Olivia Rodrigo Opens Her ‘Unraveled’ Tour With a Four-Season Show

The 26-song Hartford opener transformed Olivia Rodrigo’s three-album catalog into a concert staged across four seasons.

Olivia Rodrigo Opens Her ‘Unraveled’ Tour With a Four-Season Show
Olivia Rodrigo performs at Glastonbury Festival in 2025. File photo used as an illustration. Photo by Raph_PH via Wikimedia Commons
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Olivia Rodrigo opened her 86-date Unraveled Tour in Hartford with a 26-song set shaped around spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Olivia Rodrigo opened her Unraveled Tour at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut, on Friday, September 25, turning the first night of an 86-date run into a theatrical trip through the seasons.

A new era takes the stage

The tour supports Rodrigo’s third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, released in June. Her 26-song opening-night set drew from that record as well as SOUR and GUTS, giving the launch the feel of both an album showcase and a survey of the catalog that made her a global pop headliner.

The production divided the concert into Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter chapters. Flowers surrounded Rodrigo at the start, while changing backdrops and a string section helped distinguish the different sections. She moved between electric guitar and piano and also approached the barricade to connect with fans.

How the setlist unfolded

Rodrigo began with “drop dead” and “u + me = <3,” then moved into “so american” and “good 4 u.” Other familiar songs included “vampire,” “traitor,” “favorite crime” and “drivers license.” The final return to Spring brought back “deja vu,” followed by “all-american bitch” and the closing song, “expectations.”

The structure gave the new material room to lead without pushing aside the songs audiences already associate with Rodrigo. It also offered a clear visual concept for a long arena show, using seasonal shifts rather than a simple chronological walk through her three albums.

Where the tour goes next

A second Hartford concert is scheduled for Saturday, September 26. The North American itinerary then continues through early 2027, with multi-night stops in cities including Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Philadelphia, Nashville, Los Angeles and Brooklyn.

Rodrigo is due to take the production to Europe in March, with dates in Amsterdam, Munich and Barcelona before the tour closes with two shows at London’s O2 Arena. After opening night, the scale is now clear: the Unraveled Tour is built as a full-era statement, with the newest album at its center and her earlier hits woven into the same changing world.

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