Olivia Rodrigo at TD Garden, Oct. 15, 2026

Olivia Rodrigo at TD Garden, Oct. 15, 2026

Concert Reviews

Rodrigo seamlessly transitioned from the soft, intimate crooning of songs like “begged” and “deja vu” to pop-punk and pop-rock belts, including “bad idea right?” and “all-american bitch.”

Olivia Rodrigo performs at the Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Great Park in Irvine, Calif. Photographers were not allowed at her show at TD Garden in Boston. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

Olivia Rodrigo, with Wolf Alice, at TD Garden, Boston, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. Additional shows to follow at the venue on Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18.

At 23, Olivia Rodrigo knows just who she is. The seasons of a relationship may circuit through, but this singer-songwriter strives to spring anew.

Rodrigo brings three sold-out shows to TD Garden in Boston for her Unraveled Tour this week.

On Thursday, fans, decked out in babydoll dresses, bows, combat boots, and various shades of purple and red arrive to find a main stage covered in pink and white flowers. Birds chirp in the background as the main screen displays a sleeping Rodrigo in a similar field of flowers.

As the lights and energy build, Rodrigo appears to gently wake from her slumber, first via the screen and then on the stage. It’s clear that the show’s first act takes place in springtime, as Rodrigo weathers the changing seasons of a relationship.

Donning a white babydoll dress, Rodrigo slowly emerges from a patch of flowers, popping her head up just after the first verse of “drop dead,” beginning the chorus, “Oh, one night I was bored in bed…”

The lead single from her third studio album, “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” perfectly captures the giddy feelings of new love – and the tour set serves as an extension of those feelings: lights blushing soft pinks and music building like a beating heart.

Grabbing a bouquet as she waltzes across the stage, Rodrigo follows “drop dead” with the playful “u + me = <3,” as she lifts her dress just enough to reveal custom embroidered “bos + me = <3” shorts. (That’s Boston plus Olivia Rodrigo equals love, for the uninitiated.)

A flirty lightness about her continues with just a hint of edge, as the pop star pulls out a pink heart-shaped guitar for “so american,” a goofy grin across her face as she sings “I might just be in lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love.”

She wraps up springtime with “good 4 u,” an angsty pop-rock single from her debut album. The lyrics “Maybe I’m too emotional / Or maybe you never cared at all” hit especially hard as she starts ripping up some of the flowers, a start to the mood shift for the next act: summer.

Almost every act involves an outfit change and an intro video to set the tone. For summer, dandelions blowing in the wind, sparklers, and burning flowers heat up the scene.

Rodrigo, now wearing a cropped white tank, shorts, and Vans sneakers, commands the full stage with “my way,” followed by the powerful charity single “serena joy.” In between two tracks off her sophomore album, “bad idea right” and “ballad of a homeschooled girl,” Rodrigo introduces her all-woman and nonbinary backing band members and singers, taking a camera up close to each of their instruments and giving them each a moment in the spotlight.

Appearing to have just as much fun on stage as those in the audience, Rodrigo collapses in a field of flowers before she playfully blows a dandelion, light-up wristbands activating amongst the crowd as if the seeds were blowing right through the seats and around the arena.

The season transitions to summer twilight for a brief third act featuring a gloomy, foggy vibe for performances of “vampire” and “purple.”

Ahead of the fifth act, Rodrigo changes into a black babydoll dress and boots for autumn. She appears on a small B-stage for the start of “stupid song,” picking and tossing flowers into the crowd before making her way through the floor pit and back to the main stage.

There, the energy intensifies with glowing orange and red lights, and images of leaves and trees on the screen. Leading into “maggots for brains,” Rodrigo encourages the crowd to duet with her on the bridge, “What can I do / But think of you? / But think of you?”

It’s during autumn in which Rodrigo appears to shift in these feelings of love, wrapping up the act with the particularly haunting “I regret you” pre-chorus in “cigarette smoke.”

The fifth act, winter, kicks off with “honeybee,” which Rodrigo described in an interview with BBC Radio 1 as a “plain and simple love song.”

From there, she moved into “favorite crime” and “drivers license,” a couple of tracks off her debut album, before shifting to a C-stage for “less,” a powerful ballad detailing the uneasy emotions around accepting the end of a relationship.

Her metamorphosis arrives during “the cure,” when standing on this C-stage in simulated rain, her custom white dress dissolves in the water to reveal a red corset bodysuit and mini skirt, as she sings “it don’t matter how your love feels anymore / it will never be the cure.”

Winter ends, but Rodrigo prepares to bloom for spring again. With now-wet hair, she changes into a pink cami, jeans, and checkered vans. Kicking off this final act with the soft, intimate crooning of “deja vu,” Rodrigo seamlessly transitions to her pop-rock belt, “all-american bitch,” inviting fans for a cathartic scream as she says, “think about someone or something that pisses you off.”

Confetti falls as the artist closes the show with “expectations,” a song that details Rodrigo’s growth when it comes to dating standards and prioritizing her self-worth. (A remix of the song with an accompanying music video released Thursday features friend, former tour opener, and powerhouse in her own right, Chappell Roan.)

Rock band Wolf Alice opened Rodrigo’s roughly two-hour performance in Boston. Lyrics like “Love / What if it’s not for me?” from the hit, “Don’t Delete The Kisses,” closed the band’s set, perfectly priming the audience for themes of love, searching, and other reflections on a relationship.

Rodrigo may still have more to learn when it comes to love, but her talent, confidence, and stage presence show more growth than ever.

Setlist for Olivia Rodrigo at TD Garden, Boston, Oct. 15, 2026:

Act I: Spring

  • drop dead
  • u + me = <3
  • so american
  • good 4 u

Act II: Summer

  • my way
  • serena joy
  • bad idea right?
  • ballad of a homeschooled girl

Act III: Summer Twilight

Act IV: Autumn

  • stupid song
  • maggots for brains
  • traitor
  • begged
  • cigarette smoke

Act V: Winter

  • honeybee
  • favorite crime
  • drivers license
  • less
  • the cure (ft. dissolving dress)

Encore/Act VI: Spring II

  • deja vu
  • all-american bitch
  • expectations

Heather Alterisio

Senior Content Producer

Heather Alterisio, a senior content producer, joined Boston.com in 2022 after working for more than five years as a general assignment reporter at newspapers in Massachusetts.

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