While this year’s Grand Prix season has gone down to the wire in Abu Dhabi, Benson Boone can at least be assured he is a winner in the 2025 music calendar.

With his career bubbling under the surface since his appearance on American Idol in 2021, the US singer-songwriter with the golden moustache finally broke through after a viral Coachella performance in April, the sort of moment the festival is built for.

The momentum carried into a US tour that reportedly sold out in less than five minutes, followed by European dates that moved just as quickly.

But constant flights and the physicality of his shows can take a toll between performances. Boone cut a more subdued figure when he visited the Yas Marina Circuit hours before Thursday’s concert at nearby Etihad Park.

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