Dua Lipa announces ‘Radical Optimism’ Asia tour dates

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner look so cute and happy in these new photos!

Paul McCartney turns 82 years young.The day before that, the former Beatle announced he’s added eight European concert dates to his ongoing ‘Got Back Tour.’In total, McCartney now has 13 gigs lined up this year at venues in countries as varied as Uruguay, Argentian, France, Spain and his home, United Kingdom.They’re biggies, too. Sir Paul’s show in Paris will be his first since 2018; he hasn’t performed in Spain since 2016.And if you want to see the “Blackbird” singer deliver timeless classics like “Hey Jude,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Let It Be” and the triumphant “Abbey Road” finale live overseas, tickets for some shows are available as soon as today.Fans can purchase tickets for select, upcoming ‘Got Back’ concerts on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Friday, June 21.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.Macca isn’t the only Fab Four member on the road this year.Fellow former Beatle Ringo Starr is also pounding the pavement once again.

Headie One has announced a UK and Australian tour for later this year, as well as a string of European dates to take place in 2025 – read on for the full list of shows.With the Tottenham rapper’s album ‘The Last One’ due out later this month, he has announced an extensive tour to support it, including his first non-festival UK shows since 2021.He will play in Manchester, Dublin and Glasgow in November, before a huge hometown show at OVO Wembley Arena in London on November 29. Tickets for these shows go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (June 21) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.Before that, he will be heading down under for his first-ever Australian shows, in Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, in October.UK + AUSTRALIA + IRELAND.

Enter Shikari have announced a run of “smaller, sweatier” shows for later this year.After they played a massive UK arena tour earlier this year, and are set to perform on the main stage of Download Festival this weekend, the band are set to round out the year by returning to some towns and venues they haven’t played as frequently.“People often travel considerable distances to come to live shows, so we feel it’s important for us to make the effort as well sometimes and play places that your standard tour wouldn’t normally,” frontman Rou Reynolds said in a press release.“On this run we’ve got some smaller stops that we haven’t played in ages, sandwiched in with cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Glasgow, that we didn’t get to visit on our arena tour.“As much as we love the bigger rooms it’s going to be killer to play some smaller sweatier places again, and as these will be our last UK shows for quite a while, we couldn’t go into hiding without one last visit to the Barras!”The tour is similar in size and scope to their 2013 ‘Return To Energiser’ tour, which saw the band play a range of smaller towns, including a show on Weston-Super-Mare’s pier.To coincide with the announcement Enter Shikari also shared a live video of them performing recent single ‘Losing My Grip’ featuring a guest appearance from Fever 333’s Jason Aalon Butler.“Preparing our production for the arena tour was so intense that we never got to make a music video for ‘Losing My Grip’.

Paul McCartney has announced a handful of tour dates in South America later this year – check out the full list of dates below.Last night (June 10), McCartney took to his website to share five live dates in South America, all take place in October. The trek will kick off in Uruguay on October 1, before he performs in Argentina on October 5 and Chile on October 11.

The Jesus Lizard have announced ‘Rack’, their first new album in 26 years, and shared a run of new tour dates for the UK and the US. Find ticket details below, as well as the new lead single ‘Hide & Seek’.Set for release on September 13 via Ipecac Records, the project marks the first new album from the classic line-up – comprised of singer David Yow, guitarist Duane Denison, drummer Mac McNeilly, and bassist David Wm.

Dua Lipa has kicked off her ‘Radical Optimism’ tour in Berlin, Germany – see what the pop star performed below.Last night (June 5), Dua Lipa took over the Waldbühne in Berlin, Germany to kickstart her short run of ‘Radical Optimism’ headlining shows before embarking on a run of European festival performances.During her Berlin show, she performed a number of tracks from her latest album, while throwing in classics and even her dancey collaboration with Elton John.The singer began her set with ‘Training Season’, before diving into a performance of ‘One Kiss’, which she recorded with Calvin Harris. She then moved on to ‘Illusion’, ‘Break My Heart’ and ‘Levitating’.Checkout footage from the show below.After a short break, Dua Lipa returned to the stage for the live debut of the ‘Radical Optimism’ cut ‘These Walls’.

Ice Spice shared some really big news on Wednesday (June 5)!

Dua Lipa is ready to hit the road this summer!

Mercury Rev have shared details of an upcoming album called ‘Born Horses’, and revealed a new run of UK and European tour dates. Find ticket details below, as well as the lead single ‘Patterns’.The album marks the American rock group’s first new LP of new material in nine years, and comes as the follow-up to 2015’s ‘The Light in You’.

Keanu Reeves‘ band Dogstar have announced a new slew of US tour dates – see the full list of dates below.Yesterday (June 4), the band took to social media to announce the North American leg of their ‘Summer Vacation’ tour, which will see them perform nearly 30 shows between early August and late September.Over the course of the tour, the ‘90s alt-rock trio – comprising vocalist Bret Domrose, drummer Rob Mailhouse and bassist Keanu Reeves – will perform in cities such as Indianapolis, Richmond, Columbia, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Jacksonville, Santa Cruz, Las Vegas and more.Pre-sale tickets to the tour will be available today (June 5) at 12pm local time, with general tickets going on sale on Friday (June 7).

Queens of the Stone Age have announced the final shows of their ‘The End Is Nero’ world tour with The Kills in support.They will wrap up their world tour with a short run of US dates in the autumn, starting in Boston on September 28. They will then move on to Cincinnati on October 1, Chicago on October 2 and Madison, WI on October 4.They will also be playing two festivals, namely the Soundside Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Mempho Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee.The artist ticket pre-sale has begun, while the Live Nation ticket pre-sale will start on Thursday (June 6).

Gracie Abrams just announced her 2024 ‘The Secret Of Us Tour’ in support of her upcoming second studio album that shares a name with the nationwide trek.Midway through the run, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter is scheduled to make a stop at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall on Friday, Oct. 4.Abrams’ headlining dates come before she reunites with Taylor Swift for the U.S.

Dua Lipa has shared her support for #AllEyesOnRafah, advocating for an end to Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinian people.The pop star expressed her support for Palestine in a new update on Instagram, making a nod to the viral image spearheaded by activists and humanitarian groups. The AI-generated image shows tents at a camp arranged to read ‘All Eyes On Rafah’ – and comes in a bid to gather support for those forced to live in cramped refugee camps in the southern city of the Gaza Strip with no humanitarian aid.The slogan gathered momentum in light of Israel’s intensified military operations in Rafah.

Declan McKenna has announced a short run of shows across the UK for this summer.Between his various dates at festivals including Glastonbury, Boardmasters, TRNSMT Festival, Truck, Y Not and more in support of his third album ‘What Happened To The Beach?’, McKenna will be playing five headline shows.He will perform two July gigs in Halifax and Bridlington, while further shows in Bexhill, Nottingham and Edinburgh will take place in August.Tickets are on sale now – grab yours here and check out the full list of dates below.A post shared by Declan Mckenna (@thedeclanmckenna)Declan McKenna’s summer 2024 tour dates are:JULY27 – Halifax, Victoria Theatre28 – Bridlington, SpaAUGUST9 – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion11 – Nottingham, Rock City12 – Edinburgh, Playhouse Theatre In a four-star review of McKenna’s latest record, NME wrote: “On ‘What Happened To The Beach?’, perfectionism is released to make space to revel in creativity, resulting in a truly joyful effort.”McKenna said in a recent interview with NME that he’d found the process of making the album “quite empowering”, adding: “[It] has made me feel like I’m capable of executing different kinds of songs.“I see every album of mine as an opportunity to make something that I’m proud of, as well as an opportunity to learn from different people along the way.

Taylor Swift has confirmed extra support acts for her London ‘Eras’ tour dates next month.Swift will be performing three shows at Wembley Stadium between June 21-23 as part of her world tour and, to celebrate her song ‘Fortnight’ topping the UK Airplay Chart, has now confirmed that three other artists will be opening for her alongside Paramore.Joining them will be Mette on June 21, Griff on June 22 and Benson Boone in June 23.Announcing the new supports on Instagram, Swift wrote: “I just found out Fortnight is #1 on the UK airplay chart!!!! You guys are amazing and I can’t wait to see you so soon! Thought this might be a fun time to announce the first group of opening acts I’ll be adding to the London shows, going on before Paramore.“I chose artists whose music I love listening to, and I can’t wait for them to add an extra jolt of excitement to our shows at Wembley Stadium in June.”A post shared by Taylor Nation (@taylornation)In response to the news, Griff wrote on X/Twitter: “TAYLOR SWIFT HAS INVITED ME ON THE ERAS TOUR!!!!!! 8 yr old me who had fearless on repeat wouldn’t believe this. So unbelievably grateful to Taylor for all the love she’s shown me and my music.

Bambie Thug, this year’s Irish Eurovision entry, has announced a 2024 UK and European ‘Crown The Witch’ tour.Bambie, who placed 6th in this year’s competition with their showstopping performance of ‘Doomsday Blue’, is now set to tour around the UK and Europe.They will kick off at Brighton’s Chalk in August, before making their way through Manchester’s Gorilla, Glasgow’s King Tuts and London’s Heaven in September. Bambie is also due to visit cities such as Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm.

Camden has been shared – you can watch it below.The show, which is executive produced by Dua Lipa, will go behind the scenes with some of the world’s biggest artists, revealing untold stories of how Camden in London shaped their lives and careers.It is due to premiere on Disney+ around the world and via Hulu in the US next Wednesday (May 29).Per a description, the four-part series will explore “Camden’s rich history” through “archive footage, observational filming and interviews” with the likes of Chris Martin, The Libertines, Yungblud, Little Simz and Nile Rodgers.“Hearing from world-renowned musicians as they relive their Camden experiences; from their very first gigs to sell-out concerts, the highs and lows of nights out and a youth spent discovering music,” it adds.Lipa has now shared a trailer for Camden, soundtracked by The Libertines’ classic song ‘Don’t Look Back Into The Sun’.“Camden – so full of life and music,” says Coldplay frontman Martin. Noel Gallagher then says that the area has “got a heartbeat” and a “vibe”, adding: “It’s got an energy to it.”The video goes on to show Lipa browsing a local record shop while talking about the late Camden icon Amy Winehouse, before Pete Doherty recalls a past run-in with Liam Gallagher.A post shared by DUA LIPA (@dualipa)Later, we see Lipa in Camden to record music early on in her career.

Dua Lipa has revealed that she was forced to change some of the choreography in her live set after slipping on sweat.During a recent interview with SiriusXM, the ‘Radical Optimism’ singer said: “I fell over on my tour, I think once in Barcelona, once in Milan on the same spot, and it was just the hottest week in Europe (via Music News).“And so some of my dancers were just sweating a little bit extra. And so I slipped on a little sweat puddle and we kind of had to change the choreo so I don’t get a little puddle of sweat right where I’m about to start dancing.”Lipa went on to say that such on-stage mishaps were “all part of the experience” when touring, adding: “You got to get a little bruised.”In other news, the pop star has talked about how she “manifested” headlining Glastonbury Festival “by album three” early on in her career.

SEVENTEEN have announced their ‘Follow Again’ tour, the new encore leg of their ‘Follow’ Asia tour.Today (January 29), SEVENTEEN announced the encore leg of their tour, titled the ‘Follow Again’ tour. It’ll feature six shows in March and May this year, in the East Asian cities of Incheon, Osaka and Yokohama.“We have prepared the encore tour as a token of gratitude towards Carat, who have shown love for the band,” their agency PLEDIS Entertainment said in a press release, per Korea JoongAng Daily.