Tour news: Kylie Minogue, Metallica, Stevie Wonder

A huge week of live announcements has continued with news of tours for Kylie Minogue, Metallica and Stevie Wonder.

Minogue has announced her biggest outing in a decade, with the Tension Tour launching in her native Australia in February next year, stopping at RAC Arena, Perth (15 February), AEC Arena, Adelaide (18 February), Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (20-21 February), Brisbane Entertainment Centre (26 February) and Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney (1-2 March).

The CAA-represented singer will then visit Asia later in March to play venues to be announced in Bangkok, Tokyo, Kaohsiung and Manila, before the tour arrives in the UK in May.

The British leg will include dates at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro (16 May), Utilita Arena, Newcastle (17 May), AO Arena, Manchester (19 May), M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool (22 May), Utilita Arena, Sheffield (23 May), London’s The O2 (26-27 May), Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham (30 May) and BP Pulse Live, Birmingham (31 May).

Elsewhere, Metallica have confirmed their M72 World Tour will be extended into a third year, with the announcement of 21 North American shows spanning April, May and June 2025. The group will also return to Australia and New Zealand next year, with dates still to be revealed.

Since opening April 2023 in Amsterdam, M72 has seen Metallica play to three million fans. Its 2024 leg will conclude with four nights at Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros, where the band will play to more than 250,000 fans over the course of two No Repeat Weekends.

Booked by K2 Agency, their 2025 schedule will continue the No Repeat Weekend tradition, with each two-night stint featuring entirely different setlists and support lineups.

Metallica’s 2025 itinerary will also include two festival headline slots

In addition to playing stadiums across the US, their itinerary will also include two festival headline slots – the opening night of the run April 12 at Sick New World at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. That will be followed by a festival/No Repeat Weekend combo on 9 & 11 May as Metallica play two headline sets at Sonic Temple at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

Support on M72’s 2025 North American run, produced by Live Nation, will come from Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Suicidal Tendencies and Ice Nine Kills. A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities via the band’s All Within My Hands foundation.

And the legendary Stevie Wonder has also announced he will be playing 10 dates across the US next month, at the height of election season, in a call for “joy over anger, kindness over recrimination, peace over war”.

The performances, titled Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart, are produced by Wonder Productions and promoted by AEG Presents in partnership with Free Lunch, begin 8 October at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

The run will also include shows at Madison Square Garden in New York (10 October), Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center (12 October), CFG Bank Arena, Baltimore (15 October), Greensboro Coliseum (17 October), Atlanta’s State Farm Arena (19 October), Little Caesars Arena, Detroit (22 October), Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee (24 October) and Minneapolis’ Target Center (27 October), concluding at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids on 30 October).

Wonder, who is repped by CAA, will be offering a designated amount of complimentary tickets to “those in our communities who are already working tirelessly to fix our nation’s broken heart”.

Last week meanwhile, Semmel Concerts & RCI Global announced Hans Zimmer will return to Europe’s biggest arenas in 2025 and 2026 with Hans Zimmer Live – The Next Level. More than 400,000 fans witnessed Zimmer’s most recent European tour.

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The 1975 reveal most extensive N.America tour to date

The 1975 will play more than 30 arenas across the United States and Canada this autumn as part of the band’s most extensive North American tour to date.

The ‘Still … At their Very Best’ outing will kick off on 26 September at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center (cap. 17,608) after a handful of festival appearances including Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Music Midtown and Life Is Beautiful.

Stops on the tour include Madison Square Garden, The Hollywood Bowl and Scotiabank Arena

Stops on the Messina Touring-promoted jaunt include Madison Square Garden (20,000) in New York, The Hollywood Bowl (17,500) in California and Scotiabank Arena (19,800) in Toronto.

Highlights of The 1975’s winter arena tour of the UK and Ireland include a $839,264 gross at Manchester’s AO Arena on 20 January, which sold 14,709 tickets, according to Pollstar.

The 1975 are represented by Primary Talent CEO Matt Bates, worldwide.

The ‘Still … At Their Very Best’ North America 2023 tour dates are:

SEPTEMBER
26 – Sacramento, CA, Golden 1 Center
28 – San Jose, CA, SAP Center
30 – San Diego, CA, Pechanga Arena San Diego

OCTOBER
2 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl
5 – Glendale, AZ, Desert Diamond Arena
7- Greenwood Village, CO, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
12 – New Orleans, LA, Smoothie King Center
17 – Miami, FL, Kaseya Center
18 – Tampa, FL, Amalie Arena
20 – Charlotte, NC, Spectrum Center
22 – Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
23- St. Louis, MO, Enterprise Arena
25 – Kansas City, MO, T-Mobile Center
26 – Minneapolis, MN, Target Center
28- Milwaukee, WI, Fiserv Forum
31 – Detroit, MI, Little Caesars Arena

NOVEMBER
2 – Indianapolis, IN, Gainbridge Fieldhouse
3 – Columbus, OH, Nationwide Arena
5 – Pittsburgh, PA, PPG Paints Arena
8 – Baltimore, MD, CFG Bank Arena
10 – Philadelphia, PA, Well Fargo Arena
12 – Boston, MA, TD Garden
14 – New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
17 – Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
18 – Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena
20 – London, ON, Budweiser Gardens
22 – Grand Rapids, MI, Van Andel Arena
26 – Salt Lake City, UT, Delta Center
27 – Boise, ID, ExtraMile Arena
29 – Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena

DECEMBER
1 – Portland, OR, Moda Center
2 – Seattle, WA, Climate Pledge Arena

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