Benson Boone is taking his show on the road Grammy-nominated pop artist announced the American Heart Tour on May 5 ahead of an upcoming album of the same name will stop in major cities across North America before closing out in Salt Lake City on Oct The tour announcement follows a busy week for Boone who made his musical guest debut on "Saturday Night Live" on May 3 and played the RiverBeat Music Festival in Memphis More: Who is Benson Boone, the backflipping singer nominated for Grammys best new artist? whose success has snowballed over the past year also recently released "Mystical Magical," his second single from "American Heart," following up the release of "Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else" in February Boone debuted his latest track at Coachella, where he also went viral alongside Queen's Brian May for a raucous cover of the band's signature anthem "Bohemian Rhapsody. who was nominated earlier this year for best new artist at the Grammy Awards is best known for his chart-topping song "Beautiful Things," which became the top-streamed song in the world in 2024 More: Benson Boone pays homage to Queen during Coachella set with help of guitarist Brian May It’s been more than a year since “Beautiful Things” singer Benson Boone skyrocketed up the charts with his breakout hit — one of the biggest songs of 2024 — and his star only continues to rise On Monday, Boone announced his first headlining arena tour, including an Oct. 5 homecoming concert at Climate Pledge Arena. Tickets go on sale to the general public 10 a.m. Friday, May 9, through Ticketmaster Various presales through American Express and the venues begin Wednesday and Thursday The Seattle show will mark the penultimate date of the Monroe-raised pop star’s American Heart Tour “American Heart” is set to arrive June 20 through Night Street Records imprint helmed by Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds After turning heads on “American Idol” in 2021 Boone dropped out of the competition show and eventually signed with Reynolds’ label The 23-year-old heartthrob was among a particularly strong class of pop newcomers to have breakout years in 2024, releasing his debut album “Rollerblades & Fireworks” a month before a spring date at Showbox SoDo last May The flamboyant, back-flipping showman has already made a splash this year with several high-profile performances, bringing out Queen guitarist Brian May for a “Bohemian Rhapsody” cover at Coachella and knocking out “Beautiful Things” at the Grammys Boone made has “Saturday Night Live” debut over the weekend performing his new singles “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else” and “Mystical Magical.” He also found his way into a skit playing an Applebee’s waiter during the Weekend Update segment The opinions expressed in reader comments are those of the author only and do not reflect the opinions of The Seattle Times Stay secure and make sure you have the best reading experience possible by upgrading your browser The musician performed twice during the May 3 episode hosted by Quinta Brunson May 5, 2025 9:59 AM EDTBenson Boone shared big news with fans. Hours after making his debut as musical guest on Saturday Night Live the 22-year-old singer announced he is hitting the road for a new tour In a post shared to Instagram on May 5 Boone announced his upcoming American Heart Tour shows for the fall arena tour will kick off on Aug and will wrap on October 8 in Salt Lake City Boone will make pit stops in New York City On sale this Friday at 10am in your time zone but sign up on my site to get tix earlier🤭,” Boone captioned the post Last spring, Boone was on the road for his Fireworks & Rollerblades World Tour. The American Idol alum also opened for Taylor Swift during the London dates of her Eras Tour last August. More recently, he performed at Coachella 2025 where he made headlines for a rendition of the "Bohemian Rhapsody" with Queen legend Brian May as a special guest Boone made his debut on Saturday Night Live The Grammy nominee performed two tracks from his forthcoming album American Heart, “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else” and "Mystical Magical.” Boone also did one of his signature back flips to announce his arrival to the SNL stage, and offered up a brief serenade moment with show host Quinta Brunson NEW YORK — The New York Yankees have dropped back-to-back series against American League East opponents The Tampa Bay Rays came to the Bronx and took two of three from the Yankees and the struggling Baltimore Orioles also took two of three before that The Yankees had their chances to win the series late in Sunday’s game but they could not rally from an early 5-0 deficit and fell 7-5 We’ll get into the decision that most fans were left scratching their heads over The biggest at-bat for the Yankees came in the bottom of the eighth inning with backup catcher J.C The Yankees trailed 7-3 and had the bases loaded with no outs after Aaron Judge led off the inning with a double Cody Bellinger walked and Paul Goldschmidt and Jasson Domínguez singled Rays right-handed reliever Edwin Uceta was on the mound; he is devastating against righties and lefties have fared better in his career Austin Wells and Ben Rice were available and on the bench for the Yankees to use in a pinch hitting situation but manager Aaron Boone chose to have Escarra hit in the biggest moment effectively killing a chance for a big inning Here is how Boone explained why he chose to have Escarra hit with the bases loaded and no outs: “We’re staying away from (injured) Anthony (Volpe) so I’m choosing between Escarra and (Jorbit) Vivas there I’m just going to take the guy that’s been here and more experienced but then he was the tying run again there with (Oswaldo Cabrera) Boone said he was staying away from Volpe after injuring his shoulder in Saturday’s game There’s a possibility he could be available for Monday’s game against the San Diego Padres that means the Yankees were playing a man short Boone then said he was choosing between pinch hitting for Escarra or Vivas He admitted to planning on pinch hitting Rice for Vivas Boone is suggesting he had scripted the decision before the Escarra at-bat he found it unnecessary to pinch hit for Vivas It still doesn’t make sense why Boone wouldn’t want a better hitter in place of Escarra for the most critical at-bat of the game so let’s look at it even deeper using other scenarios at play The cleanest decision Boone could have made is pinch hitting Wells for Escarra Wells simply catches the following inning (which he did anyway) and Boone still has Rice on the bench if needed as an emergency catcher Boone initially planned on pinch hitting for Vivas but he stayed in the game and hit a two-run single for his first career hit pitched around Rice and unintentionally walked him on four consecutive pitches out of the strike zone Oswald Peraza then hit into a force play to end the inning Pinch hitting Rice in that moment was a waste Rays manager Kevin Cash knows Peraza is the worse hitter and he’d rather his reliever face him than the hot-hitting Rice Escarra took over on defense at third base It’s impossible to know what would have transpired if the Yankees had pinch hit for Escarra but Boone’s decision could have burned their chances for winning Sunday’s game out for several weeks with a strained oblique the Yankees’ choosing not to sign a major-league-quality infielder in the offseason is glaring They planned on having DJ LeMahieu at third base which would have put Cabrera in the super-utility role instead of as the daily starter at third But LeMahieu injured his calf in his first spring training game Peraza and Reyes are a combined 11-for-56 (.196) in limited action Vivas was more of a light-contact hitter in the minor leagues and he finished in the 16th percentile in average exit velocity in Triple A last season He did come through in the eighth inning Sunday Jorbit's first base-hit in the Big Leagues 👊 pic.twitter.com/6VCPaOuzkK — New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 4, 2025 The Yankees had to have known LeMahieu was near the end of his career He has trended downward since 2020 and has sustained several lower-body injuries in the past few seasons Even without knowing LeMahieu would get hurt in 2025 it was unwise for the club to pencil him in as its starter LeMahieu is on a rehab assignment and could be back in the big leagues soon General manager Brian Cashman told reporters near the end of spring training that he was still looking for a right-handed bat to add It should have happened earlier in the offseason and now the Yankees’ depth will be tested because of the lack of activity The results have not been there for Will Warren He allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings Sunday Nothing about that line suggests there’s much to be positive about with the inexperienced starter Warren has four plus pitches with his fastball That is quite the foundation for a young pitcher because it says he has the tools to be successful with some tweaking It’s obvious his approach against left-handed batters must improve It is reminiscent of the early struggles of Clarke Schmidt and Michael King who also had above-average stuff and figured out how to be successful in the big leagues Warren might never figure out how to be an adequate big-league pitcher but it’s too early for him to be crossed off and seen as an afterthought He has the makings to be a good pitcher in this league but he can get there if he reaches his potential The same cannot be said about Carlos Carrasco The 38-year-old has had a long career in the league The Yankees are skipping Carrasco’s start Tuesday by pitching Schmidt in his place Schmidt was supposed to start Saturday’s game but they pushed him back after he experienced soreness on his left side they’ll have him take over for the struggling veteran Carrasco pitched three innings in relief Sunday but Boone said there’s nothing to read into that decision He’ll probably slot back into the rotation next weekend (Photo of Trent Grisham: Jim McIsaac / Getty Images) Everywhere you looked Sunday at Yankee Stadium there were clues to the Yankees’ eventual demise in a 7-5 loss to the Rays dressed as a Jedi for the Star Wars Day promo giveaway rehabbing from season-ending Tommy John surgery donned pinstripes for his first dugout cameo though he has yet to address the media since having his $324 million right UCL repaired as the Gold Glove shortstop was taking the afternoon to recover from his shoulder-popping dive a day earlier who is out for the next month or more because of not one But those account only for the Yankees with doctor’s notes Harder to explain is why with all of these holes and going with a Volpe-less shorthanded roster for the series finale against a pesky division rival manager Aaron Boone still chose to sit two of his most dangerous bats in Ben Rice and Austin Wells a Sunday matinee is typically the standard spot in the schedule to give guys a breather But this occasion felt like a good time to buck that trend you won’t see the Yankees ignore their load-management police Those worrisome gaps in the batting order were the root of the Yankees’ problems but the infield alignment minus Volpe also was costly as was Boone’s curious use of his short bench when one swing could have flipped the outcome in the eighth inning or what amounted to the Yankees’ last real chance to erase the day’s earlier blunders when Judge’s leadoff double ignited a string of three hits and a walk bringing the tying run to the plate with the bases loaded and none out dictated it should be either Wells or Rice two excellent options just sitting there on the bench who promptly tapped a second-pitch changeup right back to the mound for a room-service 1-2-3 double play “I’m choosing between Escarra and [Jorbit] Vivas there and just going to take the guy that’s been here and more experienced,” said Boone who was weighing which one to hit for — then picked neither Then he was the tying run again there with [Oswaldo Cabrera].” here’s how the rest of Boone’s frame unfolded Next up was Vivas — who first entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh for Pablo Reyes — and he smoked a two-run single that cut the Yankees’ deficit to 7-5 Boone then went with Rice to hit for Cabrera — hence the need for Escarra at third — and the subsequent walk left the tying runs on for No Given that Escarra was coming up with nobody out Boone figured he had more leeway with that spot and could wait on the big guns and even though Vivas kept him alive with a big hit It looked even worse when the manager had to burn two players anyway who moved behind the plate as Escarra took over for Cabrera at third Complicating matters was the shaky physical status of Volpe whom Boone didn’t want to use unless the Yankees took the lead because they were unsure of his ability to swing a bat after Saturday’s shoulder injury “If we got ahead in the game and we needed him for defense or running “But we were pretty disciplined in wanting to stay away from him [Sunday].” Volpe was missed — and not just because of that eighth inning fumbled away a grounder for an error that led to the Rays’ first run and later — after a nifty diving stop behind second base — comically spiked a throw off the mound when he tried to gun down another runner at the plate the Rays were punching grounder after grounder through holes in the infield As much as third base has been a concern for the Yankees try playing for an extended period without Volpe and Chisholm “They kind of hit the ball where we weren’t,” a frustrated Warren said there were way too many Yankees missing Sunday or just not in the right places at the right time The Newsday app makes it easier to access content without having to log in Unlimited Digital AccessOnly 25¢for 6 months Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission Would he zag when we’re all expecting a zig and instead do some other agility skill check like aerial silks or some shit Turns out Boone did exactly what we were expecting and no more He did one (1) flip during his first musical performance who didn’t not look like she feared for her life If you count the promos from earlier in the week Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York Boone's upcoming 'American Heart' album is out June 20 Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism Jack started in the industry with internships at Rolling Stone and Entertainment Tonight and he worked as a writer for publications including Bustle Jack covers daily music news and has interviewed both up-and-coming and established artists including Dolly Parton The "Abbott Elementary" star and creator returns for the second time as host 2025SNL Welcomes Benson Boone and Quinta BrunsonCourtesy of Saturday Night LiveSave this storySaveSave this storySaveQuinta Brunson sashayed onto the main stage looking like Betty Boop ready for her sophomore stint hosting Saturday Night Live She gave passing glance to her brief tenure working a phone sex line before moving onto the driving bit of her monologue The 4'11" Emmy-winning star and creator of Abbott Elementary broke into song—her voice a bit quavery to start—in praise of her humble stature or start a war with Drake like you're Kendrick Lamar You can be like Tom Holland and marry a 10 She helped smooth out Brunson's voice and the two were off to the races singing about about all the fun sights from their point of view and Jeremy Allen White!” Marcello Hernandez wanted in because hanging around polly pockets helped him feel tall Basketball hall-of-famer Dwyane Wade was a left-field add to the mix mainly because he seemed so earnestly dedicated to his dance choreography Brunson's best scene partner throughout the episode was Kenan Thompson Their finest hour perhaps was “OnlySeniors,” in which they played aging parents bragging to their grown children—Ego Nwodim and Devon Walker—about their new life insurance plan All they had to was “set up our camera and do stuff to each other.” Sometimes with a ball gag Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner in open bathrobes he was back raging behind the steering wheel played with salivating aplomb by Chloe Fineman His pantomimes of annoyance over her bad parking job escalated to him acting out the word toxic and Fineman dangling imaginary balls over her mouth to tell Brunson she was nuts or is it time to bleach their wardrobes of joy It's time to close that book and move on Introducing Forever 31… with styles in every color of the bummer rainbow." Fineman misremembering the moves to the Charli XCX Apple dance while draped in shapeless swathes of charcoal grey was one of the best moments of the entire episode “big ol' David Byrne suits.” Trenches “because we know you freezing your eggs.” Okay who himself admitted he hasn't been up to much this season he might have anchorman potential...) Piggybacking off the news that travelers will soon be needing REAL IDs in order to fly he was simply alerting the powers that be that no Being told by Jost that he wouldn't be able to fly if he didn't submit to government pressure Planes are barely allowed to fly.” In fact he had some conditions to discuss with the aviation industry two Applebee's barflies played by best cast goodbye buds Sarah Sherman and Bowen Yang They were protesting the nationwide rash of closings of casual chain restaurants trying out a new butch accent and a hair metal wig Roblox?” In between slurps of their punch bowl of booze Darlene and Duke sucked a little face before getting back to their mission to save America “You're 12 years old in the 'burbs,” says Yang “You have your birthday at Fuddruckers and you joke about the name.” What the Fuddruck is wrong with him?” said Sherman Is he a Fuddraggot?” Soon musical guest Benson Boone was delivering sizzling sriracha fajitas with a side of Asian glaze to the anchor desk which gave them all an opportunity to riff on his earworm “Beautiful Things"—which happily was not one of his musical performances Speaking of Boone: He of course flipped into view after Brunson's first introduction of him It was a cute little moment I do wish he'd showed some restraint and not felt the need to give another showy flip during his second performance Live Updates From the 2025 Met Gala See All the Fashion, Outfits, and Looks on the Met Gala Red Carpet Plus, Who Made VF’s Best-Dressed List Kim Kardashian Dons Sleek The Met Gala’s Tailored for You Theme Winners: Who Did It Best Diana Ross Returns to the Red Carpet With an 18-Foot Train Everything to Know About the 2025 Met Gala Watch the Met Gala Livestream Designer Prabal Gurung Recalls His First Met Gala Revisit the Most Unforgettable Met Gala Looks of All Time On Monday, "Beautiful Things" singer Benson Boone announced he'll be taking his show on the road Grammy-nominated pop artist is headed out on his "American Heart Tour" ahead of an upcoming album of the same name the tour will bring Boone to Nashville's Bridgestone Arena Toronto and more before closing out in Salt Lake City on Oct The tour announcement follows Boone's "Saturday Night Live" musical guest debut on May 3 and an appearance at Memphis' RiverBeat Music Festival on May 4 Boone also recently released his track "Mystical Magical," the second single from the forthcoming "American Heart," which follows the release of his tune "Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else" in February Boone debuted his latest track at Coachella, where he also went viral for his performance alongside Queen's Brian May in a cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody." Boone, who was recently nominated for best new artist at February's Grammy Awards, is best known for his chart-topper "Beautiful Things," which was the top streamed song in the world in 2024 How to buy tickets to Benson Boone's Nashville showAn Amex Presale Tickets for North American shows begins on Wednesday, May 7 at 10 a.m. CT at https://amex.aegpresents.com/bensonboone/ A fan presale kicks off on Thursday, May 8 at 10 a.m. CT at bensonboone.com. Audrey Gibbs is a music reporter at The Tennessean You can reach her at agibbs@tennessean.com BY Vish KhannaPublished May 4 Quinta Brunson played it cool despite internally nerding out about being back on Saturday Night Live, an assignment she clearly cherishes, while Benson Boone likely didn't move the public opinion needle about his brand of contrived, retro karate-oriented pop music. Here's everything that happened on SNL this week.   Donald Trump's first 100 days were satirized with an address by James Austin Johnson as the president. Mikey Day soon appeared as creepy aide Stephen Miller, armed with a series of executive orders, which were all preposterously offensive. Marcello Hernández also showed up as the spineless Marco Rubio who, as usual, dutifully and in great pain, did the president's bidding. Some nice riffs on Connections and A Christmas Carol were mixed into this solid open. SNL superfan Quinta Brunson made her second appearance as a host, and took a moment to tout her recent honorary university degree. She made some funny jokes about being short and then sang a song about being 4'11." Fellow shorty Sabrina Carpenter made a brief (short) cameo, and they each made some dad jokes about shortness. Even Dwayne Wade, who is notably tall, turned up to celebrate shortness, all of which was surprising and funny. A riff on Bill & Ted found Marcello Hernández and Andrew Dismukes playing the titular characters, who were saying farewell to historical figures who were being sent back to their respective time periods. Kenan Thompson and Brunson portrayed Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, who stubbornly and hilariously didn't wish to return to their time in America, which was particularly racist. A smart sketch. In this remote ad, Kenan Thompson and Brunson played parents of a young couple and told them about their financial planning for their grandchildren's futures. A play on OnlyFans, this pleasant sounding commercial was really a disturbing promo for a voyeuristic seniors sex service, which was rather shocking and clever. Chloe Fineman and Emil Wakim played leaders of a Leadership Summit teaching employees about "compliment sandwiches," which went awry quickly, as the employees said very wrong things to each other. Things took another kind of turn when Bowen Yang's bizarre, recurring time-travelling character appeared to ask an inappropriate question, and then even the session leaders submitted to this amusing madness. In this remote, many of the women in the cast joined Brunson in this satire of saying goodbye to your youth when you're in your early 30s, which is a confusing time, fashion-wise. This was fine. Riffing on the viral "100 men vs. one gorilla" debate, Brunson and Ego Nwodim played attitudinal women who entered a gorilla enclosure at a zoo and tried sassing a gorilla to death, which did not work out in their favour. This was a bit incomprehensible really, but also not terrible in a Mad TV kinda way. Backflipping and cringe-y 1980s anthem lover Benson Boone made the most of his SNL debut with a brash stage show for "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else," which even incorporated Brunson for a spell after her intro.  For his second performance, Boone and his band played "Mystical Magical," which owed more than a little to Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," with vague bits of Queen thrown in too. Adeptly performed, but rather unoriginal. Colin Jost began with a bit about Trump posting AI photos of himself as the Pope, while Michael Che mocked Pam Bondi's fentanyl claims. Jost introduced a segment called Oh Hell No!, in which he ranted about Trump's statements about doll shortages at Christmas. Che told us about the racist Homeland Security department, while Jost mocked Trump's Columbus Day pronouncements. Che told a good Ye joke. Michael Longfellow stopped by to discuss a new government rule about travelling with "real ID" and his protest against it. Longfellow ranted and railed against this rule and his lack of work at SNL this season. This turned into a remarkable bunch of airport and flying jokes, which was great. Jost reported on an army jet falling into the ocean and made a curious Osama Bin Laden joke before Che had a good Harriet Tubman bit. After a slew of jokes that earned groans, Che introduced us to two Applebees Barflies, Darlene and Duke. Sarah Sherman and Bowen Yang played this trashy couple, who lamented about the economic hardship the restaurant chain was enduring, but while they didn't make a great case for such chains, they were funny, and even Benson Boone got in on the act. At a group meeting for addicts, Brunson played the session leader and Kenan Thompson played Marcus, a cocaine addict desperate to obtain some cocaine and trying to gather info about how to do so via the other participants. Thompson is almost always great starring in anything and, despite the weak premise here, he made it work. James Austin Johnson played the host of a show about sports history and profiled fictional boxer Jerry "Jackrabbit" Tulane, who was known for his witty repartee. Played by Brunson, Tulane wasn't so sharp and apparently not much of a boxer. Brunson was made to portray a progressively CTE-addled boxer, which was darkly amusing. Be the first to get our biggest stories delivered to your inbox. Click the video embeds below to watch some of the highlights from Saturday night’s show. Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information A TikTok sensation and one of pop music's freshest artists will take his best hits on the road for an arena tour Following his debut performance on "Saturday Night Live," Benson Boone announced his fall 2025 "American Heart" arena tour The Grammy nominated pop artist will kick off the tour Aug The announcement comes over a month before the June 20 release of his newest album who got his start on "American Idol," opened for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in London performed with Lana Del Rey and completed a fully sold-out "Fireworks and Rollerblades" tour in 2024 In addition to tracks from his upcoming album fans can expect to hear hit tracks like "Beautiful Things," "Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else" and "Mystical Magical." Trending features reporter Amani Bayo can be reached at abayo@dispatch.com We want to do everything we can to get him right because we know how good he is and how valuable he's going to be for us." That ended Williams' night after 12 pitches He fell behind in the count 3-1 to Springer He walked off the mound to heavy booing from the home crowd "Just nothing's working right now," said Williams who has an 11.25 ERA across 10 appearances this season "And all I can do is continue to work and hopefully get some better results here." The Yankees acquired Williams, 30, from the Milwaukee Brewers in December to replace Clay Holmes as closer in his final season before reaching free agency next winter a breakout star down the stretch and through October last season the Yankees envisioned a shutdown back end of the bullpen Williams made a resounding impact on the franchise before throwing a pitch in a game that mattered when he served as the catalyst behind the scenes to have Yankees brass change the longstanding no-beard policy during spring training Yankees closer Devin Williams was booed after being removed in the ninth inning when he allowed three runs and failed to record an out in a 4-2 loss to Toronto. Elsa/Getty ImagesBut Williams has not resembled the pitcher who starred in Milwaukee That pitcher posted a 1.83 ERA over six seasons with the Brewers behind a mystifying screwball-like changeup known as The Airbender Williams has historically struggled early in the season -- he entered Friday with a 4.08 career ERA between March and April his worst by far in any month -- but these struggles have been different after missing the first four months of the season with a back injury Williams faced 88 batters and allowed three earned runs on 10 hits over 21⅔ innings he has faced 44 batters and yielded 10 earned runs on 12 hits across eight innings In addition to the command troubles that resurfaced Friday A year after holding batters to a .133 batting average and .488 OPS opponents are hitting .343 with a .912 OPS "It's not a good feeling not to be able to get the job done for the team They put us in a great position to win there Asked if the crowd's reaction bothered him Williams said he didn't "have an opinion on it." "I believe in my ability to go out there and shut it down but 'still expecting great things'April 26th We’ll try to do what’s best for the team and Devin,” Boone said “We’ll just get through this bump in the road The implosion marked Williams’ first blown save in five chances as a Yankee. But he has struggled in several other outings, including coughing up a four-run lead against the Rays last Saturday in Tampa Williams has allowed 12 runs (10 earned) in eight innings It hasn’t helped that opposing hitters have a .462 batting average against his four-seamer and have hit .273 against the Airbender changeup “Nothing’s working right now,” Williams said Friday night not to be able to get the job done for the team “I know the results haven’t been great yet,” Boone said The profile of the changeup is still there Once he starts flipping that and starts getting some count leverage I expect him to be the dominant closer he has been.” Benson Boone’s American Heart Tour will open at Xcel Energy Center on Aug just two years after he played in town at the Fine Line Minnesotans will get the first chance to see how fast-rising pop star Benson Boone cuts it as an arena headliner Fresh off his debut performance on “SNL” this past weekend the “Beautiful Things” hitmaker will kick off his first U.S Paul kickoff date was announced Monday along with 19 other shows on his American Heart Tour named after his second album due out June 20 No opening acts have been announced yet for the tour Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas. Music She was as alluringly confessional as Joni Mitchell but not as musically intriguing Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera plays at the Ordway Music Theater in St May 4, 2025 2:53 PM EDTBenson Boone made a big move during his debut as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live—and no we’re not talking about one of his signature backflips off of a piano On the May 3 edition of the NBC late-night show the 22-year-old American Idol alum did showcase his backflipping skills during a performance of his song “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else.” But he added a unique touch that isn’t usually seen on the show After being introduced by show host Quinta Brunson Boone started his performance by doing a flip off a white table with Brunson giving Boone a flirty look over her shoulder before he headed onstage to a mic stand that was set up in front of his band Fans reacted with comments on a YouTube clip of the performance, with some noting it is rare to see the musical guest interact with the SNL host until the “goodnights” at the end of the show “Other than Ian McKellan jamming out to Kylie Minogue’s 2003 performance of ‘Can’t Get You Outta My Head’ on SNL I cannot remember a host being visible during even a few seconds of the performance of the musical guest,” one viewer noted While Brunson may have been mesmerized by his serenade, this wasn’t the only time Boone boasted his backflipping skills to the Abbott Elementary star. Earlier in the week, the duo taped an SNL promo with cast member Sarah Sherman While Boone pulled off a perfect flip during the spot In December, Boone told Z100 New York he doesn’t mind all of the attention he gets for his athletic moves onstage He also claimed he has never totally missed the mark when attempting a backflip during a performance “So far I’ve hit it every time so far,” Boone said in the interview a couple times I've had like a landing that isn't my favorite but never one that's like noticeably like ‘wow So I'm hoping that day doesn't come Backflipping pop singer Benson Boone will perform a Detroit date on his first arena tour He'll perform at Little Caesars Arena on Aug and American Express presales start at 10 a.m broke out with last year's "Beautiful Things," which hit No It was the lead single from his debut album "Fireworks & Rollerblades." Boone is touring behind his sophomore album "American Heart," which is due out June 20 California's Coachella festival and performed over the weekend on "Saturday Night Live," where he started his performance with one of his signature acts of acrobatics The Detroit concert comes during the early stretch of his 29-date "American Heart" tour Boone performed at the Fillmore Detroit in April 2024 ST. PAUL (WJON News) -- A popular singer and multi-instrumentalist is coming to Minnesota this summer Grammy-nominated Benson Boone has announced a North American tour that will bring him to the Xcel Energy Center on August 22nd The "American Heart" tour will hit over 30 U.S cities and is named after his forthcoming album Boone is partnering with Google Maps during the tour to exclusively share his favorite local spots for fans to check out before or after the shows too he was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live and his hit "Beautiful Things" was the #1 streamed song in the world for 2024 Tickets for Benson Boone's "American Heart" tour go on sale to the general public at 10:00 a.m Grammy nominated Benson Boone will bring his North American tour to Xcel Energy Center this summer\nRead More ST. PAUL (WJON News) -- A popular singer Fla — Benson Boone announced he is coming to Tampa for the American Heart tour this fall Tampa is one of three dates he has scheduled in Florida as part of his world tour Pre-sale tickets go on sale starting May 7 and the general on-sale will be May 9 at 10 a.m More information on tickets can be found here. and I feel like that's part of where the system failed" Henry Betsey Jr. is facing charges for marrying three Florida women in three different counties at the same time. Now saying the system that handles marriage licenses kept them in the dark Latest Hillsborough County News from ABC Action News Report a typo