Toto will play two shows in Ireland in 2027, as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations.
Toto were founded on 7 January, 1977 at Davlen Studios in North Hollywood, California, with a line up which comprised of David Paich, Jeff Prcaro, Steve Lukather, Bobby Kimball, and David Hungate.
The band released their self titled debut album, as well as Hydra and Turn Back by 1981, but 1982 record, Toto IV, put the band on the map, going on to win six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Producer of the year, as well as Record of the Year for 'Rosanna.
By 1999, the band had release a further six albums, including, Isolation, Fahrenheit, The Seventh One, Kingdom of Desire, Tambu and Mindfields, before going onto release Through The Looking Glass, Falling In Between, Toto XIV and Old Is New.
They will take to the stage at Dublin's 3Arena on June 16 and Live at the Marquee, Cork 17 June next year, Aiken Promotions confirmed.
Tickets will go up for sale on Friday, 23 October at 9am via Ticketmaster.
Back in 2024, the YouTube video for Toto's track, 'Africa' reached one billion views. The single has been certified Diamond by the RIAA (10 million sold), pushing towards 11 million.
At the time, it was reported that people had collectively spent a total of 2,372,685 days watching this video for Africa. Read more on this from Nova here.
Elsewhere, “Hold The Line” has been certified triple platinum, having sold three million copies, while Rosanna was certified double platinum for sales of two million copies.
