Whatever your Spotify Wrapped mentioned about you, Asia most likely has a live performance to match. The music gods have been unusually beneficiant this yr: EXO-Ls lastly have tour dates to obsess over, BTS is in their ARIRANG period, Zara Larsson is bringing a wholesome dose of 2010s nostalgia with “Lush Life”, and The Weeknd remains to be in full “After Hours Til Dawn” mode, turning stadiums throughout the continent neon-lit.
Across Asia, comeback excursions, farewell runs and cult favourites are set to fill stadiums, promote out arenas and quietly empty live performance budgets abruptly. So, whether or not you’re a metalhead, Okay-pop stan, 2010s pop girlie, jazz head or a millennial nonetheless recovering from their 5SOS section, listed below are all of the upcoming concerts in Asia to look out for this yr:
Upcoming concerts in Asia
(*16*)RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MAY 02: Shakira performs on stage throughout a large free present at Copacabana seashore on May 02, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)Buda Mendes/Getty Images
Shakira
Where: Doha, Abu Dhabi
When: 18 & 21 November
Fresh from performing on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Shakira might be performing for one evening solely in Abu Dhabi, as the primary headliner for Offlimits Festival. Taking place on Saturday, 21 November, the Colombian-Lebanese singer will return to the stage in the UAE, with hits together with Waka Waka, Hips Don’t Lie and Whenever, Wherever for what guarantees to be a high-energy manufacturing. The headline set will observe a standalone present in Doha, Qatar, on 18 November. The live performance was because of happen on 1 April, however was postponed as a result of outbreak of the US-Iran warfare.