2021–22 concert tour by Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer
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 well as 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.
[1] 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 (Hands Up) " 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 (fourteenth at the time) album,
Van Weezer .
[2] 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 ".
[3]
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.
[4] On February 28, 2020, Green Day announced all nine solo Asian tour dates were postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic .
[5] 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.
[6] On May 19, 2020, it was announced that all dates on the North American leg would be postponed to 2021.
[7] On July 15, 2020, it was announced that all dates on the Oceania leg would be cancelled and tickets refunded.
[8] 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 .
[9]
Set list
Hella Mega Tour, Vienna, June 19, 2022
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.
[10]
Weezer
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
Notes
During the shows in New York City, Boston and Washington, D.C., Weezer performed a cover of "Sugar, We're Goin Down" after Fall Out Boy wasn't able to perform.
[11]
For the European leg of the tour, Weezer changed their setlist around some to reflect their newly released EPs;
SZNZ: Spring and
SZNZ: Summer , as well as their recent cover of "
Enter Sandman ".
Green Day also changed their setlist slightly during the European Leg, removing "Pollyanna", "She", and "Still Breathing" which were replaced with "
Waiting ", "King For a Day", and their cover of "
Shout " by
The Isley Brothers .
Tour dates
Cancelled shows
Personnel
Weezer
Additional musician
Dave Eltich – drums (filled in for Wilson in European leg)
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
Additional musicians
Promotional performances
Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer arranged performances to promote the tour as follows:
September 10, 2019 – All three bands played at a tour announcement show at the
Whisky a Go Go in
West Hollywood, California , United States
[16]
September 11, 2019 – Weezer at
Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the
El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles, United States
[17]
September 11, 2019 – Fall Out Boy at Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles, United States
[18]
September 12, 2019 – Green Day at Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles, United States
[19]
September 20, 2019 – Green Day at the
iHeartRadio Music Festival at
T-Mobile Arena in
Paradise, Nevada , United States
[20]
October 9, 2019 – Green Day at
The Howard Stern Show at SiriusXM Hollywood in Los Angeles, United States
[21]
October 25, 2019 – Green Day at
Kevin and Bean at the
HD Radio Sound Space at Live House Hollywood in Los Angeles, United States
[22]
October 30, 2019 – Green Day at La Riviera in
Madrid ,
Spain
[23]
November 2, 2019 – Green Day at the
2019 MTV Europe Music Awards World Stage at the
Plaza de España in
Seville , Spain
[24]
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
[25]
December 12, 2019 – Green Day at
The Game Awards 2019 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, United States
[26]
December 31, 2019 – Green Day at
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in Hollywood, California, United States
[27]
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
[28]
[29]
February 6, 2020 – Green Day at
The Ellen DeGeneres Show at
Warner Bros. Studios in
Burbank, California , United States
[30]
February 7, 2020 – Green Day at the
iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles in Burbank, California, United States
[31]
February 10, 2020 – Green Day at
Good Morning America at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Hollywood, California, United States
[32]
February 10, 2020 – Green Day at
The Late Late Show with James Corden at
CBS Television City in Los Angeles, United States
[33]
June 17, 2020 – Weezer at
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
February 6, 2021 – Green Day at the
10th Annual NFL Honors at
SoFi Stadium in
Inglewood, California , United States
[34]
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
[35]
Notes
^
a
b
c Fall Out Boy was scheduled to perform, but cancelled their appearance due to a positive COVID test in their party
^ Part of
Summerfest 2022.
^ Originally scheduled for August 24, 2020.
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