Hella Mega Tour

The Hella Mega Tour was a concert tour by American rock bands Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer that was announced on September 10, 2019 and originally included dates from March to August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oceania and Asian legs of the tour were canceled, as well as some European dates and the sole Canadian date. The rest of the tour was rescheduled to 2021 and 2022.

Background

On September 10, 2019, all three bands simultaneously announced the tour and new music. On the same day, each band also released a new single: Green Day released " Father of All..." and announced its 13th album, ''Father of All Motherfuckers''; Fall Out Boy released " Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" and announced its second compilation album, '' Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two''; and Weezer released " The End of the Game" and announced its fifteenth (fourteenth at the time) album, '' Van Weezer''. Weezer would also go on to release their fourteenth studio album ''OK Human'' on January 29, 2021, preceded eight days earlier by the lead single " All My Favorite Songs".

Overview

All three bands performed at 29 shows across the North American and European legs. The venues consisted of outdoor and indoor arenas as well as outdoor park venues. On February 28, 2020, Green Day announced all nine Asia tour dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 23, 2020, it was announced on the social media pages of the Hella Mega Tour that a number of the European dates would be postponed. On May 19, 2020, it was announced that all dates on the North American leg would be postponed to 2021. On July 15, 2020, it was announced that all dates on the Oceania leg would be cancelled and tickets refunded. On February 27, 2022, Green Day announced their solo concert in Moscow prior to the European Hella Mega Tour leg on May 29 would be canceled due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Set list

This set list is from the concert on July 24, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour.

Tour dates

Cancelled shows

Personnel

;Weezer
* Brian Bell – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
* Rivers Cuomo – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, drum solo on "Africa"
* Scott Shriner – bass, backing vocals, synthesizers
* Patrick Wilson –- drums
* Dave Eltich – drums (filled in for Wilson in European leg)
;Fall Out Boy
* Andy Hurley – drums, percussion, backing vocals
* Patrick Stump – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
* Joe Trohman – lead guitar, backing vocals
* Pete Wentz – bass, backing vocals
;Green Day
* Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, harmonica, lead and rhythm guitars
* Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
* Tré Cool – drums, percussion
* Jason White – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
* Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, saxophone, accordion, backing vocals
* Kevin Tyler Preston – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Promotional performances

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer arranged performances to promote the tour as follows:

* September 10, 2019 – All three bands played at a tour announcement show at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, United States
* September 10, 2019 – Weezer at '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles, United States
* September 11, 2019 – Fall Out Boy at ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles, United States
* September 12, 2019 – Green Day at ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles, United States
* September 20, 2019 – Green Day at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, United States
* October 9, 2019 – Green Day at ''The Howard Stern Show'' at SiriusXM Hollywood in Los Angeles, United States
* October 25, 2019 – Green Day at ''Kevin and Bean'' at the HD Radio Sound Space at Live House Hollywood in Los Angeles, United States
* October 30, 2019  – Green Day at La Riviera in Madrid, Spain
* November 2, 2019 – Green Day at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards World Stage at the Plaza de España in Seville, Spain
* November 24, 2019 – Green Day at the American Music Awards of 2019 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, United States
* December 12, 2019 – Green Day at The Game Awards 2019 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, United States
* December 31, 2019 – Green Day at ''Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' in Hollywood, California, United States
* January 25, 2020 – Green Day played two performances for the 2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game, both outside and inside the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, United States
* February 6, 2020 – Green Day at ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, United States
* February 7, 2020 – Green Day at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles in Burbank, California, United States
* February 10, 2020 – Green Day at '' Good Morning America'' at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Hollywood, California, United States
* February 10, 2020 – Green Day at ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, United States
* February 6, 2021 – Green Day at the 10th Annual NFL Honors at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, United States
* July 20, 2021 – Green Day at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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Concert tours postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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