Benson Boone grew up in Monroe, Washington, spending his high school years not in choir rooms but on diving boards — a competitive diver, in his own telling, who didn’t know he could sing. He found out eventually. In 2021, at eighteen, he appeared on American Idol, where judge Katy Perry told him she saw him winning it. He withdrew anyway, after making the top twenty-four, because the format wasn’t what he was reaching for. Three years later, “Beautiful Things” was the most-streamed song on earth. On Thursday, August 20, Boone brings his Wanted Man Tour to Frost Bank Center in San Antonio — his first performance in the city.
About Benson Boone
“Beautiful Things,” released in early 2024, debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February, then spent eight weeks climbing before peaking at No. 2. It wasn’t a flash — it was a patient ascent, song by song and share by share, that told you something about how audiences were finding it. The track ended the year as Billboard’s Top Global 200 entry, cleared three billion streams, and achieved 8x platinum certification. His debut album, Fireworks & Rollerblades, followed in April 2024.
The sophomore record, American Heart, arrived in June 2025 via Night Street Records and Warner Records. It debuted at No. 2 in both the U.S. and Canada and landed in the Top 10 across ten countries, with three tracks charting on the Billboard Hot 100 during release week. Singles “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else,” “Mystical Magical,” and “Mr Electric Blue” extended the album’s reach through the back half of the year. When tickets went on sale for the American Heart World Tour, they were gone in nine seconds — all of them.
At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2025, Boone performed “Beautiful Things” as a Best New Artist nominee, executing his signature backflips in a glittering baby blue jumpsuit. That spring brought a main stage Coachella slot, where he brought out Queen guitarist Brian May for a performance of “Bohemian Rhapsody” that went viral before the set was over. A Saturday Night Live debut followed in May 2025. The Wanted Man Tour — thirty-two arena dates running from July 7 through September 3, 2026 — is where all of that momentum lands in a summer arena. The San Antonio stop will mark his first performance in the city.
About Frost Bank Center
Frost Bank Center is a 19,000-capacity arena at 1 AT&T Center Parkway in San Antonio. Parking lots open at 5:00 PM, doors at 7:00 PM, and the show begins at 8:00 PM. The venue is cashless — credit and debit cards and digital wallets only. Bags must measure 12″ × 12″ × 6″ or smaller.
Tickets
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