City Singapore Showbiz Latest News and Updates

BTS’ Suga is going on his first-ever world tour and plans to hit up dates in the US.

Naman Ramachandran Los Angeles-based Flourishing Films has boarded Singapore- and India-based Mumba Devi Motion Pictures‘ “Grand Sugar Daddy” and “Not Today” at the Cannes Film Festival‘s market. Flourishing is focused on expanding access to Black, diverse and female-driven filmed content originating from the U.S., Africa, the U.K. and worldwide.

EXCLUSIVE: Philippines‘ Nathan Studio has struck a deal with Singapore’s Momo Film Co to invest strategically in Momo’s slate of upcoming projects.

EXCLUSIVE: Production has wrapped in Singapore and the United States on Charlotte Hong’s debut feature Tropical Rain, Death Scented Kiss.

NCT Dream have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘The Dream Show 3: Dream( )scape’ world tour, with concerts in Asia, Europe, the US and more.NCT Dream’s 2024 ‘The Dream Show 3: Dream( )scape’ world tour currently features 17 shows across Asia, with concerts in nine different cities. The Latin America, US and Europe legs of the tour will be revealed on May 8.‘The Dream Show 3: Dream( )scape’ kick offed with a three-date concert on May 2 in Seoul, South Korea.

Olivia Rodrigo will tour Asia and Australia for the first time in her career, the singer announced Wednesday. Rodrigo has added nine international dates to her massive “Guts” world tour for a total of 82 shows globally. The new dates kick off Sept.

BIBI, GOT7‘s BamBam, Kwon Eun-bi and more. Read on for all you need to know.The iconic South Korean music festival Waterbomb will make its way to Singapore for the first time in 2024.

K-pop touring cycle is in full swing. Stars including SEVENTEEN, aespa and NCT Dream are touring the world with new tunes in tow – and hitting Asia very soon.While some of those artists are staging their own headline shows, others are on the line-ups of music festivals with both multi-genre and Hallyu-only line-ups.

ZEROBASEONE have announced the dates for their upcoming 2024 ‘The First Tour’ tour, featuring concerts in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and more.Today (April 29), ZEROBASEONE revealed the dates for their forthcoming 2024 ‘The First Tour’ tour, which will feature 14 concerts in seven different countries from September to December this year.The K-pop boyband will kick off their tour with a three-date show at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea from September 20 to 22. In the same month, the group will also hold a concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.In the following month, ZEROBASEONE will bring their 2024 ‘The First Tour’ tour to other cities and countries across Southeast Asia.

OnlyOneOf have announced more dates and concerts for their ongoing ‘Things I Can’t Say LOve’ world tour in 2024.Today, (April 26), OnlyOneOf revealed the cities and date for their long-awaited Asia and Australia legs of their 2024 world tour. It comes after the K-pop boyband announced the Japan, America and Europe legs of the tour over the past few months.In July 2024, OnlyOneOf will hold concerts in eight Asian cities, which include Taipei, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore and more.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief David Anthony Chan’s epic fantasy novel “The Kindred Chronicles” is set to be adapted into an animated series and will be the first project flowing from a partnership between HIP Studios and hybrid publisher 8 Letters. The deal between the two companies was announced at the recent Philippine Book Festival. It aims to adapt 8Letters content into television content, movies, animations, mangas and games. A subsidiary of Singapore’s Silver Media, HIP Studios is a Singapore, Sydney and Cebu, Philippines-based IP development and management company.

EXCLUSIVE: Rotterdam competition title Small Hours of the Night from Daniel Hui (Demons, Snakeskin) and SXSW premiere Adrianne & The Castle by Shannon Walsh (The Gig is Up, Illusions of Control) have landed international reputation via non-fiction agency Indox. 

Super Junior have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Super Show Spin-off: Halftime’ tour, with concerts in Thailand, Singapore and more.Today (April 18), Super Junior announced the dates and venues of their upcoming 2024 ‘Super Show Spin-off: Halftime’ tour. It comes about three months after the boyband first teased the tour in a statement to news outlet News1.The K-pop boyband will kick off their 12-date tour with a two-date performance on June 22 and 23 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea.

The 2024 Formula 1 race season is heating up!

NME has revealed the line-up for its upcoming unplugged Girls To The Front showcase in Singapore next month – find out more below. First announced in early March, the Girls To The Front showcase is scheduled to take place on May 8 from 7PM SGT at the newly launched Swee Lee outlet at Clarke Quay during Branded’s CreatorWeek 2024.

MAMAMOO singer Hwasa has announced her upcoming 2024 ‘Twits’ solo fancon tour, with concerts in Taiwan, Singapore and more.Today (April 1), MAMAMOO’s Hwasa announced the first batch of dates for her ‘Twits’ solo fancon tour. Notably, the tour is named after the K-pop idol’s fandom name Twits, which in turn was inspired by her 2019 solo debut single ‘Twit’.Hwasa’s new tour will kick off on May 11 with a concert in Hong Kong, followed by shows in Taipei and Singapore in June 2024.

B.I has announced the Asia dates for the concerts on his upcoming 2024 ‘Hype Up’ tour.Over the weekend on March 30, B.I revealed the first batch of dates for his upcoming 2024 ‘Hype Up’ tour, which will kick off this May with concerts across six Asian cities.B.I will embark on his newly announced tour on May 24 with a show in Hong Kong. Thereafter, the singer will perform concerts in Bangkok, Singapore, Manila and Jakarta in June, followed by a Macau show in July.According to the poster for the 2024 ‘Hype Up’ tour, more cities and dates will be announced soon.

EXO singer D.O. – real name Doh Kyung-soo – has announced his upcoming 2024 ‘Bloom’ fan concert tour of Asia.Today (March 25), EXO’s D.O.

Naman Ramachandran Ken Kwek’s acclaimed Singaporean film “#LookAtMe” has secured North American distribution with Buffalo 8. The deal is exclusive for the North American territory and non-exclusive for the rest of the world. The film is a tragicomedy following the family of a teenage YouTuber who posts an irreverent video lampooning a megachurch pastor in defense of his gay twin brother.

Taylor Swift‘s fans love Travis Kelce just as much as she does — and the feeling is mutual!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Orange Sky Golden Harvest, the multi-territory cinema operator, Wednesday warned that it would return to losses when it reports its 2023 losses. The announcement, made in a regulatory filing, came just days after the company denied that it was preparing to sell off its cinemas in Singapore, which represent the biggest component of its business.

Vanity Fair Oscars after party on Sunday. The pop star traveled from Singapore to Los Angeles to spend the evening with the Saltburn star. Just to torment us, they walked the red carpet at the same time but separately.

captured Taylor Swift's every move at Travis Kelce's football games, the has countless camera phones pointed in his direction whenever he attends .Most recently, one of these videos caused a bit of a disagreement between Swifties. Apparently, flying to Singapore for concerts wasn't “supportive” enough for one fan, who appeared to chastise the 34-year-old for looking at his phone during “I Knew You Were Trouble,” sarcastically captioning their footage, “It's giving supportive bf.”Though the original TikTok video may have been deleted, the Singapore concert clip on March 8, along with screen shots of fans rallying to defend the tight end in the comments.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ Tour is set to boost Singapore’s GDP by over $200million (£155million).Last February, it was reported that Singapore had made an exclusive deal with the popstar so she “can’t perform in any other countries in Southeast Asia”. As such, the singer has been performing six shows at Singapore’s 55,000-capacity National Stadium from March 2-9, making it the only Southeast Asian location on the Asia leg of her tour.Now, Bloomberg has reported Swift’s Singapore stop will bring 0.2 percentage points of GDP to Singapore’s economy (roughly equivalent to $200million).Forbes further revealed Swift’s decision to exclusively perform in Singapore meant hotel bookings rose 10% according to hotel analytics firm Smith Travel Research.

Taylor Swift is clearly happy to have her boyfriend Travis Kelce back on the road with her!

Travis Kelce is back at the Eras Tour!

Seems like Taylor Swift is re-evaluating some of her past song lyrics!

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Three men have been arrested, two of whom have been charged, for sneaking people into Taylor Swift’s performance in Singapore on Monday. A man named Yang Chenguang reportedly distracted security by chatting them up while Li Xiao Wei held a turnstile to let the three people into Singapore Sports Hub, reports BBC.

Taylor Swift’s concerts without tickets.The incidents took place last Monday (February 26), during the third of the pop icon’s six sold-out shows in the South East Asian city-state.According to reports by outlets including The Independent and BBC News, one man allegedly distracted security staff by talking to them, while another held onto a turnstile to let three fans in.A third man who was arrested is under investigation and has yet to be charged, Singapore police said in a statement on Tuesday (March 5).Singapore has some of the strictest laws in the world, and anyone convicted of cheating faces a sentence of up to three years in jail.The shows, held as part of Swift’s mammoth ‘Eras’ tour, were in particularly high demand when the pop icon visited Singapore, as they marked the only stop in the region. Tickets sold out months before the live shows took place.According to the various outlets, one of the three men that the group snuck into the show was Chinese influencer Yang Junhao, who alleged that he unknowingly bought fake tickets.“This is me after being told I bought fake tickets, and was brought out [of the concert] to be interrogated by the police,” he reportedly told his followers in a video posted to Douyin, China’s version of TikTok (via BBC).

Travis Kelce is going back overseas to see his girlfriend Taylor Swift!