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Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Cher’s ties to the LGBTQ community go back even further than you might think. “The first gay guys I ever met, I was 9 years old,” she said Thursday night at West Hollywood’s The Abbey, at a celebration for the bar’s new owner, Tristan Schukraft.

EXCLUSIVE: Following its work on premium series The Bagman, Philippines production outfit Rein Entertainment is launching a slate of films and series here at Busan’s Asian Contents and Film Market (ACFM) headed by crime drama series Drug War: A Conspiracy Of Silence and Lino Cayetano’s ‘Neo-Western’ movie Salvageland.

Kylie Minogue has announced a 2025 ‘Tension’ world tour – check out all the dates and find ticket details below.The pop icon will be performing shows across the UK, her home country of Australia and Asia next year.The ‘Padam Padam’ singer will kick off the tour with a performance at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia on February 15, before she continues on to Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.The Asia leg will begin with a show in Bangkok on March 10, followed by gigs in Tokyo, Kaohsiung and Manila – with all venues still yet to be confirmed.The pop star will then embark on the UK leg with a show at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on May 16, before she continues on to Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, London, Nottingham and a final concert at Birmingham’s BP Pulse Live on May 31. She’s also teased that more dates will be announced soon.General sale tickets for UK dates will be available from Friday (September 27) at 10am BST here.General sale for Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney starts Wednesday, October 2 at 11am local time, and 1pm local time for Melbourne.

Coldplay has won the hearts of fans by offering tickets for their ongoing world tour at a mere £20.The rock band, who first graced the stage at Camden's Dublin Castle in 1998 as The Coldplay, have been globe-trotting for their Music Of The Spheres World Tour recently - and they're set to go on the road again next year, heading to cities including Manila, Singapore, Bangkok, Athens, Bucharest, Lyon, Rome, Dusseldorf, Helsinki, Munich, Vienna, Dublin, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. Despite being one of the biggest bands on the planet, in an unexpected move, the band revealed that a limited number of tickets will be available for just £20.

EXCLUSIVE: Unscripted series Manila Matriarchs has cast singer-actress Karylle Tatlonghari-Yuzon, as well as fashion professional Myrza Sison and entrepreneurs Joanna Preysler-Francisco and Trisha Bantigue-Tsao.

F.T. Island have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Pulse’ Asia tour, featuring concerts in the Philippines, Taiwan and more.Dubbed the ‘Pulse’ tour, F.T.

GOT7‘s Yugyeom has announced his upcoming 2024 ‘Trusty’ tour, featuring concerts in Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and more.On July 26, GOT7 singer Yugyeom revealed the dates for his newly announced 2024 ‘Trusty’ tour. It’ll feature nine shows across eight countries from October to December this year.The K-pop star will kick-off his tour on October 5 with a show in Singapore.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Kino will host a digital premiere for queer dramatic thriller “Ganymede” on Aug. 1. The event will benefit GLAAD.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Moro,” a tale of fractious fraternal relations that debuted last year in the Jiseok section of the Busan International Film Festival, has begun airing on Netflix in Southeast Asia, including director Brillante Mendoza’s native Philippines. In other territories, the film’s rights are being represented by Manila-based finance, production and sales firm Fire and Ice. With a screenplay by Honeylyn Joy Alipio, and production by Mendoza’s Center Stage Productions, “Moro” tells a story about a widowed mother (played by Laurice Guillen) who tries to reconcile two brothers who are feuding over a piece of disputed land in Mindanao. The older brother is diligent and responsible, the younger one has squandered his savings on gambling.

SHINee singer Taemin has announced his 2024 solo world tour, titled ‘Ephemeral Gaze’, featuring concerts in Asia and more.Today (July 19), SHINee’s Taemin announced the first batch of dates for his upcoming 2024 ‘Ephemeral Gaze’ world tour, currently featuring 14 concerts over 10 countries across four months.It’ll kick off with a two-day concert at the end of August at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. Thereafter, the K-pop star will bring his tour to cities across Japan, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

K-pop boy band ZEROBASEONE have announced dates in Asia for their upcoming ‘Timeless World’ tour.On July 15, the nine-member act unveiled a poster for their ‘Timeless World’ tour, which begins this September at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea. The group will then head to Singapore later that month, followed by Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta and Macau.ZEROBASEONE will take their tour to Aichi in Japan in late November, followed by Kanagawa.

Stray Kids have announced their upcoming 2024 to 2025 ‘dominATE’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, Europe, North America and more.On July 8, Stray Kids announced the first batch of dates and concerts for their upcoming 2024 to 2025 ‘dominATE’ world tour. The tour will kick off with its APAC leg, running from August 2024 to January 2025.The APAC leg of the ‘dominATE’ tour will open with four shows at the KSPO Dome in South Korea from late-August to early-September.

indie rockers Hitsujibungaku have shared with NME insights into their recent singles, including ‘Burning’, their brand-new ending theme to the second season of hit anime, Oshi No Ko. Read on for the interview.Spearheaded by guitarist/bandleader Moeka Shiotsuka and steadily backed by drummer Hiroa Fukuda and bassist Yurika Kasai, the band first emerged in Tokyo’s indie rock underground over the late 2010s.

Lovely Runner, has opened up about his newfound popularity following the show’s success.Byeon Woo-seok recently held a fan-meeting event in Manila, the Phillipines as part of his ‘Summer Letter’ Asia tour. During the event, the actor spoke to Bandwagon about his breakout role in Lovely Runner and how he’s “still not able to get around to the sudden popularity” that he is receiving.“Everything itself, my day-to-day is actually a big surprise, a big amazement,” Byeon added.

Red Velvet have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Happiness: My Dear, ReVe1uv’ Asia tour, featuring concerts in Thailand, Indonesia and more.Today (June 19), Red Velvet revealed that they will be embarking on an Asia fancon tour this August and September. Titled ‘Happiness: My Dear, ReVe1uv’, it will kick off on August 3 and 4 at the Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.Later that same month, the girl group will also play two shows at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.

Queen of Tears star Kim Soo-hyun has announced his upcoming 2024 ‘Eyes On You’ Asia fanmeet tour, featuring shows in Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and more.Kim Soo-hyun’s management GOLDMEDALIST announced that the tour will be kicking off this summer, marking his first overseas trek in about 10 years. The tour arrives fresh off the back of the conclusion of Queen of Tears, which broke television broadcast records for cable network tvN.Kim is scheduled to begin the tour with a show in Bangkok, before he heads to a handful of major cities in East and Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong, Jakarta and more.

Xdinary Heroes are hitting the road stateside!

Amazon Prime Video has removed a film from its library after receiving one Ofcom complaint.Filipino film Pamasahe, which was released in 2022, was found to be in breach of the regulator’s code, with the removal coming after the recent passing of the Media Bill in the UK’s House of Lords.The new law means streamers must be regulated the same as traditional broadcasters in Britain in areas such as harmful content.According to Deadline, one person complained to Ofcom after initially writing to Amazon about a scene in Pamasahe that “concerned about the inclusion of a baby in scenes depicting sexual activity between adults”.After reportedly receiving no response – and then an unsatisfactory response from the streamer – they contacted the regulator, who in turn then contacted the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).They advised that “the sequence…contains a frame that would contravene the Protection of Children Act 1978….on the basis that it shows a child in the same frame as sexual activity”. After the BBFC contacted Amazon, the film was removed.The streamer said in response that it believed that it had “robust, complete and effective” checking measures in place, evidenced by “over a decade of content distribution under the supervision of Ofcom without any prior formal investigations from Ofcom.”They added: “These sorts of content policies are nuanced and we regularly evaluate where we can make improvements.”Pamasahe follows the story of “a penniless mother, with her infant child” who “takes on a journey by land and sea to find her husband in Manila”.

Amazon has fallen foul of Ofcom‘s code in the UK for the first time.

Queen of Tears star Kim Ji-won has announced her upcoming 2024 ‘Be My One’ fanmeeting tour, featuring shows in Thailand, Indonesia and more.Today (May 28), Kim Ji-won’s agency HighZium Studio announced the actress’ upcoming 2024 ‘Be My One’ fanmeeting tour. It comes hot on the heels of her starring role in the popular Netflix K-drama series, Queen of Tears.The actress will kick off her fanmeeting tour this July with two shows in Japan, in the cities of Osaka and Tokyo, as well as a stop in Taipei.

Editor’s note: The author intentionally uses “Filipine” in reference to Pura Luka Vega instead of the more commonly used “Filipino” because it is more neutral than the Spanish masculine “-o.” Are there places on this globe of ours where drag performance has been rendered effectively illegal? Where television offers drag franchise competitions, but drag performance outside screens is criminalized? One might ask Pura Luka Vega (PLV), a Filipine national who ran afoul of the high-strung and powerful “Religious Reich” entrenched in the Philippines. By the time the U.S.