2018 in Philippine music

The following is a list of notable events related to Philippine music in 2018.

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Events

May

• Sony Music Philippines resumed its operations after 6 years following the expiration of its distribution contract with Ivory Music, with their new office still in Ortigas Center, Pasig.^{[citation needed]}

June

• June 2 – Janine Berdin from Lapu-Lapu, Cebu was hailed as the Grand Champion of the second year of Tawag ng Tanghalan on It's Showtime.

September

• Coke Studio Philippines announced its lineup of contemporary and indie Filipino acts for its 2nd season, namely: IV of Spades, Shanti Dope, December Avenue, Ben&Ben, KZ Tandingan, Moira Dela Torre, Sam Concepcion, Quest, Juan Miguel Severo, AJ Rafael, Khalil Ramos, Kriesha Chu, and DJ Patty Tiu.
• September 30 – Golden Cañedo of Cebu City was proclaimed as the champion of the first season of The Clash.

November

• November 11 — "Tugtog", composed by John Paul Salazar and interpreted by Bradz, was hailed as the winning entry in the 2018 A Song of Praise Music Festival Grand Finals Night held at the New Frontier Theater

Debuts/Disbanded

Soloist

• John Roa
• Janine Berdin
• Zion Aquino
• Migz Haleco
• Karencitta
• Shanti Dope
• Mhot
• TALA
• RVRD
• Fern.
• Coeli
• Angelo Acosta
• Because
• Juan Miguel Severo
• Memphiis
• AC Bonifacio
• Janine Teñoso
• Unique
• Kyline Alcantara
• Isabella Vinzon
• Jeremy Glinoga
• Kyle Juliano
• Mark Oblea

Duoist/Bands/Groups

• Better Days
• Stellar
• Where's Ramona?
• Mandaue Nights
• One Click Straight
• Farewell Fair Weather
• Bawal Clan
• Music Hero Band
• MNL48
• Kakaiboys
• This Band
• AM/FM
• Over October
• Malana
• The Metro Fantastic
• July XIV
• SB19

Disbanded

• Jensen and The Flips

Reunion/Comeback

• Urbandub

On Hiatus

• Run Dorothy

Albums released

The following albums are to be released in 2018 locally. Note: All soundtracks are not included in this list.

Date released	Title	Artist(s)	Label(s)	Source
January 8	Nagbabalik	Janno Gibbs	GMA Records
January 13	Even Such Is Time	Cynthia Alexander	Independent	[1]
January 19	Unit 406	Unit 406	Star Music
January 26	Ating Panahon	727 Clique	Warner Music Philippines
	Realistick	Stick Figgas	MCA Music
January 29	This	Migz Haleco	Star Music
February 2	Flight	Franco	Independent
February 4	Agsunta	AGSUNTA	Star Music
February 8	Natsumi	Natsumi
	Strings Attached	Moonstar88	Alpha Music	[citation needed]
February 16	Electro Sitti	Sitti Navarro	MCA Music
February 19	Malaya	Moira Dela Torre	Star Music
	JC Santos	JC Santos
March 2	Walang Forever – EP	Erard
March 23	Synesthesia	Yeng Constantino
March 30	Fern.	Fern.	Universal Records
April 1	Swerte	Angelo Acosta	Independent	[2]
April 5	TALA	TALA	Universal Records
April 13	This 15 Me	Sarah Geronimo	Viva Records	[3]
April 15	Kyla (The Queen of R&B)	Kyla	Star Music	[3]
April 28	K Brosas	K Brosas
May 4	Plug 'N Play	The Agadiers	Viva Records
May 18	Claudia Barretto	Claudia Barretto	Universal Records
May 25	Both of Us – EP	Bou	Curve Entertainment Inc.
June 5	On The Bright Life	Moombahton Players	Fastplay Records	[4]
June 12	Hearthbreak SZN	Because	Viva Records
June 13	Alon	Hale	Warner Music Philippines	[5]
June 15	Calypso	Juan Miguel Severo	PolyEast Records
June 22	True Faith (Sentimental)	True Faith	Star Music
June 29	Blank Pages	Farewell Fair Weather	Independent
July 6	Stellar	Maris Racal	Star Music
July 20	Angelina – EP	Angelina Cruz	Universal Records
July 27	Breakthrough	Julie Anne San Jose		[6]
July 27	Love, BoybandPH	BoybandPH	Star Music
	In My Room – EP	Jayda Avanzado
August 5	2ND Wave	Hashtags
August 5	Paid in Bawal	Bawal Clan	Independent
August 6	Bela Padilla	Bela Padilla	Viva Records
August 13	Grandma	UNIQUE	OC Records	[7]
August 18	Hele Ng Maharlika	Rice Lucido
August 24	Familiarity	Runaway Crimes	Independent
	A J	AJ Ajrouche	Viva Records
August 25	All My Friends	tide/edit	A Spur of the Moment Project	[8]
August 31	Sequence	Lenses	Terno Recordings
	Like a Family	Kill the Boredom	Enterphil Entertainment Corporation
September 9	Burnt Cookie	DZ SVG	Independent
September 14	Virgo	Joslin	Viva Records
September 19	Kyline	Kyline Alcantara	GMA Records	[9]
September 21	Until I See You Again	Alden Richards
September 25	Bugoy Decade	Bugoy Drilon	Star Music
September 28	Kyle Juliano	Kyle Juliano	Universal Records
	Love You the Same	Janina Vela
	Nararamdaman – EP	Better Days
	Aitakatta – Gustong Makita	MNL48	Star Music	[10]
October 3	Full Flood	Apartel	Offshore Music
October 5	The Midnight Emotion	One Click Straight
October 11	Surprise	Donnalyn Bartolome	Viva Records
October 13	D4 – EP	Daniel Padilla	Star Music
	Kyle Echarri	Kyle Echarri
October 19	Takipsilim	Autotelic	MCA Music	[11]
	Mandirigma ng Pag-Ibig	Banda ni Kleggy	Warner Music Philippines
October 22	Loisa	Loisa Andalio	Star Music
October 26	The Other Way Around – EP	Hilera	Warner Music Philippines
	Megastar	Sharon Cuneta	Star Music
October 27	Serye	Marlo Mortel
November 2	Awit at Laro	Various Artists
November 23	@ Christmas Time	Various Artists	PolyEast Records
November 25	Pag-Ibig Fortune Cookie	MNL48	Star Music	[12]

Concerts and music festivals

Local artists

Date(s)	Artist(s)	Venue	City	Event / Tour	Ref(s)
January 13	Cynthia Alexander Ben&Ben	Music Museum	San Juan	Even Such Is Time Album Release	[1]
	December Avenue Clara Benin	Mac Rock N' Roll and Blues Restobar	Cebu City	December Avenue x Clara Benin	[13]
January 25	Nyoy Volante[a]	Music Museum	San Juan	Nyoy Volante Birthday Concert	[14]
January 27	Julie Anne San Jose	Music Museum	San Juan	#Julie	[15]
February 4	Maja Salvador[b]	IC3 Convention Center	Cebu City	Maja on Stage: Live in Cebu	[16]
February 9	James Reid Nadine Lustre	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Revolution: The JaDine Concert	[17]
February 10	Martin Nievera Ogie Alcasid Regine Velasquez Erik Santos	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	#paMORE	[18]
February 13	Gabby Concepcion Kuh Ledesma Kris Lawrence Isabelle	ABS-CBN Vertis Tent	Quezon City	Love Matters	[16]
February 14	Joanna Ampil	BGC Arts Center	Taguig	Love Wins	[16]
	Lolita Carbon	Manila Hotel Grand Ballroom	Manila	Himig ng Pag-Ibig: A Lolita Carbon Valentine Special	[16]
	Ai-Ai delas Alas[c]	Palacio de Maynila	Manila	Ai Love U	[16]
	Jed Madela[d]	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	All About Love	[16]
	Rico Puno Imelda Papin Rey Valera Claire de la Fuente [e]	Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila	Pasay	Timeless OPM	[16]
	Aiza Seguerra The Company	Music Museum	San Juan	Aiza Seguerra & The Company's This Is Us. Hits: Originals & Covers	[19]
	Gary Valenciano[f]	Shangri-La at the Fort Grand Ballroom	Taguig	Gary V: Love in Motion	[16]
February 15	Basil Valdez[g]	Music Museum	San Juan	Love, Basil	[16]
February 17	Bullet Dumas Clara Benin Ebe Dancel Johnoy Danao Reese Lansangan Manila Philharmonic Orchestra	Bonifacio High Street Amphitheater	Taguig	Ensemble: A Valentine Concert	[20]
February 17–18	Moira dela Torre	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	Tagpuan	[21]
February 20	Morissette Amon	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Morissette is Made	[22]
February 23	Maymay Entrata[h]	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	The Dream: Maymay in Concert	[23]
February 24	Kisses Delavin[i]	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	Confidently, Kisses	[23]
March 23	Maja Salvador	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	Maja on Stage: Live in Kia Theatre
April 13	Sandwich	Metrotent, Metrowalk Ortigas	Pasig	Under the Glow of the Satellite: 20th Anniversary Concert	[24]
April 14	Sarah Geronimo	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	This 15 Me	[25]
April 28	K Brosas	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	18K: The 18th Anniversary Concert	[26]
May 18	Richard Poon	Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila	Pasay	RP10 : The 10th Anniversary Concert	[27]
May 26	Darren Espanto	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	Unstoppable	[28]
June 22	KZ Tandingan	SM Mall of Asia Arena[j]	Pasay	Supreme	[29]
July 13	Aegis	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	20ble Dekada: Ang Soundtrack ng Buhay Mo	[citation needed]
July 28	The Dawn	Music Museum	San Juan City	Ascendants
August 18	Anne Curtis	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Anne Kulit: Promise, Last na 'to! The 21st Anniversary Concert	[citation needed]
August 24	Ogie Alcasid	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Ogie Alcasid 30th Anniversary	[citation needed]
August 30	Jaya Jay R Jason Dy	Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila[k]	Pasay	SoulJa	[30]
September 1	James Reid Nadine Lustre	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Revolution: The JaDine Concert The Repeat
September 8	Kyline Alcantara	SM Skydome	Quezon City	Take Fl16ht: The Birthday Concert
September 22	Erik Santos	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Er1k 5antos: My Greatest Moments	[citation needed]
September 28	Sharon Cuneta	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Sharon: My 40 Years
September 29	UNIQUE	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	The Grandma Tour	[citation needed]
October 19–20	Lea Salonga	PICC Plenary Hall	Pasay	Lea Salonga 40: The 40th Anniversary Concert
October 25	True Faith	Music Museum	San Juan	Far From Perfect: 25th Anniversary Concert	[citation needed]
November 16	Jed Madela	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Jed Madela XV: Higher than High, The 15th Anniversary Concert
November 17, 24 & 25	Regine Velasquez	New Frontier Theater	Quezon City	Regine at the Movies	[31]
November 30	TNT Boys	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Listen! The Bigshot Trio Concert
December 1	The Company	The Theatre at Solaire	Parañaque	Throwback

International artists

Date(s)	Artist(s)	Venue	City	Event / Tour	Ref(s)
January 6	SF9	The Theatre at Solaire	Parañaque	Be My Fantasy	[32]
January 13	Planetshakers	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Planetshakers Conference Manila/Quezon City	[33]
January 14	JBJ	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Come True	[34]
January 21	Nothing But Thieves	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	Broken Machine World Tour	[35]
January 26	Foster the People	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	The Sacred Hearts Club Tour	[36]
January 29	One Ok Rock	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Ambitions Asia Tour	[37]
February 7	The xx	World Trade Center	Pasay	I See You Tour	[38]
February 9	Kard	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	Wild Kard: Tour in Asia	[39]
	Sungha Jung	J Centre Convention Hall	Mandaue	[Mixtape] Tour	[40]
February 10		Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila	Pasay
	Ji Soo	SM City North EDSA – Skydome	Quezon City	My One and Only	[41]
February 16	Oh Wonder	Greenbelt	Makati	Oh Wonder Live at Ayala Malls	[42]
February 17		U.P. Town Center	Quezon City
	Incubus	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	8 Tour	[43]
February 18	Oh Wonder	Alabang Town Center	Muntinlupa	Oh Wonder Live at Ayala Malls	[42]
February 23	Alex Aiono[l]	Uptown Mall	Taguig	Manila Tour 2018	[44]
February 24		Eastwood City	Quezon City
February 25		Venice Piazza Grand Canal Mall	Taguig
February 26	Collabro	Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila	Pasay	Collabro Live in Manila	[45]
March 6	Fifth Harmony	Kia Theatre	Quezon City	PSA Tour	[46]
March 18	Neck Deep	SM City North EDSA – Skydome	Quezon City	The Peace and the Panic Tour	[47]
March 21	John Legend	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Darkness and Light Tour	[48]
April 2	Katy Perry	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Witness: The Tour	[49]
April 5–6	LANY	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	LANY Live in Manila	[50]
April 8[m]	Ed Sheeran	Mall of Asia Concert Grounds	Pasay	÷ Tour	[51]
April 13	Zedd	Cove Manila, Okada Manila[n]	Parañaque	Echo Tour	[52]
April 14	The Script	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Freedom Child Tour	[53]
May 1	Harry Styles[o]	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Harry Styles: Live on Tour	[54]
May 3–4	Bruno Mars	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	24K Magic World Tour	[55]
May 10	Ja Rule	Cove Manila, Okada Manila	Parañaque	Ja Rule Live in Manila	[56]
May 11	Diplo	Cove Manila, Okada Manila	Parañaque	Diplo Live in Manila	[57]
May 18	HRVY	Eastwood City	Quezon City	HRVY Live in Manila	[58]
May 19		Uptown Mall	Taguig
May 25	Kehlani	The Island at the Palace, Uptown Bonifacio	Taguig	Kehlani Live in Manila	[59]
June 1	Boyce Avenue Moira Dela Torre	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Boyce Avenue with Moira	[60]
June 7	Andy Grammer	Music Museum	San Juan	Andy Grammer Live in Manila	[61]
June 10	Niall Horan	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Flicker World Tour	[62]
June 15	Hillsong United Hillsong Young & Free	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Hillsong: United × Young & Free 2018 Tour	[63]
June 24	Scandal	SMX Convention Center	Pasay	Honey Asia Tour	[64]
July 19–20	Celine Dion[p]	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Celine Dion Live 2018	[65]
August 10	Halsey[q]	Kia Theatre[r]	Quezon City	Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour	[66]
August 14	Walk the Moon	Market! Market!	Taguig	Live in Manila
August 23[s]	Paramore	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Tour Four	[67]
August 24	Sabrina Carpenter	Uptown Mall	Taguig	Manila Tour 2018
August 25		Eastwood City	Quezon City
August 26		Venice Piazza Grand Canal Mall	Taguig
	Why Don't We	Samsung Hall, SM Aura Premier	Taguig	The Invitation Tour	[68]
September 5	The Bootleg Beatles	PICC, Plenary Hall	Pasay	The Bootleg Beatles in Concert Live in Manila	[69]
September 6	Kevyn Lettau	Newport Performing Arts Theater	Pasay	Kevyn Lettau: Shower the People You Love with Love	[70]
September 7	Tiny Moving Parts	Skydome, SM City North EDSA	Quezon City	Tiny Moving Parts Live in Manila	[71]
September 8	The Bootleg Beatles	IC3 Convention Center	Cebu City	The Bootleg Beatles in Concert Live in Manila	[72]
September 14	Dua Lipa	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Self-Titled Tour	[73]
	CNCO	SM City Cebu	Cebu City	CNCO Live!	[74]
September 15	Tiffany and Debbie Gibson	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Back to Back Concert
	CNCO	SM City Fairview	Quezon City	CNCO Live!	[74]
September 16		The Block – SM City North EDSA
September 29	Seventeen	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Ideal Cut Tour	[75]
October 5	Sam Smith	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	The Thrill of It All Tour	[76]
October 20	Panic! at the Disco	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Pray for the Wicked Tour	[77]
October 25	Kygo	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Kids in Love Tour	[78]
October 26	Mariah Carey	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Mariah Carey Live in Concert	[79]
October 30	Calum Scott	New Frontier Theater	Quezon City	Only Human Asia Tour	[80]
November 5	Khalid	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	American Teen Tour	[81]
November 10	Winner	Mall of Asia Arena	Quezon City	Everywhere Tour	[82]
November 11	Guns N' Roses	Philippine Arena	Bocaue	Not in This Lifetime... Tour	[83]
	IKON	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Continue Tour	[82]
November 18	Aaron Carter	New Frontier Theater	Quezon City	Live in Manila	[84]
November 25	Against the Current	Skydome, SM City North EDSA	Quezon City	The Past Lives Tour
November 30	The Moffats	New Frontier Theater	Quezon City	Reunion Tour
December 4	Michael Learns to Rock	Davao City		Still Asian Tour
December 6		Laguna
	Per Sørensen	Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila	Pasay	The Voice of Fra Lippo Lippi
December 7	Michael Learns to Rock	Cebu City		Still Asian Tour
December 9		Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City
December 14	Taeyeon	New Frontier Theater	Quezon City	's... Tour
December 15	Boyz II Men Kyla KZ Tandingan Yeng Constantino Angeline Quinto	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Boyz II Men with DIVAS	[85]

Music festivals

Date(s)	Artist(s)	Venue	City	Festival	Ref(s)
February 10	Blue Vertical Horizon Stephen Speaks Leigh Nash Rivermaya Moonstar88 MYMP	Circuit Makati	Makati	Playback Music Festival	[86]
February 24–25	120 various artists	Aseana City Open Grounds	Parañaque	Rakrakan Festival 2018: Pinoy Muna!	[87]
March 10	Kodaline French Kiwi Juice Lauv Daniel Caesar Jhene Aiko Bag Raiders IV of Spades Basically Saturday Night Carousel Casualties Quest Ben&Ben Jess Connelly Asch	Filinvest City Event Grounds	Muntinlupa	Wanderland Music and Arts Festival	[88]
March 23–25	Hiatus Kaiyote Laneous & The Family Yah Ruby Ibarra Stick Figgas Skarm Crwn Yung Bawal	Malasimbo Amphitheater	Puerto Galera	Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival	[89]
April 7	Mashd N Kutcher Rave Radio Teddy Cream Skytek Tom Taus Ace Ramos Patty Tiu Marc Marasigan Jet Boado Funk Avy Kat DJ Katsy Lee Cathy Frey MC Pao MC Boo	Globe Circuit Event Grounds, Circuit Makati	Makati	Chroma Music Festival 3.0	[90]
April 14	17 various artists	B-Side, The Collective	Makati	Red Ninja Year 9 Fest	[91]
May 5	Behemoth At the Gates Cradle of Filth Death Angel Crown the Empire Jinjer Attila Crystal Lake Nervecell Secrets	Amoranto Sports Complex	Quezon City	Pulp Summer Slam	[92]
	Permanence Mandaue Nights Clara Benin tide/edit Pedicab Oh, Flamingo! Ruru IV of Spades UPRISING The Sleeves Tiger Pussy Munimuni She's Only Sixteen X0809 Tom's Story The Ransom Collective BP Valenzuela Dicta License	Century City Mall	Makati	Summer Noise: A The Rest Is Noise Show	[93]
May 19	Various artists	Museo Orlina	Tagaytay	Tagaytay Art Beat 3	[citation needed]
June 2	Pepe Smith & other 60 Pinoy Rock Bands	Amoranto Sports Complex	Quezon City	Pepe Smith Rockfest 2018	[94]
June 23	Various artists	Various venues	Makati	Fete de la Musique Philippines	[citation needed]
June 29		Intramuros	Manila
June 30		—	Baguio
			Laguna
October 27	Various artists	Globe Circuit Event Grounds	Makati	Jack TV MADFest	[citation needed]
November 24–25	Various artists	Century City Mall	Makati	All of the Noise: A The Rest Is Noise Year-End Show	[citation needed]
November 24	Various artists and DJs	SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds	Pasay	Futureland Music Festival
December 8	Various artists	Riverside Studios	Makati	Red Ninja Year-End Fest

Canceled/postponed dates

Date(s)	Artist(s)	Venue	City	Event / Tour	Reason cited	Ref(s)
January 12	Nelly	Cove Manila, Okada Manila	Parañaque	Nelly Live in Manila	Unforeseen circumstances (to be postponed to a later date)	[95]
November 6	Charlie Puth	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Voicenotes Tour	Unforeseen circumstances	[96][97]
December 7	The Weeknd	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Asia Tour	Production requirement issues	[98]
	Various local artists	Mall of Asia Concert Grounds	Pasay	Coke Studio Season 2: Homecoming Concert	Safety concerns due to overcrowding. (postponed to April 2019)	[citation needed]

Awarding ceremonies

• January 15 – 3rd Wish 107.5 Music Awards, organized by Wish 1075
• May 15 – Myx Music Awards 2018, organized by myx
• July 21 – MOR Pinoy Music Awards 2018, organized by MOR 101.9
• August 19 – 10th PMPC Star Awards for Music, organized by Philippine Movie Press Club
• October 15 – 31st Awit Awards, organized by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry

Deaths

• March 27 – Bert Nievera (b. 1936), singer^[99]
• September 2 – Rene Garcia, (b. 1952), former member of Hotdog^[100]
• October 30 – Rico J. Puno (b. 1953), Filipino singer, comedian, actor and television host^[101]

Notes

1. with special guests Kaye Cal, Sitti Navarro, Jay R, Yeng Constantino, Richard Poon, and Karla Estrada^[14]
2. with special guests Kakai Bautista, Vin Abrenica, Anna Fegi, and Joseph Marco
3. with special guest Piolo Pascual^[16]
4. with special participation of Sarah Faye Bacal and WCOPA Team Philippines^[16]
5. with special participation of Rita Daniela and LA Santos^[16]
6. featuring The Amp Band and with special guest Jona^[16]
7. with the Ateneo Chamber Singers^[16]
8. with special guest Edward Barber
9. with special guest Tony Labrusca
10. KZ Tandingan's Supreme concert venue was originally going to be at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, but was later moved to SM Mall of Asia Arena for unknown reasons
11. SoulJa's concert venue was originally going to be at the Kia Theatre, but was later moved to Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila for unknown reasons
12. with special guest Darren Espanto
13. Ed Sheeran's ÷ Tour concert at the Mall of Asia Concert Grounds in Pasay on April 8 was originally scheduled for November 7, 2017, but was postponed due to Sheeran's injury from a bike accident.^[51]
14. Zedd's Echo Tour concert venue was at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, but was later moved to Cove Manila due to unforeseen circumstances.
15. with opening act Warpaint
16. with opening act Véronic DiCaire
17. with special guest Niki
18. Halsey's Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour concert venue was originally going to be at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, but was later moved to Kia Theatre due to unforeseen circumstances
19. Paramore's Tour Four concert at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay on August 23 was originally scheduled for February 18, but was postponed due to the aggravation of lead vocalist Hayley Williams's throat and upper respiratory tract infection.^[67]

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