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24-05-2025
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Korean Superstar BIBI Announces ‘Eve' World Tour Unveiling New Zealand Show This October
Press Release – Live Nation Entertainment TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, NZ (May 23, 2025) – Multi-talented Korean singer and actress BIBI is set to embark on her highly anticipated first world tour EVE, announcing one night only in New Zealand, marking a significant milestone in her international career. With the tour commencing in Seoul, Korea last week, she will connect with fans across the United States and Canada before making stops in Asia including Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Osaka, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Taipei and Jakarta, before heading to Australia and New Zealand in October. BIBI will perform at Auckland's Spark Arena on October 15. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Monday June 2. A Weverse pookïe Membership Presale will run from 10am until 2pm on Thursday May 29. Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in New Zealand. Mastercard Presale starts Thursday May 29 at 3pm and ends Thursday May 29 at 11:59pm. Plus, preferred ticket access to some of the best tickets are available from Monday June 2 at 10am. Check out for details. My Live Nation members may secure tickets during the presale beginning Friday May 30 at 10am until Monday June 2 at 9am. For complete tour and ticket information, visit As BIBI's first global tour since her debut in 2019, expectations are high for her dynamic performances and bold artistic vision. Renowned for her genre-blending music and distinctive stage presence, she is set to deliver an electrifying experience, featuring hits from her discography along with special performances. This tour not only highlights BIBI's growing global influence but also solidifies her status as one of the most exciting artists in the international music scene. The title of BIBI's world tour, EVE, also adds an intriguing layer to the experience. The tour serves as a fitting conclusion to her Era of Love series, which has unfolded since last year through releases like ' Hongdae R&B,' ' Bam Yang Gang,' ' DERRE,' and ' Bluebird.' Throughout this series, BIBI has introduced two distinct personas, EVE and EVE-1, using them to convey contrasting emotions and perspectives in her music – each time releasing her work as a double single. With such a unique storytelling approach, anticipation is high for how this narrative will be brought to life on stage. About BIBI BIBI (Kim Hyoung-seo) is an artist under Feel Ghood Music, recognised for her distinctive musical style and emotionally captivating performances. With her unique sound and deeply expressive lyrics, she has captured the hearts of fans across the globe. Effortlessly blending R&B, hip-hop, and pop, her music showcases a genre-defying versatility. Since making her debut with the single BINU in 2019, BIBI has released hit songs such as BIBI Vengeance, The Weekend, and Bam Yang Gang, establishing herself as a rising global artist. Renowned for her exceptional songwriting, composing skills, and dynamic stage presence, she continues to carve out a musical identity that is entirely her own. Beyond music, BIBI has also made a name for herself in film and television, displaying her multifaceted talents. Seamlessly balancing mainstream appeal with artistic originality, she constantly delivers fresh and unexpected sounds, making her one of the most exciting artists to watch.
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24-05-2025
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Korean Superstar BIBI Announces ‘Eve' World Tour Unveiling New Zealand Show This October
TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, NZ (May 23, 2025) – Multi-talented Korean singer and actress BIBI is set to embark on her highly anticipated first world tour EVE, announcing one night only in New Zealand, marking a significant milestone in her international career. With the tour commencing in Seoul, Korea last week, she will connect with fans across the United States and Canada before making stops in Asia including Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Osaka, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Taipei and Jakarta, before heading to Australia and New Zealand in October. BIBI will perform at Auckland's Spark Arena on October 15. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Monday June 2. A Weverse pookïe Membership Presale will run from 10am until 2pm on Thursday May 29. Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in New Zealand. Mastercard Presale starts Thursday May 29 at 3pm and ends Thursday May 29 at 11:59pm. Plus, preferred ticket access to some of the best tickets are available from Monday June 2 at 10am. Check out for details. My Live Nation members may secure tickets during the presale beginning Friday May 30 at 10am until Monday June 2 at 9am. For complete tour and ticket information, visit As BIBI's first global tour since her debut in 2019, expectations are high for her dynamic performances and bold artistic vision. Renowned for her genre-blending music and distinctive stage presence, she is set to deliver an electrifying experience, featuring hits from her discography along with special performances. This tour not only highlights BIBI's growing global influence but also solidifies her status as one of the most exciting artists in the international music scene. The title of BIBI's world tour, EVE, also adds an intriguing layer to the experience. The tour serves as a fitting conclusion to her Era of Love series, which has unfolded since last year through releases like " Hongdae R&B," " Bam Yang Gang," " DERRE," and " Bluebird." Throughout this series, BIBI has introduced two distinct personas, EVE and EVE-1, using them to convey contrasting emotions and perspectives in her music - each time releasing her work as a double single. With such a unique storytelling approach, anticipation is high for how this narrative will be brought to life on stage. About BIBI BIBI (Kim Hyoung-seo) is an artist under Feel Ghood Music, recognised for her distinctive musical style and emotionally captivating performances. With her unique sound and deeply expressive lyrics, she has captured the hearts of fans across the globe. Effortlessly blending R&B, hip-hop, and pop, her music showcases a genre-defying versatility. Since making her debut with the single BINU in 2019, BIBI has released hit songs such as BIBI Vengeance, The Weekend, and Bam Yang Gang, establishing herself as a rising global artist. Renowned for her exceptional songwriting, composing skills, and dynamic stage presence, she continues to carve out a musical identity that is entirely her own. Beyond music, BIBI has also made a name for herself in film and television, displaying her multifaceted talents. Seamlessly balancing mainstream appeal with artistic originality, she constantly delivers fresh and unexpected sounds, making her one of the most exciting artists to watch.
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01-05-2025
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Artistic Underground Festival F.O.L.A [AKL] Returns To Tāmaki Makaurau
Press Release – 818. Back in full force for the first time since 2023, F.O.L.A. [AKL] is a haven for the misfits, punks & menaces of the art world & is full of the kind of art that starts movements and shapes the future. It is your gateway drug to the wildest, most exciting … TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND: The performance art festival from the artistic underground, F.O.L.A [AKL] (Festival of Live Art – Auckland) is returning for a four night midwinter festival from the 11th-14th June. Blink, and you'll miss it! Back in full force for the first time since 2023, F.O.L.A. [AKL] is a haven for the misfits, punks and menaces of the art world and is full of the kind of art that starts movements and shapes the future. It is your gateway drug to the wildest, most exciting Queer and BIPOC artists in Aotearoa and beyond. In 2025, the festival takes over Auckland's Basement Theatre for four full days and nights with performances, exhibitions, rituals and dance floors by fearless artists who make you feel like your heart is on the line. ' Neoliberal and capitalist structures have failed to create space for Live Art and artists in general. F.O.L.A. [AKL] is here to change that. So apart from innovative content, the festival is by artists, for artists, led through care and responsiveness, upholding Aotearoa's most forward-thinking Queer and BIPOC makers.' – Nisha Madhan & Julia Croft, Co-Artistic Directors. The most exciting and wild picture of living in Aotearoa comes straight through the eyes of these artists and F.O.L.A. [AKL] presents this through an audacious program of 7 full length shows, including 5 brand new works, showcasing local and international artists and supported by a full free public program. 'This energetic and world-class art showcase lit up Central Auckland and the hearts of its people who came out to experience otherworldly spectacles and reveled in joyous collective escapism.' – F.O.L.A. [AKL] 2023, Audience Member Beginning with the exact moment of the MOONRISE, F.O.L.A. [AKL] opens with a collective ritual Ahikoa te Ahi co-designed with exuberant Taranaki artist and activist Grayson Goffe. This opening event melds fire and water to create a moment of communion through the ringing of bells, all under the light of the Full Moon. During SUNTIME a free family-friendly audio experience, A Rain Walk, is guided by the recorded voices of children from across Australia and New Zealand for all ages, by UK live artists Andy Field and Beckie Darlington, and is best experienced in the rain. Arts brats are F.O.L.A. [AKL] residents and ambassadors. For 2025, they include Emma McManu, (international), Manu Veau (visual art), Raven Purcell (dance), Jon Jon 'Kaisindra' Tolovae (vogue), Kitty Wasasala (writer) and Janaye Henry (comedy). These creatives embody the heart of the festival and make the type of work that really gets your blood pumping. At Art Brats' (Potluck) Art Brunch expect an informal chat from the art brats about art and life over a potluck brunch – bring a plate. When it's time for SUNSET the outdoor Festival Hearth (FOLA'S iconic Festival Garden), outside Basement, comes alive with Moon Prism Power Bottoms, a free digital projection and cheeky South Auckland Sailor Moon adventure of ancestral queer friendship and the power of alofa (love) from Falesā (Mush) Iosefo and Sione Monū of WHEKE FORTRESS. Also located in the Festival Hearth from 5pm on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th is Liquid Light, an interactive performance that allows guests to use a variety of liquids and tools to create their own immersive psychedelic world from Sam Caldwell. MOONTIME brings Pageant Moon, a world in which a process and movement unfolds Presley Ziogas transfixation on the idea of dying, taking place in Myers Park. A free digital release of video art (online at from smut writer, critical theorist and K' Rd icon Samuel Te Kani offer a guide for all on how to navigate ecological and social decay as a self-indulgent creative in Surviving the Necropolis. Basement Theatre hosts Fetū x Fetu'u performance art that chronicles the multifaceted experiences of Moe Laga, (recipient of CNZ's Pacific Aniva Residency) a Samoan Fa'afafine born in Aotearoa, who is grappling with the complexities of life in South Auckland. BTM The Voice of Vessels expands on visual artist Sung Hwan Bobby Park 's visceral exploration of creation and sexuality. In this performance, Park sculpts clay through fisting, not only forming ceramic vessels but also excavating microphones. Choreography duo Jessie McCall and Rose Philpott present MDF (medium density fantasy). This work asks the audience to trust the duo, though there may be reason not to. Queer PowerPoint provides an evening of corporate presentations and personal optimisation – but queer. Artists are asked to create a new 10-minute performance lecture about absolutely anything – the only rules are it has to be queer af, and they have to use Microsoft PowerPoint, starwipes fully encouraged – the cult hit from Australian artists Harriet Gilles, Xanthe Dobbie, and Thom Smythe with an accompanying callout from local artists to shuck their niche brainwaves. Tasmania-based artist Loren Kronemyer 's works span objects, interactive and live performance, exploring ecological futures and survival-based skills. In Materiel World she will attempt to reverse-mine community e-waste for copper, reconstituting it into a bullet destined to be shot back into the ground. Glory Whole is a surreal, transgressive collaboration between sewer-pop trio Grecco Romank (Best Alternative Artist Nominee, 2024) and the beautifully alien artist Copper MaeSteal, unravelling society's obsessions from over consumption to the body-horror of plastic surgery, through dream-logic scenes. The end of the festival closes with Hulla Gulla, Chaos Party. Famous for bringing a 3 hour nonstop dance floor at Basement Theatre and encouraging the elopement of young lovers. Guest curators TBA. F.O.L.A. [AKL] is about building a community of artists and safeguarding their artform, livelihoods and legacies by creating new models within which they can flourish and a transparent excuse to throw a big, goddamn beautiful party. Nisha Madhan & Julia Croft continue ' We have heard clearly from our community over the past two years that what is needed are alternative models that centre care for artists. So apart from innovative content, the festival is led through care, responsibility and responsiveness to uphold Aotearoa's most forward thinking artists. ' This is art. But not as you know it.
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01-05-2025
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Artistic Underground Festival F.O.L.A [AKL] Returns To Tāmaki Makaurau
Press Release – 818. TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND: The performance art festival from the artistic underground, F.O.L.A [AKL] (Festival of Live Art – Auckland) is returning for a four night midwinter festival from the 11th-14th June. Blink, and you'll miss it! Back in full force for the first time since 2023, F.O.L.A. [AKL] is a haven for the misfits, punks and menaces of the art world and is full of the kind of art that starts movements and shapes the future. It is your gateway drug to the wildest, most exciting Queer and BIPOC artists in Aotearoa and beyond. In 2025, the festival takes over Auckland's Basement Theatre for four full days and nights with performances, exhibitions, rituals and dance floors by fearless artists who make you feel like your heart is on the line. ' Neoliberal and capitalist structures have failed to create space for Live Art and artists in general. F.O.L.A. [AKL] is here to change that. So apart from innovative content, the festival is by artists, for artists, led through care and responsiveness, upholding Aotearoa's most forward-thinking Queer and BIPOC makers.' – Nisha Madhan & Julia Croft, Co-Artistic Directors. The most exciting and wild picture of living in Aotearoa comes straight through the eyes of these artists and F.O.L.A. [AKL] presents this through an audacious program of 7 full length shows, including 5 brand new works, showcasing local and international artists and supported by a full free public program. 'This energetic and world-class art showcase lit up Central Auckland and the hearts of its people who came out to experience otherworldly spectacles and reveled in joyous collective escapism.' – F.O.L.A. [AKL] 2023, Audience Member Beginning with the exact moment of the MOONRISE, F.O.L.A. [AKL] opens with a collective ritual Ahikoa te Ahi co-designed with exuberant Taranaki artist and activist Grayson Goffe. This opening event melds fire and water to create a moment of communion through the ringing of bells, all under the light of the Full Moon. During SUNTIME a free family-friendly audio experience, A Rain Walk, is guided by the recorded voices of children from across Australia and New Zealand for all ages, by UK live artists Andy Field and Beckie Darlington, and is best experienced in the rain. Arts brats are F.O.L.A. [AKL] residents and ambassadors. For 2025, they include Emma McManu, (international), Manu Veau (visual art), Raven Purcell (dance), Jon Jon 'Kaisindra' Tolovae (vogue), Kitty Wasasala (writer) and Janaye Henry (comedy). These creatives embody the heart of the festival and make the type of work that really gets your blood pumping. At Art Brats' (Potluck) Art Brunch expect an informal chat from the art brats about art and life over a potluck brunch – bring a plate. When it's time for SUNSET the outdoor Festival Hearth (FOLA'S iconic Festival Garden), outside Basement, comes alive with Moon Prism Power Bottoms, a free digital projection and cheeky South Auckland Sailor Moon adventure of ancestral queer friendship and the power of alofa (love) from Falesā (Mush) Iosefo and Sione Monū of WHEKE FORTRESS. Also located in the Festival Hearth from 5pm on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th is Liquid Light, an interactive performance that allows guests to use a variety of liquids and tools to create their own immersive psychedelic world from Sam Caldwell. MOONTIME brings Pageant Moon, a world in which a process and movement unfolds Presley Ziogas transfixation on the idea of dying, taking place in Myers Park. A free digital release of video art (online at from smut writer, critical theorist and K' Rd icon Samuel Te Kani offer a guide for all on how to navigate ecological and social decay as a self-indulgent creative in Surviving the Necropolis. Basement Theatre hosts Fetū x Fetu'u performance art that chronicles the multifaceted experiences of Moe Laga, (recipient of CNZ's Pacific Aniva Residency) a Samoan Fa'afafine born in Aotearoa, who is grappling with the complexities of life in South Auckland. BTM The Voice of Vessels expands on visual artist Sung Hwan Bobby Park 's visceral exploration of creation and sexuality. In this performance, Park sculpts clay through fisting, not only forming ceramic vessels but also excavating microphones. Choreography duo Jessie McCall and Rose Philpott present MDF (medium density fantasy). This work asks the audience to trust the duo, though there may be reason not to. Queer PowerPoint provides an evening of corporate presentations and personal optimisation – but queer. Artists are asked to create a new 10-minute performance lecture about absolutely anything – the only rules are it has to be queer af, and they have to use Microsoft PowerPoint, starwipes fully encouraged – the cult hit from Australian artists Harriet Gilles, Xanthe Dobbie, and Thom Smythe with an accompanying callout from local artists to shuck their niche brainwaves. Tasmania-based artist Loren Kronemyer 's works span objects, interactive and live performance, exploring ecological futures and survival-based skills. In Materiel World she will attempt to reverse-mine community e-waste for copper, reconstituting it into a bullet destined to be shot back into the ground. Glory Whole is a surreal, transgressive collaboration between sewer-pop trio Grecco Romank (Best Alternative Artist Nominee, 2024) and the beautifully alien artist Copper MaeSteal, unravelling society's obsessions from over consumption to the body-horror of plastic surgery, through dream-logic scenes. The end of the festival closes with Hulla Gulla, Chaos Party. Famous for bringing a 3 hour nonstop dance floor at Basement Theatre and encouraging the elopement of young lovers. Guest curators TBA. F.O.L.A. [AKL] is about building a community of artists and safeguarding their artform, livelihoods and legacies by creating new models within which they can flourish and a transparent excuse to throw a big, goddamn beautiful party. Nisha Madhan & Julia Croft continue ' We have heard clearly from our community over the past two years that what is needed are alternative models that centre care for artists. So apart from innovative content, the festival is led through care, responsibility and responsiveness to uphold Aotearoa's most forward thinking artists. ' This is art. But not as you know it.
