Halsey plans to get 'Manic' at Xcel Center on June 30

The St. Paul concert announcement arrives a week ahead of her latest album.

January 8, 2020 at 3:44PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

With four top 10 singles already under her belt and a third album on the way, "Closer" singer Halsey should get closer to superstardom in 2020 and is planning an ambitious arena tour coming to Xcel Energy Center on June 30.

Tickets for the Tuesday night performance in St. Paul go on sale through Ticketmaster and the arena box office on Jan. 17, same day her third album "Manic" arrives. Pre-sale options start Thursday.

Tour promoter Live Nation is once again not providing ticket prices in the publicly owned arena in keeping with its "dynamic pricing" tactics. Aussie synth-rock band Chvrches and "Ugotme" singer Omar Apollo will open.

With the lead single "Without Me" already landing at No. 1 in Billboard, "Manic" appears likely to build on the success of Halsey's 2017 album "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom," which included the hits "Bad at Love" and "Him & I," the latter a collaboration with her ex-beau G-Eazy. The New Jersey singer born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, now 25, first broke through in 2016 as the singer on the Chainsmokers' hit "Closer." She also performed at Xcel Center in 2017.

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

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.

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