Hayley Williams teases ‘surprises’ in upcoming tour

Hayley Williams has stated that fans can expect "exciting surprises" from her upcoming tour.

The Paramore star has confirmed plans to expand her first solo tour with The Hayley Williams Show, which will follow her current run supporting her solo album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.

The recent theatre shows have mainly consisted of 20 songs from her recent album along with a Nina Simon cover.

However, The Hayley Williams Show dates will feature tracks from all three solo albums "as well as exciting surprises," according to a press release.

It's not clear just yet whether that means more covers, or even some Paramore songs but she will be joined by Magdalena Bay and Rico Nasty as openers for the upcoming US run, while Annie DiRusso is set as support for Latin America and Puerto Rico.

Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party dropped in August last year and was the follow-up to 2021's Flowers for Vases/Descansos, which was released just one year after Hayley's debut solo album Petals for Armor.

In between solo albums, Hayley also reunited with Paramour for their sixth album This Is Why.

The 2023 release, which topped the charts in the UK and ranked at number two in the US, including singles like the title track, The News, C'est Comme Ca, and Running Out Of Time.

The band kicked off their careers with 2005's All We Know Is Falling, before breaking out with Riot! in 2007 and Brand New Eyes in 2009.

Four years later, they topped the charts with their self-titled record, while they moved away from their signature pop-punk sound with After Laughter in 2017.