After delivering one of Summerfest 2025’s most memorable headlining performances, the Grammy-nominated pop star will take over Fiserv Forum on July 22.

Milwaukee has already watched Benson Boone’s rise to pop superstardom unfold in real time.

When Boone first appeared at Summerfest in 2023, he was a last-minute addition to the American Family Insurance Amphitheater lineup, filling in for AJR as the opening act for Imagine Dragons. Just two summers later, he returned to the same stage as a sold-out headliner, commanding the amphitheater with the confidence, production and crowd response of an artist who had quickly outgrown the “rising star” label.

Now, Boone is coming back to Milwaukee for another major career milestone.

The 23-year-old singer will bring his Wanted Man Tour to Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, July 22, with special guest Olivia O’Brien. The performance comes after Boone completed his sold-out global American Heart Tour and represents his biggest Milwaukee headlining show outside of Summerfest.

For anyone who caught Boone at Summerfest last July, his move into Milwaukee’s downtown arena should come as no surprise.

Boone’s Summerfest performance was a high-energy showcase filled with towering vocals, frantic sprints across the stage, somersaults and the acrobatic backflips that have become one of his live trademarks. Even while moving almost constantly, Boone’s signature falsetto remained the centerpiece of the show, particularly during songs such as “Cry” and “Beautiful Things.”

The latter provided the night’s biggest moment. When Boone launched into his breakthrough smash, nearly every voice inside the amphitheater joined him, transforming the emotional ballad into a massive communal singalong. The performance felt less like a conventional festival appearance and more like a preview of the full-scale arena shows that were clearly waiting in Boone’s future.

That future has arrived quickly.

Released in 2024, Boone’s debut album, Fireworks & Rollerblades, introduced a wider audience to the dramatic vocals and emotional songwriting behind songs including “Beautiful Things,” “Slow It Down” and “Cry.” His 2025 follow-up, American Heart, expanded his sound while producing additional fan favorites such as “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else” and “Mystical Magical.”

Boone also received his first Grammy nomination for Best New Artist at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, adding another major accomplishment to a résumé that already includes billions of streams and performances on some of the world’s largest stages.

Still, streaming totals and awards only tell part of the story. Boone’s rapid ascent makes the most sense after watching him perform.

His concerts combine the exaggerated movement and showmanship of a classic arena frontman with the confessional songwriting of a modern singer-songwriter. One moment might find him seated at a piano delivering a vulnerable ballad; the next could feature him sprinting down a catwalk or launching into a backflip without losing control of the song.

At Summerfest, that combination made even the largest moments feel surprisingly personal. Boone could lead thousands of fans through a soaring chorus and then bring the room down to near silence for a more intimate song. Fiserv Forum should give him an even larger canvas for those contrasts, along with the lighting, staging and production capabilities needed to turn the Wanted Man Tour into a complete arena spectacle.

The Milwaukee performance also continues an extraordinary progression for Boone within the city: emergency opener in 2023, sold-out Summerfest headliner in 2025 and Fiserv Forum attraction in 2026. Few artists have climbed Milwaukee’s concert ladder so quickly.

With Olivia O’Brien opening the night and Boone arriving after an enormously successful international run, the July 22 concert is positioned to be one of Milwaukee’s biggest pop events of the summer.

Boone already proved at Summerfest that he can fill an amphitheater with flips, falsettos and plenty of feeling. This time, he will have an entire arena at his disposal.

Concert Information

Who: Benson Boone with Olivia O’Brien
Tour: Wanted Man Tour 2026
When: Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 8 p.m.
Where: Fiserv Forum, 1111 Vel R. Phillips Ave., Milwaukee
Tickets: On sale through Fiserv Forum and Ticketmaster