Three Solo Records Under the Shell, Hayley Williams Brings Her Show to the Hollywood Bowl
The Paramore singer plays two sold-out Hollywood Bowl nights on October 5 and 6, with Magdalena Bay and Rico Nasty opening.
Hayley Williams will spend Monday, October 5, and Tuesday, October 6, under the Hollywood Bowl shell with The Hayley Williams Show, a set the Bowl says will feature material across all three of her solo albums “as well as some exciting surprises.” Both nights start at 7 p.m., with gates opening at 5:30 p.m. Magdalena Bay and Rico Nasty open. Velvet also covered Five Nights in Black, My Chemical Romance Takes Over the Hollywood Bowl.
The Bowl and two nights at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens were announced before the rest of the tour, and both engagements sold out right away, Variety reported. According to mxdwn, the first Bowl night sold out and the second was added for October 6. Fans who still want in are pointed to Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange, where tickets are resold only at their original price, Variety and mxdwn reported.
The two nights sit inside a larger run that opened September 3 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and wraps November 27 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with stops in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Mexico City along the way, Rolling Stone and Consequence reported. The fall shows follow a theater tour that, Variety noted, mostly played 20 songs from her album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party each night.
The Bowl’s listing calls Williams a three-time Grammy winner, best known as the frontperson of Paramore. It also leans on a line from Billboard, which ranked her 13th on its list of the 50 greatest rock singers and wrote that “when it comes to singers in contemporary rock, Hayley Williams reigns supreme.”
The tour also has a conscience built in. Williams is continuing her partnership with the nonprofits Support+Feed and REVERB, and one dollar from every ticket sold in North America goes to the two groups, according to Consequence.
Bring nothing in glass or cans, and no alcohol, since the Bowl’s house rules bar all three at the gate. Park and Ride and the Bowl Shuttle are available.
