The Live World: A New Dinner Series, Macklemore Sets "Free Palestine" Tour, Calvin Harris Breaks Record

Each week, we track major tour announcements and live world news across ROSTR & NIF. The Live World is your weekly Thursday wrap-up of the live music biz stories you should know about. Let's take a look at this week's…

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ROSTR and Please & Thank You launched their invite-only dinner series Charted earlier this month. The first edition was held at Delilah in West Hollywood and brought together managers, agents, creatives & more who landed on ROSTR's Charts in the past quarter. The next event will take place in New York early 2027.

Calvin Harris has been confirmed by Guinness World Record for playing the most-attended DJ performance following his free Carnival performance in São Paulo, Brazil that drew 1.6M+ people back in February

AEG Presents has unveiled its second Austin live music venue in Moonline. The 1.5K-capacity venue, formerly known as Emo's, is set to open its doors in 2027 following renovations and upgrades.

BeatHub Entertainment, the prominent Colombian live event ecosystem, has taken full control of Bogotá’s world-class venue, Movistar Arena. The upcoming DAVIarena in Medellín, which is expected to open in November, will also be under BeatHub’s purview. With two arenas in Colombia's largest markets, the country will have a strong position as an entertainment destination.

📍 Tour Roundup:

• Macklemore announced the "Free Palestine" tour in response to his removal from Ed Sheeran's tour. The tour will stop in Dublin, Paris & London in late October with US dates teased. All ticket sales from the 3 stops will be donated to charity

• Lizzy McAlpine announced an extensive AU/EU/NA tour in support of her recent album Angel with support acts like Mila Bea, Searows & Sydney Ross Mitchell amongst others

• Ninajirachi extended her NA tour, adding 12 more dates in January 2027

• Hilary Duff unveiled a new massive leg of her "lucky me" tour, making stops in Europe, North America & South America

🎟️ Festival Headlines:

• Rolling Loud will return to California in 2027 after skipping this year's edition

• Also confirmed to return to North America next year after almost a decade is Ozzfest; the festival will also place its flag in Osbourne's hometown of Birmingham, UK

• Texas' Two Step Inn will be headlined by Ella Langley and Brooks & Dunn in 2027

❌ Cancellations:

• The Beach Boys cancelled over 35 September performances and haven't played for over two months while they allow frontman Mike Love to "recharge" from an unspecified health issue

• Holly Humberstone cancelled the rest of her European tour after a tour member suffered a "serious, life-threatening medical emergency."

• Lionel Richie has successfully undergone a procedure to correct his atrial fibrillation, which caused him to cancel 3 upcoming shows

🔥 Check out this week's hottest tours in the gallery below: