Rising pop star Benson Boone to kick off his first arena tour in St. Paul
Fresh from serving as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live emerging pop star Benson Boone will kick off his first arena tour Aug at St Paul s Xcel Force Center Tickets go on sale at a m Friday through Ticketmaster American Express cardholders have access to a presale that starts at a m Wednesday A Washington state native Boone s first experience performing was when a friend solicited him to play piano and sing in their high school s battle of the bands After graduating in he briefly attended Brigham Young University before dropping out to pursue a career in music Boone made it onto the th season of American Idol in but withdrew from the competition after making it to the top He focused on posting his music to TikTok and won the attention of Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds who signed Boone to his Night Street Records label His debut single Ghost Town went platinum as did s In the Stars But Boone s career really took off with last year s Beautiful Things one of the year s biggest hits on the planet It reached No in the States and topped the charts in other countries On SNL Boone played Sorry I m Here for Someone Else and Mystical Magical from his upcoming sophomore album American Heart which is due out June Boone is known for his athleticism bombastic performing style and arena-ready songs Last month at Coachella he covered Queen s Bohemian Rhapsody and had guitarist Brian May join him for his first of two shows He brought out a cardboard cutout of May for the second performance
