The UK’s Glastonbury Festival has announced two first-time headliners, alongside a swathe of other artists for the 2025 edition.

British pop-rock group The 1975 will top the Friday night billing on the Pyramid stage, while US pop-punk songwriter Olivia Rodrigo will close the stage on Sunday night, becoming the second-youngest Glastonbury headliner ever.

It comes shortly after festival heads at ILMC 37 told delegates that their 2025 editions are topped by young and new headliners.

Saturday night at Glastonbury will be headlined by Neil Young and his band The Chrome Hearts, who previously topped the bill in 2009. On 1 January, Young declared, out of the blue, that he was withdrawing from this year’s festival owing to his perception that it was under broadcast partner the BBC’s “corporate control”. Two days later, he said he had received “an error in information” and that the festival was “back on our itinerary”.

The 27-year-old soul-pop singer Raye will take the stage before Young, reaping the rewards of critical and commercial success with her debut album, My 21st Century Blues.

The festival previously revealed that Rod Stewart would take this year’s Sunday teatime Legends slot – his first performance at Worthy Farm since headlining the Pyramid Stage in 2002.

Other first-time Glastonbury performers include younger acts such as Noah Kahan, Gracie Abrams, Lola Young, Myles Smith

The Other stage headliners have also been revealed today, with Loyle Carner topping the bill on Friday, Charli XCX closing the stage on Saturday and the Prodigy finishing proceedings on Sunday – their first Glasto performance since the death of their frontman, Keith Flint, in 2019.

After winning best rap album for her mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal at this year’s Grammy awards, the Florida rapper Doechii will headline the West Holts stage on Saturday.

Other first-time Glastonbury performers include younger acts such as Noah Kahan, Gracie Abrams, Lola Young, Myles Smith, Amaarae, JADE and Shaboozey, and musical icons such as Alanis Morissette, Busta Rhymes, Brandi Carlile, En Vogue, Anohni and the Johnsons, Cymande, Osees and Gary Numan.

Worthy Farm stalwarts scheduled to return include Ezra Collective, Amyl and the Sniffers, Jorja Smith, Wet Leg, PinkPantheress, CMAT, Self Esteem, Wolf Alice, Scissor Sisters, Pa Salieu, TV On The Radio and more.

More acts are yet to be announced in the coming months, with performances rumoured from Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter. See the lineup so far here.

Glastonbury Festival 2025 takes place from 25 to 29 June at Worthy Farm, Pilton. The 210,000-capacity event will then take a fallow year in 2026 to allow the farmland to rest. The last intentional one was in 2018, while the 2020 and 2021 festivals were cancelled due to the pandemic.

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Coldplay, Olivia Rodrigo and My Chemical Romance are among the latest acts to announce stadium tours for 2025.

Coldplay have announced their biggest-ever show in the Indian city of Ahmedabad next year as part of their blockbuster Music Of The Spheres World Tour.

The band will perform at the 100,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium, the largest stadium in the world, on 25 January.

The Ahmedabad show, promoted by Live Nation and Book My Show, is one of several Asia shows Coldplay will be playing next year on the biggest rock tour of all time, having previously announced gigs in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Seoul and Mumbai.

It will mark Coldplay’s first full-length headline touring performance in India after their 2016 appearance at Global Citizen Festival. The new dates will also see the band return to Hong Kong for the first time since 2009, Abu Dhabi for the first since 2016, and Seoul since 2017.

Later in 2025, Coldplay will head over to North America for 10 new gigs between May and July before returning to the UK for the next leg of the tour in August and September.

Coldplay have announced their biggest-ever show in the Indian city of Ahmedabad next year

“The only way to better serve the record-breaking demand for Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour in India has been to secure the country’s largest venue,” says Anil Makhija, COO, live entertainment and venues, BookMyShow.

“We’re thrilled to bring Coldplay’s monumental show to Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium as we raise the bar for live events and put India on the global entertainment map.”

Jared Braverman, SVP of Global Touring, Live Nation Entertainment, adds: “Over 20 years into their touring career, Coldplay continues to push boundaries in both scale and reach.”

Meanwhile, three-time Grammy Award-winning artist Olivia Rodrigo has announced her first-ever headline stadium shows in Brazil and Mexico.

Produced by Live Nation, the additional headline dates expand her 2024 GUTS world tour, which included 95 sold-out shows in over 60 cities across more than 20 countries, attracting over 1.4 million fans and grossing over $184.6 million, making it the highest-grossing tour by an artist born this century.

Olivia Rodrigo has announced her first-ever headline stadium shows in Brazil and Mexico

The 2025 GUTS world tour: spilled will feature major headline stadium shows at Estadio Couto Pereira in Curitiba (Brazil) on 26 March, and at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City on 2 April. St. Vincent will open the show in both cities.

The added dates surround Rodrigo’s recently announced 2025 festival performances across Latin America at Lollapalooza Chile, Lollapalooza Argentina, Festival Estereo Picnic, Lollapalooza Brasil, and Tecate Pa’l Norte next year.

The news comes days after Rodrigo was announced for the 2025 editions of London’s BST Hyde Park, Belgium’s Rock Werchter, Portugal’s NOS Alive and Italy’s I-Days.

Elsewhere, My Chemical Romance has unveiled a North American stadium tour for next summer, in celebration of their seminal album The Black Parade.

The band will perform the full album in only 10 cities across North America, with each Live Nation-produced show featuring a different hand-selected artist as the opening act.

Between 11 July and 13 September, the outing will visit Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Arlington, East Rutherford, Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago, Boston and Tampa.

Violent Femmes, 100 Gecs, Wallows, Garbage, Death Cab for Cutie and Thursday, Alice Cooper, Pixies, Devo, IDLES and Evanescence are slated to support the US emo band.

Other acts that have previously announced 2025 stadium tours include Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Imagine Dragons, Bruce Springsteen, Robbie Williams and Oasis.

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Olivia Rodrigo will headline a handful of major European festivals next year, leading the latest announcements for 2025 festival lineups.

The Filipina-American singer will headline London’s BST Hyde Park on Friday, 27 June, her biggest UK show to date. The Last Dinner Party and girl in red will support, with more acts to be announced.

Rodrigo joins previously announced headliners Jeff Lynne’s ELO (13 July), Zach Bryan (28-29 June), Hugh Jackman (6 July), and Noah Kahan (4 July) for the AEG Presents-backed concert series. From London, she’s due in Manchester to make up two postponed Co-op Live dates on her Live Nation-promoted tour, the biggest of any artist born this century.

The singer-songwriter will close Belgium’s Rock Werchter on Sunday, 6 July, making history as the festival’s first headliner born in the 21st century. She joins Green Day and Sam Fender as headliners, with a fourth to be announced, for the Live Nation event’s 50th anniversary.

The 21-year-old will then close the first night of Portugal’s NOS Alive on 10 July, the first major confirmation for the Everything Is New-organised event, set for 10-12 July.

Italy’s I-Days also revealed a headlining show from Rodrigo on Tuesday, 15 July as part of its concert series. She joins Dua Lipa (7 June) and Justin Timberlake (2 June) for the Milan-based independent series, set to run next between June and July.

The pop star recently closed her record-breaking Guts World Tour, selling 1.4 million tickets across 95 shows, but is set to hit South America next spring with a string of headlining performances across Lollapalooza Argentina, Brazil, and Chile; Colombia’s Festival Estéreo Picnic; and Mexico’s Pa’l Norte Festival.

“We’re looking forward to recapturing the independent nature of the event”

Finland’s Provinssi Festival added In Flames, Bambi Thug, RODEO, BESS, Ege Zulu, Lähiöbotox, and Olavi Uusivirta to its three-day lineup, set for 26-28 June in Seinäjoki, west Finland. They join Electric Callboy, Flogging Molly, Lorna Shore, and Lähiöbotox for the Fullsteam Agency-owned festival, which set an attendance record during its 45th edition this year.

Slovakia’s Pohoda Festival added Iggy Pop to its 2025 lineup, joining previously confirmed Fontaines D.C., JPEGMafia, and Blondshell. After being curtailed by severe weather this year, the three-day independent festival will return from 10-12 July.

Greece’s Release Athens recently unveiled that Fontaines D.C. and Boy Harsher will join IDLES, Dream Theater, and Gojira for the 18-23 July festival.

Last week, the UK’s Field Day confirmed its first batch of performers, led by Peggy Gou, Jungle, Folamour, Skream, and Benga. The Superstruct-owned event recently revealed its ‘new era’ with a new London location, separating from the AEG Presents-backed All Points East series it joined in 2021.

“We’re looking forward to recapturing the independent nature of the event,” said Field Day co-founder Marcus Weedon. The 2025 date is set for Saturday, 24 May.

London jazz, funk and soul day festival Cross The Tracks will directly follow on Sunday, 25 May, with Michael Kiwanuka set to top the bill of the Brockwell Park event. The British singer-songwriter will be joined by Jordan Rakei, Nala Sinephro, Cymande, and Sinead Harnett for the event.

UK events like All Points East, Slam Dunk, and Neighbourhood Weekender have added names to their lineups

London’s All Points East series has announced Barry Can’t Swim as a headliner on Friday, 22 August, supported by Confidence Man, Shygirl, Marlon Hoffstadt, DJ HEARTSTRING, and others.

The Maccabees are set to reunite to headline the Victoria Park-based event on Sunday, 24 August, their first show in eight years. The British indie rock group will be supported by Bombay Bicycle Club, Dry Cleaning, The Cribs, Nilufer Yanya, The Murder Capital, Divorce, and Prima Queen.

Last week, the UK’s biggest independent rock festival Slam Dunk rounded out its 2025 lineup. The two-day travelling festival, set to land in Hatfield and Leeds, will be led by A Day To Remember, Neck Deep, Electric Callboy, Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory, and The Used.

The UK’s Neighbourhood Weekender, which went on hiatus in 2024, will return on 24-25 June next year, organisers confirmed this week. The Warrington-based event, whose lineup was topped by Pulp, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, and The Kooks in 2023, is set to make an announcement later this week.

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Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour closed as the biggest outing by an artist born in the 21st century, according to promoter Live Nation.

The 95-date venture spanned four continents, wrapping up late last month in Australia at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena (21,000). Rodrigo sold 1.4 million tickets across the expansive arena outing, grossing $184.6 million (£143.1m) at the box office across five legs, Live Nation confirmed.

The 21-year-old performer presumably takes the top slot from Billie Eilish, whose Happier Than Ever world tour outing reportedly made $131.7 million (£101.4m) across 79 shows between February 2022 and April 2023. The arena-level tour landed Eilish at number 14 on Billboard‘s highest-grossing tours in 2022.

Eilish’s ongoing arena outing, the Hit Me Hard And Soft world tour, is set to make 83 stops across three continents.

Beginning in February at Palm Springs, California’s Acrisure Arena (11,680), Rodrigo’s Live Nation-promoted trek traversed the US and Canada before landing in Europe. The tour returned to the US for a second leg before making stops across Asia and concluded with multi-night runs in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.

Rodrigo is due back out for a handful of festival headlining slots across South America next March, including Lollapalooza Argentina, Brazil, and Chile and Colombia’s Festival Estéreo Picnic. She was recently announced as a headliner for the OCESA-promoted Pa’l Norte Festival in Mexico alongside Charli XCX, Justin Timberlake, Green Day, and Massive Attack.

‘The singer-songwriter teamed up with Netflix for a concert film, which was released last Tuesday

She is also set to revisit the UK next summer with two sold-out Co-op Live (23,500) shows in Manchester after the original dates were postponed due to the Oak View Group-backed venue’s delayed opening earlier this year.

Last month, Rodrigo delivered the largest concert of her career in the Philippines, selling out the world’s largest indoor arena, the 55,000-capacity Philippine Arena located 30 km (18.6 mi) outside of the capital city of Manila.

Tickets for the show were sold for PHP 1,500 (£20/$25), with all profits to be donated to Jhpiego, an international nonprofit organisation providing healthcare for women and families.

To celebrate the conclusion of the arena trek, the singer-songwriter teamed up with Netflix for a concert film, releasing Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour last Tuesday (29 October). The concert film was recorded across two performances at Los Angeles’ newest arena, the 18,000-capacity Intuit Dome, and features former opener Chappell Roan performing her hit HOT TO GO! alongside Rodrigo.

The Guts outing more than doubled the number of dates from her debut outing, the Sour Tour, in 2022. The theatre-level stint saw Rodrigo perform across 49 dates in support of her Grammy-winning debut album, Sour.

Rodrigo is represented worldwide by WME’s Peter Schwartz, Benjamin Schiffer, and David Tamaroff.

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Olivia Rodrigo delivered the largest concert of her career on Saturday night during the Philippines stop of her arena outing, the Guts World Tour.

The Filipina-American singer delivered a sold-out show to the 55,000-capacity Philippine Arena, the world’s largest indoor arena located 30 km (18.6 mi) outside of the capital city of Manila.

The 21-year-old plans to donate all profits from the concert – her first in the Philippines – to Jhpiego, an international nonprofit organisation providing healthcare for women and families.

The Johns Hopkins University-affiliated initiative provides access to reproductive healthcare, infectious disease prevention, and immunizations, operating across more than 40 countries including the Philippines.

“I’m SO stoked that all the net ticket sales from last night could be donated to @jhpiego through my fund 4 good,” Rodrigo wrote on Instagram. “I got to visit the organization while I was in Manila and was so impressed by the work they are doing providing healthcare to women and girls in the Philippines.”

“It was the most special show and the most meaningful trip. To say I’m grateful doesn’t even cut it! Mahal kita [I love you].”

Tickets for the show were sold for PHP 1,500 (£20/$25), with all net proceeds allocated to Rodrigo’s Fund 4 Good, a global initiative to boost women and girls through “direct support of community-based non-profits that champion girls’ education, support reproductive rights and prevent gender-based violence”. The reduced ticket price supported her Silver Star programme to increase affordability and access to the tour while sustaining the Fund 4 Good.

“It was the most special show and the most meaningful trip. To say I’m grateful doesn’t even cut it”

Launching the initiative alongside last year’s tour announcement, Rodrigo has aided local organisations throughout the 99-date venture, which is due to end with eight shows across Melbourne and Syndey later this month. The former Disney actress has partnered with the National Network of Abortion Funds in North America, 600 Canadian women’s shelters, and Women Against Violence Europe across her regional tour legs.

While the arena tour will end this year, Rodrigo is lined up to headline four Latin American festivals in March 2025: Lollapalooza Argentina, Brazil, and Chile and Colombia’s Festival Estéreo Picnic.

The Guts World Tour will soon be visiting homes worldwide as Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour is set to debut on Netflix on 29 October. The concert film was recorded across two performances at Los Angeles’ newest arena, the 18,000-capacity Intuit Dome, in August. The LA-based songwriter performed six nights in LA, with four shows at the Kia Forum (18,000).

“I am so excited to share the Guts World Tour with my fans,” Rodrigo said. “For those of you who didn’t get a chance to rock out in-person, now you can have the best seats in the house! And to the fans who cheered, screamed, and danced with me, I am so glad we get to do it all over again!”

The Live Nation-promoted trek has traversed North America, Europe, and Asia, and will hit Australia on Wednesday (9 October). The singer-songwriter released her critically acclaimed second album GUTS last September, with its support tour beginning in February at Palm Spring’s Acrisure Arena (11,680).

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PinkPantheress and Garbage have each cancelled all upcoming tour dates for varying health reasons.

English singer-songwriter-producer PinkPantheress has axed all scheduled dates for the rest of this year, including opening slots on Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts tour and Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour.

The 23-year-old, whose real name is Victoria Walker, says she has “reached a wall which I’m struggling to penetrate” and that she needs to “focus on my physical health and overall wellbeing”.

PinkPantheress has been one of the opening acts on Rodrigo’s Guts tour since 19 July and was due to play support slots on it for several more weeks.

She was also due to open for Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour in Australia this November and perform at festivals including III Points (US), Field Day (UK), Summer Sonic (JP) and FORM (US).

“It is with great regret that we announce the cancellation of all our remaining dates for the rest of the year”

Elsewhere, 90s rock band Garbage have cancelled all remaining tour dates in 2024 due to an injury sustained by lead singer Shirley Manson, which will require surgery and subsequent rehabilitation.

“It is with great regret that we announce the cancellation of all our remaining dates for the rest of the year due to an injury that [frontwoman] Shirley [Manson] sustained on our recent tour in Europe that will require surgery and rehabilitation to correct.”

The band were due to perform at several festivals including Ohana Fest in California, HFStival in Washington, DC and Festival Hera in Mexico City.

During Live Nation’s earnings call this week, president and CFO Joe Berchtold played down concerns regarding increased tour cancellations of late, stressing there had been no more than normal.

“In terms of our cancellation rates, we’re seeing historical norms below last year,” he said. “They historically run kind of 4% to 5% of shows, about 1.5% of fans, absolutely in line with historical trends. I think most of the reports that we’ve seen have been efforts to take one or two data points out of a very large number of tours and shows, and we’re just not seeing anything unusual there.”

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Last week, IQ looked at ten blockbuster concert tours planned for the next 12 months, including outings by Taylor Swift, Coldplay, P!nk and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

Here, in the second and final part of our 2024 preview, we run through another ten of the biggest treks in what promises to be another huge year for the international live music business…

METALLICA
Fresh from headlining Saudi Arabia first major heavy metal concert at Riyadh’s Soundstorm festival last month, Metallica’s M72 World Tour will see the band playing two nights in every city it visits. Each No Repeat Weekend features two completely different setlists and support lineups. It will also include a new in-the-round stage design that relocates the Metallica Snake Pit to centre stage, as well as the I Disappear full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16.

Territories: Europe, North America

Dates: April-September

OLIVIA RODRIGO
Following her 2022 debut jaunt The SOUR Tour, the GUTS World Tour will be the 20-year-old Californian’s first arena tour. It kicks off on 23 February at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, CA, with stops across North America and Europe before wrapping up with four  shows at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum in August. The 75-date tour will visit iconic venues including New York’s Madison Square Garden, Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, and The O2 in London, as well as Manchester’s new Co-op Live.

Territories: United States, Europe

Dates: February-August

NOAH KAHAN
The American singer-songwriter follows up his sold-out 2022 and 2023 Stick Season Tour runs by returning to Australia to launch his We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour this week. Produced by Live Nation, the Australia leg kicks off on Wednesday (17 January 17) at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, followed by shows at Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney and Red Hill, Perth. The 27-year-old then embarks on sellout arena runs on both sides of the Atlantic, before returning to Europe in August.

Territories: Australia, Europe, North America

Dates: January-September

DOJA CAT
Doja Cat’s first-ever VR concert was announced earlier this month, but the US rapper will appear in-person for her debut European headline tour this summer. Having performed her inaugural arena headline tour in the US and Canada from October-December 2023, she comes to Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on 11 June 2024, kicking off a European arena jaunt which also includes dates at festivals such as Rock in Rio Lisboa in Portugal, I-Days Festival in Italy, Poland’s Open’er, STHLM Fields in Sweden, Slottsfjell in Norway and Les Ardentes in Belgium.

Territories: Europe

Dates: June-July

BLINK-182

Reunited for the first time in a decade, Blink-182’s biggest-ever tour resumes Down Under next month at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia on 8 February. The ANZ leg is followed by a Latin American stint in March, with dates in Peru, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil and Mexico, ahead of a US and Canada arena run over the summer months. The band will then land in the UK for a mix of arena, outdoor and festival slots, including headlining Reading & Leeds.

Territories: Australia/New Zealand, Latin America, North America, Europe

Dates: February-August

IRON MAIDEN
The enduring metal legends are still breaking records – selling out all 42,000 tickets for their first concert in Bogota, Colombia since 2011 this November in just 21 minutes. Maiden played to more than 750,000 fans across Europe and North America last summer and will hit the road again in Australia and New Zealand in September. The Future Past Tour will then move on to Japan for shows in Aichi, Osaka, Tokyo and Kanagawa, prior to a slew of North American gigs. It will conclude in South America in December, with two nights each at Chile’s National Stadium in Santiago and Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil.

Territories: Australia/New Zealand, Asia, North America, Latin America

Dates: September-December

THE 1975
The British group’s 2023 was shrouded in controversy as a result of their infamous headline set that led to the cancellation of Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival. But their touring business continues on the up and up, with a slate of European arena shows booked for Q1 2024, including three nights at The O2 in London.

Territories: Europe

Dates: February-March

NICKI MINAJ
Nicki Minaj Presents: Pink Friday 2 World, the Trinidadian rapper’s biggest tour to date, launches in Oakland, California, on 1 March. The North American leg runs until 12 May, visiting venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle and Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The European stint will commence on 23 May at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome, also visiting Manchester, Birmingham, London, Paris, Cologne and Berlin.

Territories: North America, Europe

Dates: March-June

MADONNA
The rearranged North American stretch of Madonna’s Celebration Tour continues over the next three months. The Queen of Pop began the anniversary tour in London last October, having been forced to postpone the 40-plus date run in the US, Canada and Mexico after being hospitalised last year. The outing will climax in the spring with five shows at Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City from 20-26 April.

Territories: North America

Dates: January-April

JONAS BROTHERS
On the heels of touring their native North America in 2023, Jonas Brothers are taking Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour around the world in 2024. The show, which sees the group perform their five studio albums every night, picks back up in the Philippines at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay on 22 February, followed two days later by a gig in Tangerang, Indonesia. The trio then move on to arenas in New Zealand and Australia, with their first Latin America concerts in 10 years – comprising nights in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina – scheduled for April, along with three shows in Mexico. The trek will then hit European arenas from May-June.

Territories: Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Latin America, Europe

Dates: February-June

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Three-time Grammy Award-winner Olivia Rodrigo is set to embark on a North American and European tour next year in support of her sophomore album, GUTS.

The Live Nation-promoted, 57-date tour is set to traverse the US, Canada, and Europe. The singer-songwriter released her second album GUTS on 8 September.

The album’s support tour begins next February at Acrisure Arena (11,680) in Palm Springs, California. The initial North American leg will span the US and Canada, making stops at Austin’s Moody Center (15,000), Chicago’s United Center (23,500), and Montreal’s Bell Centre (21,000) before closing the first US leg with two nights at New York City’s Madison Square Garden (19,500) in April.

The European leg will kick off in April 2024, starting at Dublin’s 3Arena (8,000), with two nights at London’s O2 Arena (20,000) and stops in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Barcelona, and Manchester’s new Co-op Live (23,500).

The 20-year-old will return to North America following the European leg, playing across Washington DC, Atlanta, Kansas City, and Vancouver before closing with two nights at LA’s Kia Forum (17,505).

The Breeders, PinkPantheress, Chappell Roan, and Remi Wolf are set as support acts, playing select dates across the seven-month tour.

A portion of ticket sale proceeds will go to Rodrigo’s newly announced Fund 4 Good, a global initiative to support women and girls through “direct support of community-based non-profits that champion girls’ education, support reproductive rights and prevent gender-based violence”.

In support of the initiative, Rodrigo will introduce US$20 Silver Star Tickets to increase affordability and access to the tour. Sold in pairs and limited to two per customer, the seats will be randomly allocated.

Her debut outing, the SOUR tour, took Rodrigo across North America and Europe as she played 49 shows during the summer of 2022. She played venues including NYC’s Radio City Music Hall (5,960-cap) and London’s Eventim Apollo (5,300).

GUTS WORLD TOUR 2024 DATES:
Fri Feb 23 – Palm Springs, CA – Acrisure Arena ~
Sat Feb 24 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center ~
Tue Feb 27 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center ~
Wed Feb 28 – Austin, TX – Moody Center ~
Fri Mar 01 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center ~
Sat Mar 02 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center ~
Tue Mar 05 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center ~
Wed Mar 06 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center ~
Fri Mar 08 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center ~
Sat Mar 09 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena ~
Tue Mar 12 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center ~
Wed Mar 13 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center ~
Fri Mar 15 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center ~
Sat Mar 16 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum ~
Tue Mar 19 – Chicago, IL – United Center ~
Fri Mar 22 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena ~
Sat Mar 23 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena ~
Tue Mar 26 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre ~
Fri Mar 29 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena ~
Mon Apr 01 – Boston, MA – TD Garden ~
Fri Apr 05 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden +
Sat Apr 06 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden +
Tue Apr 30 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena =
Fri May 03 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live =
Tue May 07 – Glasgow, Scotland – OVO Hydro =
Fri May 10 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena =
Tue May 14 – London, UK – The O2 =
Wed May 15 – London, UK – The O2 =
Wed May 22 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis =
Fri May 24 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome =
Tue May 28 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum =
Thu May 30 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena =
Sat Jun 01 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes-Benz Arena =
Tue Jun 04 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclays Arena =
Wed Jun 05 – Frankfurt, Germany – Festhalle =
Fri Jun 07 – Munich, Germany – Olympiahalle =
Sun Jun 09 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena =
Tue Jun 11 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion =
Wed Jun 12 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena =
Fri Jun 14 – Paris, France – Accor Arena =
Tue Jun 18 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi =
Thu Jun 20 – Madrid, Spain – WizInk Center =
Sat Jun 22 – Lisbon, Portugal – Altice Arena =
Fri Jul 19 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center ^
Sat Jul 20 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena ^
Tue Jul 23 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena ^
Wed Jul 24 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena ^
Fri Jul 26 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center ^
Sat Jul 27 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center ^
Tue Jul 30 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena ^
Wed Jul 31 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center ^
Fri Aug 02 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center ^
Tue Aug 06 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena ^
Fri Aug 09 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena ^
Sat Aug 10 – Portland, OR – Moda Center ^
Tue Aug 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum +
Wed Aug 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum +

Support Key
+ The Breeders
^ PinkPantheress
~ Chappell Roan
= Remi Wolf

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In a Grammy Awards ceremony that featured a video plea from Ukraine’s president, as well as a tribute to Foo Fighters dummer Taylor Hawkins, artists including Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic and Jon Batiste scooped the top prizes.

The 64th event was held last night (3 April) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas after a three-month delay due to the Covid-19 surge in the US.

Jazz musician Batiste won album of the year for We Are, while Rodrigo won best new artist and best pop album.

Silk Sonic, a joint project between Bruno Mars and rapper/drummer Anderson .Paak, took home both the record and song of the year prizes for Leave The Door Open.

This year’s Grammys presented one of the most open fields in years, with the “big four” categories expanded to include 10 nominees each.

The ceremony featured performances from Silk Sonic, Gaga, Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, J Balvin, BTS and more

Other winners included Lady Gaga, Doja Cat and Foo Fighters, who picked up three a little more than a week after their drummer Taylor Hawkins was found dead in his Colombia hotel room at the age of 50.

Presenter Jimmy Jam accepted the prizes in the band’s absence, “with prayers to their loved ones”.

Elsewhere, in a pre-taped message, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky urged musicians to “fill the silence” left by Russian bombs “with your music”.

“Tell our story,” he said. “Tell the truth about the war on your social networks and TV. But not silence.”

His speech was followed by a performance by John Legend, accompanied by Ukrainian musicians Siuzanna Iglidan and Mika Newton, and poet Lyuba Yakimchuk.

The ceremony also featured performances from award winners Silk Sonic, Gaga and Rodrigo, as well as Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, Chris Stapleton, J Balvin and K-pop stars BTS.

A full list of award winners can be found here.

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