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Band-Maid Returns to Mexico City on October 17

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Band-Maid will play Mexico City on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at the Pabellón Oeste of the Palacio de los Deportes. It is the band’s only confirmed show in Mexico this year and the last date of the North American leg of its World Tour 2026.

Previous shows in Mexico

Mexico has been part of Band-Maid’s international plans since the beginning. The band’s first overseas tour, in October and November 2016, included Mexico, Hong Kong and six European countries. A return followed in 2018, and the October 17 show will be the band’s fourth visit to the country.

The most recent visit was on August 18, 2023, at the same venue. It was the 19th and final date of the North American leg of the 10th anniversary tour, and the band’s first Mexican show in five years. Japanese outlet Barks reported that fans began chanting the band’s name an hour before the show, as they had at the previous Mexican concert.

The band has another link to Mexico through The Warning, a three-sister rock band from Monterrey. The members of The Warning, who were fans of Band-Maid, met the band backstage at the Aftershock Festival in 2022. The two bands later played a joint show in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, and released the collaboration “Show Them.” In a 2023 interview, vocalist Saiki said the band wanted to perform in Mexico again.

The October 17 show

The concert is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. at the Pabellón Oeste of the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. Tickets are sold through Ticketmaster México. A Banamex cardholder presale opened on July 30, with an installment option for participating cards.

The Mexico City date closes the North American leg of World Tour 2026, which started on October 3 in Chicago and also included New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles and Phoenix. According to Pony Canyon, it is the band’s first solo North American tour in about three years, since the 2023 anniversary tour, and it features the band’s new music. The sources reviewed do not name a support act for the Mexico City show or publish the setlist.

What comes after Mexico

No other Mexican dates have been announced for 2026. After Mexico City, the tour returns to Japan, with shows in Aichi on November 1 and Osaka on November 3. The World Tour 2026 Final takes place at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on November 13 and 14, with the rock band NEK! as the opening act. The November 14 show is sold out.

The band released the single “Energetic” on June 24, its first physical single since “Sense” in 2021. After the Budokan shows, Band-Maid will pause live performances. Its members plan to keep producing music, and the band plans to return in 2028, the year of its 15th anniversary.

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