Melanie Martinez Announces Expansive Arena Tour -- HADES: The Sacrifice Set To Hit Little Caesars Arena Saturday, July 18

(DETROIT – April 16, 2026) – Today, multi-platinum artist and creative polymath Melanie Martinez announces HADES: THE SACRIFICE, her new North American and European tour in support of HADES, her fourth studio album. Produced by Live Nation, the global run will stop at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, July 18 at 7 p.m.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 24 at 12 p.m. at 313Presents.com, LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.com. The most secure way to purchase tickets for the presale and general on sale is via the official ticket links at melaniemartinezmusic.com/tour.

Fans will have first access to tickets via the artist presale, which starts on Wednesday, April 22 at 12 p.m. local time in each city. To have a chance to access the artist presale, fans must sign up HERE by Monday, April 20 at 11:59 p.m. PST in North America/Mexico. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale.

On the tour, Melanie shares: "When writing HADES, I knew the tour for this album had to be immersive and cinematic. Creating a new character and thinking of how she'll be performing in this new world is so exciting. This tour is very different to anything I've done before, and involves more practical elements and camera illusions that I'm really excited about. We're working on making sure each song gets their moment. I hope it can bring people together under these strange dystopian times we're living in."

HADES debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, marking her fourth consecutive Top 10 debut and third consecutive Top 5 debut. The album also opened at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Alternative Albums chart and Rock & Alternative chart as well. A brooding, maximalist 18-track journey into the fractured psyche of modern life, HADES cements Martinez as one of the most daring voices of her generation. In a recent review of the record, Rolling Stone calls Melanie "a prolific visionary with no shortage of imagination..."

The announcement follows a fan-driven rollout for HADES, which Melanie unveiled through a series of sold-out listening experiences in London, Amsterdam, and Toronto. HADES: THE SACRIFICE marks her first major tour since 2024, when she played and sold out the largest venues of her career, including two nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and The O2 in London, while also headlining marquee festivals such as Lollapalooza and Corona Capital.

With 30 billion+ global streams, 5.54 billion official YouTube views and 62.2 million+ followers across platforms, Melanie Martinez has stretched, shaped, and molded alternative pop into an immersive, innovative, and inimitable world of her own design. Since emerging in 2012, the New York-born Latin-American singer, songwriter, director, and visionary has not only blurred the lines between genres, but also between reality and fantasy, beckoning audiences into the warm embrace of her singular artistry.

Martinez broke ground with her iconic 2015 debut LP, CRY BABY. The 2x-Platinum album celebrated its 10th anniversary last year and is mother to the 3x-Platinum "Dollhouse," 2x-Platinum staples "Pity Party," "Play Date," "Pacify Her," "Carousel," "Mad Hatter," and "Soap," and Platinum favorites "Training Wheels," "Sippy Cup," "Alphabet Boy," and "Tag, You're It." After vaulting to #6 on the Billboard 200, this debut has gone on to log 208 non-consecutive weeks on the chart. In its wake, she notched two consecutive Top 3 debuts on the Billboard 200 with the Platinum-certified K-12 (2019) and PORTALS (2023). All three albums debuted #1 on the Billboard Alternative chart.

Upon the release of K-12, Melanie also made her film debut with an accompanying musical of the same name which upon its release was #6 at the box office worldwide. On her tour for this record, she donated a dollar of every ticket to The Trevor Project. PORTALS debuted on the Billboard 200 at #2 and spawned "VOID" and "DEATH," her first original songs to debut on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2024, Martinez embarked on her first-ever global arena headline tour, The Trilogy Tour, packing legendary venues on multiple continents, including sold-out successive nights at NYC's Madison Square Garden.