Hella Mega Tour
The Hella Mega Tour was a concert tour by American rock bands Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer that was announced on September 10, 2019, and originally included dates from March to August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oceanic leg was canceled, as was the sole Canadian date. The rest of the tour was rescheduled to 2021 and 2022.
Background
On September 10, 2019, all three bands simultaneously announced the tour and new music. On the same day, each band also released a new single: Green Day released "Father of All..." and announced its 13th album, Father of All Motherfuckers; Fall Out Boy released "Dear Future Self " and announced its second compilation album, Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two; and Weezer released "The End of the Game" and announced its fifteenth album, Van Weezer. Weezer would also go on to release their fourteenth studio album OK Human on January 29, 2021, preceded eight days earlier by the lead single "All My Favorite Songs".Overview
All three bands performed at 26 shows across the North American and European legs, excluding the three shows Fall Out Boy missed due to a positive COVID-19 case in their touring group. The venues consisted of outdoor and indoor stadiums as well as outdoor park venues. On February 28, 2020, Green Day announced all nine solo Asian tour dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 23, 2020, it was announced on the social media pages of the Hella Mega Tour that a number of the European dates would be postponed. On May 19, 2020, it was announced that all dates on the North American leg would be postponed to 2021. On July 15, 2020, it was announced that all dates on the Oceania leg would be cancelled and tickets refunded. On February 27, 2022, Green Day announced their solo concert in Moscow prior to the European Hella Mega Tour leg on May 29 would be canceled due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.Set list
This set list is from the concert on July 24, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour.Weezer
- "Hero"
- "Hash Pipe"
- "All the Good Ones"
- "Beverly Hills"
- "The End of the Game"
- "My Name Is Jonas"
- "Pork And Beans"
- "Feels Like Summer"
- "All My Favorite Songs"
- "Undone – The Sweater Song"
- "Surf Wax America"
- "El Scorcho"
- "Island in the Sun"
- "Africa"
- "California Snow"
- "Say It Ain't So"
- "Buddy Holly"
Fall Out Boy
- "The Phoenix"
- "Sugar, We're Goin Down"
- "Irresistible"
- "Uma Thurman"
- "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy"
- "Save Rock and Roll"
- "The Last of the Real Ones"
- "Dance, Dance"
- "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me""
- "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
- "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark "
- "I Don’t Care"
- "Thnks fr th Mmrs"
- "Centuries"
- "Saturday"
Green Day
- "American Idiot"
- "Holiday"
- "Know Your Enemy"
- "Pollyanna"
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
- "Longview"
- "Welcome to Paradise"
- "Hitchin’ a Ride"
- "Rock and Roll All Nite"
- "Brain Stew"
- "St. Jimmy"
- "When I Come Around"
- "21 Guns"
- "Minority"
- "Knowledge"
- "Basket Case"
- "She"
- "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
- "Still Breathing"
- "Jesus of Suburbia"
- "Good Riddance "
Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening Acts | Attendance | Revenue |
| July 24, 2021 | Arlington | United States | Globe Life Field | The Interrupters | — | — |
| July 27, 2021 | Cumberland | United States | Truist Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| July 29, 2021 | Houston | United States | Minute Maid Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| July 31, 2021 | Jacksonville | United States | TIAA Bank Field | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 1, 2021 | Miami Gardens | United States | Hard Rock Stadium | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 4, 2021 | New York City | United States | Citi Field | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 5, 2021 | Boston | United States | Fenway Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 8, 2021 | Washington, D.C. | United States | Nationals Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 10, 2021 | Detroit | United States | Comerica Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 13, 2021 | Hershey | United States | Hersheypark Stadium | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 15, 2021 | Chicago | United States | Wrigley Field | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 17, 2021 | Columbus | United States | Historic Crew Stadium | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 19, 2021 | Pittsburgh | United States | PNC Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 20, 2021 | Philadelphia | United States | Citizens Bank Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 23, 2021 | Minneapolis | United States | Target Field | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 25, 2021 | Commerce City | United States | Dick's Sporting Goods Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 27, 2021 | San Francisco | United States | Oracle Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| August 29, 2021 | San Diego | United States | Petco Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
| September 1, 2021 | Milwaukee | United States | American Family Insurance Amphitheater | KennyHoopla | — | — |
| September 3, 2021 | Los Angeles | United States | Dodger Stadium | The Interrupters | — | — |
| September 6, 2021 | Seattle | United States | T-Mobile Park | The Interrupters | — | — |
Cancelled shows
Personnel
Weezer
- Brian Bell – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
- Rivers Cuomo – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, drum solo on "Africa"
- Scott Shriner – bass, backing vocals, synthesizers
- Patrick Wilson – drums
- Dave Eltich – drums
Fall Out Boy
- Andy Hurley – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Patrick Stump – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
- Joe Trohman – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Pete Wentz – bass, backing vocals
Green Day
- Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, harmonica, lead and rhythm guitars
- Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
- Tré Cool – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Jason White – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
- Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, saxophone, accordion, backing vocals
- Kevin Tyler Preston – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Promotional performances
- September 10, 2019 – All three bands played at a tour announcement show at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, United States
- September 11, 2019 – Weezer at Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles, United States
- September 11, 2019 – Fall Out Boy at Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles, United States
- September 12, 2019 – Green Day at Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles, United States
- September 20, 2019 – Green Day at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, United States
- October 9, 2019 – Green Day at The Howard Stern Show at SiriusXM Hollywood in Los Angeles, United States
- October 25, 2019 – Green Day at Kevin and Bean at the HD Radio Sound Space at Live House Hollywood in Los Angeles, United States
- October 30, 2019 – Green Day at La Riviera in Madrid, Spain
- November 2, 2019 – Green Day at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards World Stage at the Plaza de España in Seville, Spain
- November 11, 2019 – Fall Out Boy at The Showbox in Seattle
- November 24, 2019 – Green Day at the American Music Awards of 2019 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, United States
- December 12, 2019 – Green Day at The Game Awards 2019 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, United States
- December 31, 2019 – Green Day at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in Hollywood, California, United States
- January 25, 2020 – Green Day played two performances for the 2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game, both outside and inside the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, United States
- February 6, 2020 – Green Day at The Ellen DeGeneres Show at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, United States
- February 7, 2020 – Green Day at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles in Burbank, California, United States
- February 10, 2020 – Green Day at Good Morning America at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Hollywood, California, United States
- February 10, 2020 – Green Day at The Late Late Show with James Corden at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, United States
- June 17, 2020 – Weezer at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- February 6, 2021 – Green Day at the 10th NFL Honors at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, United States
- May 7, 2021 – Weezer at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles
- May 10, 2021 – Weezer at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- June 23, 2021 – Weezer at Late Night with Seth Meyers
- July 16, 2021 – Weezer and Fall Out Boy at Good Morning America
- July 20, 2021 – Green Day at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States