UPDATED 6/29/26 at 3 am ET – On his Sunday, June 28, show in Toronto, Noah Kahan he made fans promise not to take off their pants and throw trash on the floor at his concert.
“This is wrong and new in more ways than one,” he said on stage at Rogers Stadium, according to a video posted by X. “When you walk into this building, you enter a social contract … Rule number 2 other than that don’t literally kill each other is not to **** down.”
Kahan then allowed fans to repeat the promise to that effect. “I swear, I affirm that I will not stab my pants, and if I take them off, I will not take them out of my pants and put them on the floor,” said his followers.
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Songwriter Noah Kahan has an unusual request for fans planning to attend his The Great Divide Tour concerts.
“If you have to go to a show please, dear God, just go to the bathroom,” Kahan, 29, wrote on X Saturday, June 27. “Lmao I got my pants up a lot like this 29 year old guy but you have to understand there’s a local worker with a 1000 yard show after dealing with that.”
Kahan kicked his The Great Divide Tour in Orlando earlier this month, performing at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park on Friday, June 26.
“Holy s*** Philly,” Kahan wrote on Instagram Stories after the showsharing a selfie backstage.
Without elaborating on what happened during the show, Kahan experienced a wardrobe dilemma.
“If the trip is going to be what it is, I will need to buy more boxers,” in a tweet on Friday.
Kahan later he clarified that he had in fact been “fucking myself” during the concert.
“I sit on stage in Charlottesville but it’s because I’m dedicated to my craft,” he said. in a tweet later on Saturday, in case anyone was wondering why he was issuing such a personal warning.
Besides getting dirty, Kahan was happy to hit the road and perform his best songs for his big fans.
“In all the cities we play in, I might play five or six places in that city. [or] 11 years now,” he said Rolling Stone last month. “I wouldn’t be in these places without those 100, 2,000 [or] 5,000 people came to those previous shows.”
At the time, Kahan teased that he was “excited about all” the travel destinations.
“We’re in practice, I just want the show to be as good as possible before I get too excited, but I know the Fenway shows are going to be crazy,” he joked while performing at the Boston Red Sox stadium. “Four games at Fenway is just great, [then] Wrigley Field, Rose Bowl, like these places that I just saw on TV growing up, I’m really excited about them. “
The Boston fairs, in particular, hold a special place in Kahan’s heart.
Like us, Noah Kahan doesn’t quite understand how Taylor Swift can do it all. “Yeah, Taylor Swift has to be in good shape,” Kahan, 29, said during her Friday, June 26, concert in Philadelphia, according to a social media video. “Holy f*** this is not easy. It’s not even the hottest day, I’m just not here. […]
“However, Boston is always like, it’s my home,” he explained at the store. “[I will get] to see my family and all my aunts and uncles and friends and this community of people who always show up for me.”
He continued, “I used to buy my tickets to sell out shows, like, many people now come to these shows. I don’t forget those times when we couldn’t sell out a show or we watched it in an empty room…so every single show I enjoy because it’s sold out and there are people who will support me for a long time.”
