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Alec Benjamin Announces ’12 Notes’ Tour

Following the release of his new single, “King Size Bed”, Alec Benjamin announced his 2024 ‘12 Notes’ Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 31-city tour kicks off on September 6 at SOMA in San Diego making stops across North America in Houston, New York, Chicago and more before wrapping up in Los Angeles at Hollywood Palladium on October 25.
Tickets will be available starting with artist presale beginning Tuesday, April 9. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, April 12 at 10am local time via Benjamin‘s website.
The ‘12 Notes’ Tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include general admission tickets with priority access to the floor, Meet & Greet and photo op with Alec Benjamin, specially designed VIP gift item & more. For more information, visit vipnation.com
Alec Benjamin – ‘12 Notes’ Tour Dates:
Fri Sep 06 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
Sat Sep 07 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
Tue Sep 10 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theatre
Wed Sep 11 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
Fri Sep 13 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Sat Sep 14 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
Mon Sep 16 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues Orlando
Tue Sep 17 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Thu Sep 19 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
Fri Sep 20 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Mon Sep 23 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
Wed Sep 25 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
Thu Sep 26 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Sat Sep 28 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
Sun Sep 29 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Mon Sep 30 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
Wed Oct 02 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY
Thu Oct 03 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Fri Oct 04 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre*
Sun Oct 06 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland
Tue Oct 08 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
Thu Oct 10 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore Minneapolis presented by Affinity Plus
Fri Oct 11 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
Sun Oct 13 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Mon Oct 14 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
Wed Oct 16 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live
Thu Oct 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
Sat Oct 19 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
Mon Oct 21 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
Tue Oct 22 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Fri Oct 25 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
*Without Matt Hansen.
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i-dle Announce 2026 North American Arena Tour
Internationally acclaimed, chart-topping K-pop group i-dle officially announced the North American leg of their highly anticipated 2026 i-dle WORLD TOUR [Syncopation] live on NBC’s TODAY Show this morning, where the group delivered a special performance of “Mono.” The national television reveal marks a major milestone in their rapidly expanding U.S. presence and signals the start of a bold new era, with an even bigger project arriving this May.
Kicking off August 2 in Hamilton, ON at TD Coliseum, the arena run, promoted by Live Nation, will see i-dle take over some of North America’s most iconic venues. The tour includes a stop at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena, and a major Southeast moment at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. From there, the group heads to Orlando’s Kia Center and San Antonio’s Frost Bank Arena, before expanding further into Mexico City’s legendary Palacio de los Deportes, one of Latin America’s most celebrated arenas.
The West Coast leg underscores the group’s explosive U.S. growth, with performances at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, the Bay Area’s Oakland Arena, and Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena, venues that regularly host the world’s biggest touring artists. Altogether, the run represents i-dle’s most expansive North American headline tour to date, solidifying their evolution from breakthrough global act to full-fledged arena powerhouse.
General on-sale starts Wednesday, March 11 at 3pm local time. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit ticketmaster.com
The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, access to the pre-show i-dle soundcheck, access to the post-show send-off event, early entry into the venue & more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
08/02 – TD Coliseum – Hamilton, ON
08/04 – Prudential Center – Newark, NJ
08/06 – Xfinity Mobile Arena – Philadelphia, PA
08/08 – State Farm Arena – Atlanta, GA
08/11 – Kia Center – Orlando, FL
08/13 – Frost Bank Arena – San Antonio, TX
08/16 – Palacio de los Deportes – Mexico City, MX
08/19 – The Kia Forum – Los Angeles, CA
08/21 – Oakland Arena – Oakland, CA
08/23 – Climate Pledge Arena – Seattle, WA
The announcement arrives on the heels of their latest single, “Mono (feat. skaiwater),” the group’s first new music in eight months and a striking creative evolution. “Mono” embraces restraint and introspection, built on a minimalist yet sophisticated beat. Featuring British rapper skaiwater, the accompanying black-and-white music video blends intimate moments with large-scale choreography to symbolize individuality within unity.
With a major new project arriving in May, [Syncopation] sets the stage for what promises to be i-dle’s most ambitious global chapter yet, pairing artistic reinvention with their largest-scale live production to date.
More exciting news to come.

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+LIVE+ Announce ‘Like A Rolling Thunder Tour’ 2026
In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the album Mental Jewelry, iconic multi-platinum rock band +LIVE+ will be making their grand return to the Great White North. The legendary band fronted by Ed Kowalczyk are headlining their first cross country tour of Canada in over 20 years. Bringing Canadian icons Big Wreck with them, the tour kicked off February 23 in Abbotsford and runs through March 14 where it wraps in Halifax. Along the way, the tour will stop in Calgary (February 26), Winnipeg (March 2), London (March 7), Laval (March 10), and Quebec City (March 11) to name a few. Econoline Crush will be opening the first 10 shows of the tour while The Damn Truth will open the final 4 performances. +LIVE+ will be performing all their big hits from throughout their career such as “Lightning Crashes,” “I Alone,” “All Over You,” “Lakini’s Juice,” “The Dolphin’s Cry,” “Pain Lies on the Riverside,” and more!
FEB 23 – ABBOTSFORD – ABBOTSFORD CENTRE +
FEB 24 – KELOWNA – PROSPERA PLACE +
FEB 26 – CALGARY – GREY EAGLE +
FEB 27 – EDMONTON – ROGERS PLACE +
MAR 1 – SASKATOON – SASKTEL CENTRE +
MAR 2 – WINNIPEG – CANADA LIFE CENTRE +
MAR 5 – HAMILTON – TD COLISEUM +
MAR 6 – OTTAWA – CANADIAN TIRE CENTRE +
MAR 7 – LONDON – CANADA LIFE PLACE +
MAR 9 – OSHAWA – TRIBUTE COMMUNITIES CENTRE +
MAR 10 – LAVAL – PLACE BELL *
MAR 11 – QUEBEC CITY – VIDEOTRON CENTRE *
MAR 13 – MONCTON – AVENIR CENTRE *
MAR 14 – HALIFAX – SCOTIABANK CENTRE *
+ – LIVE/BIG WRECK/ECONOLINE CRUSH
* – LIVE/BIG WRECK/THE DAMN TRUTH
+LIVE+ broke onto the scene in 1991 with the release of their major label debut, Mental Jewelry. Produced by Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison, the album not only introduced a bold new voice in alternative rock, but moved more than 1 million copies in the United States—earning Platinum certification, With searing tracks like “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)” (Top 10 on U.S. Modern Rock), “Pain Lies on the Riverside,” and “Beauty of Grey,” +LIVE+ delivered raw emotion, spiritual depth, and virtuosic funk-inflected elements that would become their signature sound. More than three decades on, Mental Jewelry remains a foundational work still stirring hearts and garnering a whole new generation of fans for the band.
