Somewhere in the Sky Tour

Somewhere in the Sky Tour is the sixth concert tour by American pop band AJR. The tour began on July 18, 2025, in Sparks, Nevada, and is set to end on October 4, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. The tour features 16 shows across the United States and Canada.

Somewhere in the Sky Tour

Tour by AJR
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	North America
Associated album	What No One's Thinking
Start date	July 18, 2025 (2025-07-18)
End date	October 4, 2025 (2025-10-04)
No. of shows	16
Supporting acts	Cavetown Goth Babe Quinn XCII Chelsea Cutler Valley Madilyn Mei Lawerence Ryley Tate Wilson Ben Steer Beach Weather Alexander Stewart
Attendance	TBA
Box office	TBA
AJR concert chronology

Background

The tour was announced in March 2025 via AJR's social media platforms and their official website.^[1] According to the band, the tour will showcase a blend of theatrical storytelling, interactive lighting effects, and new arrangements of their chart-topping songs.

AJR revealed a rotating lineup of opening acts throughout the tour, with several artists joining on select dates. The support acts include indie-pop performers Cavetown, Valley, and Madilyn Mei, with additional openers include Quinn XCII, Lawrence, Beach Weather, Goth Babe, Chelsea Cutler, Ben Steer, and Ryley Tate Wilson.^[2]

AJR also added two additional shows to the tour schedule: July 18, 2025, in Sparks, Nevada, and August 12, 2025, in Toronto, Ontario, both of which expanded the North American leg.^[3]

On June 3, 2025, AJR announced that they would be heading to China for the first time to perform at the MTA Festival in Hebei, marking their debut show in the country.^[4]

During their set at the MTA Festival in Hebei on June 29, AJR performed the unreleased song "Betty" live for the first time.^[5][6]

Set list

This set list is representative of the July 18, 2025 show in Sparks, Nevada. It does not represent all concerts for the tour.

1. "Way Less Sad" / Intro
2. "Karma"
3. Crowd Interaction (Pt. 1)
4. "Yes I'm a Mess"
5. "The Good Part"
6. "Betty"
7. "100 Bad Days" (Making Of)
8. "Burn The House Down"
9. Crowd Interaction (Pt. 2)
10. "Bang!"
11. "Inertia"
12. "World's Smallest Violin"
13. "Wow, I'm Not Crazy"
14. Mashup (includes: "Come Hang Out", "I'm Not Famous", "I'm Ready", "Break My Face", "Finale (Can't Wait to See What You Do Next)")
15. "Steve's Going To London"
16. "Sober Up"
17. "Weak" / Marching Band Outro ("Bang!" & "100 Bad Days" reprise)

Tour dates

Somewhere in the Sky Tour dates
Date (2025)	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue	Opening act(s)
North America
July 18	Sparks	United States	Nugget Event Center	~5,000	TBA	Beach Weather
July 20	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	TBA		Quinn XCII, Cavetown, Valley, Madilyn Mei
July 22	West Valley City		Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre	TBA		Cavetown, Valley, Madilyn Mei
July 24	Englewood		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre	~17,000	TBA	Cavetown, Valley, Madilyn Mei
July 26	Maryland Heights		Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre	TBA		Quinn XCII, Lawrence, Valley, Madilyn Mei
July 27	Tinley Park		Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre	~14,000	TBA	Lawrence, Cavetown, Valley, Madilyn Mei
July 29	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre	~13,000	TBA	Goth Babe, Cavetown, Valley, Madilyn Mei
July 31	Noblesville		Ruoff Music Center	TBA		Goth Babe, Cavetown, Valley, Madilyn Mei
August 2	Charlotte		PNC Music Pavilion	TBA		Goth Babe, Cavetown, Valley, Ryley Tate Wilson
August 4	Alpharetta		Ameris Bank Amphitheatre	TBA		Goth Babe, Cavetown, Valley, Ryley Tate Wilson
August 6	Camden		Freedom Mortgage Pavilion	TBA		Goth Babe, Cavetown, Valley, Madilyn Mei
August 8	Wantagh		Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater	TBA		Chelsea Cutler, Goth Babe, Valley, Madilyn Mei
August 9	Mansfield		Xfinity Center	TBA		Cavetown, Valley, Madilyn Mei
August 10	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion	~15,000	TBA	Chelsea Cutler, Cavetown, Valley, Ben Steer
August 12	Toronto	Canada	Budweiser Stage	~9,000	TBA	Alexander Stewart, Cavetown
October 4	Los Angeles	United States	Hollywood Bowl	~17,000	TBA	Goth Babe, Valley, Madilyn Mei

Festivals & Other shows

Festival & Other Shows
Date (2025)	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue	Opening act(s)
North America
March 6[a]	Houston	United States	NRG Stadium	54,901/72,220	TBA	N/A
March 8[b]	Austin		Auditorium Shores	TBA		Festival lineup
Asia
June 29[c]	Hebei	China	Mustafar Stage	TBA		N/A
North America
August 1[d]	Columbus	United States	Ohio Expo Center	~10,000/10,000	TBA	Valley
August 3[e]	Nashville		The Pool Club (Virgin Hotels)	TBA		Knox, Jonah Marais, Harper Grace
August 21[f]	Syracuse		Suburban Park, Great New York State Fair	~24,000	TBA	Festival appearance[10]
September 18[g]	Puyallup		Washington State Fair	~8,000/10,386	TBA	Em Beihold, Avery Cochrane
October 3[h]	Phoenix		Arizona State Fairgrounds	TBA		TBA
December 9[i]	Chicago		Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom	TBA		Wet Leg, Out in Front[11]
December 11[j]	Lincoln		Thunder Valley Casino Resort	TBA		Almost Monday, Out in Front
December 13[k]	Boston		Agganis Arena	TBA		Festival appearance[12]
December 15[l]	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	TBA		Festival-style lineup including Laufey, Monsta X, Zara Larsson, BigXthaPlug, Ravyn Lenae, Alex Warren, Myles Smith[13]
December 16[m]	Washington, D.C.		Capital One Arena	TBA		Festival-style lineup including Nelly, Jelly Roll, Conan Gray, Shinedown, Olivia Dean, Zara Larsson, Myles Smith, Laufey, Monsta X, Alex Warren[14]

Notes

1. Part of Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
2. Part of Sips and Sounds Festival
3. Part of MTA Desert Music Festival. AJR performed "Betty" live for the first time.^[7][8]
4. Part of Ohio State Fair
5. Part of 107.5 The River's *River on the Rooftop* series, hosted at Virgin Hotels Nashville’s *Pool Club*.^[9]
6. Part of Great New York State Fair
7. Part of Washington State Fair
8. Part of Arizona State Fair
9. Part of *Twisted with AJR & Wet Leg* tour
10. Part of ALT 94.7 Electric Christmas
11. Part of *Mix 104.1 Deck the Hall Ball*
12. Part of Q102 Jingle Ball
13. Part of HOT 99.5 Jingle Ball