The Kid LAROI Pushes Back Stadium Tour of Australia – Billboard

Kid LAROI’s back-to-school trip will have to wait.

The chart-topping singer and rapper, who grew up in inner-city Sydney and now lives in Los Angeles, is scheduled to perform at stadiums in six cities across Australia and New Zealand in February 2024 to celebrate his talent. first trippresented by TEG Live and Nova.

However, these dates will be rescheduled to October 2024, according to a statement released by TEG’s ticketing business Ticketek.

“We tried to make February go smoothly, but that proved logistically impossible,” LAROI (real name Charlton Howard) wrote in a statement. “Sorry to keep you waiting, but we need to postpone the tour until October. We are working on the details, including some new content for the series, and will let you know as soon as possible.”

When LAROI finally begins his career, he will follow in the footsteps of AC/DC and Sia as a local stadium performer. first trip in these parts. The now-postponed dates were due to start at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on February 2, 2024, before heading west to see a show at Auckland’s Spark Arena on February 5 – the day before New Zealand’s national holiday, Waitangi Day.

The 20-year-old then plans to return home to play open-air shows in Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and the Gold Coast, about 50 miles south of Brisbane.

A Ticketek statement said all existing tour ticket holders will be notified of the rescheduled date once confirmed. The original purchase will be valid for the rescheduled date and no exchanges are required.

first trip This is an upgraded version of his homecoming tour in May and June 2022, which saw the ARIA and APRA Award winner perform on stages across Australia.this doomsday tour Produced by Handsome Tours and TEG Live.

The Gadigal-born artist with Camila Roy roots is slowly making waves with her debut mixtape fucking love Starting 2020, the release spent a full year at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Laroi, then 17, was the first Australian male since Keith Urban to reach the top alone. fuse It debuted at No. 1 on the charts on September 28, 2013.when fucking love(savage) In February 2021, Kid dominated the ARIA album charts and was named the youngest Australian solo artist at 17 years, 5 months and 22 days old.

The upcoming tour is in support of his debut full-length album, first (from Colombia), which dropped into the Top 40 last month on the Billboard 200 (No. 26) and the UK Official Albums Chart (No. 29), and peaked at No. 3 on the Australian ARIA Charts.