Circus Maximus
Travis Scott is taking his Billboard 200 No. 1 album Utopia around North America this fall and winter for the Utopia – Circus Maximus Tour, Live Nation announced Tuesday (Aug. 29).
The 28-date jaunt begins at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center on Oct. 11 and travels throughout major U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and New York City before wrapping Dec. 29 at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. The Utopia – Circus Maximus Tour will also include Scott’s largest headlining show to date at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on Nov. 5.
Despite Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s statement earlier this month about Scott returning to his hometown as part of his upcoming tour, the Utopia – Circus Maximus Tour currently does not have any dates listed for Houston. Houston Police Department Union president Douglas Griffith said in his own statement that Oct. 19 and Nov. 20 “were the dates in which were proposed for the return.” If Scott were to return to Houston for a performance, it would mark his first since the Astroworld Festival tragedy in November 2021, when 10 people died and hundreds were injured during a deadly crowd crush. On the day of Utopia‘s release, on July 28, HPD released a nearly 1,300-page report detailing the investigation into the tragedy. The report arrives just a month after a Houston grand jury declined to file criminal charges against Scott and other Astroworld organizers over the deadly incident. Since the Nov. 5, 2021, event, thousands of alleged victims have filed more than 400 civil lawsuits against Scott, Live Nation and others involved with the festival.
Tickets will go on sale Thursday, Aug. 31, at 10 a.m. local time at travisscott.com. Live Nation reported that $2 from every ticket sold will go to the rapper’s Cactus Jack Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift Houston youth through toy drives, scholarship programs to HBCU college students, and fulfilling expenses for education and creative endeavors.
Scott’s latest album, Utopia, has spent the last four weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, making it his third No. 1 on the chart and first solo album since 2018’s Astroworld. It’s also the first rap album to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in five years, since Drake’s Scorpion.
The “Meltdown” MC performed the album for the first time in Italy on Aug. 7, alongside special guest Kanye West, in front of 60,000 people at Rome’s Circus Maximus. The concert occurred after his canceled live set at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, which was originally slated for July 28. CNN reported that 60 people were injured at Scott’s Italy concert.
See the dates below.
Oct. 11 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum CenterOct. 13 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC ArenaOct. 17 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines CenterOct. 20 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile CenterOct. 22 – Denver, CO – Ball ArenaOct. 25 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint CenterOct. 29 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden ArenaOct. 31 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland ArenaNov. 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi StadiumNov. 8 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge ArenaNov. 10 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers ArenaNov. 12 – Portland, OR @ Moda CenterNov. 15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta CenterNov. 18 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK CenterNov. 21 – Austin, TX @ Moody CenterNov. 25 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm ArenaNov. 27 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya CenterDec. 4 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone ArenaDec. 6 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank ArenaDec. 8 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints ArenaDec. 10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo CenterDec. 12 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars ArenaDec 15 – Chicago, IL @ United CenterDec. 18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays CenterDec. 21 – New York City, NY @ Madison Square GardenDec. 23 – Boston, MA @ TD GardenDec. 26 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential CenterDec. 29 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
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