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Theatre lovers, get ready to start thumping your chest. King Kong arrived in America and we hope it won’t end in a terrible tragedy. A stage musical adaptation starts performances on 5 October at the Broadway Theatre in New York.

Tickets are on sale right now if you want to take a seat as close as possible to the giant six-meter-tall ape.

After the recent cinema success of Kong: Skull Island, we’ll get to watch the one-ton, two-story silver ape on stage. The musical based on the original 1933 movie premiered in Melbourne in 2013 and its reincarnation now opens in New York. After conquering Australia, this mega-musical is ready for the New York crowd.

The show is written by Jack Thorne, the writer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child which also debuted this year, as well as the modern horror classic, Let the Right One In. Songs are written by Eddie Perfect, famous for its work in Beetlejuice and Strictly Ballroom the Musical, and composed by Marius de Vries who worked on the movies La, la Land and Moulin Rouge. The play is set predetermined for success with such huge names on board.

Christiani Pitts, Eric William Morris and Erik Lochtefeld star in the production directed by Drew McOnie, Olivier Award-winning director-choreographer.King Kong himself was designed by Sonny Tilders with the help of animatronics and puppetry. The massive marionette puppet is controlled by a team of onstage puppeteers aerialists and his face is capable of expressing a breathtaking range of emotion.

The musical follows young actress Ann Darrow and filmmaker Carl Denham on their voyage from 1930s New York to an uncharted island to capture a great mysterious wonder.

“King Kong is a quintessential New York story, and I’m proud to be involved in this historic production,” the show’s producer Roy Furman said in a statement. “Our team is creating a theatrical experience that we hope will astound audiences while delighting them with its heartfelt storytelling.”

Enjoy watching the world’s most epic modern myth comes to life through the perfect mix of music, puppetry, animatronics and stagecraft. Buy your tickets here right now but hurry up, despite putting on 8 shows per week, the show has la limited engagement.

King Kong the Musical

Show Date and Time: Saturday, 13 October, 2018, 2pm

Show Location: Broadway Theatre New York, New York City

Age Restriction: Recommended for ages 8+, children under 4 are not permitted in the theatre

Ed Sheeran is currently hitting the U.S stadiums as a part of his Divide Tour and we can freely say he is killing it.

According to Hot Tours recap, he is approaching the $300 million mark pretty fast and furious. If you still hadn’t had the chance to enjoy his compelling music, you can purchase tickets for the upcoming dates right here.

Sheeran has grossed $290.1 million and sold 3.3 million tickets across 149 dates and the tour is not over yet. There are still 39 dates remaining until his world tour Divide ends so we’ll have to wait and see what the final number will be.

According to the Hot Tours recap announced on 29 September, he took a leap forward comparing to the shows held last year on the same venues. Recently, he held a two-night show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New York. Two shows held on 21 and 2 September sold 107,550 tickets and generated $11.2 million. This is tree time the gross from the three-night gross at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center held last year between 29 September and 1 October. Last year, he performed in front of 41,006 fans and grossed $3.7 million. And that’s not all.

Similarly, Sheeran grossed $2.6 million from selling 30,516 tickets across two shows at Air Canada Centre in Toronto in July 2017 while this August, he sold out 98,462 tickets and grossed $8.5 million from two nights at Rogers Centre. The trajectory in other markets continued in September as well. Two shows at Gillette Stadium quadrupled his intake to $9.8 million from 110,238 tickets sold compared to the last year’s $2.3 million and 25,590 tickets sold for Boston’s TD Garden.

The North American leg success follows his success at European and Australian stadiums. During his four shows at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium between 9 and 12 March 2018, he delivered his career-best gross, selling 156,622 tickets that earned $20.9 million.

Don’t waste any time and buy your tickets right now, just choose the city nearest to you from the remaining 39 dates. Divide tour has started in Italy on 16 March 2017 in support of his third studio album and has travelled around the world and back since then. Enjoy smashing hits like “Perfect”, “Castle on the Hill” and “Shape of You” by this award-winning artist that sold more than 26 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide.

Parenthetically, according to Hot Tours, Beyoncé and Jay Z tour grossed $51 million, Journey and Def Leppard $24.4 million and Iron Maiden $20.4 last month.

Divide Tour

Show Date and Time: Saturday, 6 October 2018, 7 pm

Show Location: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

Age Restriction all ages

In the series of recent farewell tours, another one was announced this week and this time by the legendary KISS.

After a 45-year-fruitful career, KISS is taking one final run in 2019. Details for the tour aren’t disclosed yet but the multi-year stint will give fans one last chance to witness the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ explosive shows. Dates for the tour will be announced in the upcoming weeks so start prepping right now. Until then, check out the current farewell tours by Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Simon and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Kiss confirmed their last tour during the last episode of America’s Got Talent when they performed “Detroit Rock City”. The End of the Road tour is expected in early 2019 and it’s going to be mind-blowing, breath-taking show that will be a celebration of KISS rather than any individual lineup or members.

“All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who’ve filled clubs, arenas and stadiums over those years,” KISS said in a statement. “This will be the ultimate celebration for those who’ve seen us and a last chance for those who haven’t. KISS Army, we’re saying goodbye on our final tour with our biggest show yet and we’ll go out the same way we came in, unapologetic and unstoppable.”

KISS have already marketed a tour as their last in 2000 called the Farewell Tour, following their 1996 reunion with original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. It turned out to be only their last tour with the original foursome. The current lineup that is preparing for 2019 tour consists of Paul Stanley (guitar), Gene Simmons (bass), Tommy Thayer (guitar) and Eric Singer (drums). This line up has been intact since 2004. Members are in the process of planning the biggest tour they have ever done and they even filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to reserve the rights to the phrase “The End of the Road” with regard to “live performances by a musical band.”

R&B legend Anita Baker is also saying goodbye to her career as well as well-known 80’s synth-pop duo Soft Cell. KISS’ End of the Road Tour dates are yet to be announced and until then you can warm up by checking out some of Elton John’s legendary performances from his farewell tour.

Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour

Show Date and Time: Saturday, 6 October, 8pm

Show Location: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

Age Restriction: all ages

Iggy Azalea has announced the North American tour with special guest star CupcakKe.

The Bad Girls Tour is kicking off this October in support of Azalea’s new EP Survive the Summer. Tickets for all shows can be here.

The 21-city tour kicks off on 27 October in Hollywood, Florida and stretches into December hitting cities like Atlanta, Boston, Nashville, New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Detroit and many others before it wraps up on 4 December in Houston, Texas.

Live Nation produced tour includes special guests Queen CupcakKe and Megan Three Stallion who will help Iggy to showcase female rap in all its beauty and power.  CupcakKe has dropped the singles “Black Jack” and “Hot Pockets” this summer following her hit “Quiz” and its Kill Bill inspired video.

This is her first North American headlining trek in four years and the announcement follows the August release of her latest album. Survive the Summer6-track album features the hit “Kream” fat. Tyga and Iggy Azalea just dropped a killer collaboration with Total Ape and Wiz Kalifa.

All these female rappers are worth seeing but as a collective, they are an absolute must-see this fall. Just find the city nearest to you and buy your tickets.

This Australian rapper and songwriter gained recognition back in 2014 when she topped Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums making Azalea the first non-American female rapper to reach the top on the chart. The same year she became the first artist after The Beatles to rank at numbers one and two on the Hot 100 simultaneously with singles “Fancy” and “Problem”.

Survive the Sumer is her second album announced back in 2016 but the release was pushed back due to personal life issues and later the change of the record label. Judging by the singles we heard, it was definitely worth the wait.

Bad Girls Tour

Show Date and Time: Saturday 27 October, 2018, 8pm

Show Location: Hard Rock Event Center at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Show Duration: TBA

Cher announced her first tour in five years in support of her upcoming ABBA tribute album Dancing Queen. Cher will embark on the Here We Go Again North American tour in 2019 and tickets for all dates can be found here.

Cher announced her first tour in U.S. in five years during the appearance on Ellen DeGeneres Show, fresh off her starring role in the hit film “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”. The audience on the show got a hint of what to expect of the pop queen since she performed ABBA’s “SOS” off the tribute album, due to come out on 28 September.

The Goddess of Pop is currently touring Australia and New Zealand. The North American leg kicks off on 17 January, 2019 in Fort Myers, Florida and remains out on the road until a leg ends in St. Paul, Minnesota on 18 May. She will make stops in 30 cities including Boston, Nashville, Ottawa, Atlanta, Cleveland, Toronto, Columbus and many more cities across North America and the audience should really expect a spectacle since her last tour Dressed to Kill was a huge success in 2014.

This will be her seventh solo tour in support of her twenty-sixth studio album. She is expected to perform many of her hits, including “Believe”, “Walking in Memphis”, “If I Could Turn Back Time” and “Strong Enough”, along with some new songs from the Dancing Queen album. Cher called Nile Rodgers and Chic to join her on her North American stint.

The 72-year-old living legend has done a few Las Vegas residencies in the last ten years and her upcoming Broadway musical “The Cher Show” in opening on 3 December. This jukebox musical based on the singer’s life features three actresses playing Cher during different stages of her life. Don’t miss out on this amazing play written by Rick Elice and pay tribute to Cher’s amazing achievement and long-lasting career. Tickets for the show can be purchased here.

This Oscar, Emmy, Cannes Film Festival and Grammy Award-winner is scheduled to be honored at the Kennedy Center later this year which is the annual Washington distinction for artists who have made extraordinary contributions to culture.

Tickets for all performances across North America are right here.

Here We Go Again Tour

Show Date and Time: Saturday, 19 January, 2019, 8pm

Show Location: BB&T Center, Sunrise, Florida

Show Duration: TBA