Tinashe will play 18 headline dates across North America next spring on a run called The Show Must Go On, starting at The Bomb Factory in Dallas on April 14, 2027, and closing at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles on May 15. The tour, announced on Monday, October 19, is the first full tour behind Popstar, the September album that gave the singer the best chart week of her career.
A tour built on a career-high album
Popstar arrived on September 25 through her own imprint, Tinashe Music, with Nice Life and Atlantic Records. It entered the US albums chart at No. 6, her first top-10 album at home, and went to No. 1 on the UK R&B albums chart. The set was shaped mostly by producers Ricky Reed, Zach Sekoff and Machinedrum, and the 16 tracks were trailed by four singles over the summer: “Too Easy” in June, “Crash Out” in July, “Melatonin” in August and “Pillow Fight” in September.
The reviews matched the sales. The album holds a weighted score of 91 out of 100 from nine critics on one aggregator, a level that site labels “universal acclaim.” Part of the appeal is range. Tinashe has called the project a mix of R&B, pop, electronic and dance music, and one track, “Nobody Wanna Dance Anymore,” interpolates Wale and Lady Gaga’s 2009 single “Chillin.” She has described the record’s central idea as “a persona one can embody,” a look at fame’s glamour and its scrutiny side by side.
The momentum did not come from nowhere. Her 2024 single “Nasty” spread on TikTok and became her first solo entry on the US singles chart, peaking at No. 61, and a 2025 remix of “No Broke Boys” climbed to No. 36. Popstar is the payoff of two years of that slow build.
The route at a glance
Laid out by week, the 2027 run moves from the South to the East Coast, then west through the Rockies to California:
- April 14 to 18: Dallas, Austin, Houston, Kansas City.
- April 20 to 28: Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston.
- May 1 to 6: Pittsburgh, Denver, Salt Lake City.
- May 8 to 15: Portland (venue still to be named), Vancouver, Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles.
That is 18 shows in 32 days, with Vancouver’s Malkin Bowl on May 10 the only Canadian stop. Before the headline run begins, Tinashe opens for Harry Styles on two nights at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on April 2 and 3.
Shows still to come this year
The new tour sits on top of a short fall run, billed as Three Nights With a Popstar, that she announced in July. It began with a date scheduled at The Salt Shed in Chicago on October 16, moves to Brooklyn Paramount on October 24, and ends at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on November 7.
How the ticket sale works
An artist presale using the code POPSTAR was set for 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, October 20, with a Live Nation presale following at noon local time the same day. General sale starts at 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday, October 21. Fans in Texas get the first look at the show: three cities in three nights, beginning in Dallas on April 14.
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