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Duran Duran announced the dates for their upcoming 2023 North American Future Past arena tour on Wednesday (Feb. 8), a 26-date outing that is slated to kick off on May 28 in San Jose, California and keep the new wave legends on the road through a Sept. 19 gig in Toronto.
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They will be joined on all the dates by rockers Bastille as well as R&B icons Nile Rodgers & Chic. Presale tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour will roll out on Monday (Feb. 13) beginning at 10 a.m. local time, with the band’s VIP members getting a first shot at seats; VIPs and prospective VIPs can click here for more information. Citi members will have access to a presale beginning on Monday as well, beginning at 2 p.m. local time until Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. local time. Additional presales will be added on Feb. 14 and end on Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. local time. General public tickets will go on sale on Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. local time.
“It’s remarkable to me that as a band, we are still hitting new milestones, and introducing the sound of DD to new generations of music lovers,” said singer Simon LeBon in a statement. “We are truly grateful that we get to do what we do on a daily basis, and that we still love our job as much as we did when we started out some four decades ago.”
The band released a 2LP deluxe edition of their 15th album, Future Past, in November, which includes all 15 original album tracks as well as a cover of David Bowie’s “Five Years.”
Check out the dates for the Future Past 2023 North American tour below.
May 27 – Napa Valley, CA @ Bottlerock Festival*
May 28 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
May 31 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
June 1 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
June 3 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Arena
June 6 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
June 7 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
June 9 – The Woodlands, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 10 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
June 13 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
June 15 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
June 17 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
June 18 – Sunrise, FL @ FLA Live Arena
August 24 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
August 26 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
August 28 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Augusts 29 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 31 – St. Paul, MN @ Minnesota State Fair
Sept. 1 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Sept. 3 – Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC
Sept. 6 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Sept. 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Sept. 9 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
Sept. 10 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
Sept. 13 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
Sept. 16 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Sept. 19 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena*Festival show
The Weeknd will be coming to HBO Max sooner than you think.
While his original series The Idol is set to premiere on the streaming platform in 2023, the superstar announced Thursday (Feb. 2) that his “Live at SoFi Stadium” concert special will arrive Feb. 25.
The Ethiopian-Canadian performer posted the concert special’s poster on his socials, which featured his masked persona clutching a microphone in one hand and raising his other against the blood orange backdrop.
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He originally scheduled two back-to-back dates at the Inglewood venue for his After Hours Til Dawn Tour in September, but The Weeknd canceled his second show in the beginning of his set after he lost his voice. The “Sacrifice” singer then rescheduled the shortened show to November and added a second date during Thanksgiving weekend.
The Weeknd’s last music TV special, The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience, arrived on Amazon Prime Video in February 2022, which served as a theatrical expansion of his last studio album Dawn FM that topped charts across the globe. Dawn FM follows his critically acclaimed fourth LP After Hours, which debuted and remained at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for four consecutive weeks.
His upcoming series The Idol, which The Weeknd is starring in and co-writing with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, will follow a female pop singer who sparks a romance with an enigmatic LA club owner who doubles as a leader of a secret cult. Starring Lily-Rose Depp, the show also features Troye Sivan, BLACKPINK‘s Jennie, Mike Dean and more.
See The Weeknd’s announcement below.
Smashing Pumpkins will rock Australia this April for a 10-date festival run, dubbed The World Is A Vampire and featuring touring buddies Jane’s Addiction.
Takings its name from the opening line of “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” from the Pumpkins’ Grammy Award-winning third studio LP Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Vampire is the brainchild of founder and frontman Billy Corgan.
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Set to kick off April 15 at Stuart Park, Wollongong, Vampire criss-crosses four state and comes to a halt April 30 at Broadwater Parklands, on the Gold Coast.
The trek reunites Smashing Pumpkins and Jane’s Addiction, which joined forces for a major U.S. tour in 2022, Spirits on Fire.
Also on the bill are ARIA Award-winning punk rock heroes Amyl And The Sniffers, alongside Sydney rockers RedHook and seven-piece guitar band Battlesnake, plus local acts.
The alternative music fest promises a break from traditional programming by pitching wrestling matches from Corgan’s NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) with WAOA (Wrestling Alliance of Australia) as part the daily activities.
One World Entertainment is producing the Australian jaunt. General tickets are released midday local time on Friday (Feb. 3).
The World Is A Vampire Festival 2023 Australia tour dates:
April 15 — Stuart Park, Wollongong NSW
April 16 — Sandstone Point, Bribie Island QLD
April 18 — Hordern Pavilion, Sydney NSW *
April 19 — Newcastle Entertainment Centre NSW *
April 22 — Hastings Foreshore, Mornington Peninsula VIC
April 23 — Kryal Castle, Ballarat VIC
April 26 — Adelaide Entertainment Centre SA *
April 27 — PICA, Port Melbourne VIC *
April 29 — Nepean Aerospace Park – Penrith NSW
April 30 — Broadwater Parklands, Gold Coast QLD
Tori Amos is coming to your town. The singer announced her 2023 Ocean to Ocean U.S. summer tour on Tuesday (Jan. 31), titled in honor of her 2021 album of the same name. The 28-date swing is slated to kick off on June 17 at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Florida and hit New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, New York, Boston, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco before winding down at an as-yet-unannounced venue in Seattle, Washington on July 28.
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“I am truly excited to be coming back to the U.S. on the Ocean to Ocean Tour this summer with my amazing bandmates [bassist] Jon Evans and [drummer] Ash Soan,” the singer said in a statement. “We are so looking forward to playing iconic venues once again such as The Greek in LA, Red Rocks and especially Wolf Trap, where I saw so many shows growing up in neighboring Maryland.”
Ocean to Ocean, Amos’ 16th album, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard current alternative albums chart; click here for ticketing information for the tour. Amos recently released the graphic novel Little Earthquakes: The Graphic Album in celebration of the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough 1992 debut studio album; the collection features 24 stories inspired by the album’s 12 tracks and the 12 b-sides that accompanied the album.
Tori Amos 2023 U.S. Ocean to Ocean summer tour dates:
June 17 — West Palm Beach, FL @ Kravis CenterJune 18 — Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd HallJune 20 — New Orleans, LA @ Mahalia Jackson TheaterJune 22 — Birmingham, AL @ Alabama TheatreJune 23 — Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts CentreJune 24 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman AuditoriumJune 26 — Charlotte, NC @ Ovens AuditoriumJune 28 — New York City, NY @ Beacon TheatreJune 29 — New York City, NY @ Beacon TheatreJuly 1 — Boston, MA @ Leader Bank PavilionJuly 2 — Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the ArtsJuly 5 — Vienna, VA @ Filene Center at Wolf TrapJuly 6 — Hershey, PA @ Hershey TheatreJuly 8 — Lewiston, NY @ Artpark Mainstage TheaterJuly 9 — Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook AmphitheatreJuly 11 — Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National CentreJuly 12 — Louisville, KY @ The Louisville PalaceJuly 14 — St. Louis, MO @ Stifel TheatreJuly 15 — Omaha, NE @ Orpheum TheaterJuly 17 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks AmphitheatreJuly 18 — Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva AuditoriumJuly 19 — Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Arts CenterJuly 21 — Los Angeles, CA @ Greek TheatreJuly 22 — Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles AmphitheatreJuly 23 — San Diego @ Humphrey’s Concerts by the BayJuly 25 — Saratoga, CA @ Mountain WineryJuly 26 — San Francisco, CA @ The MasonicJuly 28 — Seattle, WA @ TBD
Fall Out Boy announced the dates for their So Much For (Tour) Dust North American tour on Tuesday morning (Jan. 31). The 29-city tour in support of their upcoming So Much (For) Stardust album (March 24) is slated to kick off in the band’s home town on June 21 with a gig at the iconic home of the Chicago Cubs: Wrigley Field.
The run will then take the group through Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, Tampa, Atlanta, Toronto and Boston before winding down on August 5 at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey. They will be joined along the way by a number of opening acts including: Bring Me the Horizon on most dates, as well as Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory, Four Years Strong, The Academy Is…, Royal & the Serpent, Games We Play, Daisy Grenade and Carr on select shows.
Ticket pre-sales for the Live Nation-produced tour will start on Thursday (Feb. 2) beginning at 10 a.m. local time, with general tickets available beginning Friday (Feb. 3) at 10 a.m. local time; click here for ticketing information.
FOB kicked off the Stardust era in style last week with a surprise homecoming show at Chicago’s 1,100-capacity Metro, just over 20 years after their very first gig at the legendary club, which is just around the corner from Wrigley Field. The Metro show featured the live debut of two Stardust singles, “Love From the Other Side” and “Heartbreak Feels So Good,” as well as the live debut of the band’s current configuration, which, for the first time since their founding, will not feature guitarist Joe Trohman, who recently announce that he was taking an indefinite mental health hiatus.
In his stead, singer Patrick Stump is pulling double-duty on lead vocals and electric guitar alongside bassist Pete Wentz and drummer Andy Hurley. As was the case during a pair of previous promotional appearances, the group got some assistance from longtime guitar tech Ben Young, who played lead guitar from the side of the stage; at press time a spokesperson for the group had not responded to a request about whether Trohman will be back in the fold for the tour.
Check out the dates for FOB’s So Much For (Tour) Dust 2023 North American tour:
June 21 – Chicago, IL @ Wrigley FieldJune 23 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino AmphitheatreJune 24 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Azura AmphitheaterJune 27 – The Woodlands, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionJune 28 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis PavilionJune 30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort AmphitheatreJuly 1 – Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union AmphitheatreJuly 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO StadiumJuly 5 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline AmphitheatreJuly 7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA AmphitheatreJuly 9 – Englewood, CO @ Fiddler’s Green AmphitheatreJuly 11 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMPJuly 13 – Somerset, WI @ Somerset AmphitheaterJuly 15 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music CenterJuly 16 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music CenterJuly 18 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music CenterJuly 19 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube LiveJuly 21 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music PavilionJuly 22 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans AmphitheaterJuly 24 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial AmphitheatreJuly 25 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union AmphitheatreJuly 26 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood AmphitheaterJuly 29 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music TheatreJuly 30 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser StageAugust 1 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills StadiumAugust 2 – Boston, MA Fenway ParkAugust 4 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake AmphitheaterAugust 5 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts CenterAugust 6 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
≠ Non-Live Nation date*Alkaline Trio as direct support; all other dates feature Bring Me The Horizon as direct support
Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper: two great ghouls who scare best together. The O.G. shock rocker and his spookiest offspring announced a joint summer tour on Monday (Jan. 30), the 19-city Freaks on Parade outing, which will follow-up Zombie’s terrifying 2022 tour of the same name.
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The Live Nation-produced swing with opens Filter and Ministry is slated to kick off on August 24 at the Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, Texas and keep the show on the road through dates in Tampa, Toronto, Nashville and Anaheim before winding down on Sept. 24 with a gig at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix, Arizona.
Tickets for the tour will go on sale on Friday (Feb. 3) at 10 a.m. local time here, with a Citi presale slated to start on Tuesday (Jan. 31) at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday (Feb. 2) at 10 p.m. local time here.
Zombie dropped The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse album in 2021 and his reimagining of the classic monster family sitcom The Munsters in 2022; last summer’s Freaks on Parade tour featured Mudvayne, StaticX and Powerman 5000. Cooper is planning to drop two new albums in 2023 — to follow his 2021 Detroit Stories collection — while continuing to host hist syndicated “Nights with Alice Cooper” radio show.
Check out the Freaks on Parade 2023 tour preview and dates below.
August 24 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
August 26 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 27 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
August 29 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
August 30 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Sept. 1 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sept. 2 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
Sept. 5 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
Sept. 6 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
Sept. 8 – Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Sept. 9 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Sept. 10 – Hartford, CT @ The XFINITY Theatre
Sept. 12 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Sept. 16 – Englewood, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre *
Sept. 19 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Sept. 20 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
Sept. 22 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion
Sept. 23 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
Sept. 24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
*Non-Live Nation Date
Beck and Phoenix are teaming up for a warm weather outing they’re calling the Summer Odyssey Tour. The Live Nation-produced 19-city run is slated to kick off on Aug. 1 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington and run through gigs in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston and New York before winding down with a Sept. 10 show at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.
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The opening acts for the outing include Japanese Breakfast, Jenny Lewis, Weyes Blood and, on select dates, Sir Chloe. Tickets for the shows will go on sale on Friday (Jan. 27) at 10 a.m. local time here.
Phoenix recently released their pandemic-recorded seventh studio album, Alpha Zulu, which features a collaboration with Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig on the song “Tonight.” Beck’s most recent album is 2019’s Grammy-nominated Hyperspace, which featured the Pharrell collaboration single “Saw Lightning.”
While Phoenix have been on the road since September 2022 in support of Alpha Zulu while Beck has only appeared live a handful of times since late last year.
Check out the dates and poster for the Summer Odyssey tour below.
August 1 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena ^#August 3 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater ^#August 5 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion ^#August 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum ^#August 8 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena +#August 9 – Orange County, CA @ OC Fair*August 11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center +#August 12 – Las Vegas, NV @ Michelob ULTRA Arena +#August 15 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre +#August 18 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP ~#August 20 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion ~#August 21 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion ~#August 22 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center ~#August 31 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion #Sept. 2 – Detroit, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre ~#Sept. 3 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage ~#Sept. 5 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway ~#Sept. 8 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann ~#Sept. 9 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ~Sept. 10 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion ~#
Support Key^ Jenny Lewis+ Japanese Breakfast~ Weyes Blood# Sir Chloe
* Fair Date
Madonna kicked off 2023 with a bang, announcing an incredible global tour to honor her four decades of hits.
The Celebration Tour will kick off Saturday, July 15, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver and will make additional stops in Phoenix, Detroit, Atlanta, Toronto, Montreal and more before concluding at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Oct. 8. The tour’s European leg will pick up with a pair of dates at The O2 arena on Oct. 14-15 and will make stops in Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Berlin and more before concluding in Amsterdam on Dec. 1 at the Ziggo Dome. Bob the Drag Queen will be a special guest on the tour.
In anticipation for the tour, Madonna asked her fans via Twitter on Thursday (Jan. 19) what songs they’d like to “dance to” at the gig. Thankfully, we at Billboard have compiled 40 tracks we would love to hear the icon perform, filled with hits spanning throughout her career.
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Take a look at our dream setlist here, and let us know which song you’d like to see Madonna perform on her Celebration Tour by voting below.
Madonna announced the dates for her global tour honoring four decades of hits on Tuesday morning (Jan. 17). The Celebration Tour was announced via a raunchy five-minute video paying homage to her iconic 1991 documentary, Truth or Dare, featuring an NC-17 dinner party featuring Diplo, Judd Apatow, Jack Black, Lil Wayne, Bob the Drag Queen, Kate Berlant, Larry Owens, Meg Stalter, Eric Andre and Amy Schumer.
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The 35-city Live Nation-produced tour will kick off in North America on July 15 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC and hit Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas and San Francisco before wrapping up in Las Vegas on Oct. 7. The outing will then move on to Europe, starting with a date in London at the O2 Arena on Oct. 14 and winding down in Amsterdam on Dec. 1 at the Ziggo Dome.
“I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” the singer said in a statement about the outing that will span her four decades in music while paying respect to New York City, where her musical journey began. Bob the Drag Queen will be the special guest on all the dates.
Tickets go on sale on Friday (Jan. 20) and Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. local time; click here for a complete list of dates and ticketing options. The tour will feature the 64-year-old singer performing songs dating back to her 1983 self-titled debut through her most recent studio album, 2019’s Madame X, marking the star’s first-ever career retrospective outing.
The tour announce came just months after Madonna released her career-spanning compilation album, Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, which encompassed her entire dance club career, featuring remixes by top producers and 20 rare recordings officially released for the first time. In 2021, Madonna signed a deal with Warner Music Group for an “extensive, multi-year series of catalog releases that will revisit the groundbreaking music that made her an international icon.” Madonna last toured in 2019 and early 2020 on her Madame X theater tour.
Madonna will have plenty of songs to choose from for the set list, including 57 titles charting on the Billboard Hot 100, 38 top 10 hits and 12 No. 1s, including 1990’s “Vogue,” and 2000’s “Music,” released a decade apart and each spending 24 weeks on the Hot 100. Madonna’s “Borderline” from 1984 spent 30 weeks on the Hot 100. She followed that impressive feat a decade later with the ballad “Take a Bow,” which held the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 for seven weeks.
Check out the dates and the announcement video below.
The 2023 Celebration tour North American dates:
July 15 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
July 18 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
July 22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
July 25 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
July 27 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
July 30 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
August 2 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
August 5 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
August 7 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
August 9 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
August 13 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
August 19 – Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell
August 23 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
August 24 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
August 30 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Sept. 2 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
Sept. 5 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Sept. 7 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
Sept. 9 – Miami, FL @ Miami-Dade Arena
Sept. 13 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Sept. 18 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Sept. 21 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center ATX
Sept. 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena
Oct. 4 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
Oct. 7 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
European Dates:
Oct. 14 – London, UK @ The O2
Oct. 21 – Antwerp, BE @ Sportpaleis
Oct. 25 – Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
Oct. 28 – Stockholm, SE @ Tele2
Nov. 1 – Barcelona, ES @ Palau Sant Jordi
Nov. 6 – Lisbon, PT @ Altice Arena
Nov. 12 – Paris, FR @ Accor Arena
Nov. 13 – Paris, FR @ Accor Arena
Nov. 15 – Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena
Nov. 23 – Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum
Nov. 28 – Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena
Dec. 1 – Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
Sam Smith’s tour in support of his forthcoming fourth studio album, Gloria (via Capitol), will have a 2023 swing Down Under.
The superstar British singer and songwriter adds arena dates in five cities, kicking off Oct. 28 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in South Australia.
Produced by Frontier Touring, the Australasian leg of GLORIA the tour travels to Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne; Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney; Brisbane Entertainment Centre; and skips the Tasman for a concert Nov. 11 at Spark Arena, Auckland.
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Smith made something of a reconnaissance trip to Adelaide last week, the first stop on their next tour to these parts. South Australia Tourism hosted the “Unholy” singer for a winter sun escape, during which Smith cuddled a koala, met with local media and performed a one-off exclusive winery show at d’Arenberg Cube, at McLaren Vale.
“It’s so good to be back after so long,” they told the gathering of 300 VIPs and competition winners, after opening with “Stay With Me.” “Are you pissed yet?” Adelaide, the so-called City of Churches, they enthused, is “so beautiful. I can’t believe it. It’s like Italy. It’s stunning.”
Australia and NZ will cap a full run of dates across the U.K., Europe and North America, slated to start April 23 at Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, England.
Work has begun on the marathon that awaits.
“I start rehearsals in March,” Smith tells Billboard. “I’m starting to prep now, really. I’m starting to watch what I eat, what I’m drinking, starting to move my body more, train my voice, just getting ready for the year ahead.”
On this occasion, “I’m not doing as many gigs this time as last time, when I hit nearly 130 gigs. That was really intense. We’re doing a little less, keeping an eye on my mind and my body.”
With Gloria, which is due out Jan. 27, Smith is four albums deep into a career that has yielded four Grammys, three BRITs, a Golden Globe, one Oscar, some 50 billion multi-platform streams, and a coveted James Bond theme.
Smith knows what to expect from the road ahead. “I think I’ll always feel fatigued after a tour, it’s an intense job. The jetlag and the adrenaline crash you go through every night when you walk off stage, it’s very intense. I plan my breaks, so it’s not going to be impossible. It’s just about getting used to jetlag. Every time I do it, I know how to look after myself more and more.”
Gloria, the followup to 2020’s Love Goes, features the previously-released singles “Love Me More,” “Gimme” and the Kim Petras-assisted hit “Unholy,” which logged a single week atop the Billboard Hot 100 last October. “Unholy” is nominated for best song at the 2023 Brit Awards.
Smith’s three studio albums all crashed the top 5 on the Billboard 200, with 2017’s The Thrill of It All hitting No. 1.