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Tate McRae Coming to Six Canadian Cities on Miss Possessive World Tour

Jelly Roll, Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance have also added upcoming dates in Canada.

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Canadian pop star Tate McRae has announced her third album, and she's bringing it to Canada next summer.

The Alberta-born, California-based singer has So Close To What for a February 21 release, followed by a world tour with several Canadian dates.


The Miss Possessive Tour will come through Canada in August 2025, with arena concerts in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto and Ottawa.

The tour marks McRae's first major string of Canadian dates since hitting No. 1 in Canada with "greedy" in 2023. Her Think Later world tour brought her to Toronto's Budweiser Stage and the Calgary Stampede this past summer, but this tour will give more Canadian fans the chance to see the country's biggest recent breakthrough star live.

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Tickets for the Miss Possessive Tour go on sale Nov. 22, with presale starting Nov. 19.

Tate McRae Miss Possessive Canadian Dates

Tuesday, August 5 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena

Thursday, August 7 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place

Saturday, August 9 - Winnipeg, MB - Canada Life Centre

Tuesday, August 19 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena

Friday, August 22 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre

Sunday, August 24 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre

More Canadian Concert Announcements

Tate McRae isn't the only major star making moves through Canada.

The recently re-formed Linkin Park announced a Toronto date for August 25, 2025, at Scotiabank Arena. The date is part of their From Zero world tour, supporting the album of the same name, out this Friday, November 15. The band has been charting well since their re-launch, though there's been some controversy around new singer Emily Armstrong. Tickets for the world tour go on sale November 21.

Tennessee singer Jelly Roll announced his Beautifully Broken Great Northern Tour this week, which will take him through 12 Canadian cities. The Tennessee singer has chosen Canada for his first international headlining tour after playing his first-ever international shows in Ottawa and Toronto this summer. He'll play from Victoria to Quebec City in March, 2025. The announcement comes on the heels of his two Grammy nominations, for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance with "I Am Not Okay." Tickets go on sale November 15.

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Emo heroes My Chemical Romance also announced a major Canadian date this week. They'll perform a stadium date at Toronto's Rogers Centre on August 22, 2025. The band will be performing their celebrated album, The Black Parade, in full, with iconic alt-rock group Pixies opening at the Toronto stop. Tickets go on sale November 15.

Quebec City festival Toboggan dropped its lineup this week. Canadian rapper Haviah Mighty, Quebec band La Bottine Souriante, and international EDM acts bbno$ and Jonas Blue will all perform at the festival. Hosted by BLEUFEU, the people behind the mega-festival FEQ, Toboggan is a winter festival happening December 29-31, 2024. Tickets are on sale now.

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