Post Malone’s Philippine Arena Show, Postponed
Post Malone’s September 29 stop at the Philippine Arena is caught up in a wider shakeup of his Big Ass World Tour. His Asia leg, which runs through Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, and Tokyo, has been postponed alongside his Australia and New Zealand dates.
How the news came out
Strummingbird, the Australian country music festival Post Malone was set to headline in October, confirmed the postponement first, on August 27. Organizers announced Tyler Childers, Sam Barber, and James Johnston as replacements. Billboard and Rolling Stone Australia reported the same postponement the same day. None of them have given an official reason.
Singapore has the most specific update right now. Ticketmaster confirmed on August 27 that the September 25 show at Singapore’s National Stadium is postponed, with refunds going out through original payment methods, a process that could take up to 60 business days.
Live Nation Philippines has not put out its own statement on the Philippine Arena date yet. Manila falls inside the same Asia leg that’s already confirmed postponed, so anyone holding tickets should check Live Nation Philippines’ channels directly for refund or reschedule details.
Not his first pause this year
This is not the first time Post Malone has pushed back this tour. He postponed the opening month of the US leg back in May, saying at the time he needed extra time to finish his new album, The Eternal Buzz. Slower ticket sales on some of those US dates showed up afterward. Fans and journalists started calling it “blue dot fever,” a term for the clusters of unsold seats that show up as blue dots on ticketing maps.
Live Nation disputes that. The company’s president and CFO told an investor conference in May that the phrase is catchy but not backed by the data, and that Live Nation’s cancellation rate is in line with past years.
For now, Manila still has a date on the calendar and no word yet from Live Nation Philippines. Singapore was in the same spot a few hours before Ticketmaster made its call.
