Music Shows Radar — Week of Oct. 16, 2026: Iron Maiden's last Run For Your Lives dates, Zach Bryan's 2027 stadium year, and four sales opening today
Iron Maiden closes out the Run For Your Lives Tour with 16 more North American dates, Zach Bryan books 23 stadium shows for 2027, Calvin Harris sets his first North American headline run, and ticket-ready picks land in New York, Los Angeles and Boston.
This issue covers Oct. 10–16. Iron Maiden booked 16 more North American dates to end the Run For Your Lives Tour in 2027, Zach Bryan mapped a 23-show stadium year, and Calvin Harris set his first North American headline tour. Four of the week's biggest ticket clocks open today.
Box office and charts
Shakira holds No. 1 on LIVE75 with 50,233 average tickets across nine reported shows, a $6,810,259 average gross and 100% of capacity sold. Karol G is No. 2 on 46,070 average tickets, and her $10,061,777 average gross is the largest in the top 10. Chris Brown and Usher sit at No. 3 (42,265) and Foo Fighters at No. 4 (36,550).
Iron Maiden is No. 5 on 23,825 average tickets and 99% of capacity in the same week it announced its 2027 dates. Pitbull, Staind, Noah Kahan, Luke Bryan and Aitana complete the top 10.
BTS leads the Global Concert Pulse for a third straight week at $14,821,197 average gross and a $192.32 average ticket across eight shows. Karol G, The Weeknd, Chris Brown and Usher, and Noah Kahan take No. 2 through No. 5.
Bruno Mars is No. 1 again on the Artist Power Index. Tame Impala is the chart's only new top-10 entry, at No. 9.
New tours and on-sales
🤘 Iron Maiden — final leg of Run For Your Lives
Apr. 14 Tacoma → May 11 Belmont Park, N.Y. The 16-date run ends at UBS Arena after a Hartford stop on May 9, with California dates at Chula Vista on Apr. 22 and San Bernardino on Apr. 24. The artist presale opens Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. local, with general sales Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. local. The band calls these the last legs of the tour, which has played 107 shows in 36 countries.
🤠 Zach Bryan — Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs Tour
Apr. 28 Minneapolis → Aug. 6 Boise, then six Australian stadium dates in December. The tour runs 23 shows in 19 stadiums, including MetLife Stadium on May 14 and 15 and SoFi Stadium on July 20. Registration is open now; artist presale is Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. local, local presale Oct. 22 and public sale Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. Bryan set a Gillette Stadium attendance record on Oct. 3 with 73,538 tickets sold.
🎧 Calvin Harris — first North American headline tour
Apr. 1 TD Garden, Boston → May 27 Kia Forum, Inglewood. The 18-date Live Nation run includes Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Apr. 9. Presale sign-up is open at CalvinHarris.com; Reserved by Spotify tickets open Oct. 19, the artist presale Oct. 20 at noon local and general sales Oct. 22 at noon local. Harris's two August nights at Glasgow's Hampden Park grossed $8,842,480 on 95,306 tickets.
🌍 Ayra Starr — Starrgirl World Tour
Jan. 20 Cologne → Apr. 14 San Francisco, with North America from Mar. 18 in Houston. Boston's Big Night Live is Mar. 25 and Brooklyn Paramount Mar. 28 on the 20-city run. General sales open today, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m. local, after the Verizon and Spotify Reserved presales on Oct. 13.
💋 SLAYYYTER — Madison Square Garden headline
June 21, 2027, at Madison Square Garden, on sale today at 10 a.m. ET. VIP packages open at the same time, and a sale reminder can be set at msg.slayyyter.com. It is her largest headline show to date, following a sold-out UK and European leg.
🎤 Jimmy O. Yang — Has No Friends Tour
Jan. 15 Tampa → May 30 Las Vegas. The comedy tour plays Boston's Wilbur on Apr. 1, Medford's Chevalier Theatre on Apr. 2, the Beacon Theatre in New York on Apr. 23 and the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Apr. 30. The artist presale used code FRIEND on Oct. 14; general sales open today, Oct. 16, at noon local.
🎸 John Mayer — three June dates added at Sphere
June 9, 11 and 12 were added to the Live At Sphere residency, taking it to 21 dates from Apr. 8 to June 12. General sales for the new dates open today, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m. PT on Ticketmaster, with tickets from $129.
🎃 Loe Shimmy — Zombieland
Oct. 31 at the Miramar Amphitheater in Miramar, Fla., with BigXthaPlug, Sexyy Red, Rob49 and Brent Faiyaz. The Halloween show adds a haunted house and a costume contest. Tickets are on at zombieland.life; the announcement published no on-sale time.
🦋 Laya — Lipstick N' Leather tour
Nov. 7 Atlanta → The Foundry, Philadelphia. The five-city run reaches The Peppermint Club in Los Angeles. Tickets are handled through Live Nation Urban and Ticketmaster; the announcement published no on-sale time.
Broadway
Tichina Arnold makes her Broadway debut as Angélique in & Juliet on Nov. 3, the same night Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart returns as Lance. Joey Fatone and Jeannette Bayardelle play their final performances Nov. 1, and the musical closes Jan. 3, 2027, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Tickets start at $61.36.
Downstate canceled its Oct. 17 first preview because of illness in the company and now begins performances Oct. 19 at the Booth Theatre, with opening night Nov. 15. Tickets start at $77.31.
Roundabout postponed its revival of The Full Monty over cast availability and replaced it with Rhinoceros, directed by Diane Paulus and starring Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro and Tatiana Maslany. It begins performances Apr. 7, 2027, opens Apr. 25 and runs through June 13 at the Todd Haimes Theatre.
Off Broadway, Imitation of Life set its full cast around Adrienne Warren and Jessica Vosk, with John Legend's songs and a Lynn Nottage book. Performances begin Nov. 21 at The Shed, opening Dec. 3 and running through Jan. 3, 2027.
A Kidman Carol put tickets on sale for its Nov. 16 to Dec. 30 run at New World Stages, with Marla Mindelle and Josh Sharp leading and tickets from $53.44. Audible Theater's A Ghost In Your Ear added a final extension to Dec. 12 at the Minetta Lane Theatre, from $50.34.
The stage adaptation of La La Land set its creative team with choreographer Mandy Moore and costume designer Mary Zophres joining director Bartlett Sher. Casting, dates and the venue will follow.
Spotlight: New York, Los Angeles, Boston
New York: Buffalo plays Baby's All Right at 146 Broadway in Brooklyn on Saturday, Oct. 24. Doors open at 20:00 and tickets are on sale now.
Los Angeles: Jay Worthy and Coyote, with Troublemaker, play the Globe Theatre at 740 S. Broadway on Sunday, Oct. 18. Doors open at 16:00, with tickets from $15 to $500.
Boston: Drummer Mark Guiliana plays the 200-capacity Red Room at Cafe 939 on Friday, Oct. 23. The Berklee venue is at 939 Boylston St., doors open at 19:00 and tickets are on sale now.
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