Tour Updates: Fleetwood Mac, K-Pop, R. Kelly & Take That

Australia will get to see the Neil Finn-Mike Campbell lineup of Fleetwood Mac in late winter.

Live Nation this morning confirmed six arena shows between August 9 and September 4.

Sydney and Melbourne get two shows each so far, while Perth and Brisbane have one each.

Two K-Pop superstars are heading to these shores.

Girl-group Blackpink announced that their “In Your Area” 2019 world tour will include Australia. Dates will be announced later.

TV and music heartthrob Eric Nam returns to Australia in March for club dates in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne – his first tour since his showcase debut in 2014, and his first visit since he was seen wrangling sheep in Tasmania while filming an episode of Korean reality TV show Wizard of Nowhere in 2017.

George Ezra’s visit later this month has sold out in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, and added Australian breakthrough singer-songwriter Eves Karydas to the tour.

Following Sepultura‘s Roots sold-out tour, Max and Iggor Cavalera are back in autumn to recreate 1989’s Beneath The Remains and 1991’s Arise.

CANCELLATIONS

Take That cancelled their 30th-anniversary world tour – including a return to Australia – after a member of Gary Barlow’s family fell ill.

They will only do Europe so Barlow can stay close to the family member.

The controversial R. Kelly visit next month, which saw him claim was “fake”, has now been scrapped by promoter Big Music Tour after the screening of the Surviving R Kelly teleseries.

Since the screening, Atlanta has opened an investigation, shows have been cancelled, and Lady Gaga, Chance The Rapper and Phoenix have apologised for collaborating with him in the past.

These cancellations follow Underworld and Smokepurpp pulling out of festivals this month, while two days ago Jorja Smith nixed the Adelaide, Melbourne and Fremantle legs of Laneway as she had to be in Los Angeles for the Grammys after she was nominated in the Best New Artist category.