Today, global K-POP sensations BLACKPINK announced their highly anticipated return to the stage with a limited run of stadium shows across North America, Europe, and the UK this summer. Produced by Live Nation, BLACKPINK 2025 World Tour kicks off on Saturday, July 5 with two shows in Seoul at Goyang Stadium before making stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, New York, Paris, Milan, and Barcelona. The tour will wrap up on Friday, August 15, at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium, making BLACKPINK the first ever K-POP girl group to headline the legendary venue.

This marks BLACKPINK’s first headline tour since their record-breaking Born Pink World Tour (2022–2023), which became the highest-grossing tour by a girl group and drew over 1.8 million fans to stages worldwide. BLACKPINK has redefined global K-POP success, captivating audiences around the world with their dynamic live performances and record-breaking achievements. They also hold the title for the most-subscribed artist on YouTube, boasting over 95 million subscribers.

Over the past few years, BLACKPINK members JISOO, JENNIE, ROSÉ, and LISA have launched highly successful solo careers, releasing debut albums, EPs, and various chart-topping hits. Tickets will be available starting Thursday, February 27 at LiveNation.com. Start times vary by market, check your local listings.

BLACKPINK – consisting of JISOO, JENNIE, ROSÉ and LISA – is a globally recognized girl group from YG Entertainment. From the moment they burst onto the scene with their debut single album SQUARE ONE in August 2016, BLACKPINK has dominated the charts with smash hits like “DDU-DU DDU-DU” and “Kill This Love,” solidifying their status as the world’s top girl group.

Indie alt icon beabadoobee has announced THE SPACE IN BETWEEN North American Tour – set to kick off April 8 in Vancouver. The string of headline dates, produced by Live Nation, will bring beabadoobee and her incomparable live show to major cities coast-to-coast including Portland, Las Vegas, Austin, Atlanta, and more, as well as Coachella and Bonnaroo.

Pre-sales begin with beabadoobee’s artist pre-sale on Wednesday, February 5 ahead of the general on-sale beginning Friday, February 7 at 10 a.m. local time. She’ll be joined by special guests Pretty Sick and Keni Titus on select dates. Please visit beabadoobee.com for tickets, pre-sale and tour info.

Beabadoobee is nominated for two BRIT Awards in the categories of Artist of the Year and Alternative/Rock Act for the release of her critically-acclaimed third studio album This Is How Tomorrow Moves. The collection was recorded at the legendary Shangri-La in Malibu with renowned producer Rick Rubin, and it encapsulates Bea’s journey through confidence and introspection, with themes of self-acceptance and personal growth woven throughout – standing as a testament to her artistic evolution, resilience as a performer and growth as a songwriter.
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Simple Minds has announced plans for a major North American headline tour – the legendary UK band’s biggest live run across the US and Canada in four decades. They are excited to share that the bands opening in support for the entire tour will be Soft Cell and Modern English.

The eagerly awaited tour coincides with the 40th anniversary of Simple Minds’ momentous 1985, a milestone year in their legendary career which saw them topping the world’s charts with their Billboard “Hot 100” #1 smash, “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” and RIAA Gold-certified seventh studio album Once Upon A Time, not to mention their unforgettable set in front of 135,000 fans – and a TV audience of millions – on the American leg of 1985’s Live Aid. Today sees the digital premiere of a special new 9-track edition of Once Upon A Timefeaturing the addition of “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” and updated Ruby Anniversary artwork. Physical versions and other anniversary reissues will follow later in the year. Simple Minds will be performing “Don’t You (Forget About Me) on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this Wednesday, January 29.

Dates get underway May 16 at Ridgefield, WA’s Cascades Amphitheater and then continue through June 22 finale at Noblesville, IN’s Ruoff Music Center. Highlights from the Live Nation produced run include shows at such famed arenas and amphitheaters as Seattle, WA’s Climate Pledge Arena (May 17), Inglewood, CA’s Kia Forum (May 22), Denver, CO’s Ball Arena (May 27), Woodlands, TX’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (May 31), Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion (June 10), Wantagh, NY’s Northwell at Jones Beach Theater (June 13), Mansfield, MA’s Xfinity Center (June 15), and Toronto, ON’s Budweiser Stage (June 18). Artist presales begin Wednesday, January 29 at 10:00 am (local). Local presales begin Thursday, January 30 at 10:00 am (local). All presales end Thursday, January 30 at 10:00 pm (local). General on-sales start Friday, January 31 at 10:00 am (local). For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.simpleminds.com/tour.

Ice Nine Kills has unleashed news of their very special US Headline Tour, The Silver Scream-A-Thon . This unprecedented tour, produced by Live Nation, will offer fans a thrilling two-night experience in every city, that will see the band play both their hugely successful, seminal albumsThe Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood in full on respective evenings, along with a selection of deep cuts and fan favorites.

Ice Nine Kills has continued to create pop-culture defining moments with their fusion of heavy music and horror-inspired storytelling. Their latest single, “A Work of Art”(featuring System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian), was featured in 2024’s Terrifier 3, which became the highest-grossing unrated film of all time and a #1 box office hit. The single debuted at #3 on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart and has already racked up over 15 million streams.

The Silver Scream-A-Thon tour promises an unmissable spectacle of music, terror, and theatricality. Inviting fans to step into the fully immersive, horror-fuelled universe of The Silver Scream , meticulously crafted by Ice Nine Kills over their last two chart- topping album releases. How many will make it out alive is yet to be determined. But for Psychos brave enough to take their chances, VIP packages and general on-sale will start on Friday, December 20th, 2024 at 10am local time , with pre-sales starting today. Head to IceNineKills.com for more info and prepare to meet your fate when The Silver Scream-A-Thon rolls up to a town near you!

Pre-sales will run throughout the week beginning with the Citi pre-sale beginning at 12pm ET/9am PT today (Tuesday, December 17th) from www.citientertainment.com, followed by the Ice Nine Kills Psychos Only pre-sale available only to premium members of the Psychos Only app beginning at 2pm ET/11am PT today (Tuesday, December 17th). Sign up for Psychos Only Premium membership and pre-sale access here.
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Today, GRAMMY®-nominated singer-songwriter, Gracie Abrams, announces The Secret of Us Deluxe Tour which will kick off July 24th at TD Garden in Boston. On her Deluxe Tour, Gracie will be headlining the largest venues of her career, including iconic venues like New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Kia Forum in Los Angeles, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. Special guest Role Model will again join Gracie on all tour dates.

The Deluxe Tour announcement comes at an exciting time for Abrams who recently wrapped her headlining and sold-out The Secret of Us Tour, produced by Live Nation, this fall. The tour hit major cities across the U.S. Due to high demand, additional shows in Los Angeles, New York and Denver were added totaling to a three-night run at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, two nights in Denver and a three-night run at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Following her headlining tour this fall, Gracie rejoined Taylor Swift for the second North American leg of her Eras Tour as direct support.

For U.S. dates, fans can sign up now HERE to access the artist presale beginning on Thursday, December 12 at 10am local time. The general on sale for North America dates begins on Friday, December 13 at 10am local time at gracieabrams.com.

Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, pre-show party, Polaroid photo op with keepsake, Team Gracie merch bundle including The Secret of Us scrapbook, The Secret of Us mini water bottle, branded disposable camera & more. VIP package contents vary based on offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com.

The Secret of Us Deluxe Tour run will follow Gracie’s European and Asian legs of the tour. Also produced by Live Nation, this run begins February 8 in Madrid and will stop in major European cities including Amsterdam, Berlin, Zurich, Paris, London, and Dublin before wrapping up in Glasgow on March 12. In April, Abrams will head to Asia and bring the tour to major cities including Singapore, Seoul, Hong Kong, and more. See below for full routing.
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Legendary rockers Styx and Kevin Cronin, the iconic voice and writer behind REO Speedwagon’s greatest hits, have one of the strongest brotherly bonds spanning 25 years, especially since they’ve crossed paths on the North American concert trail along with the occasional joint festival concert. Fittingly, next summer they’ll join forces for the sixth time for their “Brotherhood of Rock” tour, along with special guest Don Felder (a former lead guitarist for the Eagles), that will kick off May 28, 2025 in Greenville, SC at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena.

It wouldn’t be summer without a live celebration of some of the greatest Rock anthems of all time, including “Renegade,” “Keep On Loving You,” “Come Sail Away,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” and “Hotel California.”

The official trailer for the “Brotherhood of Rock” tour can be seen on Live Nation’s YouTube page.

Styx and Kevin Cronin (as part of REO Speedwagon) first toured together in 2000 and in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, they came together to form the Rock to the Rescue 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, which still collects donations for local charities at every stop on Styx’s on-going tour.
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Following their highly successful 30-show “Dead Forever – Live At Sphere” residency earlier this year, Dead & Company are set to return to Sphere in Las Vegas this spring for an 18-show residency celebrating the band’s 10-year anniversary. Fans can look forward to another incredible series of performances, featuring updated visuals that, with the unparalleled immersive experience of Sphere, will offer fans a unique experience representing the latest chapter in Dead & Company’s musical and experiential journey.

Each of the band’s immersive four-hour concerts at Sphere delivered a perfect blend of stimulating music and expansive visuals, transforming every performance into an unforgettable celebration of the Grateful Dead’s unparalleled 60-year legacy, and the newly announced concerts promise to take the experience to even greater heights. These will be the only Dead & Company concerts at Sphere in 2025.

Sphere’s next-generation technologies include the world’s highest resolution LED display that wraps up, over, and around the audience creating a fully immersive visual environment. The venue also features the world’s most advanced concert-grade audio system, Sphere Immersive Sound, powered by HOLOPLOT, which delivers audio with unmatched clarity and precision to every guest.
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