DKB announce 2024 ‘Dark Strange’ world tour

World Pride will fill Washington, D.C.’s streets with affirming, magical mirth. This year, the Capital Pride Alliance gave us a great trial run. While a jubilee in its own right, this year’s festivities illustrated that World Pride 2025 should be safe, secure, and glorious.It may, however, also be a righteously angry occasion, as 2025 Washington could be the epicenter of a new, awful age.

Korea JoongAng Daily.“We will deliver more joy with an expanded lineup and various programs, exceeding expectations,” he added. “We are committed to providing opportunities for fans and artists who love K-pop to communicate closely with each other and create memories.”The line-up, ticketing details and more for KCON Germany 2024 have yet to be announced.

While She Sleeps have announced details of a nine-date winter 2024 UK tour – buy your tickets here.The metalcore five-piece have included two dates at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town, as well as stops in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol and their native Sheffield.This weekend saw the band appear at Download Festival, before they embark on a series of European dates across the summer. In the autumn, they’re heading to Australia and Japan, and will round the year off by coming back to Europe and then the UK.Support on the new dates is set to come from Connecticut metallers Current, Swedish metallic hardcore band Thrown, and French metalcore quartet Resolve.While She Sleeps are touring their sixth album, ‘Self Hell’, which came out in March.

Red Velvet have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Happiness: My Dear, ReVe1uv’ Asia tour, featuring concerts in Thailand, Indonesia and more.Today (June 19), Red Velvet revealed that they will be embarking on an Asia fancon tour this August and September. Titled ‘Happiness: My Dear, ReVe1uv’, it will kick off on August 3 and 4 at the Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.Later that same month, the girl group will also play two shows at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have announced their first-ever virtual reality concert, dubbed ‘Hyperfocus’, which will be screened from next month onwards.The band’s forthcoming VR concert is set to take place across five different cities in the US over the following months. The ‘Hyperfocus’ concert promises to “deliver an unforgettable performance that allows fans to get up close and personal” with the boyband, per Billboard.“We have been thinking about how to get closer to our fans, and this VR concert is an opportunity for us to do so,” TXT said of the forthcoming VR concert in a press statement.

Over a year into Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, she has found ways to keep the show fresh and new for those who have been waiting since she opened in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2023 to see her. Since the tour began in the United States last year, Swift has released two rerecorded albums — Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in addition to a brand-new double album, The Tortured Poets Department. 

Inside Out 2” just scored the biggest box office previews of 2024. Disney and Pixar‘s latest animated outing grossed $13 million in Thursday previews domestically, with $22.3 million worldwide. The family-friendly sequel is projected to launch between $80 million and $90 million this weekend.

DPR Ian, DPR Cream and DPR Artic – members of the label Dream Perfect Regime – have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘The Dream Reborn’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, the US, Europe and more.The three DPR members will be heading on a massive 29-date world tour this year, featuring legs in North America, Latin America and Europe, as well as upcoming Asia-Pacific dates. It’ll kick off in July 2024, with a two-night show at the Olympic Hall in Seoul, South Korea.In September and October, DPR Ian, DPR Cream and DPR Artic will bring their tour to North American, with 12 shows in the US and two Canadian concerts.

Queen of Tears star Kim Soo-hyun has announced his upcoming 2024 ‘Eyes On You’ Asia fanmeet tour, featuring shows in Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and more.Kim Soo-hyun’s management GOLDMEDALIST announced that the tour will be kicking off this summer, marking his first overseas trek in about 10 years. The tour arrives fresh off the back of the conclusion of Queen of Tears, which broke television broadcast records for cable network tvN.Kim is scheduled to begin the tour with a show in Bangkok, before he heads to a handful of major cities in East and Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong, Jakarta and more.

Thania Garcia Mitski‘s “The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)” was crowned record of the year at the 2024 Libera Awards on Monday night. The 13th iteration of the show, presented by A2IM (The American Association of Independent Music, Inc.), took place at Gotham Hall in New York City.

Xdinary Heroes are hitting the road stateside!

Over a year into Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, she has found ways to keep the show fresh and new for those who have been waiting since she opened in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2023 to see her. Since the tour began in the United States last year, Swift has released two rerecorded albums — Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in addition to a brand-new double album, The Tortured Poets Department. 

Stray Kids headline gig at BST Hyde Park.The South Korean pop group will be headlining the 2024 edition of BST Hyde Park later this summer, in what will be their only show in the UK this year. Find remaining tickets here.Their slot will take place on Sunday, July 14, and sees them close out this year’s series.

aespa have added new dates their upcoming 2024 ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, Australia and more.aespa’s new 2024 ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ world tour currently features 27 concerts across 14 different cities in Asia and Australia from June to September 2024. The tour will kick off at the end of June with a two-night concert in Seoul, South Korea.In July, the girl group will head on the Japanese leg of the tour, with multiple concerts each in the cities of Fukuoka, Nagoya, Saitama and Osaka.

Dua Lipa is ready to hit the road this summer!

Thom Yorke has announced an upcoming solo tour, which will include dates in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Japan.While details remain scarce, W.A.S.T.E. HQ – an official website for Radiohead and Radiohead-related news – shared a preview of the tour graphic today (June 2), along with the confirmed countries that Yorke will perform in, with cities and venues yet to be revealed.The graphic shows that the trek will be called the ‘Everything’ tour and that it promises Yorke “playing work from across his career”.Last Friday, Yorke shared a clip of him performing a piano-led cover of Radiohead’s ‘Bloom’, with a message pointing fans to subscribe to W.A.S.T.E.’s newsletter for “some new news coming shortly” that’s “mostly concerning Australasia and Japan”.Subscribe to w.a.s.t.e for some new news coming shortly, mostly concerning Australasia and Japan https://t.co/7oy3Av36u3 pic.twitter.com/GJdKw18Qgb— Thom Yorke (@thomyorke) May 31, 2024In April, the Radiohead and The Smile frontman released his soundtrack for Confidenza, an Italian thriller directed by Daniele Luchetti.

One of 2022’s most critically acclaimed shows returns in late summer. After a two-year wait, “Pachinko” Season 2 premieres on Apple TV+ on August 23.

Pachinko. Read on for everything you need to know about the new season, its cast, trailers, plot and more.The first season of Pachinko – based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee – was an epic narrative that spanned decades, starting from the early 20th century, and follows a family’s matriarch, Sunja, from Korea to Japan and the US.The season alternated between the hardships young Sunja (Kim Min-ha) faced after arriving in a foreign land, as well as the life of an elderly Sunja (played by Youn Yuh-jung, who has already established roots in a new nation.

Over a year into Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, she has found ways to keep the show fresh and new for those who have been waiting since she opened in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2023 to see her. Since the tour began in the United States last year, Swift has released two rerecorded albums — Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in addition to a brand-new double album, The Tortured Poets Department. 

Dua Lipa will be returning to Asia as part of her ‘Radical Optimism’ tour – see the full list of tour dates below.Earlier today (May 29), Dua Lipa took to Instagram to publish a photo dump of her last visit to Japan. In the caption, she wrote: “wowowowww summer tour dates start in 1 week and I can’t wait!!!! So I thought why not add… MORE TOUR! Asia in November it’s been a long time coming and I can’t wait to be back!!!!”The tour, which is in support of her third album ‘Radical Optimism’, will consist of nine stops in the region, beginning in Singapore and ending in Seoul, South Korea.