Maroon 5 is to perform at the Kaohsiung National Stadium on Feb. 14 next year, becoming the first Western band to return to the venue.
Kaohsiung is to be the last stop on the band’s 2025 Asia tour announced today, which is to also bring them to Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur.
They last performed at the Kaohsiung stadium on March 5, 2019.
Photo courtesy of Live Nation Taiwan
General ticket sales are to open on Tixcraft on Sept. 18 at 1pm.
Members of the Maroon 5 S.I.N. fan club would have first access to tickets from 12pm to 11:59pm on Sept. 13.
DBS Mastercard holders may also purchase tickets early, from 10am on Sept. 14 to 10am on Sept. 16.
Live Nation Taiwan members are to have access from 1pm to 11:59pm on Sept. 16.
The superstar pop-rock band originally from Los Angeles has won three Grammy Awards and boasts 15 songs to hit the Top 10 Billboard charts, including Girls Like You, Moves Like Jagger, One More Night and Sugar.
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