Breakthrough Sarajevo Prodigy show ‘last piece’ of Bosnian touring puzzle
Promoters behind the concert tell IQ how the first event of its kind since 1997 "opens up Bosnia for future touring plans"
News By Ciaran Donnelly | 19 August 2026
Sarajevo has held Bosnia’s first international stadium concert since 1997 last weekend (13 August), with organisers saying the Prodigy’s performance at Grbavica Stadium marks the “last piece of the puzzle” for unlocking a surge in international touring in surrounding Balkan countries.
Not since U2’s now-famous PopMart tour concert had a Western international act visited a stadium in Bosnia, with promoter Ivan Milivojev saying: “this kind of open‑air show last happened in 1997, when U2 played. They didn’t have anything similar…
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