Post Malone’s Big Ass Stadium Tour Part 2 is set to open May 13 at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, but the rollout looks nothing like his country run from last year. Some venues on the schedule have been reported with more than 75% of tickets still unsold just weeks before the tour begins, and seating charts show entire sections empty.
Jelly Roll is officially opening for Malone, with Carter Faith slated to open many of the shows. Ticket prices at some venues are sitting in the $35 range, and a few stops are being pushed with college student discounts, including Louisiana State University on May 23 and the University of Mississippi on June 5. Those promotions underline how different this launch is from 2024, when Malone released his country album F-1 Trillion and toured behind it to coast-to-coast sellouts.
There are pockets of strength. Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana, on July 21 is described as selling well, though it is not sold out. But that does not change the larger picture: this tour is being framed as a softer commercial showing than Malone’s last country outing, even as he keeps teasing a new 40-song double album called The Eternal Buzz.
College-town dates may be part of the drag, since students are away for the summer when several of the shows are set. The broader explanation could be less tidy than any one venue or one artist pairing. Weak demand has been linked in the coverage to the economy, political acrimony and some criticism tied to Jelly Roll, all of which can cut into advance sales when fans are deciding whether to spend on a stadium night out.
For Malone, the issue is not whether he can still fill rooms. He did that in 2024. The question now is whether the second leg of his country-era tour can match the first as it opens in El Paso, where the empty seats are already part of the story.