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Mexican rock stalwarts #Mana have announced a five-date stadium run across Latin America as part of their Vivir Sin Aire Tour, in celebration of the band’s 40th anniversary.
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K-pop titans #BIGBANG have announced their highly anticipated return with a 31-date global stadium tour in celebration of the group’s 20th anniversary.
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There was a palpable wave of surprise from both the industry and the general public when Olivia Dean blew out her first-ever headline outing, #TheArtofLovingLive 🪷
In our latest tour report, IQ goes behind the scenes of Dean’s first arena headline tour to find out how belief, gut instinct, and a rule-breaking mentality fuelled one of the most exciting trajectories in pop.
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Hot on the heels of this year’s edition, Germany’s @RockamRing has had the strongest ticket launch in the festival’s history, shifting more than 48,000 tickets in the first hour for the 2027 edition.
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Jay-Z has announced stadium shows in Paris and Los Angeles in September and October, respectively, promoted by Roc Nation.
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India’s touring market is set to continue its expansion beyond its established major city concert markets when it welcomes #GunsNRoses to Guwahati in November, as part of a two-night tour of the country.
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South Korean officials are moving to introduce stricter penalties for hotel price gouging after a surge in complaints ahead of #BTS’s upcoming concerts in Busan, where some hotel room rates reportedly spiked by as much as 20 times their normal level.
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The remaining days of Italy’s renamed Hellwatt Festival, more recently known as the Pulse of Gaia Festival, have been cancelled by organisers, just over a week after Italian authorities axed performances from Kanye West and Travis Scott.
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#TheSquare has opened in New York City’s Times Square, offering a new performance platform “built for a digital world” that offers acts 15 minutes in one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
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.@Primavera_Sound was forced to cancel opening-night headline performances by Massive Attack, Bad Gyal, and Doja Cat after extreme weather conditions hit the site.
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China is set to gain a trio of small-scale, Sphere-like immersive venues, with plans unfolding in Qianjiang, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
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The arrival of Filipino girl group #BINI on the Coachella festival stage has thrust Pinoy pop (P-pop) music into the global discourse, with the genre looking to be one of Asia’s next major cultural exports.
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#KanyeWest and #TravisScott’s forthcoming Italian concerts, due to be part of the recently rebranded Hellwatt Festival, have been cancelled by local authorities, though plans are underway to stage the shows elsewhere.
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A slew of artists have dropped out of performances scheduled for this month’s Freedom 250 concert series, with many saying they were misled about the event’s ties to the Trump Administration.
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Although John Giddings has notched up 50 years in the business, he’s someone who doesn’t like to look backwards, so here’s his story so far, and what lies ahead.
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