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How do tour schedules work?

Artists like Harry Styles plan their tour schedules meticulously, often years in advance. Gaps in a schedule, especially a month long one, can be strategic. They might be for rest, recording new music, or as in this story, to leave room for a major event like a festival headline slot without officially announcing it too early.

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