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The North American majors and the Latin American circuit that shares their bills.

Bad Nerves on stage at Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park, Austin, on 11 October 2026, the final day of the edition.

The Americas

ACL Fest held up through the mud at 25, but its line-up looked like someone else's

The 25th Austin City Limits Music Festival closed on 11 October after a rain-soaked first weekend and a dusty second. Three of its five headliners had topped Lollapalooza in Chicago two months earlier.

By Nicolás Martín · 13 October 2026

The main stage at Lollapalooza Argentina in the Hipódromo de San Isidro, Buenos Aires province, in April 2014.

The Americas

Four festivals, two weekends, one bill: what Lollapalooza's 2027 line-ups say about South America

Lollapalooza Argentina and Chile share 12 to 14 March 2027 and Brasil follows on 19 to 21 March. Bogotá's Estéreo Picnic sits on that second weekend with three of the same headliners.

By Nicolás Martín · 13 October 2026

Confetti over the crowd at a Rock in Rio show in Rio de Janeiro in October 2019. The photo is from the 2019 edition, not the one covered here.

The Americas

Rock in Rio filled seven rainy days with 700,000 people, then lost its beer sponsor of 15 years

Organisers put attendance at about 700,000 across seven days in September, with 49% of the crowd from outside Rio de Janeiro state. The day after the festival closed, Heineken ended a partnership that dated from 2011.

By Nicolás Martín · 13 October 2026

The entrance arch at Corona Capital in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, on 18 November 2017.

The Americas

Corona Capital moves a week later and cuts its price, with a bill the autumn circuit already knows

Mexico City's festival runs from 20 to 22 November 2026 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, led by Gorillaz, Twenty One Pilots and The Strokes. Its general pass opened at 4,090 pesos before fees, the lowest first-phase price in four years.

By Nicolás Martín · 13 October 2026

Grant Park seen from the NEMA tower on 22 July 2022, with Lollapalooza stages set up and Buckingham Fountain at centre left. The photo shows the 2022 build, not the 2026 edition.

The Americas

Lollapalooza sold out Grant Park again, and the ground under it became the story

Organisers say all 115,000 daily tickets were sold for the 30 July to 2 August edition. Two days of rain then put the condition of Chicago's lakefront park, and who pays to protect it, at the centre of the aftermath.

By Nicolás Martín · 13 October 2026