User:Eli.Colony/sandbox

Drama Tour

Arena/Stadium tour by Eli Colony
Location	North America Europe Asia Oceania
Associated albums	Young Love At the End
Start date	January 9, 2026 (2026-01-09)
End date	May 28, 2027 (2027-05-28)
Legs	5
No. of shows	86
Guests	Taylor Swift Madison Beer Kendrick Lamar
Supporting acts	Kaya Maddox Batson Madison Beer Micah Walker Elevation Worship UVF Worship Gracie Abrams Sabrina Carpenter Olivia Rodrigo

The Drama Tour is the planned first concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Eli Colony in support of his first and second studio albums, Young Love (2025) and At the End (2025). It is set to begin on January 9, 2026, in Hershey Pennsylvania, and will conclude on May 28, 2027, in Tokyo, Japan, comprising 86 shows across North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. Eli chose a collection of artists he looks up to as opening acts for each show.

Background

On March 1, the day after the release of Young Love, Eli posted an Instagram story saying, "If I brought this album to a few concerts, where would y'all wanna see me?" Thousands of fans put their cities in the response box for Eli to visit them around the world.

On October 10, 2025, a week after releasing the deluxe version of At the End, Eli announced via a livestream on Instagram that he would be releasing a new single called Drama. He explained that this was the original title track for Young Love, but he decided to split the original concept into two albums with different names. Two days later on October 12, Eli posted a timer on Instagram ending the next day, titled "5PM EST 🗺️🚃✈️🎤🎸🏟️". When the timer ended, he posted a new story, linking a Twitch livestream. On this livestream he announced that he would be going on tour starting in January. The first set of dates were announced on Saturday and Sunday October 18-19 via a guessing game on his "Eli Colony Drama Tour" Instagram page. Per the list of dates released Monday the 20th, there were 28 shows (19 on leg 1, 8 on leg 2) across the US.

Pre-Sale started on Tuesday, October 21st. On that day, any fans who purchased a physical copy of Young Love were given a code to buy seats in special reserved sections of each venue. Tickets for all shows were available on Ticketmaster, with measures taken to avoid bot sales. Eli proclaimed on his Twitch stream, "These tickets are non-transferrable and can only be resold through Ticketmaster for no more than face value." At 9am EST, two more shows were added in Miami Gardens and State College, as well as a second show in Inglewood at SoFi Stadium. Starting at 10am local time, along with the exclusive pre-sale, fans were able to buy VIP Packages for the tour from Eli's website, including perks such as tour merch, VIP lanyards, early entry into the venue, access to the floor space, and passes to in-person Soundcheck, Q&A, and Meet and Greet with Eli and the opening acts. On Wednesday, three dates were announced in Canada, followed by a second pre-sale limited to Capital One cardholders. On Thursday, general pre-sale began. Codes were sent via email to all who signed up on Monday. Thirteen more shows were added an 9am EST in Madison, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Lexington, New Orleans, Birmingham, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Tampa, Atlanta, Foxborough, and Pittsburgh.

Tickets went on general sale Friday at 10am local time. On Friday afternoon, Eli made a thank you post on Instagram. The images were a side-by-side comparison of the dates from Monday versus the full list of fifty North American dates using the saying "How it started vs. how it's going." The caption read: "Surprise! Final shows in New York and LA added. Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who bought tickets this week. The crew and I are so excited to see each and every one of you on this tour, singing and dancing around with us and however many of you we might have. We've sold a little over half the tickets available so far, so if you're able, come see us a second or third time- there's plenty of space left for everyone! One last thing: there will be opening acts for this tour, I just wanted to make sure all my fans got tickets and that people aren't just coming to see the openers. I'll post the list later! Thank you all so much again <3"

Staging and production

Rodrigo singing "Making the Bed" while lying on a moving block during her concert at the O2 Arena in London on May 15, 2024.

The stage design consists of two stages at opposite ends of the venue. The main stage has a semicircular shape with lifts and risers, while the second stage is a rectangle. There are four pit sections, two in front of the main stage and two in front of the second stage. Connecting the stages is a line of gates on the floor separating the two sections of standing room. The main stage has a full-sized screen with curated visuals and shots from cameras on the floor. The second stage has no screen, just a set of trusses to hold up lighting and sound equipment without blocking the view from the seats behind the stage.

Concert synopsis

The show lasts approximately one hour and a half, and begins with the word Guts being displayed on the stage's screen as birthday candles that progressively melt until the start of the concert.

A black and white introductory video depicts Rodrigo running desperately across a somber hotel aisle, in which she eventually arrives to a room and knocks on the door with rings that appear on Guts’ album cover. She and her band then appear on stage to open the show with "Bad Idea Right?", preceding to "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl". Rodrigo then delivers a welcome note to the audience before singing "Vampire", which is followed by "Traitor". Rodrigo proceeds with piano renditions of "Drivers License" and "Teenage Dream" before transitioning to "Pretty Isn't Pretty".

Rodrigo performing "Get Him Back!" with a megaphone during the concert's encore.

After a wardrobe change, Rodrigo performs "Love is Embarrassing", accompanied by a choreography routine, introduces her band and dancers, and performs "Making the Bed". Later, she performs "Logical" and "Enough for You" on the half-moon prop flying over the public. After a second costume change, Rodrigo sings “Lacy” in the middle of a retractable circle while dancers perform additional choreography surrounding the structure.

Rodrigo then leaves the stage to perform "Jealousy, Jealousy" alongside her fans in the venue barricades. Upon returning to the stage, Rodrigo plays "Happier" and "Favorite Crime" with a band member accompanying on the acoustic guitar. Next, she performs "Deja Vu", before lowering the mood of the concert during "The Grudge".

For "Brutal", Rodrigo reappears after another wardrobe change, in which she follows with a performance of "Obsessed", where she plays the electric guitar herself. She then performs "All-American Bitch", resembling her previous performance on Saturday Night Live, and asks her fans during the middle of the song to scream out loud.

An encore begins with the performance of "Good 4 U", while Rodrigo uses a megaphone and wears a specific iron-on T-shirt for each date, including one referencing No Doubt's "Just a Girl". During "Get Him Back!"; the concluding song of the show, confetti shoots up from the ceiling and the stage's lighting rigs heavily flash until turning off completely.

Philanthropy and activism

Eli revealed during the Q&A

Set list

1. "All In"
2. "First Time For Everything"
3. "True Color"
4. "Foggy Nights"
5. "Young Love"
6. "Hallucinating"
7. "Seashells"
8. "Wallet" (extended version)
9. "Summer Gal"
10. "2 Miles"
11. "Bad Time"
12. "Now Or Never"
13. "Putting On A Show"
14. "Emergency Exit"
15. "All That I'm Not"
16. "New Best Friend"/"White Hearts"/"teenage dream" (Olivia Rodrigo cover)
17. "The Whole Time"
18. "I Did It Again"
19. "What Else Is New"
20. "Bracelet"
21. "Empty Chair"
22. "All I Really Wanted"
23. "Not Me"
24. "Never Forget"/"Without You"
25. "Reckless" (Madison Beer Cover)/"Brutus"
26. "Darkness Falls"
27. "Bright Future"
28. "All Over"
29. "At the End"
30. "Drama"

Notes

• At shows with Madison Beer as the opening act, "Quiet Fusion" was played before "Now Or Never"
• At indoor or outdoor shows with rainy weather, "Flood Zone" was played after "Now Or Never"

Surprise Songs

After playing "Summer Gal" in Hershey, Eli introduced the concept of surprise songs on the tour. These were to be covers of other artists' songs that he would like to perform live. Here is the full list of surprise songs, including where they were placed on the set list.

• January 9 (Hershey) - "Our Song" (Taylor Swift),
• January 10 (State College) - "drivers license" (Olivia Rodrigo), "You Belong With Me" (Taylor Swift)
• January 16 (Pittsburgh) - "Mr. Perfectly Fine" (Taylor Swift), "Mean" (Taylor Swift), "Teardrops On My Guitar" (Taylor Swift)
• January 17 (Cleveland) -
• January 18 (Detroit) - "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?"/"Look What You Made Me Do" (Taylor Swift)
• January 23 (Chicago) - "Haunted"/"Sparks Fly" (Taylor Swift), "Enchanted" (Taylor Swift)
• January 24 (Madison)

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, show type, attendance and gross revenue.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
North America Leg 1
January 9, 2026	Hershey	United States	Giant Center	Kaya	—	—
January 10, 2026	State College		Bryce Jordan Center		—	—
January 16, 2026	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena		—	—
January 17, 2026	Cleveland		Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	Maddox Batson	—	—
January 18, 2026	Detroit		Little Caesars Arena		—	—
January 23, 2026	Chicago		United Center	Madison Beer	—	—
January 24, 2026	Madison		Kohl Center		—	—
January 25, 2026	Minneapolis		Target Center		—	—
January 30, 2026	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	Maddox Batson	—	—
February 6, 2026	Kansas City		T-Mobile Center		—	—
February 7, 2026	St. Louis		Enterprise Center		—	—
February 16, 2026	Indianapolis		Gainbridge Fieldhouse	Micah Walker	—	—
February 20, 2026	Columbus		Nationwide Arena		—	—
February 21, 2026	Lexington		Rupp Arena		—	—
February 22, 2026	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		—	—
February 27, 2026	Memphis		FedExForum		—	—
February 28, 2026	Dallas		American Airlines Center	Maddox Batson	—	—
March 1, 2026	Houston		Toyota Center		—	—
March 5, 2026	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center		—	—
March 6, 2026	Birmingham		Legacy Arena		—	—
March 7, 2026	Charlotte		Spectrum Center	Elevation Worship	—	—
March 8, 2026	Raleigh		PNC Arena		—	—
March 13, 2026	Washington, D.C.		Capitol One Arena	UVF Worship	—	—
March 14, 2026	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		—	—
March 15, 2026	New York		Madison Square Garden		—	—
North America Leg 2
July 9, 2026	Inglewood	United States	Kia Forum	Maddox Batson Madison Beer
July 10, 2026				Micah Walker Gracie Abrams
July 12, 2026			SoFi Stadium	Gracie Abrams Sabrina Carpenter
July 13, 2026				Madison Beer Olivia Rodrigo
July 15, 2026	Palm Desert		Acrisure Arena	Olivia Rodrigo
July 16, 2026	Phoenix		Footprint Center
July 20, 2026	Paradise		T-Mobile Arena	Gracie Abrams
July 21, 2026	San Francisco		Chase Center
July 23, 2026	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome
July 24, 2026	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place	Gracie Abrams Sabrina Carpenter
July 26, 2026	Salt Lake City	United States	Delta Center	Sabrina Carpenter
July 27, 2026	Denver		Ball Arena
July 28, 2026	Oklahoma City		Paycom Center
July 30, 2026	San Antonio		Frost Bank Center
August 1, 2026	Miami Gardens		Hard Rock Stadium	Micah Walker Sabrina Carpenter
August 2, 2026	Tampa		Amalie Arena	Micah Walker
August 3, 2026	Orlando		Kia Center
August 4, 2026	Atlanta		Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Micah Walker Sabrina Carpenter
August 7, 2026	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium	Maddox Batson Madison Beer
August 8, 2026	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium
August 9, 2026	Boston		TD Garden
August 11, 2026	Montreal	Canada	Olympic Stadium
August 13, 2026	Toronto		Scotiabank Arena
August 14, 2026	Pittsburgh	United States	Acrisure Stadium
August 15, 2026	State College		Beaver Stadium
Total					—	—