Olivia Rodrigo announces Unraveled tour

Olivia Rodrigo is back in full pop-star campaign mode — album, tour, presales, the whole machine. The news is simple but big: on April 30, she announced (newsroom.livenation.com)bum, *you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love*, due June 12. (newsroom.livenation.com)romo swing or a handful of festival dates. The Unraveled Tour is a full international arena tour promoted by Live Nation, with stops acros(newsroom.livenation.com)age, not as separate beats months apart. (newsroom.livenation.com) ### When does it start? The first show is set for September 25, 2026, in Hartford, Connecticut, at PeoplesBank Arena. From there, the tour runs through multiple major markets, includin(newsroom.livenation.com)ettle in before the arena dates begin. (newsroom.livenation.com) ### Why does the album matter so much here? Because this tour is basically the delivery system for the next Olivia Rodrigo chapter. Her new album lands June 12, and the tour announcement arrived more than a month before rel(newsroom.livenation.com)or first-week numbers. The bet is that people are buying into the era before they’ve heard the whole thing. (newsroom.livenation.com) ### What about tickets? The ticket rollout is already mapped out. American Express presales begin May 5, and genera(newsroom.livenation.com)m pre-order or registration access for some dates. So this is a standard big-pop launch — fan funnel first, broad onsale second. (shopca.oliviarodrigo.com) ### Did Coachella help set this up? Yes — even if it wasn’t formally part of the announcement. Rodrigo had fresh festival momentum going into this week, and Coachella’s second weekend was unusually stacked with surprise guests across the grounds, including Madonna, Billie Eilish, SZA, Peso Pluma(newsroom.livenation.com)ion as much as on logistics. (variety.com) ### Is this bigger than the last cycle? In a practical sense, yes. The GUTS era already proved Rodrigo could fill major rooms consistently. But The Unraveled Tour looks like the expansion phase — more dates, more territories, and a cleaner global rollout tied (shopca.oliviarodrigo.com) more like a reset at a larger scale. (newsroom.livenation.com) ### So what’s the real takeaway? Rodrigo didn’t just announce concerts. She flipped the switch on her next full cycle. The album arrives June 12, presales start May 5, general tickets go on sale May 7, and the tour begins September 25. Basically, the waiting period is over — this era now has a calendar. (newsroom.livenation.com)