Overview
- The UAE has a trimmed April calendar with confirmed tickets on sale, including the Firdaus Orchestra on April 10 and Atif Aslam at Coca‑Cola Arena on April 19.
- Dubai Opera has resumed limited programming with a reopening concert on April 4 that features Yara, Mahmoud Al Turky and Mouhamad Khairy.
- Platinumlist’s regional director estimates that about 60 percent of major events on the platform were postponed, though many April dates remain on schedule.
- Organizers have moved headline shows to later dates, including Offlimits to November 21 with Shakira and the Jonas Brothers retained and Christina Aguilera to September 25 in Abu Dhabi, in a backlog they say could make late 2026 and early 2027 unusually busy.
- Coca‑Cola Arena converted its floor into a four‑day retail sale and is reworking its concert slate after some tours were canceled and others were shifted into the fourth quarter or early 2027, as higher travel costs and limited flights strain routing.