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 Oceanic leg was canceled, as well as 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 26 shows across the North American and European legs, excluding the three shows Fall Out Boy missed due to a positive COVID-19 case in their touring group. The venues consisted of outdoor and indoor stadiums as well as outdoor park venues. On February 28, 2020, Green Day announced all nine solo Asian 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.
Weezer
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
Notes
During the shows in New York City, Boston and Washington, D.C., Weezer performed a cover of "Sugar, We're Goin Down" after Fall Out Boy wasn't able to perform.
For the European leg of the tour, Weezer changed their setlist around some to reflect their newly released EPs; SZNZ: Spring and SZNZ: Summer, as well as their recent cover of "Enter Sandman".
Green Day also changed their setlist slightly during the European Leg, removing "Pollyanna", "She", and "Still Breathing" which were replaced with "Waiting", "King For a Day", and their cover of "Shout" by The Isley Brothers.
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
Additional musician
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, backing vocals
Additional musicians
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 11, 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 11, 2019 – Fall Out Boy at The Showbox in Seattle
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
June 17, 2020 – Weezer at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
February 6, 2021 – Green Day at the 10th Annual NFL Honors at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, United States
May 7, 2021 – Weezer at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles
May 10, 2021 – Weezer at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
June 23, 2021 – Weezer at Late Night with Seth Meyers
July 16, 2021 – Weezer and Fall Out Boy at Good Morning America
July 20, 2021 – Green Day at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States