Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving Live (2026)

Capitalizing on a pair of sold-out Massey Hall gigs, a high-profile run opening for Sabrina Carpenter, and a buzzy new album cycle, Olivia Dean is returning to Toronto looking every bit like a future superstar. One of the UK's brightest rising exports, she's skipping the mid-sized venue step entirely and jumping straight into arenas, with Scotiabank Arena routed halfway through.

Her rise has been steady, deliberate, and deeply earned. It's the kind of growth that converts casual listeners into loyal ticket buyers. But will that loyalty scale to arenas? It'll be one of the more fascinating storylines heading into the 2026 concert season.

Update (11/17): Seating map has been added!

Update (11/18): Night 2 has been added. The show will take place on Wednesday, August 5th. Tickets are on sale now. You can find the updated links below. With there being two dates now, this is looking more like a Wait.

The facts

• Who: Olivia Dean
• When: August 4 + 5, 2026 | 8:00PM
• Where: Scotiabank Arena | 12,439 Capacity
• Why: Touring behind her new album, The Art of Loving
• Last Toronto show: Massey Hall (07/24+25/25)
• Nearest stop: Montreal (08/07)

Presale Dates

• Artist: Nov 18 @ 10:00AM
• Live Nation, Ticketmaster: Nov 18 @ 12:00PM
• Spotify: Nov 19 @ 10:00AM
• Live Insider: Nov 20 @ 10:00AM
• General Public: Nov 21 @ 10:00AM

Community Chatter

Curious how fans are feeling about the tour? Here are the best places to gauge sentiment:

• Olivia Dean Subreddit
• Instagram Announcement

Seating Map

💡How I rate shows

• Various factors are considered, including community sentiment, time since last show, pricing, proximity to nearby dates, and more
• Each factor is given a positive or negative score. Positive scores swing in the direction of Buy, and negative scores swing towards Wait
• Factors sum up to one score, which becomes the FaceValue Verdict: Buy or Wait

The factors

Here's everything pushing this presale up or down the FaceValue scale.

Gambling on a bold leap to arenas --

This will be Olivia Dean's first headlining run of arena dates in North America. A particularly bold jump, especially considering she has just wrapped up a theatre run over the summer – with two stops in Toronto's Massey Hall. While not as brave as The Neighbourhood's ambitions, it surely is a test of her momentum.

The Neighbourhood - The Wourld Tour (2026)

After three years away from the limelight and seven from the spotlight, The Neighbourhood is back – but not without controversy. The SoCal alt-pop outfit will make their long-awaited return to Toronto this spring, taking an enormous leap from 2018’s REBEL to Scotiabank Arena in what marks their first arena tour.

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Proven arena sales in Europe +

Olivia has already demonstrated her arena viability across the UK and Europe. She instantly sold out four 20K-cap dates in London, and it's looking like the rest of the dates are just as hot. Sure, international success doesn't always translate here, but it does show that her team can build an arena show that sells.

Major momentum, perfect timing ++

All signs point towards 2026 being Olivia's year. Glowing press, Grammy nods, rising streaming numbers, and a top-5 hit on this week's Billboard Hot 100 – this is the kind of trajectory that launches superstardom. Timing the tour in the heat of summer gives even more time for heads to turn.

Sabrina Tour Bump +

Striking while the iron's hot, Olivia announced the tour just weeks after wrapping up a series of supporting gigs for Sabrina Carpenter. While her music occupies a different realm from Sabrina's saccharine style of pop, it does expose Olivia's craft to tens of thousands of potential new fans. We've seen the halo effect help catapult artists like Chappell Roan (post-GUTS tour) and Gracie Abrams (post-Eras tour).

Cross-Generational Appeal +

While pop soul doesn't typically sell as well as radio-built dance-pop, it does pull in a more mature demographic. Olivia's music resonates with Gen Z but also draws in older listeners who gravitate towards big-voice singer-songwriters. Arena tours thrive when multiple demographics show up, and Olivia's diverse base raises the ceiling for demand.

Raye Sales Slow With Similar Demo -

Another UK darling with critical acclaim and an impending NA tour is Raye. The two occupy a similar space within the pop soul/contemporary R&B sphere, have been on matching upward trajectories, and even went to the same school together. Despite the similarities, her recent North American presales were surprisingly soft. Most shocking, however, is that Raye is playing much smaller venues than Olivia, with Toronto's Coca-Cola Coliseum stop being half the capacity of Scotia. The situations aren't identical, but the parallels still suggest expectations should be measured.

This is looking like a Tossup. This one can land either way, and it entirely hinges on whether Olivia can sustain (or amplify) her current momentum over the next half-year. In an era where the club-to-stadium pipeline keeps shrinking, signs point toward Olivia Dean being next in line for an "it-girl" breakthrough. The real decision for fans is simple: how confident are you in that trajectory?