Post Malone delays tour start, cancels first six North American dates

Fans who had locked in flights, hotels and stadium seats for Post Malone’s summer run got a sudden reset when he delayed the start of his 2026 Big Ass Stadium Tour Part 2 with Jelly Roll by about three weeks. The first six North American dates fell off the calendar, beginning with the planned May 13 kickoff at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, and running through stops in Waco, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Tampa and Oxford, Mississippi.

Malone said he needed the extra time to finish his next album and new music. Variety reported that he has been talking up a 40-track project called The Eternal Buzz, with about 35 songs already recorded and vocals still at the scratch stage. The revised tour schedule now leaves a gap before the run is set to resume in Charlotte, North Carolina, on June 9, after three festival appearances in the interim.

The practical fallout landed fast at the venue level. LSU Athletics said the Baton Rouge concert at Tiger Stadium, scheduled for May 23, was among the canceled shows, and Alabama officials said the Birmingham date at Protective Stadium, set for May 26, was also off. Those cancellations ripple beyond disappointed ticket holders. Stadium crews, security teams, concession staff and local vendors all have to unwind event plans that were already in motion, while promoters and venue operators sort out whether dates can be rescheduled or must be fully refunded.

LSU laid out the clearest refund terms. Tickets bought through the LSU ticket office will be refunded at 100 percent, including fees, order charges and VIP packages. SeatGeek purchases will be refunded automatically, and LSU said those refunds should take 15 to 20 business days. For buyers who booked through secondary sellers, the process is more complicated and depends on where the ticket was purchased, which is exactly the kind of uncertainty that makes last-minute arena changes so disruptive for fans.

The scale of the shift stands out because Malone and Jelly Roll had just come off a major stadium run last summer that sold out every date and grossed a reported $170 million. That history made this year’s abrupt delay more striking, especially as multiple outlets noted softer sales and promotional activity on some of the affected dates. For a touring business built on tight timelines and big overhead, even a three-week pause can reset the economics of an entire leg.