The Live World: Bad Bunny Breaks Records, K-Pop's Biggest Festival, News from the Summit

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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According to Billboard Boxscore, Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour is now the highest grossing tour ever to not visit the US. Bad Bunny sold >3M tickets for 55 shows across 8 months for a total of $467.5M. The tour is also the highest grossing in history for a male Latin artist.

JAŸ-Z continues to expand his 30th anniversary run with an additional night added in London and Los Angeles in September and October, respectively.

🏔️ Climbing The Summit (there's a lot of John Summit news, he's getting his own section this week):

• John Summit announced the full lineup of his Experts Only festival in NY this September with performances from Max Styler, Adam Ten, Innellea & more

• John Summit, Skepta & KI/KI will be playing three different Australian festivals this New Year's at Wildlands, Lost Paradise & Beyond the Valley

🎟️ Festival Headlines:

• K-pop’s four biggest companies – HYBE, SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment – have teamed with the South Korean government to unveil the FANOMENON music festival, which will run December 2nd through the 12th at Seoul Arena; programming will include fan community awards, esports competitions, film and drama soundtrack concerts & exhibitions from K-pop companies

• Bazooka! Fest returns to Brooklyn, headlined by Destroyer's Dan Bejar with performances from Stephin Merritt, Joanna Sternberg & more

❌ Cancellations:

• Bailey Zimmerman cancelled the entire EU leg of his tour due to family-related issues

• Kacey Musgraves cancelled 3 nights of her upcoming tour, including the opening night; she did not give any explanation

• Roxette's 40th anniversary tour will no longer stop in Canada and the US with the group citing "hugely increased touring costs" for North American amphitheaters

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