Huge concert coming to Albertsons Stadium in Boise: ‘You can’t really have a bigger name’

(Idaho Statesman) — In a rare occurrence, Albertsons Stadium will open its gates to concert fans in 2025.

But this time, it won’t be for a massive country show — even if the headliner did make his Grand Ole Opry debut three months ago.

Genre-surfing singer, rapper and songwriter Post Malone will headline on Boise State’s blue turf on Tuesday, June 24. A record-crushing, global megastar who counts song streams by the billions, Malone has never performed in Idaho.

“You can’t really have a bigger name right now,” said Creston Thornton, president of promoter Live Nation’s mountain region. “He’s everywhere.”

How big is Malone? His opening act will be fellow face-tattooed singer and rapper Jelly Roll. The same guy who just performed for about 8,500 fans at a sold-out Ford Idaho Center in August.

BSU’s stadium will be set up to hold more than 35,000 concertgoers, Thornton said.

Tickets to the Post Malone concert will cost $49.50 to $349.50 plus fees. They’ll become available to the general public starting at noon Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Ticketmaster. Presales will begin at noon Wednesday, Nov. 20, starting with an offer for Citi cardmembers.

Gates to the show will open at 5:30 p.m.; music will kick off at 7:30.

Raised in Texas, Malone rose to prominence in 2015 with a breakout mainstream hit, “White Iverson,” which has more than 1.1 billion views on YouTube alone. Blending hip-hop and pop, he soon blossomed into a commercial force of epic proportions.

Malone, 29, has seen six hits reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100: “Circles,” “Rockstar” (featuring 21 Savage), “Psycho” (featuring Ty Dolla $ign), “Sunflower” (with Swae Lee from the “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” soundtrack), “I Had Some Help” (featuring Morgan Wallen) — and, as a feature himself, “Fortnight,” the lead single from Taylor Swift’s latest album.

Malone’s much-anticipated country album, “F-1 Trillion,” materialized this summer. It’s guest-packed with a who’s who of the genre’s royalty, including names such as Tim McGraw, Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton and — notably for Boise — Luke Combs.

Combs headlined the last concert at Albertsons Stadium, in 2023. Prior to that, Garth Brooks entertained about 86,000 fans over two nights in 2019 (grossing $6,592,083, according to a copy of the settlement obtained by the Idaho Statesman).

Live Nation and BSU have discussed the possibility of a summer concert series for several years, Thornton said. The Malone show could open the door to a longer-term relationship.

During a weeklong period last August, Live Nation produced three concerts at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana: Pearl Jam, Tyler Childers and Pink. “And sold them all out,” Thornton said. “I definitely think the Boise market’s ripe for two or three — or three or four — stadium shows a year.”

“It’s fair to say that this has been a long time in the making. We hope to do more shows each summer at Albertsons Stadium.”