Music Shows Radar — Week of Oct. 2, 2026: Greta Van Fleet's 59-city tour, Carly Rae Jepsen's first MSG headline, and DOLLY's Broadway cast
Greta Van Fleet book a 59-city 2027 run, Carly Rae Jepsen lands her first Madison Square Garden headline, Roger Waters' Pink Floyd production and Daughtry open Oct. 2 sales, and ticket-ready picks land in New York, Los Angeles and Boston.
The week's signal
2027's arena calendar filled in this week. Greta Van Fleet announced a 59-city North American and European headline run, "Into the Beginning," opening Feb. 3 in Savannah and closing Jul. 31 at Grand Rapids' Acrisure Amphitheater, with stops at Boston's TD Garden on Mar. 5, Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Mar. 8 and Anaheim's Honda Center on Mar. 19, Pollstar reports. Carly Rae Jepsen booked the first headlining arena shows of her career — Madison Square Garden on May 15 and the Kia Forum on Apr. 22 — on a 26-city "Day And Night" run, Pollstar reports. Fontaines D.C. will play 19 North American dates behind Dopamine Chamber, opening Apr. 23 at Boston's MGM Music Hall at Fenway and closing Oct. 15 at the Kia Forum, Pollstar reports.
The ticket clocks run in two clusters. Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. local is general-sale day for Daughtry, Kate Nash and Roger Waters' Pink Floyd production. Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. local is the bigger one: Fontaines D.C., Greta Van Fleet, The Red Clay Strays, LCD Soundsystem and John Mayer all release tickets that morning.
Box office and charts
The Weeknd holds No. 1 on LIVE75, averaging 61,729 tickets across 13 shows and $8.94 million per show in Pollstar's Oct. 2 issue. Karol G is No. 2 at 45,698 tickets and a $9.61 million average; Noah Kahan is No. 3 at 44,204. Rüfüs Du Sol lands at No. 5 and Jack Johnson at No. 10.
On the Global Concert Pulse, which averages reported gross over three months, BTS is No. 1 at $13.9 million per show on a 73,973-ticket average and a $187.88 average ticket price across 12 shows. Karol G is No. 2, System Of A Down No. 3 and The Weeknd No. 4; Bon Jovi enters at No. 9 with a $249.16 average price, the highest in the top 10.
Two tours entered LIVE75 this week. debut on box-office sales from the first 10 concerts of their seventh annual "Grey Day Tour," Pollstar's Top Tours report says, and Kacey Musgraves makes her first LIVE75 appearance with "Middle of Nowhere," a 30-show run through 24 North American arenas, Pollstar reports.
New tours and on-sales
🎸 Greta Van Fleet
Route: Feb. 3 Savannah, Enmarket Arena → Mar. 5 Boston, TD Garden → Mar. 8 Brooklyn, Barclays Center → Mar. 19 Anaheim, Honda Center → Jul. 31 Grand Rapids, Acrisure Amphitheater. The 59-city "Into the Beginning" tour is promoted by Live Nation and supports PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE, out Oct. 9, Pollstar reports. The announcement carries two different sale schedules — a fan presale Oct. 13 at 9 a.m. local with general sales Oct. 15, and a fan presale Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. local with general sales Oct. 9 — so check GretaVanFleet.com. Status: pending confirmation — routing settled, sale clock conflicting within the announcement.
🎤 Carly Rae Jepsen
Route: Apr. 15 Edmonton, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium → Apr. 22 Los Angeles, Kia Forum → Apr. 25 Morrison, Colo., Red Rocks Amphitheatre → May 15 New York, Madison Square Garden → May 19 Boston, MGM Music Hall at Fenway → May 29 Montreal, MTELUS. "Day And Night" follows her eighth album of the same name and is promoted by Live Nation, Pollstar reports. Artist presale registration closes Oct. 4 at 11 p.m. ET; presale opens Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. local; general sales open Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. local at carlyraemusic.com. Status: successful — routing and both sale clocks confirmed.
🎸 Fontaines D.C.
Route: Apr. 23 Boston, MGM Music Hall at Fenway → Apr. 28 Chicago, The Salt Shed → May 12 San Francisco, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium → Sept. 28 Queens, Forest Hills Stadium → Oct. 15 Inglewood, Kia Forum. The 19-date, two-leg run supports Dopamine Chamber, Pollstar reports. Presale sign-up closes Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. ET; presale tickets go on sale Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. local; general sales Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. local. Status: successful — routing and sale clock confirmed.
🪩 LCD Soundsystem
Route: Nov. 19–22 Queens, Knockdown Center → Nov. 30–Dec. 3 Brooklyn, Brooklyn Steel → Dec. 10–13 Queens, Knockdown Center. The 12-show 2026 NYC residency opens with the 100th show of the band's annual runs, and proceeds from Nov. 30 go to a charity still to be named, Pollstar reports. Amex cardholders get Oct. 6–8; fan presale Oct. 7–8; general sales Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. ET at AXS. Status: successful — run, venues and sale clock confirmed.
🎹 Roger Waters Presents LEGACY — A Pink Floyd Show
Route: Feb. 15 Columbus, Ga., RiverCenter → Feb. 25 Atlanta, Fox Theatre → Mar. 6 Chicago, The Chicago Theatre → Apr. 11 Medford, Mass., Chevalier Theatre → Apr. 16 Newark, N.J., NJPAC → Apr. 30 Richmond, Va., Altria Theater → Sept. 11 Los Angeles, Greek Theatre. A 10-piece band led by Harry Waters plays the 1971–79 Pink Floyd catalogue on a run planned for more than 100 cities, Pollstar reports. North American tickets went on sale Oct. 2; European dates are still to come. Status: successful — routing sample and on-sale date confirmed.
🎤 John Mayer
Route: Apr. 8, 10, 11, 15, 17 and 18 at Sphere, Las Vegas. Each night runs in three forms — solo, full band and John Mayer Trio — Pollstar reports. Artist presale registration is open now; presale Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. PT, SiriusXM presale Oct. 8, and general sales Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. PT at Ticketmaster. Tickets start at $129, with $1 per ticket to the Back To You Fund. Status: successful — dates and sale clocks confirmed.
🌿 The Red Clay Strays
Route: Jan. 22 Raleigh, Lenovo Center → Jan. 28 Rosemont, Ill., Allstate Arena → Mar. 14 Winnipeg, Canada Life Centre → Aug. 17 Los Angeles, The Greek Theatre → Sept. 19 Austin, Moody Center. The 2027 leg of the "Grateful Tour" adds a three-night hometown stand at Mobile's Regions Arena, Mar. 25–27, Pollstar reports. Fan club presale Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. local; general sales Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. at redclaystrays.com/tour. Status: successful — routing and sale clock confirmed.
🌿 Brandi Carlile
Route: Nov. 5 Portland, Ore., Revolution Hall → Nov. 14–15 Milwaukee, The Pabst Theater → Nov. 17–18 Minneapolis, State Theatre → Dec. 15–17 Port Chester, N.Y., The Capitol Theatre. "Burn The Setlist (The All Request Tour)" builds every setlist from on-the-spot audience requests, and the shows are phone-free, Pollstar reports. Bramily presales ran Sept. 29; general sales opened Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. local. Status: successful — routing and on-sale confirmed.
🎸 Kate Nash
Route: Nov. 3 Somerville, Mass., Arts at the Armory → Nov. 6 New York, Joe's Pub → Nov. 14 Los Angeles, Sid the Cat Auditorium → Nov. 16 San Diego, Music Box. The North American headline tour supports Cailín, out Jan. 22, 2027, Pollstar reports. General sales Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. local. Status: successful — routing and on-sale confirmed.
🎸 Daughtry
Route: Jan. 23 Pine Bluff, Ark., Saracen Casino Resort → Mar. 7 Atlanta, Tabernacle. The second leg of "20 Years Unplugged" follows a fall leg that opens Oct. 12 in Troy, N.Y. and closes Nov. 14 in Dallas, Pollstar reports. General sales Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. local, with a limited $20 ticket allotment at each show. Status: successful — routing and on-sale confirmed.
🤠 Dylan Gossett
Route: Mar. 25 Charleston, S.C., Charleston Music Hall → Apr. 10 Detroit, The Fillmore → May 21 Tulsa, Cain's Ballroom, with a Stagecoach festival date Apr. 23. The spring 2027 US leg of "The Ramblin' Tour" supports Ramblin', Pollstar reports. Artist presale Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. local; general sales Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. local at dylangossett.com/tour. Status: successful — routing and sale clocks confirmed.
👑 Rapsody
Route: Oct. 16 Brooklyn, Crown Hill Theatre → Oct. 18 Chicago, Park West → Oct. 20 Atlanta, Vinyl → Oct. 23 Los Angeles, Blue Note. The four-city unplugged run for God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops is billed as four dates only, Pollstar reports. On sale now at iamrapsody.com/tour. Status: successful — routing and on-sale confirmed.
👑 Lil' Kim
Route: Nov. 18 and 19 at Kings Theatre, Brooklyn. A second "Hard Core Symphony" night with Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra celebrates the 1996 album Hard Core, Pollstar reports. The added show went on sale at noon ET. Status: successful — added date and venue confirmed.
🎤 Omer Adam
Route: Oct. 29 Inglewood, Intuit Dome → Nov. 1 Brooklyn, Barclays Center. The two arena nights are his US return after a sold-out Madison Square Garden show, Pollstar reports. On sale now at Live Nation. Status: successful — dates and venues confirmed.
Broadway update
No Broadway closing notice appeared this week. Three productions moved on casting or dates.
- DOLLY: A True Original Musical — Katie Rose Clarke and Carrie St. Louis share the title role, with John Behlmann as Carl Dean and Tony winner Gabriel Ebert as Porter Wagoner, in a cast handpicked by the late Dolly Parton. Performances begin Dec. 7 at the St. James Theatre, opening Jan. 19, 2027 — what would have been Parton's 81st birthday — from $70.40 on the ticket calendar, Broadway.com reports. Status: successful — casting, dates and venue confirmed.
- It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play — Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty and Tituss Burgess lead, with Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna; previews begin Nov. 4 at the Broadhurst Theatre, opening Nov. 18, through Jan. 3, 2027, from $64.29 on the ticket calendar, Broadway.com reports. Status: successful — casting, dates and venue confirmed.
- Buena Vista Social Club — Cobra Kai star Xolo Maridueña makes his Broadway debut as Juan De Marcos from Nov. 17 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, through Jan. 3, 2027, Broadway.com reports; tickets from $63.20 on the ticket calendar. Status: successful — casting and dates confirmed.
- School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play — first extension, adding two weeks through Nov. 15 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway.com reports; tickets from $91.41 on the ticket calendar. Status: successful — extension and ticket path confirmed.
City spotlights
New York
Alex Skolnick Trio — Oct. 25 at Iridium; doors 8:30 p.m.; on sale now on the event page. Status: successful — date, venue, doors and ticket availability confirmed.
Los Angeles
Giraffe, with Nicole McCabe and Henry Solomon — Oct. 14 at Lodge Room; doors 7 p.m.; on sale now on the event page. Status: successful — date, venue, doors and ticket availability confirmed.
Boston
Daikaiju — Oct. 16 at O'Brien's Pub, Allston; doors 7 p.m.; on sale now on the event page. Status: successful — date, venue, doors and ticket availability confirmed.
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