466	$10,021,114
September 20
September 22	Chicago	United States	Soldier Field		44,635 / 44,635	$4,443,155
September 24	Minneapolis		U.S. Bank Stadium	Coco Jones	49,378 / 49,378	$4,890,090
September 26	St. Louis		Busch Stadium		45,176 / 45,176	$4,472,424
September 28	Denver		Coors Field		47,752 / 47,752	$4,650,273
September 30	Phoenix		Chase Field		48,709 / 48,709	$4,790,787
October 2	Paradise		Allegiant Stadium		50,368 / 50,368	$5,279,071
October 6	Seattle		T-Mobile Park		38,975 / 38,975	$3,749,800
October 8	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place		48,066 / 48,066	$4,796,642
October 12	Santa Clara	United States	Levi's Stadium		45,133 / 45,133	$4,434,020
October 14	Los Angeles		Dodger Stadium	Reneé Rapp	103,176 / 103,176	$10,272,228
October 15
October 18	Mexico City	Mexico	Estadio GNP Seguros		101,653 / 101,653	$9,809,717
October 19
October 22	Houston	United States	NRG Stadium		43,253 / 43,253	$4,381,242
October 24	Arlington		Globe Life Field		41,602 / 41,602	$4,151,582
October 28	Atlanta		Mercedes-Benz Stadium		45,723 / 45,723	$4,437,345
October 30	Miami Gardens		Hard Rock Stadium		48,954 / 48,954	$4,761,555
November 2	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Hiram Bithorn Stadium		74,164 / 74,164	$6,759,661
November 3
November 10	Melbourne	Australia	Marvel Stadium	Tyla	53,775 / 53,775	$5,324,022
November 12	Sydney		Allianz Stadium		39,258 / 39,258	$3,926,815
November 14	Gold Coast		People First Stadium		44,763 / 44,763	$4,431,805
November 17	Dunedin	New Zealand	Forsyth Barr Stadium		36,150 / 36,150	$3,603,573
Total					2,155,125 / 2,155,125 (100%)	$213,641,464

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