New Post Malone / Jelly Roll Stadium Tour Sees Low Ticket Sales
It was supposed to be one of the biggest tours of the summer. But right now, the only thing that’s big is the cavernous stadiums that need to be filled, and the availability in tickets that at some venues are upwards of 75% unsold mere weeks before the tour is set to commence. Is this a sign of a souring on Post Malone’s country era, and Jelly Roll’s overexposure and controversies finally catching up to him? Or is something else at play?
Post Malone’s Big Ass Stadium Tour Part 2 is set to commence on May 13th at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, TX. Though Jelly Roll is officially opening for Post Malone, he has to be considered a significant part of the tour as well. Carter Faith is also scheduled to open many of the shows.
Numerous outlets and individuals have been reporting on the low ticket sales for this tour for the last few weeks. Though it sometimes can be hard to to get a handle on ticket availability due to the obtuse nature of ticket sales, going through the seating charts at numerous venues does show entire sections completely unfilled, and tickets priced in the $35.00 range—a bargain for most stadium tours.
Some of the dates are selling well, like Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana on July 21st, though even this date is not sold out. Some of the dates are offering discounts to college students, including June 5th at the University of Mississippi, and May 23rd at Louisiana State University. Many of the dates on the tour are in college towns, and as some have pointed out, that might be the problem since students are away during the summer.
Others have surmised that it’s the MAGA coding of the concert that is keeping some people away, dove tailing it with the Kid Rock Tour Festival tour that is also experiencing low tickets sales at some events. But despite collaborations with Morgan Wallen, Post Malone has mostly avoided such criticisms. Jelly Roll has been increasingly criticized, especially after his speech at the Grammy Awards, and continued accusations from Nicole Arbor. This might be taking some of the starch out of ticket sales. But Jelly Roll is not the primary draw.
It could also be economic concerns, but that hasn’t seemed to affect Zach Bryan’s stadium tour, which remains sold-out. And in 2024 when Post Malone first released his “country” album F-1 Trillion and went on tour, it sold out coast to coast.
But that might be the real reason this 2026 tour is not selling through. Since neither Post Malone nor Jelly Roll are touring behind a new album, there’s not a lot of incentive for audiences to see them a second time. Then you factor in the economy, the college town stops, and perhaps some underlying political acrimony, and it’s creating a perfect storm for paltry turnouts.
What could turn it around before or during the tour? Post Malone has been teasing a new 40-song double album called The Eternal Buzz that some are claiming will be more significantly country than F-1 Trillion. If the release of the album comes before the summer proper and is well-received with big singles, perhaps that can help resuscitate the ticket sales.
The low ticket sales for the Post Malone / Jelly Roll tour could simply be a confluence of bad circumstances, or it could be the sign of a more significant trend. Either way, it is something to watch to understand what tides might be rising, and which ones might be falling in popular country music.
April 30, 2026 @ 8:56 am
Jelly roll too busy ruining wrestlemania to promote the tour
April 30, 2026 @ 9:04 am
Post Post Malone
April 30, 2026 @ 9:09 am
Good.
April 30, 2026 @ 9:27 am
Might it have something to do with the multi-genre background that both these guys have?
Pop country fans don’t want to see a rap concert and rap fans don’t want to see a pop country concert.
April 30, 2026 @ 9:39 am
Yeah, I’m seeing a lot of people say on social media stuff like “it’s because the music sucks” and so forth. But in 2024 into 2025, they went on a stadium tour, and according to reports, every single date sold out and stadiums were packed. Maybe over the last year we’ve seen a dramatic souring in the popularity in this type of Post Malone/Jelly Roll “country,” and maybe that’s the lesson we should take from this. But I’m not sure it’s fair to say this tour wouldn’t work hypothetically. It did work, and in fairly recent memory. Maybe it worked too well and they tapped out the market, though they are going to slightly different markets on this run.
April 30, 2026 @ 9:42 am
You only got to touch a hot stove once to realize its a bad idea to do it again.
April 30, 2026 @ 9:36 am
I think it’s a case of some artists being having more social media fame over fame from their actual songs. Post Malone was very successful in the Pop realm but it was social media that proper up his Country album and his prior brief collabs with Country artists. If you take away the autotune Post Malone sucks. You could go to literally any dive bar in the country and there will be some construction worker with the same level of singing ability.
Everything about Jelly Roll has been propped up by social media fame. It’s always been his common denominator that people pontificated about his “redemption story.” Many of those posts online still defending his existence as being “inspirational” and whatever are coming from low-IQ box wine moms and divorced dads. I think his victim shtick just ran it’s course and that’s why he’s not as popular – it was never about his actual songs. (Save Me came out almost 10 years ago) I certainly hope that him being outted as a fake-Christian was part of his fall. Jelly Roll and Post Malone remind me of guys who got barbed wire and tribal tattoos in 2006 right after that trend died and now they just look stupid.
April 30, 2026 @ 10:38 am
Hey Strait, I have no idea about this stuff, but could you or another commenter answer this— Is autotune only used in the recording studio, or can a performer’s mic be put through autotune at a live show? As I said, I know nothing about it and only heard of it in recent years. What exactly does it do?
April 30, 2026 @ 9:37 am
More tattoos than paid attendees on these two it seems.
April 30, 2026 @ 9:46 am
Face tattoos are out.
April 30, 2026 @ 10:02 am
Hahahaha. Were they ever IN?
April 30, 2026 @ 9:46 am
Only Morgan Wallen can sell out stadiums every year with high prices, and he could play 100 stadiums if it weren’t for the serious infection he had two years ago. Unfortunately he has completely lost is raspy tone and at every concert he is seen with a doctor who gives him water and medicines.Post Malone’s live performance isn’t good; he always seems out of breath.
I noticed Luke Combs copied Wallen’s walkout for his concert, and he’s also doing a show at Neyland stadium…
April 30, 2026 @ 9:54 am
I do not rate either as country. That would not put me off if I thought either or both were good but I do not rate either of them. I am not sure what sort of audience they would appeal to. Neither of them would encourage me to buy a ticket.
April 30, 2026 @ 10:00 am
I think it likely has a lot to do with people being burned out on both Mr. Malone and Mr. Roll; they are both over exposed. Add that to the economic concerns you mentioned Trigger, and it makes sense.
I believe most people on both sides of the aisle are mentally stable enough to go see their favorite artists regardless of the artist’s politics, so I’m not convinced that’s it.
Even with low ticket prices, it still costs a good chunk of change to go to an event these days. I went to an NHL playoff game with my older brother the other night, in total the cost for the day was around $800. We drove two hours to the game and didn’t stay in a hotel. This will eventually kill most forms of entertainment. My brother had the tickets, or I would not have gone.
Save your money, my friends, and go and support local artists at local venues.
April 30, 2026 @ 10:18 am
Also it’s important to note that there is a tour within the tour, with Jelly Roll doing the ‘Little Ass Shed Tour’ inbetween this Post Malone tour. While as you mentioned Jelly Roll is the opener on thsi Post Malone tour, it’s not a typical opening support situation, Jelly Roll is massive. It’s almost like 1A and 1B.
April 30, 2026 @ 10:30 am
Sturgill Simpson/Johnny Blue Skies tour is also not selling, but probably because the album was released only on physical media and is still not on streaming yet. Only the die-hard fans have likely heard it.
I think you may be onto something about these second-leg tours. Saw Nine Inch Nails in a major market in 2025 and it was a sold-out show, then caught a leg 2 concert this year in a city about three hours away that was not.
April 30, 2026 @ 10:40 am
“Many of the dates on the tour are in college towns, ”
I’ve read that part of the reason is that many NFL stadiums are booked with World Cup matches this summer.
“It could also be economic concerns, but that hasn’t seemed to affect Zach Bryan’s stadium tour, which remains sold-out.”
Absolutely not true, at least in Starkville, MS where I am about to take a bath on the four tickets I bought but need to sell now that I can’t go.