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Hailing from the town of Warrnambool, Victoria in Australia in 2003, Airbourne have brought back to the mainstream, a classic rock sound driven by guitars and gritty vocals, adorning catchy choruses that have earned the band a global following.

Brothers, Ryan and Joel O’Keeffe, came together to form a band in 2003 and recruited David Roads and Adam Jacobson. They worked at the Hotel Warrnambool and would bring their instruments to work so that after their shifts they could jam out song ideas. They went on to win a competition, called Push-On in Melbourne. It was their self-funded eight track EP entitled “Ready to Rock” that appeared in July 2004, that fell into the hands of Capitol Records whom they signed a five album record deal with.

It was a journey to the US for the band to work on their debut studio album, “Runnin’ Wild” with Bob Marlette who had produced albums with Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper. The album was released in Australia on June 23rd 2007, and they released three singles from the album; “Runnin’ Wild”, “Too Much Too Young Too Fast” which featured on Guitar Hero; World Tour and “Diamond in the Rough”. The album made it to the top 30 of the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia, and even managed to chart in Austria, Switzerland and France. Nearing the end of 2007, they supported Kid Rock and Korn and at the start of 2008, they moved permanently to the US. Their album by this point had charted on the UK Albums Chart, and on the Billboard 200.

At the beginning of 2009, Airbourne headed back into the studio to record their sophomore album “No Guts. No Glory”. It was later released on March 8th 2010. The song “Born to Kill” was played on BBC Radio 1’s Rock Show. It reached the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and also in five other countries. They were fortunate enough to support Iron Maiden on their Final Frontier World Tour from July 20th to August 1st 2011. The band announced in November 2011 that they had been working on a new album. That album would be called “Black Dog Barking” and would go on to reach to top forty of ten countries.

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“Guitar music is dead!” is a phrase that has not been infrequently thrown around over the past decade. Yet whilst rock music might not dominate the mainstream, this is clearly a falsity. One band which refuses to let hard rock die is Australian quartet Airbourne, who have released some of the finest fist-pumping riffs since 2003. Playing Gibson Explorers with big, wild, curly hair, they certainly look the part. Releasing three studio albums thus far, they have proven that their riotous and energetic music could have stood up against the biggest hair-metal bands of the 80s.

Their set at German festival Rock Am Ring in 2013 brought enough power and vigour to have induced severe concussion in the audience from the sheer amount of uncontrollable head-banging. Their music is made to be played in stadiums, to which they received a roar of appreciation as they played tracks “Running Wild,” “Diamond in the Rough” and “Black Dog Barking.” After the atmospheric intro, they ran out to stage going straight into “Ready to Rock,” with the crowd certainly feeling the band’s massive energy, jumping wildly in appreciation.

One of the best things about Airbourne is simply that their music is just pure fun. Too often humour is lost due to artistic pretensions but the likes of Airbourne restore a sense of reckless joy that comes from just having fun, rocking out with your friends. Hearing their songs takes you back to a time when posing in front of a mirror with your guitar slung low made you feel fantastic and full of wild dreams of playing to thousands of people. Listening to Airbourne keeps this spirit alive, eroding any self-consciousness and embarrassment at raising your devil horns and ferociously nodding your head.

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If you’re in any way familiar with Airbourne, or indeed of any of the press attention that’s surrounded them for their career so far, you’ll probably already be wondering how many words I’m going to be able to get into this review before I mention AC/DC. In this case, it’s fifty-one. That’s the thing about Airbourne; they’ve never quite been able to shake off comparisons to the legendary Australian outfit, with their classic rock sound certainly in debt to some of the titans of the genre, and the vocals provided by frontman Joel O’Keefe being uncannily similar to those of Brian Johnson. That said, they’ve plenty of merit in their own right; they have a huge cult fanbase across the world, and are a big draw in their native Australia, playing big shows across the country on a regular basis. They also toured club-sized venues in the UK last year after releasing Black Dog Barking, playing heavy sets that drew upon tracks from all three of their full-lengths and saw some fierce musicianship on display; I daresay they might be more technically proficient than that band they’re so often compared to, in fact, and certainly well worth checking out next time they hit the road.

Hailing all the way from Warrnambool, down under in Australia, Airbourne have a sold out show this evening. They bring their arsenal of heavy distorted guitars played in the style of some of rock music’s biggest heroes such as AC/DC and Deep Purple, as though they are a not so current but transcendent version of English rockers, The Darkness. Joel O’Keeffe’s screaming vocals are at the epicenter of some of the largest and loudest earthquake sing-alongs that this venue has ever experienced. Airbourne have achieve such great chart success, globally with their three studio albums charting in over ten different countries with Germany being their most successful recipients, seeing their last two albums make it to the top 5.

The musicality of both O’Keefe brothers is intricate, with them playing guitar solos in fantastic harmony, similar to that of Thin Lizzy, the audience just singing along as though there is no tomorrow. Their breakthrough song “Too Much, Too Young Too Fast” is probably their biggest song of the night, with a mammoth guitar riff to match.

Old school Heavy fuckin Metal Rock n Roll. These guys are so much more than ACDC-a-likes. Marshall stacked, sweating buckets within minutes on stage. Great anthemic tunes banged out super tight. Great audience rapport, not my thing but best mosh pit I've seen in a while - full of topless sweaty youths. Shredding on the back of a roadie in the middle of the audience. They deservedly got raucous approval, smashed it. My ears rang for hours and every punter left breathless with a shit-eating grin on their face.

Airbourne are one of the best live bands now must never be missed amazing they played great lots of the old stuff did not disappoint wished it went on like longer roundhouse great place easy to get to easy to leave love love them carnt waitbfor next year

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Very energetic and so f*cking Rock and Roll. Joel O'keef set the crowd on fire. If you hesitate to go for it because of the price, it's totally worth it

Not the first time I've seen Airbourne and definitely not the last. I can't wait to see them again, just a superb live band and the support bands were great too. Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons were excellent.

That was fantastic, these guys are crazy and bring some warm atmosphere from Australia! Appreciated and recommended, a must see!

ps: bring beer-proof clothes !! you'll understand why once at the show.

They had an awesome game where someone had to get on someone's shoulder and then they would throw out a beer to you. It was a great show! I couldn't hear what he was saying but it pretty much rocked!

TOP SHOW TOP ROCK BAND THE BEST AROUND SEEN THEM BEFORE AND THEY JUST GET BETTER AND BETTER CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WENT SAY THE SAME LONG LIVE AND PLAY AIRBOURNE RnR

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AIRBOURNE – European Tour Dates With DESECRATOR

DESECRATOR stated: “You European RIVOTHEADS didn’t think we had forgotten you this year did you!? We are extremely pleased to announce a run of all KILLER, no filler tour dates with our great mates Airbourne!! Check the countries and ticket link, share the poster around, come see the TWIN AUSSIE ATTACK and we’ll see you on the road!!”

October 03 Republicca – Valencia, Spain October 04 Gamma – Murcia, Spain October 06 PARIS 15 – Málaga, Spain October 07 Custom – Seville, Spain October 10 Olympia – Paris, France October 12 Depot – Leuven, Belgium October 13 Melkweg – Amsterdam, Netherlands October 15 Amager Bio – Copenhagen, Denmark October 16 Rockefeller – Oslo, Norway October 17 Fryshuset Arenan – Stockholm, Sweden October 19 THE CIRCUS – Helsinki, Finland October 20 LOGOMO – Turku, Finland October 23 Tradgarn – Gothenburg, Sweden October 24 KB – Malmö, Sweden October 25 Grosse Freiheit – Hamburg, Germany October 27 Huxleys – Berlin, Germany October 28 A2 – Wroclaw, Poland October 29 Barba Negra Music Club – Budapest, Hungary October 31 Werk 2 – Leipzig, Germany November 02 TonHalle – Munchen, Germany November 03 Simm City Festsaal Zentrum Simmering – Vienna, Austria November 04 Rathaussaal – Telfs, Austria November 06 Longhorn – Stuttgart, Germany November 07 Samsung Hall – Zurich, Switzerland November 08 Batschkapp – Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

Tickets: http://www.airbournerock.com Just recently DESECRATOR released their first official video “Thrash is a Verb” from the debut album “To The Gallows” (out on March 24th). Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2rlCbjRok

Buy “To The Gallows” here: http://www.nervegas.com.au/desecrator

The outstanding hand painted cover art was created by Melbourne ink wizard Jason Spud Sposito!

DESECRATOR are a 4-piece Thrash Metal band based in Melbourne, Australia. With a sound that has been compared to early Testament, Death Angel and Sacred Reich, DESECRATOR’s twin guitar attack, punishing rhythm section and blood soaked vocals have won over the old guard of staunch metal fans as well as recruiting the new wave of young thrashers. The lyric video for the title track “To The Gallows” is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQtNO16MfNc Source: Metal Rules https://www.facebook.com/airbournerock/ http://www.desecrator.net

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It's Thursday night and we're up for a party, so where do you turn? Realistically there's only one band in town worth partying with tonight and that's the beer-chugging, riff-roaring, Down Under wrongdoers Airbourne. Here's what we learned...

Airbourne always pick great support bands

Their last UK headline tour featured an Orange Goblin/The Treatment double whammy-bar on support detail, whilst retro rockers Black Spiders have enjoyed warming up the crowds for Airbourne on several occasions – they’re basically the in-house opening act. On this short run of club shows the responsibility (or lack thereof) falls on the shoulders of Leicester power trio Skam. Thankfully they’re more than up to the challenge, winning plenty of new fans over with their no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll boogie. A young UK band in the classic rock mould, the songs from their new album Peacemaker sound even bigger and bolder live, more than justifying their place on tonight’s bill.

Airbourne love the UK, and the UK loves them

Every band that’s ever played our little island says the same thing – with varying degrees of sincerity – but when Airbourne say “We’re fucking glad to be back in the UK”, you know they bloody well mean it. One look at their European tour laminate picturing Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson confirms this, and their kinship with the UK is on full display this evening, most notably in the introduction to Cheap Wine, Cheaper Women, during which frontman Joel O’Keeffe lifts up a bottle of Stone’s Green Ginger Wine, proudly announcing; “This is the cheapest wine in the world – and you can only buy it here and in Australia.” Tonight’s set is littered with such references – from the nod to Black Sabbath’s Paranoid in their set closer to celebrations of “steak and ale pie” and other British traditions – and the crowd laps it up.

Intimate shows are awesome

As festival season draws to a close, there’s no better way to usher in the autumn/winter touring season than by watching a massive, main stage festival band in an indoor, intimate environment. Tonight’s a poignant reminder of how special these one-off club shows are. Not only are you much closer to the action, but you also get longer sets and lesser-heard tracks (tonight includes early B-side Hell Fire, and Stand And Deliver off Airbourne’s first EP Ready To Rock) as well as the chance to dictate the set. Early on the crowd is given the option of Blonde, Bad And Beautiful or No Way But The Hard Way, with Joel playing the opening riff to both and asking people to shout for which they’d rather hear. Audience interaction characterises the remainder of the evening too. Joel even takes the time to introduce the individual members of the band, which is the sort of self-indulgency Airbourne usually avoid in favour of a breakneck speed set, but on this occasion they’re notably relaxed and the informal nature of tonight’s show clearly sits well all involved.

There ain’t no way but the hard way

If you think scaling back the show to fit into a smaller venue means losing the stage antics that make an Airbourne gig special, think again. Six songs in, Joel mounts his guitar tech’s shoulders and ploughs through the packed room to the bar at the back, riffing in-sync with the rest of the band. Not content with a solo on top of the bar, he jumps behind and pours himself a pint, raising his glass to the reverent crowd below and taking a heroic swig, before navigating his way back to the stage. Upon his return, the band build the song towards its booze-soaked crescendo and Joel cheekily declares; “I might be the only person in here tonight to blag a free beer.” This isn’t the case for long though, as during set closer Runnin’ Wild Joel begins his trademark ‘crack a can open with your skull’ routine and throws several tinnies out for the audience to enjoy. Needless to say, they’re all polished off post-haste. It might be a school night, but the crowd are just as up for it as the band, and as the set reaches its climax the energy in the room is tangible.

This band goes up to 11

Airbourne might still be a way off being a festival headlining band, but that’s only because they don’t have the full arsenal of songs just yet, and considering they’re only on their third album they’re not doing too bad. It’s taken Avenged Sevenfold six albums to get to the top of the charts and headline Download, after all. When Airbourne went into the studio to record their first LP Runnin’ Wild, they didn’t even know what a hook was – much to the dismay of their producer. Yet somehow they succeeded in writing one of the greatest debut rock albums of the 21st century. Fast-forward six years, and the latest album (Black Dog Barking) saw the Aussie act establish themselves as a unique voice at the forefront of the modern day rock movement. The AC/DC comparisons still arise of course, and Airbourne will undoubtedly always wear the influence of their forefathers proudly on their sleeve (tonight they bust into a bit of Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap before paying tribute to “a Scottish boy called Malcolm”) but in the live setting they’re incomparable – an utterly unrivalled, unstoppable force of nature. And tonight they’re firing from every cylinder.

The band sound better than ever with bluesy riffing, ripping solos, no-nonsense drumming and high-octane rock ‘n’ roll being the order of business from start to finish–- and there’s not a single person in the room tonight not headbanging, fist-pumping or clapping along to everything from fan-favourite Stand Up For Rock N Roll to newer hits like Live It Up. From a band at this stage in their career, you couldn’t ask for anything more from a live show. This is rock ‘n’ roll in its purest form, played with swagger, guts, vitality and honesty by a band that live, breath, sweat and bleed rock ‘n’ roll. It’s written and performed to be enjoyed loud and without irony, reservation or scrutiny, and if you leave a show like tonight’s feeling anything less than absolutely satisfied then you came to the wrong gig in the first place.

DJ, presenter, writer, photographer and podcaster Matt Stocks was a presenter on Kerrang! Radio before a year’s stint on the breakfast show at Team Rock Radio, where he also hosted a punk show and a talk show called  Soundtrack Apocalypse . He then moved over to television, presenting on the Sony-owned UK channel Scuzz TV for three years, whilst writing regular features and reviews for Metal Hammer and Classic Rock magazine. He also wrote, produced and directed a feature-length documentary on Australian hard rock band Airbourne called  It’s All For Rock ‘N’ Roll , and in 2017 launched his own podcast: Life in the Stocks. His first book, also called Life In The Stocks , was published in 2020. A second volume was published in April 2022. 

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AIRBOURNE Announces Summer/Fall 2022 North American Tour

Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE will embark on a North American tour this summer and fall. The 21-date trek will kick off on September 9 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City and will end on October 11 at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California.

Says AIRBOURNE in a statement: "We are from Melbourne, the most locked down city in the world, Unleashed at last, AIRBOURNE are the most set-free animals on the planet. Look out!

"They wouldn't let us in for two years, after this tour they'll never let us back!!

"Get your tickets, NOW OR NEVER!!"

Tour dates:

Sep. 09 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre Sep. 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts Sep. 11 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club Sep. 15 - Quebec City, QC - St. Roch XP L'Impérial Bell Sep. 16 - Saguenay, QC - Festival Saint-Honoré dans l'Vent Sep. 17 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre Sep. 20 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House Sep. 22 - London, ON - London Music Hall Sep. 23 - Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner Sep. 24 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life Sep. 26 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge Sep. 27 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry Sep. 28 - Winnipeg, MB - The Pyramid Cabaret Sep. 30 - Calgary, AB - The Palace Oct. 01 - Edmonton, AB - Midway Oct. 03 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom Oct. 04 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern Oct. 05 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge Oct. 07 - San Francisco, CA - Starline Social Club Oct. 08 - Sacramento, CA - Aftershock Festival Oct. 11 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour

For more information, visit AirbourneRock.com .

Back in the spring of 2020, AIRBOURNE was scheduled to embark on the first North American tour in support of its fifth album, "Boneshaker" , out now via Spinefarm Records .

"Boneshaker" was released in October 2019. The cover artwork for the disc is a collaboration between Matt Read of Combustion Ltd. , and Sean Tidy of Design House Studio Ltd.

With the creation of "Boneshaker" , AIRBOURNE decided to take the bolder path; to align with Nashville producer Dave Cobb , whose credits include both Chris Stapleton and "A Star Is Born" soundtrack.

AIRBOURNE guitarist Matt "Harri" Harrison told HMV.com about the decision to work with Cobb : "It took one phone call and he was always top of our list. His name isn't hard to come by in our world; he's so amazingly successful. I think he's probably the biggest producer in the world, and he was always someone we talked about. He's done so many big country records. There's not a huge amount, sonically, that's relevant to us in those records, but you can always tell it's him producing; he's always doing something a little bit different. The guitars sound great, the drums sound great — it always sounds like human beings in a room being great at their instruments."

"When we first talked, we told him about BLACK ROBOT ," Matt continued. "That was a band he was in with some of his mates and they do this awesome cover of Eric Clapton 's 'Cocaine' . That was a big record for us. When we spoke to him, it was really clear that he wanted the same type of record we did. We wanted to do something super raw and basically bottling what we do on stage."

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Airbourne Announce 2020 North American ‘Boneshaker’ Tour

Feel that? You will soon, as Aussie rockers Airbourne are making their way stateside in 2020 for a North American leg of their "Boneshaker World Tour."

The band just announced dates kicking off April 30 in New York City and keeping them on the road in the U.S. and Canada through a May 23 finale in Montreal. All dates, cities and venues can be found below.

The shows come as the band is promoting their fifth studio album, with the aptly titled room-rocking moniker, Boneshaker . The album got off to a raucous start with the song "Backseat Boogie." Have a look at the video below.

"We're mega pumped up to the max to bring the ‘Boneshaker World Tour’ to the USA," says singer-guitarist Joel O'Keeffe. "We’ve been blazing non-stop across Europe and Australasia and now we're coming your way USA to kick your ass!”

For ticketing info on the band's North American shows, as well as their early 2020 Australia and New Zealand gigs, head here .

Airbourne 2020 North American Tour Dates

April 30 — New York, N.Y. @ Gramercy Theatre May 1 — Philadelphia, Pa. @ Underground Arts May 2 — Washington, D.C. @ Rock & Roll Hotel May 3 — Concord, N.C. @ Epicenter Festival* May 6 — Houston, Texas @ Bronze Peacock/House of Blues May 7 — Dallas, Texas @ Three Links Deep Ellum May 9 — Pensacola, Fla. @ Vinyl Music Hall May 10 — Daytona Beach, Fla. @ Welcome To Rockville* May 11 — Atlanta, Ga. @ The Masquerade May 12 — Nashville, Tenn. @ The Basement East May 14 — Chicago, Ill. @ Bottom Lounge May 16 — Columbus, Ohio @ Sonic Temple* May 18 — Buffalo, N.Y. @ Rec Room May 19 — London, Ontario @ London Music Hall May 20 — Toronto, Ontario @ Lee's Palace May 22 — Quebec City, Quebec @ Imperial Bell May 23 — Montreal, Quebec @ Corona Theatre *Festival Date

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Frontman Joel O’Keeffe says: “We’ve been blazing non-stop across Europe and Australasia and now we’re coming your way USA to kick your ass!”

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Australian rockers Airbourne are set to embark on a North American tour in support of their riff-roaring new album Boneshaker, which is out now via Spinefarm Records. The spring tour kicks off on 20 April in New York City and concludes on 23 May in Montreal. The trek includes appearances at several major rock festivals, such as Sonic Temple and Epicenter.

“We’re mega pumped up to the max to bring the ‘Boneshaker’ world tour to the USA,” says Airbourne vocalist and guitarist Joel O’Keeffe. “We’ve been blazing non-stop across Europe and Australasia and now we’re coming your way USA to kick your ass!”

As uDiscover Music previously reported , Boneshaker was released on 25 October. The album was helmed by Nashville-based producer Dave Cobb, whose credits include both Chris Stapleton and the A Star Is Born soundtrack.

Airbourne guitarist Matt “Harri” Harrison told HMV.com about the decision to work with Cobb: “It took one phone call and he was always top of our list. His name isn’t hard to come by in our world; he’s so amazingly successful. I think he’s probably the biggest producer in the world, and he was always someone we talked about. He’s done so many big country records. There’s not a huge amount, sonically, that’s relevant to us in those records, but you can always tell it’s him producing; he’s always doing something a little bit different. The guitars sound great, the drums sound great — it always sounds like human beings in a room being great at their instruments.”

“When we first talked, we told him about Black Robot,” Harrison continued. “That was a band he was in with some of his mates and they do this awesome cover of Eric Clapton’s ‘Cocaine’. That was a big record for us. When we spoke to him, it was really clear that he wanted the same type of record we did. We wanted to do something super raw and basically bottling what we do on stage.”

Airbourne play the following US tour dates in 2020:

April 30 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre May 01 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts May 02 – Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel May 03 – Concord, NC – Epicenter Festival May 06 – Houston, TX – Bronze Peacock/House of Blues May 07 – Dallas, TX – Three Links Deep Ellum May 09 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall May 10 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville May 11 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade May 12 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East May 14 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge May 16 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple May 18 – Buffalo, NY – Rec Room May 19 – London, ON – London Music Hall May 20 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace May 22 – Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell May 23 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre.

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SPECIAL GUESTS SOFI TUKKER, GRYFFIN, SAM FELDT, ZARA LARSSON, KLANGKARUSSELL, HAYLA, VICTORIA NADINE AND VANDELUX TO JOIN ON SELECT DATES

New single, “for life” ft. zak abel & nile rodgers out now, listen here, tickets available starting tuesday, april 23 with presales, general onsale begins on friday, april 26 at 10am local at kygothealbum.com.

Today,  global superstar, producer, and DJ Kygo announced part one of his 2024 world tour across North America, Europe and the UK. Produced by Live Nation, the 26-date run kicks off on Saturday, September 7 in Commerce City, CO at DICK’S Sporting Goods Park, with stops in Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, London and more before wrapping up on Friday, December 13 in Dublin, Ireland at 3Arena. As the highest-selling ticket artist in dance music, part one of Kygo’s 2024 dates marks his first tour since 2018 and will bring his incredible live show across the globe. The impressive, must-see performance will feature Kygo’s signature piano, as well as strings, singers, and drummers. Special guests SOFI TUKKER, GRYFFIN, Sam Feldt , Zara Larsson, Klangkarussell, Hayla , Victoria Nadine , and Vandelux will join on select dates.

The Kygo World Tour will feature performances at iconic venues around the world, including Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and a hometown show at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway.

The new tour announcement comes on the heels of Kygo’s new single release, “For Life” ft. Zak Abel & Nile Rodgers, from last week.

NORTH AMERICA TICKETS: Tickets for the U.S. dates will be available starting with a Verizon presale (details below) beginning Tuesday, April 23 at 10am local time. An artist presale will begin Wednesday, April 24 at 10am local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, April 26 at 10am local time at kygothealbum.com .

• VERIZON PRESALE: Verizon will offer customers presale access for the The Kygo Tour for applicable U.S dates through Verizon Up. Customers will have access to purchase presale tickets for the shows beginning Tuesday, April 23 at 10am local time to Friday, April 26 at 9am local time. For more details visit Verizon Up .
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EUROPE + UK TICKETS: Tickets for the Europe/UK dates will be available starting with a Mastercard presale (details below) beginning Tuesday, April 23 at 10am local time. An artist presale will begin Wednesday, April 24 at 10am local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, April 26 at 10am local time at kygothealbum.com .

• MASTERCARD PRESALE: Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Norway, France, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium starting from Tuesday, April 23 at 10am local time until Friday, April 26 at 10am local time. Preferred ticket access is available to Mastercard cardholders in the UK on April 26 at 10am. Visit priceless.com/music to find out more.

VIP: Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, an on stage photo op, access to the VIP Lounge, a VIP-exclusive Kygo gift item and more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com .

KYGO WORLD TOUR 2024 DATES:

Sat Sep 07 – Commerce City, CO – DICK’S Sporting Goods Park *+

Thu Sep 12 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion *+

Fri Sep 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center *+

Tue Sep 17 – Boston, MA – TD Garden *+

Fri Sep 20 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre *+

Sat Sep 21 – Toronto, ON – Woodbine Park *+

Wed Sep 25 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island ^~

Sat Sep 28 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater ^~

Fri Oct 04 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center ^~

Wed Oct 09 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena ^~

Thu Oct 10 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena ^~

Thu Oct 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl ^~

Wed Nov 06 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena > =

Fri Nov 08 – Oslo, Norway – Telenor Arena > %

Wed Nov 13 – Stockholm, Sweden – Tele2 Arena >=

Fri Nov 15 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena >=

Sun Nov 17 – Budapest, Hungary – MVM Dome *=

Thu Nov 21 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena #=

Sat Nov 23 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle #=

Tue Nov 26 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome #=

Fri Nov 29 – Milan, Italy – Forum #=

Tue Dec 03 – Madrid, Spain – Wizink Center #=

Fri Dec 06 – Brussels, Belgium – ING Arena #=

Sat Dec 07 – Paris, France – Accor Arena #=

Wed Dec 11 – London, UK – The O2  #+

Fri Dec 13 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena #+

# With SOFI TUKKER

> With GRYFFIN

* With Sam Feldt

^ With Zara Larsson

= With Klangkarussell

+ With Hayla

% With Victoria Nadine

~ With Vandelux

Whether behind the piano in his studio or headlining a sold-out festival, Kygo quietly reaffirms his status as a prodigious talent, forward-thinking producer, dynamic DJ, and influential global superstar. The Norwegian musician born Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll first introduced himself in 2013 and quietly became one of the most ubiquitous hitmakers in the world. Amassing over 23 billion cumulative global audio and video streams, he has broken numerous streaming records. Kygo earned one of his biggest hits with the multiplatinum “It Ain’t Me” (feat. Selena Gomez), going Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and clocking over 2.9 billion streams worldwide. In 2019, Kygo unleashed “Higher Love” with Whitney Houston and generated another 1.4 billion combined streams/views worldwide and peaked at #1 on Dance Radio, in addition to leaving his imprint on a classic.

He heralded his 2020 critically acclaimed third full-length album Golden Hour [Sony Music International/Ultra Records/RCA Records] with the anthems “Like It Is” (feat. Zara Larsson & Tyga), “Lose Somebody” (with OneRepublic), and “I’ll Wait” (feat. Sasha Alex Sloan). The album has garnered over 2.6 billion streams worldwide. Following Golden Hour , Kygo released his remix of Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” and Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff” to rave reviews. In 2022, after headlining Lollapalooza and Life Is Beautiful, along with sold-out headlining shows at Madison Square Garden and Oslo’s Ullevaal Stadion, Kygo surprised fans with the release of his fourth album Thrill Of The Chase [RCA Records]. The album featured notable singles including “Dancing Feet” (feat. DNCE), “Woke Up In Love” (with Gryffin feat. Calum Scott), and “Never Really Loved Me” (feat. Dean Lewis), amassing over 1 billion streams worldwide and debuting in the Top 5 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart. This year, Kygo continues his run of stunning collaborations, teaming up with Ava Max for his latest single “Whatever,” which the pair performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! .

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Europe's Most Spectacular New Hotel Is Set in a Former WWII Railway Station

High in the mountains between Spain and France, a long-neglected train station has become an opulent hotel.

Simon Willis is a contributing writer for Travel + Leisure. For the magazine he has crisscrossed Europe, Asia and Latin America. Particularly drawn to remote places, he has filed features from Patagonia, Laos and the Southern Ocean among other destinations.

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A few years ago , I was flicking through a magazine when I saw a photo essay about abandoned train stations. They were images of sublime squalor. The grand Greco-Roman columns of Michigan Central Station in Detroit were covered with graffiti. The Art Deco posters on the walls of the St.-Martin Métro in Paris were gradually peeling away. But the most haunting place in the collection was Estación Canfranc, high in the Spanish Pyrenees.

From the outside, this 790-foot-long Beaux-Arts palace looked like it had been transplanted from a fashionable Parisian boulevard. When it was completed in 1925, Canfranc was the second-largest rail station in Europe, after the one in Leipzig, Germany. Inside, the structure had cathedral-like proportions, as though it had been erected not merely to facilitate train travel but to worship it. Huge arched windows let in shafts of beneficent light. The ticket counter could almost pass for an altar. But by the time the photo essay was published, the congregation was long gone. The building closed in 1970 and had been empty ever since. Its vaulted ceiling was slowly moldering, and the floor was covered in dust and debris.

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Now the travelers are back. One recent afternoon I arrived in Canfranc to check in to the station, which has been transformed into one of Europe’s most spectacular new hotels. Its scale and grandeur are incongruous, given that Canfranc is a remote mountain hamlet near the border of Spain and France. The town, which sits in a narrow valley enclosed by steep, forested slopes, has a population of only 600. 

After the station closed, Canfranc lured only a trickle of adventure lovers, drawn by glorious summer hiking and two tiny ski resorts farther up the valley. But today, the hotel is a destination in itself. The renovation is the work of the Barceló Hotel Group, who took over the derelict building in 2021. The Spanish firm has given the place a train-centric revamp that balances old-world glamour with contemporary style. As I checked in, I stood gaping at the old ticket hall, which now serves as the hotel lobby. Its polished wooden beams shone with a deep luster, and the ornate plasterwork on the walls was as clean and white as confectioner’s sugar.

When it was completed in 1925, Canfranc was the second-largest rail station in Europe, after the one in Leipzig, Germany. Inside, the structure had cathedral-like proportions, as though it had been erected not merely to facilitate train travel but to worship it.

In the station’s locomotive heyday, its north and south wings were occupied, respectively, by French and Spanish customs officials. Now the southern wing houses a bar and restaurant tricked out in Art Deco shades of green and gold; the bar is illuminated by pendant lamps that resemble train wheels. In the rooms, antique station windows have been refurbished as quirky wall art.

Yet the hotel’s brand of nostalgic luxury is only one reason to visit; the other is its history. The village of Canfranc may be tiny and remote, but its border location has given it an outsize strategic importance for centuries. The evidence is everywhere. After I arrived at the hotel I headed outside and looked north up the valley. Perched on a ridge high above me was a 16th-century fortress that the Spanish rebuilt after Napoleon’s invasion in 1808; they wanted to defend against another possible incursion through this mountain pass. At the other end I could see concrete bunkers, erected for the same reason by the Franco regime in 1944. As well as being a luxurious stop on the route between Paris and Madrid, the station has played a prominent role in the valley’s history of intrigue and espionage. 

Later that afternoon, I met with Ana Badino and Marcelo Boveri, an Argentine couple who moved from Madrid to the Canfranc region in 2020 to enjoy a quieter life in the mountains. Since then, they have immersed themselves in the station’s extraordinary history and now run tours around the valley.

Until the 20th century, this corner of northern Spain was seen as poor and backward. The main economic activity was smuggling: alcohol and cigarettes went from Spain to France, and clothes, clocks, tea, and embroidery went the other way. But the locals wanted more opportunity than contraband provided, and the government wanted to take this roguish part of the country and turn it into a legitimate, modern commercial hub. So in 1912, the government commissioned the station as a statement of ambition and advancement. Fernando Ramírez de Dampierre, a Madrid-born engineer, was hired to design it. Both the president of France and the king of Spain were present at the inauguration ceremony in 1928.

For a few years, life in Canfranc was full of commercial activity. Daily trains from Portugal delivered port wine, cocoa, and coffee imported from Brazil. Industrial goods like coal and aluminum arrived from France. Badino and Boveri pointed out the rusted, obsolete cranes behind the station; they once loaded and unloaded this cargo. 

But when war broke out in 1939, everything changed. As Bodina and Boveri explained, the head of the station’s French customs department was a man named Albert Le Lay. He was more than a mere border official. He was a vital member of the French resistance who used his position at the station to help Jews and allied fighters fleeing persecution and capture in Germany and Vichy France. Now remembered as an Oskar Schindler–like figure, Le Lay provided these fugitives with forged papers to help them cross into Spain and on to Portugal. From there they traveled to safety. The identities of Le Lay’s beneficiaries are hard to trace, but according to some historians, those who passed through Canfranc included Max Ernst and Peggy Guggenheim.

Bodina and Boveri led me a little farther down the valley, which is still crisscrossed by old railway lines. Eventually we came to a row of derelict warehouses, their heavy wooden doors bent and buckled from decades of neglect, their roofs full of holes where high winds had ripped the tiles away. Through the gaps we peered into the dark interiors. In one of the buildings, in 2000, a cache of Nazi paperwork was found that listed items the Germans had moved through Canfranc after the Gestapo occupied the station in 1942. They included looted gold bars and opium.

His job as a customs official gave Le Lay the cover he needed to continue his resistance work. He would receive information from agents masquerading as passengers as they arrived at the station. From there, messages were transported by a network of spies down the train line to Zaragoza, the nearest city. Canfranc, then, was a crucial node in a pan-European network of spies that helped disrupt the German war machine.

Like many travelers to Canfranc today, I arrived via the airport in Zaragoza, the regional capital. Zaragoza is an underrated destination compared with Barcelona, Madrid, and Seville. Following the Umayyad invasion from North Africa in the eighth century, it became a major city in the north of Muslim Spain. At its center is a Moorish fortress, the Aljafería Palace, which is built in a magnificent architectural fusion of European and Islamic styles known as Mudejar. On the bank of the Erbo River, which courses through Zaragoza, stands a monumental Baroque basilica whose central dome is surrounded by four towers. But for me, the biggest lure was the opportunity to admire the art of the area’s most famous son, Francisco Goya.

After spending the night at the NH Collection Gran Hotel de Zaragoza, I walked over to the Goya Museum. It’s a small institution that packs a big punch. The star attractions are Goya’s etchings, displayed in a large, crepuscular room that protects these delicate artworks from light damage.

Goya’s etchings rank among his strangest and most personal pieces. “Los Caprichos,” a series of 80 prints, is a pitch-black satire on religious hypocrisy, corruption, and superstition. These images feature grotesque goblins dressed as clergymen; a donkey in an aristocrat’s silk coat studying his family tree; a woman pulling teeth from the mouth of a hanged man to be used as lucky charms. In another series, “The Disasters of War,” the devilish comedy of “Los Caprichos ” is replaced by documentary horror. The etchings captured the violence of conflicts like the Peninsular War, which ravaged Spain between 1808 and 1814.

From Zaragoza I drove two hours across the tinder-dry plains of northern Spain to Jaca, a compact city with a Romanesque cathedral. It dates from the 11th century, when the king of Aragon decided to turn his territory into a stopping point for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela, 500 miles to the west. Pilgrimage was good business: you had to be wealthy to take several months off work and pay your way across Europe. Jaca did well from the foot traffic. In the Middle Ages, the road outside the cathedral passed 16 shoe shops.

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After a meal of venison carpaccio at a small restaurant, La Cocina, I drove into the mountains to Canfranc. Having been cooped up in the car, I wanted to explore the landscape, so the following morning I met up with Fernando Garrido, a wiry mountain guide with silver hair and a deep tan. Garrido, a partner in a Jaca-based company, Aragon Aventura, is a serious mountaineer. For 30 years he has held the world record for spending the most time at high altitude: he stayed, alone, for two months straight on the summit of Mount Aconcagua, in Argentina, at an altitude of more than 22,000 feet. 

Thankfully, our plan was more down to earth. It was a blue and shimmering Sunday, and we decided to head to Ordesa & Mount Perdido National Park, a 90-minute drive southeast of Canfranc. We hiked into a deep canyon, following the course of a river that had been reduced to a slow trickle by a two-month drought. The canyon’s sheer limestone walls rose almost 3,000 feet, and birds of prey circled on the thermals. 

Yet the hotel’s brand of nostalgic luxury is only one reason to visit; the other is its history. The village of Canfranc may be tiny and remote, but its border location has given it an outsize strategic importance for centuries. The evidence is everywhere.

As we walked, Garrido pointed out the fajas, the narrow paths that run along the cliff edges. Looking at the thin lines they traced across the rock, I couldn’t help thinking about those wartime refugees I had heard about in Canfranc. During the German occupation, the route became more perilous, and despite Le Lay’s help, many were arrested at the station. In hopes of avoiding the authorities, thousands walked across the Pyrenees on foot, clinging to these narrow, cliff-edge paths as they searched for safety.

That night, I sat down to dinner at Canfranc Estación’s Restaurant Internacional, which is run by Eduardo Salanova and Ana Acín. Chef Salanova’s food is a fusion of local ingredients and avant-garde presentation. That evening’s 15-course tasting menu included foie gras with strawberries, local caviar, a terrine poached in mulled wine, and sous-vide eggs. (Another restaurant, Canfranc Express, opened after my visit in a restored train car outside the hotel, and has since been awarded a Michelin star.)

As I ate, a fog descended over the valley and a gentle rain began to fall. Through the window I could see the silhouettes of Canfranc’s old cargo warehouses and, beyond them, the wooded hillsides. Sitting there in the warm glow, I thought back to the stories my Argentine guides had told me — about the secret agents running messages through this building, about the villagers sewing notes into the linings of their clothes to protect them from the Gestapo. The setting was worthy of a wartime spy thriller, and as I sat in the opulent dining room I imagined myself waiting not for my dessert to arrive but for a tap on the shoulder from a clandestine contact bearing important papers and, along with them, a chance of freedom. 

Where to Stay

Canfranc estación, a royal hideaway hotel.

This spectacular mountain hotel is worth a trip in itself. Tours of the property and the surrounding valley can be arranged through the concierge.

NH Collection Gran Hotel De Zaragoza

Previous guests at this imposing hotel in the center of town include Walt Disney and Ernest Hemingway. Stop by the excellent restaurant, La Ontina, for seasonal dishes like braised white asparagus.

Where to Eat

Jaca la cocina.

A small but stylish restaurant in Jaca that serves regional dishes like venison carpaccio and olla jacetana, a stew of beans and pork.

Aragon Aventura

Fernando Garrido, my hiking guide, co-owns this Jaca-based adventure company . He offers walking excursions as well as a range of other mountain activities, including canyoning and snowshoeing.

Goya Museum

This small museum in Zaragoza has the world’s finest collection of Goya’s etchings.

Pirineo Esencial

Knowledgeable guides Ana Badino and Marcelo Boveri offer tours of Canfranc and the surrounding valley .

A version of this story first appeared in the May 2024 issue of  Travel + Leisure  under the headline "Full Speed Ahead."

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European cities hope jet-setting Taylor Swift fans will splash the cash for Eras tour

The superstar arrives in Europe next month – and Swifties, tourist boards and venues are already preparing

T im Brown, 44, and his wife, Marcella, 34, may not consider themselves bona fide “Swifties”, but when it was announced last June that Taylor Swift would be visiting their corner of the globe this summer they could not resist joining the scramble for a pair of tickets.

A post-pandemic appetite for live music events has fuelled huge worldwide interest in the American singer-songwriter’s Eras tour, which surpassed in $1bn sales in November to become the highest-grossing series of concerts in history.

The pop culture event of the summer will arrive in Europe next month, kicking off in Paris on 9 May and wrapping up in London on 20 August with 49 dates in between in Sweden, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Austria, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

The unique nature of the tour’s ticketing system, which was tweaked after a number of hitches last year, means there will be a mass movement of travelling fans who will not only be Swiftie in affiliation but swift-like in their willingness to travel across the continent.

In expectation of intense demand, Ticketmaster introduced a pre-registration system that rewarded some early applicants with access codes to the ticket sale proper, via staggered windows for each city.

Notionally designed to prioritise genuine fans over “scalpers” – people who buy and resell tickets for a quick profit – the pre-sales system also meant many fans registered for tickets in multiple destinations across Europe to increase their chances.

Tim and Marcella, who live in Norwich, registered not just for the nearest concerts – in London and Liverpool – but also in Amsterdam and Lisbon. The pair got lucky with a pair of €91 tickets in the Portuguese capital and have turned the trip into a weekend break. “I used to live in Lisbon so I thought why not kill two birds with one stone,” Tim said. “We booked ourselves flights and four nights’ accommodation the same day.” They are far from alone.

Katie Soo, the chief business officer of DICE, a rival ticketing company, said: “The excitement and uncertainty inherent in the ticket-purchasing process might have inadvertently incentivised fans to apply for tickets in multiple cities, thereby increasing the likelihood of travelling across Europe to attend the concerts.”

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Several European cities have already reported a sharp rise in demand for hotel and short-term rental accommodation over the summer, when the Swift hurricane will arrive. In Edinburgh, Liverpool and Cardiff, rooms at the Travelodge chain around Swift’s June dates have been sold out since August 2023, a month after tickets for the shows went on sale.

In Paris, where fans anticipate Swift to debut an updated version of the Eras show with songs from the new Tortured Poets Department album, 80% of hotels and apartments listed on Booking.com are already full up. In Warsaw on 2 August, only 9% of hotels listed on the same site are still available.

Not all of the 18 cities covered by the Eras tour are obvious tourism destinations. From 17-19 July, Swift will play three concerts at the 65,000-capacity home ground of the football club Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen in Ruhr valley, western Germany. The city’s less-than-familiar name prompted one US chatshow host to quip that “the place might not even exist”.

Yet even in Germany’s rust belt the influx of Swift fans is temporarily transforming the hotel market: any two-bedroom apartments that remain available are going for €800-2,000 a night, with cheaper accommodation available only in surrounding cities that are just as off the usual tourist track as Gelsenkirchen, such as Essen, Bochum or Herne.

Cities with stricter rules on allowing Airbnb-style holiday lets and a more limited stock of short-term rental apartments are reporting a particularly marked increase in rates during Swift’s visit, with about 30% year-on-year spikes in rental rates in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Milan, according to AirDNA, a data analytics company specialising in the short-term rentals market.

Of all the tour’s European stops, Vienna is experiencing the most notable impact on its rental market, with booking rates for the nights of Swift’s concerts recorded in February 44% higher than at the same point the previous year. By the end of March the number of nights booked in the Austrian capital for the length of Swift’s stay in the second week of August had risen by 430% compared with the same period in 2023.

When Luke Tilden’s wife, Tatjana, suggested last summer that the couple buy their 13- and 15-year-old daughters, Lena and Maya, tickets to a Taylor Swift gig for Christmas, the 53-year-old Briton initially waved it off. “There’s no chance in hell we’d get a ticket without paying through our noses, I thought,” said Tilden, who works as an interpreter at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

But after pre-registering for tickets in London, Paris and Munich, the Tildens got unexpectedly lucky for four tickets in southern Germany and have turned the concert visit into a mini-holiday: “We’ll visit the in-laws in Bavaria, enjoy the countryside, do a bit of hiking.”

The hope in cities across Europe is that this will be replicated on a massive scale, with fans’ excitement translating into generous spending sprees on food, shopping and leisure. In Stockholm, for example, where authorities are expecting 159,000 visitors to arrive from 135 countries in mid-May, the chamber of commerce has forecast a spending boost of €50m. “We hope the whole town will buzz from the Eras tour,” said Tomas Andersson, a spokesperson for the Swedish capital’s tourism board.

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Whether fans will necessarily act like ordinary tourists, however, is up for debate. “Pop-culture tourists do not necessarily care about traditional buildings and authentic restaurants,” said Maria Lexhagen, a professor at the European Tourism Research Institute, Mid Sweden University.

“Joining up with other fan communities is stronger motivation, as is the idea that they might get closer to the stars themselves. Many of them will map out where Swift is spending her time in the city – they will seek out seemingly marginal but meaningful places like back alleys or coffee shops.” Venues may be hoping for a repeat of Sydney in February, when Swift swept into an unassuming Italian restaurant in the suburbs and sent its name into global media headlines.

In Stockholm the tourism board said it was expecting bookshops and secondhand clothes stores, rather than museums and royal palaces, to attract most of the arriving visitors. Some venues are being proactive: one restaurant within walking distance of the multipurpose Friends Arena in the Solna municipality is putting on a “Taylor Swift brunch experience” with a karaoke stage; the waterfront nightclub Debaser is hosting a pre-concert party on 16 May, an all-ages all-day party with a Swift-themed quiz on 19 May and an afterparty the day after.

Environment

As the Swift circus rolls across the continent, the transport infrastructure of urban centres will also be put to the test. Around the tour’s three-night stop in Dublin at the end of June, Irish Rail has announced additional late-night services to Cork and Limerick to meet an expected increase in demand. Extra tram and bus services are likely to be announced nearer the time.

Unlike rail operators, most airlines do not have capacity to charter additional flights. Due to yield management – airlines adjusting prices based on expected demand – a scramble for airborne journeys into cities that host the Eras tour is more likely to result in more expensive tickets rather than additional flights.

Officials at Lisbon airport said no additional flights had been chartered around Swift’s concerts on 24 and 25 May but that demand would probably be reflected in slightly higher load factors. A spokesperson for Amsterdam Schiphol said general aviation slots could be requested at short notice but nothing out of the ordinary had been logged so far.

Calculating the environmental impact of the tour with any certainty was difficult, experts said. “We can expect that some Swift fans will travel a long way to see one, if not several, shows across Europe”, said Stefan Gössling, a professor of tourism at Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden. “But measuring the environmental impact of these trips is extremely difficult – it would involve a lot of guesswork.”

This did not mean the carbon footprint was negligible. “Every flight taken by a person adds to demand and hence influences supply considerations,” Gössling said. “The greater the demand, the more aircrafts are in service.”

The pop star’s carbon footprint is easier to estimate. Swift owns two jets by the French manufacturer Dassault, whose journeys are trackable. During the 2023 leg of the Eras tour, Swift’s planes spent 166 hours crisscrossing the US in about 75 individual journeys, though it is possible they were used by people other than the singer.

According to data available through the open-access aviation tracker ADS-B exchange, Swift’s jets caused carbon emissions of about 2,830 tonnes of CO 2 equivalent over the course of the US Eras tour – about 1,700 times the annual contribution of an average person.

A spokesperson for Swift told US media last year that in advance of the tour’s start in March 2023, the pop star bought more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel. Carbon offset credits are tradable certificates that allow purchasers to compensate for emissions by investing in environmental projects that claim to reduce carbon emissions, though recent studies have questioned the efficacy of these schemes.

Additional reporting by Ajit Niranjan

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Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course - The long-standing history of DP World Tour's newest venue

Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course, the DP World Tour's newest venue, has a 46-year history on the Japan Golf Tour Organisation and boasts a storied list of former champions.

With views of Mount Fuji offering a spectacular backdrop to this year's tournament, Taiheiyo Club provides an impressive setting for the second iteration of the ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP on the DP World Tour.

And while it may be a new venue on the DP World Tour, it’s a location that has an incredibly long-standing history with Japanese golf and the Japan Golf Tour.

No stranger to hosting elite competitions, The Gotembo Course has staged the Taiheiyo Masters on the Japan Golf Tour every year since its opening in 1977. It has also hosted the 2001 World Cup of Golf - won by Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, and will stage this year's Asia Pacific Amateur Championship in October.

The par 70 layout, which plays at 7262 yards and is described by the club as a 'true hillside course', was designed in 1977 by Shunsuke Kato and is the flagship layout of Taineiyo Club's 18 courses. It remained relatively unchanged until it underwent a renovation in 2018, which was overseen by Rees Jones with consultation from Matsuyama.

With fast greens and several dog-legs, the advantage of course knowledge sits firmly with a plethora of Japanese players in this week's field that bring years of course experience to this week's event.

Here, we delve a little further into that history.

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The Taiheiyo Masters is an event, and Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course subsequently a venue, that boasts an incredible list of former champions spanning its 46 year history.

Prior to the tournament's move to Gotemba, there were five previous editions, held at Sobu Country Club in China. In those five years, the tone was set for the calibre of champions this event would produce, and is something that has continued throughout its history.

1967 Masters Champion Gay Brewer won the first edition in 1972, and the importance of that victory would see a new form of a three-hole aggregate play-off contested, the first ever of its kind in a golf tournament.

The next year the event was won by Masashi Ozaki (Japan's most successful golfer of all time and three-time winner of this event) in 1973, followed by 1961 U.S. Open champion Gene Littler in both 1974 and 1975. Jerry Pate then claimed the final edition in China, in the same year that he would claim the 1976 U.S. Open in his rookie season.

In 1977 the tournament would move to Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course, and that vein of champion immediately continued with Bill Rogers, who won the Taiheiyo Masters four years before he claimed the 1981 Open Championship at Royal St George's.

From that year on, its status and importance in the climate of Japanese golf was cemented, and it has since become a staple on the calendar for golfers from both Japan and further afield.

The next Major champion to claim the title was none other than the late, great Seve Ballesteros, who preceded back-to-back victories captured by José María Olazábal.

Ozaki, who counted two more wins in this event on a resume that counts 94 wins on the Japan Golf Tour, soon triumphed again in 1992 and followed Greg Norman with another win in 1994.

He is just one of several players to have won the tournament on multiple occasions, which also includes Littler, Norio Suzuki, Olazábal, Tommy Nakajima, Lee Westwood, Toshimitsui Izawa, Darren Clarke, Shingo Katayma, Ryo Ishikawa, Hideto Tanihara and Hideki Matsuyama - who first claimed the title as an amateur in 2011.

Since Darren Clarke's second victory in 2005, the tournament has become one dominated by Japanese talent, boasting 16 wins in the last 18 editions. Of those winners, several feature in the field this week.

Ryo Ishikawa claimed his first of three wins in 2010, adding another in 2012 and a third a decade later with a play-off victory over Rikuya Hoshino.

Takumi Kanaya, who currently leads the JGTO Order of Merit, followed Matsuyama as just the second amateur in history to win the event in 2019 and set the course-record that week of 63 (-7), which was tied by Keita Nakajima.

He also finished as the runner-up to Hideto Tanihara two years later, who himself claimed the title in both 2013 and again after development in 2021.

Other Japanese winners joining Ishikawa, Kanaya and Tanihara in the field this week include defending Taiheiyo Masters champion Shugo Imahira, Satoshi Kodaira and recent DP World Tour winner Keita Najakima, who secured his status on the DP World Tour via the pathway from the JGTO Order of Merit.

Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course is unquestionably a venue that already brings with it an unrivalled history in Japan golfing culture, but while those players will be hoping course experience counts, there is also a unique chance to add to a new legacy at this course this week - on the DP World Tour.

Fact file on Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course

Course Record : 63 (-7) by Takumi Kanaya (2019), Keita Nakajima (2019), Ryosuke Kinoshita (2020), Riki Kawamoto (2022), Taiki Hoshida (2023)

Scoring Record : -23 (265), Hideki Matsuyama (2016)

Biggest Margin of Victor y: 7 Strokes, Hideki Matsuyama (2016)

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Where to fly on a budget this summer

Airfare experts share their forecasts for summer vacation destinations that won’t break your budget.

This summer is shaping up to be another scorcher , and the demand for summer travel is piping hot, too. If early 2024 trends are any indication of what’s to come, “it’s looking to be busier than 2023,” said Katy Nastro, spokesperson for the flight booking site Going . Recent airport passenger volume numbers have regularly exceeded last year and pre-pandemic levels.

Jeff Klee, CEO of CheapAir.com , says airline capacity has rebounded from pandemic complications, but strong travel demand means summer flight prices can be high, depending on when you’re hoping to go. Flying in June, July or early August will be more expensive than later in the season, according to the company’s summer forecast .

“And it’s not just the airfare,” Klee said in an email. “Expensive hotel rates and crowds everywhere make Western Europe tricky for the summer.”

Despite the price tag, “people are going to go,” said Melanie Fish, the head of global public relations for all Expedia Brands, including Vrbo, Expedia and Hotels.com . “When we look at searches for destinations, they are definitely up year over year.”

For popular destinations like Europe , Klee and Fish say to push trips later into August, September or even October. Not only will prices soften, but you’ll alleviate some of the strain of overtourism .

“My number one tip is go ahead and take that summer vacation, but maybe hold on to take that big, big trip in September,” Fish said.

According to Expedia’s summer 2024 travel outlook , we’re currently in the sweet spot for shopping for early summer flights at the best rates, as Fish says lower fares tend to pop up 21 to 60 days out. It doesn’t hurt to start your search even earlier, setting up price alerts to flag when airfare drops. If you can swing it, look to fly on a Monday for international trips or a Tuesday for domestic trips to save up to 15 percent on fares, Fish added.

It’s not impossible to find good deals on airfare, whether you’re looking for a tropical beach trip , a mountain adventure or a vibrant city. Here are places that are trending cheaper — and the destinations you’ll want to avoid.

Go to Mexico

Sun, surf, culture, chilaquiles — Mexico is always a good idea , but particularly so this summer. With the opening of the new airport in Tulum , U.S. airlines have been adding gobs of new flights to Mexico, particularly to beach regions. “We’ve seen a healthy amount of deals down to Mexico resort areas like Cancún,” Nastro said.

Laura Lindsay, global travel trends expert at Skyscanner , says three Mexican cities — Cancún, San José del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta — are among the top 10 destinations offering travelers the best bang for their buck in 2024.

To escape the summer heat, Phyllis Stoller, president of the Women’s Travel Group , recommends high-altitude destinations like Mexico City or Ixtapan de la Sal, a town near Mexico City with thermal springs.

Avoid European port cities

If you’re considering a visit to a popular European city that’s also a cruise hub, beware. Not only will you be battling the usual summer crowds, you’ll be joined by thousands of day-trippers flooding into the ports — meaning Barcelona, Venice , Athens and Santorini.

Sandra Weinacht, who co-owns the tour company Inside Europe Travel Experiences , says you can avoid some of the madness in these hot spots by staying in neighborhoods away from the typical tourist zones. You can also visit top sites in the late afternoon or evening, after cruise travelers have returned to their ships.

Better yet, wait to visit until the shoulder season

Go to Colorado

Epic hiking, breathtaking nature and more craft beer than you could ever try in a lifetime: The Centennial State is a domestic gem. Ashlee Collins of Inspirato , a luxury travel and lifestyle subscription service, says Vail is popular among members this summer. Not only is the ski resort beautiful sans snow, it’s drivable for many, cutting a significant cost for travelers.

Airfare to Colorado is looking more reasonable than other domestic vacation hubs. Nastro recently spotted a Miami-to-Denver, round-trip fare over the July Fourth holiday for just $199. She says an average round trip from major U.S. cities is running between $173 and $250, but those prices are expected to climb upward of $350 the closer we get to summer.

Avoid places at risk for wildfires

Wildfires have become an unfortunate fixture of summers in the Northern Hemisphere. Last year’s fires in Europe — including those in Cyprus and Greece — were among the worst so far this century, the European Commission reported .

Stoller says fire risk has been a factor in her summer travel planning; she nixed a New England cruise after remembering how bad smoke was last year because of the fires in Canada . “None of us can predict everything, but that would be something I would be aware of,” she said.

Extreme heat is also an issue. Last July, Southern Europe experienced excessively high temperatures from a “heat dome.”

“There’s a concern about heat,” Stoller said. “Last summer was really painful.”

Go to the Caribbean

The Caribbean has its peak tourist season during the winter, when Americans flock to warmer waters. That means summer trips to the region tend to be quieter and cheaper.

“You can go under $300 to pretty much all of the islands: Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Aruba, Dominican Republic,” said Lindsay Schwimer, a consumer travel expert at Hopper . She’s seen similar price point flights to Colombia.

Lindsay of Skyscanner also said Puerto Rico and the Bahamas offer some of the most affordable flights from the United States this summer.

Avoid Paris

Unless you’re going for the Olympics , skip the French capital this summer.

“Paris is always a top destination in the summer, but this summer … it’s going to be on another level,” said Madison Pietrowski, head of U.S. brand at GetYourGuide .

Not only are hotel prices high, “we’re seeing that some of the top attractions like the Louvre have raised their ticket prices,” Pietrowski said.

Nastro says the crowds are going to be “bananas” during the Games, and not just in Paris. Olympic travelers are likely to add on other French destinations to their trip, like Nice — which will host soccer games — or the Côte d’Azur, which already gets popular in the summertime.

Even if you try to get ahead of the rush by visiting before the July 26 start date, you may still have some Olympics-related headaches in the French capital. As the city races to finish prep, “you might find that there’s going to be eyesores and scaffolding and loud noises early in the morning,” Nastro said.

Go to rural Europe

Interest in Western Europe has not slowed down, and Americans are expected to surge back en masse this summer. If you’d like to avoid them, put rural European destinations on your radar.

Weinacht is bullish on Spain’s Rioja region , the Basque countryside and the central Italian region of Umbria, which borders Tuscany but does not see the same levels of tourism. She’s also a fan of Carinthia, the least-populated state of Austria. “It is castle- and lake-dotted, doesn’t get too hot, and oh, the food and stories the cities and villages can tell,” Weinacht said in an email.

Weinacht says she’s been getting more requests from Americans for trips to her homeland, Germany. The country is easy to navigate with its high-speed trains, and offers a mix of small and big cities spread across powerhouse wine regions, UNESCO World Heritage sites and many food festivals . According to Skyscanner, airlines in the United States have been increasing their flights to Germany — namely, Frankfurt, an international business hub — meaning you may be able to find more deals.

Avoid Sicily and Amalfi

If your dream Italian destination has been featured on TV lately, that’s a red flag. The last season of “The White Lotus” spurred an interest in already popular Sicily ; the same is happening to the Amalfi Coast thanks to the new Netflix miniseries “Ripley.”

“They’re really going to be the most expensive and they’re going to be pretty crowded for the summer,” Schwimer said.

Where to go

Our favorite destinations: These 12 destinations are at the top of our wish list for where to go this year, without crowds. In 2023, we explored an Alaskan bear paradise, Brooklyn’s famous pizzerias and a hidden gem in Italy, among other highlights .

Travel like a local: Residents share their favorite places in our top city guides: New Orleans , Rome , Tokyo and Mexico City .

National parks: This comprehensive guide has details on all 63 U.S. national parks. For a deep dive into five of the most well-known, you can listen to the Field Trip podcast . Then explore tips from locals for visiting Yosemite , Glacier and Everglades .

Tales from the road: Dolly Parton has opened a new resort at her theme park complex in Tennessee, while “Fixer Upper” stars Chip and Joanna Gaines have a new hotel in Waco . Road-trippers may be just as excited to see the cartoon beaver at Buc-ee’s , and bargain-hunters should consider a stop at the Unclaimed Baggage store in Scottsboro, Ala.