Olivia Rodrigo Launches Unraveled Tour in Hartford — SkimNews
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- Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her Unraveled Tour with two consecutive nights at Hartford, Connecticut's PeoplesBank Arena, accompanied by opener Wolf Alice
- Rodrigo ran through her third album "You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Love" from start to finish, sprinkling in older hits and deeper cuts alongside the new material
- Rodrigo opened the show with the album's lead single "Drop Dead," which she began singing while lying down amid a field of pink flowers
- Rodrigo included her Handmaid's Tale-inspired "Serena Joy," which she debuted at her inaugural Daisy Chain Fields music festival last month
- The North American leg continues over the next few months with stops in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Boston, Montreal, and Toronto
- Next year, Rodrigo will play three 10-night residencies at Los Angeles' Intuit Dome, New York's Barclays Center, and London's O2 Arena
Why it matters: Rodrigo's 22-song setlist treated the Unraveled Tour as a career-spanning showcase rather than a standard new-album promo cycle, blending "You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Love" with hits like "Good 4 U" and "Vampire." Booking three 10-night residencies at the Intuit Dome, Barclays Center, and O2 Arena — a combined 30 arena dates — signals promoter-level confidence in her draw at peak venue scale.
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