Red Pill Blues Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Red Pill Blues Tour
Border:	yes
Artist:	Maroon 5
Album:	Red Pill Blues
Number Of Legs:	9
Number Of Shows:	65
Last Tour:	Maroon V Tour (2015–2018)
This Tour:	Red Pill Blues Tour (2018–2019)
Next Tour:	2020 Tour (2020)

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.

Background

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

2018

• Julia Michaels (North America)
• PJ Morton (North America)
• Robert DeLong (North America)^[8]
• Lee Brice (North America)^[9]

2019

• DJ Noah Passovoy (Australia / Asia / Europe)
• Cxloe (Australia)
• Sigrid (Europe)
• Brynn Cartelli (North America)^{[10] [11]}
• Chevel Shepherd (North America)^{[10] [11]}
• Phantom Planet (North America)^[12]

Setlist

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]

1. "What Lovers Do"
2. "Payphone"
3. "This Love"
4. "Stereo Hearts"
5. "Sunday Morning"
6. "Animals"
7. "One More Night"
8. "Cold"
9. "Wait"
10. "Don't Wanna Know"
11. "It Was Always You"
12. "Love Somebody"
13. "Makes Me Wonder"
14. "Rock with You"
15. "Moves Like Jagger"

Encore

16. "Lost Stars"
17. "She Will Be Loved"
18. "Forever Young" / "Girls Like You"
19. "Maps"
20. "Sugar"

Asia

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

16. "Forever Young" / "Girls Like You"
17. "Lost Stars"
18. "She Will Be Loved"
19. "Sugar"

Notes

• 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

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	Cedar Rapids		Newbo Evolve		7,587 / 18,880	$633,105
August 5	Canton		Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium		rowspan="3"
August 25	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	Philadelphia		Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	rowspan="3"
December 30	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center
December 31
2019
Australia^[21] ^[22]
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^[23] ^[24]
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
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	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^[25]
June 14	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Coca-Cola Arena
Latin America
August 31	Willemstad	Curaçao	World Trade Center Piscadera Bay
North America^[26]
October 25	Hollywood	United States	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino	Brynn Cartelli Chevel Shepherd	5,800 / 5,800	$1,100,000
Asia^[27]
December 19	Doha	Qatar	Doha Exhibition and Convention Center
North America^[28] ^[29]
December 30	Las Vegas	United States	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Phantom Planet	15,437 / 16,634	$2,419,966
December 31
Total					767,562 / 821,060 (93.44%)	$80,182,080

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
2018
July 13	New York City	United States	Rockefeller Plaza	Scheduling conflict	^[30]
2019
July 6	São Paulo	Brazil		Festival postponement	^[31]
July 7

References

Citations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tour – Maroon 5. maroon5.com. November 6, 2017.
2. Maroon 5 Announce New 2018 Tour Dates. Rolling Stone. Leight. Elias. October 26, 2017. March 23, 2018.
3. Web site: Maroon 5 Add 2019 Tour Dates. Zumic. Marano. Francesco. September 12, 2019. September 12, 2019.
4. Maroon 5 Hitting the Road with Julia Michaels for Red Pill Blues Tour. Billboard. Megan Armstrong. October 26, 2017. October 26, 2017.
5. Web site: Maroon 5 Announce 2019 'Red Pill Blues' Australian Tour. August 29, 2018.
6. Web site: Maroon 5 announce CXLOE as special guest on the Australian leg of their Red Pill Blues World Tour February 2019. Amnplify. September 23, 2018. November 15, 2018.
7. Web site: Sigrid. Sigrid announces to join Maroon 5's Red Pill Blues Tour. Twitter. September 4, 2018. September 14, 2018.
8. Web site: The Wallflowers and Robert DeLong join Newbo Evolve lineup. KCRG. August 2, 2018. August 2, 2018.
9. Web site: Country music star Lee Brice to open for Maroon 5 at HOF show. The Review. April 12, 2018. April 12, 2018.
10. Web site: Maroon 5 Live at Hard Rock Live. Doughty. Brian. Local 10. September 4, 2019.
11. Web site: Maroon 5 at Hard Rock Live. www.Facebook.com. July 17, 2019.
12. Web site: Maroon 5 at Mandalay Bay Events Center. Sunny 106.5. September 9, 2019. September 12, 2019.
13. Web site: Maroon 5 Setlist at Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. setlist.fm. 2018-05-31.
14. Web site: 【迷迷歌單】Maroon 5 Red Pill Blues Tour Live in Kaohsiung 魔力紅2019高雄演唱會 . March 2019 .
15. Millie Bobby Brown Performed 'Girls Like You' at Maroon 5 Concert: Watch. Billboard. September 24, 2018. September 24, 2018.
16. Drake, Niall Horan, G-Eazy & More Pay Tribute to Mac Miller in Concert: Watch. Billboard. Bowenbank. Starr. September 10, 2018. September 10, 2018.
17. Maroon 5 Dedicate 'She Will Be Loved' to Aretha Franklin in Detroit. Billboard. Graff. Gary. October 1, 2018. October 1, 2018.
18. Web site: Maroon 5 announces 2018 "Red Pill Blues" tour dates. CBS News. October 26, 2017 .
19. Current Boxscore | Billboard. Billboard. June 14, 2018. http://www.freezepage.com/1528979495ZKUOUXIUOW?url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. June 14, 2018.
20. Current Boxscore . Billboard . en . 2018-11-14.
21. Web site: Shows.
22. Web site: Ticketek Australia . Premier.ticketek.com.au . 2018-10-14.
23. Web site: Maroon 5、来日決定（2019年2月）. August 28, 2018.
24. Current Boxscore | Billboard. Billboard. April 17, 2019. http://www.freezepage.com/1555485010BLJUUTBWLB?url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. April 17, 2019.
25. Web site: Confirmed: Maroon 5 to perform at Coca-Cola Arena on June 14. What's On. April 8, 2019. June 14, 2019.
26. Web site: Maroon 5 to Headline Grand Opening of New Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The Boca Raton Tribune. May 29, 2019. June 15, 2019.
27. Web site: Maroon 5, Katy Perry, and many more artists to perform in Qatar this December. Qatar Living. November 19, 2019. December 13, 2019.
28. Web site: Maroon 5 at Mandalay Bay Events Center. Sunny 106.5. September 9, 2019. September 20, 2019.
29. Web site: Billboard Boxscore. https://web.archive.org/web/20200114050815/https://www.billboard.com/charts/current-boxscore. January 14, 2020. billboard.com. January 16, 2020.
30. Web site: Maroon 5. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be cancelling our performance in July on the Today Show.. Twitter. June 19, 2018. November 15, 2020.
31. Web site: VillaMix Festival, which featured Maroon 5 as the headliner, is postponed. Tracklist.com.br. Manuela Sant'Ana. June 7, 2019. March 23, 2022.