The Live World: JAŸ-Z To Headline Super Bowl 2027, Noah Kahan Sets Tour, ROSTR at IEBA

Weekly live music roundup covering tours, venues, and festival lineups.

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 wrapped up the 56th IEBA Conference in Nashville, where it unveiled ROSTR Promoters on the Main Stage/ With Legends Global & Please & Thank You, it also hosted an invite-only happy hour at Flat Top Box for nearly 300 guests, and teamed with Tixel on “Admit One,” an intimate dinner at Adele’s in Nashville's Gulch neighborhood.

JAŸ-Z will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium on February 14, 2027; Roc Nation has produced the show with the NFL since 2019 with the rapper and CEO serving on the board that selects each year's headlining performance.

Noah Kahan announced the 31-date “The Last of the Bugs World Tour,” a 2027 stadium run across North America, Europe & the UK.

Zara Larsson broke a record at Auckland’s Spark Arena on her “Midnight Sun” tour, drawing 12,798 fans and topping Linkin Park’s 12,736 from March.

🏟️ Venue News:

Construction began on the 20K-capacity Munich Arena near Munich Airport; the privately financed €400M+ venue counts Live Nation as a strategic partner & is set to open in 2029
Prince George’s County approved up to $215M in bonds for a 6K-capacity Sphere at National Harbor, Maryland, the second in the US
Legends Global will operate Vingroup’s 135K-capacity VinFast-Trong Dong Stadium outside Hanoi, billed as the world’s largest; it is slated to open July 31, 2027

💼 Business of Live:

The UK’s Autumn Budget increased business-rates relief for eligible live music venues in England; LIVE wants it extended to all venues: “do not stop at an arbitrary rateable value threshold”
Easol raised $30M & launched “Teammates,” AI agents for festival promoters; its clients include Coachella, Stagecoach & Camp Flog Gnaw

🤝 Benefit Shows:

Macklemore opened his "Free Palestine" benefit tour at a sold-out 3Arena in Dublin with Hozier & KNEECAP; proceeds go to 12 organizations, including Medical Aid for Palestinians & UNRWA USA
Turnstile drew ~60K to a free benefit show near the Washington Monument, raising $240K+ for Human Concern International’s relief work in Palestine, Sudan & Lebanon

🎟️ Festival Headlines:

Kilby Block Party set its 2027 lineup, with Deftones, The Strokes & Jungle headlining in Salt Lake City next May; Fontaines D.C., Slayyyter, Lil Yachty & more round it out
Phoebe Bridgers is the first 2027 headliner for All Points East, playing Victoria Park on August 27 with Caroline Polachek & more
Country Thunder Arizona revealed its 2027 lineup, with Jordan Davis, Florida Georgia Line & Megan Moroney topping the bill next April

❌ Cancellations:

Slayyyter cancelled the remaining 9 UK & European dates of her “WOR$T GIRL IN THE WORLD” tour after being diagnosed with laryngitis & vocal cord tears; she was “ordered to go on medication and full vocal rest for at least two weeks,” & her team is working on 2027 make-up dates
The Beach Boys pulled out of their November 11–12 shows at EPCOT’s Eat to the Beat series without giving an official reason; John Stamos & the California Sound will take the slot

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