The Trilogy Tour was the fifth concert tour and first all-arena tour by American singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez, launched in support of her first three studio albums, Cry Baby, K-12 and Portals. Comprising fifty-three shows, the tour started on May 10, 2024, at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, and concluded on November 16, 2024, at the Corona Capital festival in Mexico City, Mexico. Men I Trust, Beach Bunny, Sofia Isella, Elita, and Lola Young served as opening acts.
Background On November 9, 2023, Martinez announced twenty-one dates across North America, near the conclusion of her The Portals Tour. Presale began on November 14, 2023 with the general sale going on sale on three days later. On November 17, 2023, Martinez announced the addition of seven new shows to the tour, including a second show at Madison Square Garden in her home of New York City, due to "overwhelming demand" according to the official mailing list. On March 21, 2024, Martinez announced nineteen European, with a presale on March 25, 2024, and a general sale on March 28.
Critical reception The tour was met with critical acclaim for the production, visuals, costumes and the general development of the entire tour.
Ali Choudhary of The Courier commended the singer saying that she "truly delivered a theatrical and delicious spectacle—not only with her expressional and gorgeous outfits designed by Pipenco Lorena and transforming hairstyles by William Scott Blair—but by presenting a surreal performance packed with effortless vocals which were nothing short of what you’d expect from an utterly phenomenal artist."
Corey Ware of Breathe Pop magazine described the tour as "The nearly three-hour show, was as close to a Broadway production as it was to a pop tour."
Kat Sophia, from the Santa Barbara Independent at Melanie's show in Inglewood said: "Alt-Pop Star Chronicles Each Album of Her Discography in Nostalgia-Filled, Whimsical, Daring Show at Kia Forum"
Ed Mazley, from the AZCentral said: "The Trilogy Tour is an elaborate theatrical extravaganza as conceptually audacious as we'll likely see a major pop star manage in a massive sports arena until Melanie Martinez somehow figures out a way to top herself."
Jordi Bardají, from the Jenesai: pop "The show is an abundance of rarely seen costumes, makeup and sets. And what's rare is that not many pop artists commit so deeply to a childlike aesthetic, and then a teenager, to end up becoming a monster with four eyes and malformed ears, also telling the story of a life, of a girl who becomes an adult in the worst way"
Commercial performance The Trilogy Tour was a commercial success, marking Martinez's transition from theater shows to large venues. After the initial tour announcement, tickets in more than twenty cities were completely sold out and reaching maximum capacity in these spaces within a few weeks. Due to high demand, six more dates were added to the tour with an additional performance at Madison Square Garden. Martinez's performances at the arena received an attendance of 28,903, becoming one of the only alternative female artists to have sold out Madison Square Garden more than once in a row. The North American leg grossed more than $38 million across twenty-seven shows, in addition to selling more than 300,000 tickets within the approximately two-month period.
During the European leg of the tour, Martinez performed the biggest show of her career with a sold-out attendance of over 22,000 at the Co-op Live in Manchester. On October 3, 2024, the singer was honored in the United Kingdom for having sold more than 50,000 tickets in four completely sold-out shows.
Set list The following setlist is obtained from the concert at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on May 10, 2024. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.
Act I: Cry Baby
"Cry Baby" "Dollhouse" "Sippy Cup" "Carousel" "Alphabet Boy" (not performed in festival dates) "Soap" "Happy Birthday to You" "Pity Party" "Play Date" "Mad Hatter"
Act II: K–12
"Wheels on the Bus" "Class Fight" (not performed in festival dates) "The Principal" (Video Interlude) "Show & Tell" "Nurse's Office" "Strawberry Shortcake" (not performed in festival dates) "Lunchbox Friends" (not performed in festival dates) "Teacher's Pet" "High School Sweethearts"
Act III: Portals
"Death" "Void" "Tunnel Vision" "Faerie Soirée" "Light Shower" (not performed in festival dates) "Spider Web" "Battle of the Larynx" (not performed in festival dates) "The Contortionist" (not performed in festival dates) "Nymphology" "Evil" "Womb" Encore
"Angels Song"
Tour dates +List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, attendance and revenue Date (2024) City Country Venue Opening act(s)AttendanceRevenueMay 10SeattleUnited States Climate Pledge ArenaMen I Trust Beach Bunny 15,091 / 15,091 $1,628,106May 12OaklandOakland Arena 14,746 / 14,746 $1,474,779May 14Thousand PalmsAcrisure Arena 9,236 / 9,236 $1,111,170May 15 InglewoodKia Forum 14,779 / 14,779 $1,633,856May 17ParadiseMGM Grand Garden Arena 12,465 / 12,465 $1,086,207May 18Salt Lake City Delta Center 11,735 / 11,735 $1,146,528May 20DenverBall Arena 13,706 / 13,706 $1,277,240May 22DallasAmerican Airlines Center 13,170 / 13,170 $1,501,761May 23HoustonToyota Center 12,715 / 12,715 $1,270,422May 24AustinMoody Center 12,196 / 12,196 $1,260,812May 28 Duluth Gas South Arena Beach Bunny Sofia Isella 11,075 / 11,075 $1,152,787May 29OrlandoKia Center 13,480 / 13,480 $1,340,815May 31RaleighPNC Arena 14,389 / 14,389 $1,449,768June 1BaltimoreCFG Bank Arena 12,341 / 12,341 $1,147,966June 3 PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center 14,763 / 14,763 $1,605,466June 5New York CityMadison Square Garden28,903 / 28,903$3,519,532June 6June 7BostonTD Garden 13,897 / 13,897 $1,334,171June 9TorontoCanadaScotiabank Arena 15,070 / 15,070 $1,370,990June 11Minneapolis United StatesTarget Center 13,554 / 13,554 $1,244,958June 13ColumbusNationwide Arena 14,830 / 14,830 $1,538,285June 14DetroitLittle Caesars Arena 14,731 / 14,731 $1,500,696June 15ManchesterGreat Stage Park June 18TampaAmalie Arena Beach Bunny Sofia Isella 13,695 / 13,695 $1,346,131June 19SunriseAmerant Bank Arena 12,278 / 12,278 $1,228,604June 22Fort WorthDickies Arena 12,332 / 12,332 $1,196,535June 23San AntonioFrost Bank Center 13,940 / 13,940 $1,298,800June 25PhoenixFootprint Center 12,470 / 12,470 $1,392,921June 27AnaheimHonda Center 13,023 / 13,023 $1,373,744July 31 HersheyGiant CenterLola Young — —August 2Montreal CanadaParc Jean-Drapeau rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" August 4Chicago United States Grant ParkSeptember 18Dublin Ireland3Arena Elita — —September 20Birmingham EnglandUtilita Arena — —September 21ManchesterCo-op Live — —September 23Glasgow ScotlandOVO Hydro — —September 24Cardiff WalesUtilita Arena Cardiff — —September 26London England The O2 ArenaMen I Trust Elita — —September 29Brussels BelgiumForest National — —October 1Amsterdam NetherlandsZiggo Dome — —October 2Paris FranceAccor Arena — —October 4Décines-CharpieuLDLC Arena — —October 5Barcelona SpainPalau Sant Jordi — —October 7MadridWiZink Center — —October 10Cologne GermanyLanxess Arena — —October 11FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt — —October 12HamburgBarclays Arena 10,000 / 16,000 (62.5%) —October 15Łódź PolandAtlas Arena — —October 16Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena — —October 18Casalecchio di Reno ItalyUnipol Arena — —October 19AssagoUnipol Forum — —November 16Mexico CityMexicoAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Total 384,610 / 390,610 (98.46%) $38,433,050
Co-performers
Openers Elita Harkov Beach Bunny Lola Young Sofia Isella Men I Trust
Dancers
Nico Lonetree Angel Mammoliti Brandon Mathis Jas Lin Andrea Bess Shannon Kelly Macy Swaim Shauna Davis Mario Harris Daisy DeMack
Band
Harry Foster AI Cleveland III Chad Hasty Alia Mohamed Layne
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