Manila is set to host a new 20,000-capacity music festival next year, headlined by American R&B/pop singer-songwriter Kehlani.

Following annual editions in Cebu, the PLUS63 festival is launching in the Filipino capital on 23 February 2025 at the Aseana City Concert Grounds in Parañaque City.

Kehlani, who headlined the 2022 edition of PLUS63 in Cebu, will be joined by American alternative R&B artist Jenevieve, as well as Filipino acts James Reid, Mrld, and Jolianne.

General admission tickets will be priced at PHP 4,000 (€65), VIP at PHP 8,000 (€130), and the VVIP table bundle at PHP 100,000 (€1,630).

The inaugural Manila edition was due to take place in 2023 but it was indefinitely postponed

The inaugural Manila edition was due to take place in 2023 but it was indefinitely postponed as organisers, Insignia Presents,  said they were “unable to deliver the Plus63 experience that our community has been accustomed to”.

The 2023 festival would have been headlined by Weezer, with supporting performances from the likes of Aminé, mxmtoon, Lola Amour and PlayerTwo.

PLUS63, named after the Philippines’ country code (+63), was launched in Cebu in 2018 and has previously been headlined by  LANY, Kid Ink, Steve Aoki and Dada Life.

Other festivals to launch in Manila include K-pop event Waterbomb and Head in the Clouds.

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Post Malone has set tongues wagging by appearing to tease a Coachella headline appearance when unveiling his biggest tour yet.

Produced by Live Nation, Post Malone Presents: The BIG ASS Stadium Tour will kick off in Utah next April, with dates confirmed at 25 stadiums across North America. Special guests include Jelly Roll and Sierra Ferrell.

The tour poster also mentions two dates at an unspecified venue in Indio, California on 13 & 20 April – the two Sundays of Coachella 2025 at the city’s Empire Polo Club. The Coachella lineup is traditionally announced in January.

Katy Perry announced this week that £1 from every ticket sold on the AEG-promoted UK leg of The Lifetimes Tour, comprising OVO Hydro, Glasgow (7 October), Manchester AO Arena (8 October), Utilita Arena, Sheffield (10 October), Utilita Arena, Birmingham (11 October) and The O2 in London (13 October), will be donated to the Music Venue Trust.

The global outing will commence in Mexico on 23 April, switching to Australia in June and South America in September, before heading to the UK.

Elsewhere, Jamiroquai have revealed a 14-date European arena tour for late 2025, visiting Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany the Netherlands, France, Belgium and their native UK.

After six years away from touring, the Jay Kay-fronted jazz-funk band will play Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi (6 November), Lyon LDLC Arena (8 November), Zurich Hallenstadion (11 November), Milan Unipol Forum (13 November), Vienna Wiener Stadthalle (15 November), Berlin Uber Arena (19 November), Cologne Lanxess Arena (22 November), Amsterdam Ziggo Dome (25 November), Paris Accor Arena (27 November) and Brussels ING Arena (29 November).

They will then head to the UK, stopping at Glasgow OVO Hydro (3 December), Manchester Co-op Live (6 December), London The O2 (9 December) and Birmingham Utilita Arena (12 December).

Stray Kids will follow their 2024/25 shows in Asia and Australia with 20 new performances

K-pop phenomenons Stray Kids will follow their 2024/25 shows in Asia and Australia with 20 new performances across Latin America, North America and Europe, marking their first full run of stadium dates.

Produced by JYP Entertainment and promoted by Live Nation, the Asia leg will wrap up with two nights at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Arena on 18-19 January.

The tour will then head to the Americas, starting at Estadio Bicentenario La Florida in Chile on 18 March and making stops in Brazil, Peru, Mexico, the US and Canada. The concluding European run will take in Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff Arena in the Netherlands (11 July), Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany (15 July), London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the UK (18 July), Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain (22 July) and Paris’ Stade de France (26 July).

Meanwhile, Kehlani has announced the Crash World Tour featuring special guests KWN and Keyrah. The seven-city tour kicks off on 21 January at AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands making stops in Brussels, Belgium at Ancienne Belgique (22 January), Vienna, Austria at Gasometer (24 January), Berlin, Germany at Astra Kulturhaus (25 Janaury), Zenith in Paris, France (27 January) and The O2 in London (29 January), finishing up at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, UK (31 January),

In addition, The Pogues have confirmed their first tour since the death of frontman Shane MacGowan in 2023. The group’s first UK headline tour in 13 years, it will celebrate 40 years of their Rum Sodomy & the Lash album, with shows at Leeds O2 Academy (1 May), Birmingham O2 Academy (2 May), London O2 Academy Brixton (3 May), Glasgow Barrowland (6 May), Manchester O2 Apollo (7 May) and Newcastle O2 City Hall (8 May).

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Kehlani has announced details of a UK, European and North America tour that will run from July through to December, this year.

The multi-platinum singer-songwriter will hit the road in support of her new critically acclaimed album ‘Blue Water Road’, which was released last month.

Produced by Live Nation, the 28-city North American leg kicks off on 30 July at ​​Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC, making stops in Miami, New York, Houston and more before wrapping up in her hometown of Oakland on 30 September.

The 15-city European leg will commence on 17 November in Copenhagen, Denmark, visiting cities including Berlin, Paris and London before concluding in Manchester on 12 December.

Kehlani will be supported by Rico Nasty on the North America dates and Destin Conrad across all dates.

See the full routing below. Dates marked with an asterisk are not Live Nation shows.

Sat Jul 30 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater

Mon Aug 01 – Miami, FL – FPL Solar Amphitheater

Wed Aug 03 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy

Fri Aug 05 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre

Sun Aug 07 – Washington, DC – The Anthem

Tue Aug 09 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall

Fri Aug 12 – Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion

Sat Aug 13 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater

Mon Aug 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Skyline Stage @ The Mann Center

Tue Aug 16 – Pittsburgh, PA – UPMC Events Center

Wed Aug 17 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center

Fri Aug 19 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory

Mon Aug 22 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre

Wed Aug 24 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage!

Fri Aug 26 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom

Sun Aug 28 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park

Tue Aug 30 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center

Thu Sep 01 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater

Sat Sep 03 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom

Tue Sep 06 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium

Fri Sep 09 – Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Sat Sep 10 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater

Wed Sep 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Federal Theatre

Thu Sep 15 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

Sat Sep 17 – Portland, OR – Theater of the Clouds @ Moda Center

Sun Sep 18 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater

Wed Sep 21 – Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum!

Fri Sep 30 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena

Fri Oct 21 – Honolulu, HI – Waikiki Shell*!

* Not A Live Nation Date | ! Citi Presale Not Applicable

Thu Nov 17 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Grey Hall

Fri Nov 18 – Stockholm, Sweden – Annexet

Mon Nov 21 – Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinhalle*

Tue Nov 22 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom*

Thu Nov 24 – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457

Sat Nov 26 – Vienna, Austria – Gasometer*

Sun Nov 27 – Munich, Germany – Zenith*

Tue Nov 29 – Milan, Italy – Fabrique*

Wed Nov 30 – Paris, France – Salle Pleyel

Sat Dec 03 – Tilburg, Netherlands – O13

Sun Dec 04 – London, UK – Brixton Academy

Wed Dec 07 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia

Fri Dec 09 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy

Sat Dec 10 – Birmingham, UK – Academy

Mon Dec 12 – Manchester, UK – Victoria Warehouse

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