A: Apart from Taiwan’s A-mei, Mayday and Jolin Tsai, there are many foreign singers coming to Taiwan early this year.
B: The South Korean girl group Babymonster are playing two shows at Taipei Arena starting from tonight. Who else is coming to Taiwan?
A: Other artists include Australian band Air Supply, K-pop superstar Rain, boy group Super Junior, TXT, US singers Giveon and Josh Groban, and Irish boy group Westlife.
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B: Air Supply was the first foreign band to come to Taiwan in 1983, and they’re probably the most frequently visiting group too.
A: As the year is beginning with a number of foreign acts already, it looks like the concert economy will continue to boom in 2026.
A: 除了台灣的阿妹、五月天、蔡依林等人，多組外國歌手年初也預計來台開唱。
B: 聽說南韓女團Babymonster自今晚起在台北小巨蛋熱唱兩場。還有誰即將來台開唱？
A: 其他的還包括：澳洲空中補給合唱團、韓流天王鄭智薰、男團 Super Junior、TXT、美國歌手吉文、賈許葛洛班、愛爾蘭男團西城男孩。
B: 空中補給曾在1983年來台開唱，是最早也是最常來訪的樂團。
A: 光是年初就有這麼多外國歌手訪台，看來「演唱會經濟」今年仍會持續發威！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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