August 18, 2026 - Celebrity News

Jonas Brothers Expand ‘Burning Up Tour All Over Again’ to 45 Cities After Sold-Out MSG Announcement, Disney Legends Induction, and Camp Rock 3 Premiere

Celebrity News Staff 2 on August 18, 2026

The Jonas Brothers announced Monday that The Burning Up Tour All Over Again will expand into a 45-city North American arena run this fall, turning what started as a three-night celebration at Madison Square Garden into a full continental tour. Promoted by Live Nation, the run kicks off September 25 at TD Garden in Boston and wraps December 21 at Prudential Center in Newark, with stops in Toronto, Washington D.C., Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, and dozens of other cities between.

The announcement caps an extraordinary week for Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas. On Sunday, August 16, the brothers were inducted as Disney Legends at D23, one of The Walt Disney Company’s highest honors. Camp Rock 3 premiered on Disney Channel last Thursday before arriving on Disney+ the following day, nearly two decades after the original film debuted just ahead of the 2008 Burning Up Tour that inspired this new run. And earlier in the week, the Jonas Brothers were named halftime performers for the NFL’s first regular-season game in Australia on September 11.

Key Takeaways

The Jonas Brothers announced a 45-city North American tour, The Burning Up Tour All Over Again, running September 25 through December 21, promoted by Live Nation
The tour expanded from a sold-out three-night Madison Square Garden engagement (August 20 to 22) after what the band described as an “overwhelming response” to the initial announcement
Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas were inducted as Disney Legends at D23 on August 16, receiving one of The Walt Disney Company’s highest honors alongside their handprint ceremony
Camp Rock 3 premiered on Disney Channel last week and is now streaming on Disney+, arriving nearly two decades after the original film that launched alongside the 2008 Burning Up Tour
Special guests on select dates include All Time Low, Franklin Jonas (the brothers’ younger sibling), Magnus Ferrell, and Deleasa
Spotify Reserved presale begins Tuesday, August 18 at 8:28 a.m. local time, with general on-sale Friday, August 21 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster

The Original Burning Up Tour Built a Generation of Fans

The 2008 Burning Up Tour was the Jonas Brothers’ fifth headlining concert tour, and it became the run that transformed the group from Disney Channel stars into arena-level performers. The original 48-date trek launched in Toronto on July 4, 2008, and concluded in San Juan on March 22, 2009, with music drawn from the Camp Rock soundtrack and the band’s third studio album, A Little Bit Longer. Special guests on that tour included Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Avril Lavigne, and The Veronicas, a lineup that reflected the moment’s pop landscape and the brothers’ position at its center.

The new tour is designed as a direct callback to that era. On Sunday, August 16, arenas across the country debuted the tour announcement simultaneously. Each venue displayed its confirmed concert date in the iconic flame-styled text from the original Burning Up Tour branding. The coordinated reveal across venue marquees and social media accounts created a nationwide visual announcement that bypassed traditional press rollouts.

The band framed the expansion as a response to demand that exceeded what the MSG dates could absorb. “The response was so overwhelming announcing the MSG shows that we knew we couldn’t stop at New York,” the Jonas Brothers said in a statement. “We’re taking The Burning Up Tour All Over Again on the road so we can relive it with all of you, city by city.”

A Week That Touched Every Phase of the Jonas Brothers’ Career

The tour announcement landed at the end of a week that functioned as a career retrospective in real time. The Disney Legends induction at D23 on August 16 placed the Jonas Brothers alongside a legacy of artists, filmmakers, and performers who have shaped the Disney brand across decades. During the ceremony, the brothers received a handprint honor and delivered remarks that balanced nostalgia with humor, telling Bob Iger that they “always consider him family, which is how we hope he sees us when he does his estate planning.”

Camp Rock 3 brought the brothers back into character as Connect 3, the fictional band from the Disney Channel franchise that introduced them to millions of younger viewers in 2008. The third installment premiered on Disney Channel last Thursday and moved to Disney+ on Friday, completing a cycle that began when the original Camp Rock aired just weeks before the first Burning Up Tour launched. The timing of the film, the induction, and the tour announcement created a narrative arc that connected the band’s Disney-era origins to its present-day arena status.

The NFL halftime slot adds yet another dimension. The Jonas Brothers will perform during the league’s first regular-season game in Australia on September 11, placing them on a global stage two weeks before the domestic tour begins. The band has sold north of 20 million albums, generated billions of streams, logged 26 Billboard Hot 100 hits, and scored three consecutive number one debuts on the Billboard 200. Concert tours have grossed over $300 million across their career.

Spotify’s ‘Reserved’ Presale Offers a New Ticketing Model

The ticketing rollout introduces a new mechanism for fan access. Spotify’s Reserved presale, launching Tuesday, August 18 at 8:28 a.m. local time, will set tickets aside for eligible Spotify Premium subscribers who rank as top fans of the Jonas Brothers based on their listening history. This is the first time the Reserved by Spotify feature has been applied to a Jonas Brothers tour, and it represents a growing trend of streaming platforms using listener data to grant concert access before general on-sale.

Additional presales will run throughout the week, with the general public on-sale beginning Friday, August 21 at 10 a.m. local time through Ticketmaster. The Jonas Brothers are also partnering with PopUp Bagels for a limited-edition Burning Up Schmear, a hot pepper parmesan cream cheese launching alongside the tour and available nationwide from August 17 through August 26.

45 Cities From Boston to Newark

The tour route covers major markets and mid-size cities across the United States and Canada. Confirmed stops include Boston (September 25), Toronto, Philadelphia (October 2), Miami (October 5), Orlando (October 6), Tampa (October 11), Detroit (October 25), Milwaukee (November 1), St. Paul (November 2), Dallas (November 10), Austin (November 13), San Antonio (November 14), Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, and Newark (December 21). Special guests vary by date, with All Time Low, Franklin Jonas, Magnus Ferrell, and Deleasa rotating across the schedule.

The Jonas Brothers’ most recent tour, Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown, ran 90 dates from August 2025 through August 2026 in support of their seventh studio album, Greetings from Your Hometown. That tour concluded August 8 in Moncton, giving the band just over six weeks between closing one road cycle and launching the next. The pace reflects a group that has settled into touring as a core revenue driver and fan engagement strategy, with each new run building on the infrastructure and audience relationships established by the last.

FAQs

When do Jonas Brothers Burning Up Tour tickets go on sale?

The Spotify Reserved presale begins Tuesday, August 18 at 8:28 a.m. local time for eligible Spotify Premium top fans. Additional presales run throughout the week. General on-sale begins Friday, August 21 at 10 a.m. local time through Ticketmaster.

How many cities are on the Jonas Brothers 2026 fall tour?

The Burning Up Tour All Over Again covers 45 cities across the United States and Canada, running from September 25 in Boston through December 21 in Newark. Three sold-out Madison Square Garden shows on August 20 to 22 precede the national tour.

Who are the special guests on the Jonas Brothers tour?

Special guests on select dates include All Time Low, Franklin Jonas (the brothers’ younger sibling), Magnus Ferrell, and Deleasa. Guest lineups vary by city and date.

Royston G King of Quantum Scaling Partners on Building an Identity That Outlasts Your Employer

Celebrity News Staff on August 18, 2026

Executives who build professional standing entirely through their employer discover its limits at the point of departure. The recognition, the audience, and the credibility were attached to a role, and the role does not travel.

Royston G King works with executives on exactly this transition, frequently after it has already become urgent. A University of Southern California alumnus, accepted into Columbia University, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Monaco honouree, he founded Master Scaling and Quantum Scaling Partners, built a personal audience of more than 12 million followers, and has authored several books. His observation is that the asset is straightforward to build in advance and close to impossible to build quickly under pressure.

The distinction that matters is between borrowed and owned standing.

Borrowed standing derives from position. A senior title at a recognised company opens doors, attracts speaking invitations, and lends weight to opinions. It is real, and it ends when the affiliation does. Executives who relied on it find that the invitations stop, that their network responds to them differently, and that the public record contains a role rather than a person.

Owned standing derives from documented individual contribution. Published writing under an individual byline, a book, recorded talks, and independent coverage that names the person rather than only the company all persist regardless of employment. These accumulate slowly and cannot be assembled at short notice.

Several practices build the owned version alongside a career rather than after it.

Publish under an individual byline. Contributed articles in industry publications, written in the executive’s own name, create a body of work attributable to a person. Company blog posts published under a corporate byline do not.

Establish consistent naming. The same name form, the same title convention, and the same professional description across every profile. Fragmented naming prevents any of the record from accumulating against a single recognisable individual, which matters increasingly as buyers and recruiters research people through AI assistants that resolve entities rather than match strings.

Document methodology rather than only results. Results belong to the company. The reasoning, the frameworks, and the approach belong to the person who developed them. King argues this is the distinction most executives miss, and it is why Quantum Scaling Partners structures client books around methodology rather than around company history.

Accept speaking and podcast invitations. These produce recorded, searchable, individually attributed material. They also tend to be more accessible than print coverage for practitioners with genuine expertise.

Write the book before it is needed. A book is the most durable form of the asset and the slowest to produce. Executives who begin one during a transition are starting a project measured in months at the moment they most need it finished.

Ownership of the channels themselves warrants early attention. A professional whose audience exists entirely on a platform they do not control is exposed to changes in that platform’s rules and reach. An email list, a personal site, and published work under an individual byline persist through platform shifts in a way that follower counts do not.

There is an obvious tension with employer interests, and King’s guidance is that it is usually smaller than it appears. Organizations generally benefit from having recognized experts on staff, and most conflicts arise from confidentiality rather than from visibility. Establishing what can be discussed publicly, early and explicitly, resolves the majority of it.

Board and advisory positions follow the same logic and are frequently the practical destination. Selection committees research candidates through the public record, and a candidate with published writing, recorded talks, and independent coverage presents differently from one whose entire footprint consists of a job history.

The timing argument is the strongest one. The professionals who navigate transitions well built the record over years while employed, treating it as a parallel asset rather than a competing one. Those who begin at the point of departure face a gap during which they have neither the borrowed standing they lost nor the owned standing they have not yet built.