Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Fontaines D.C.'s follow-up to the Mercury-nominated Romance moves into darker, more synthetic sounds and carries the band's first guest vocalist, Rosalia, on 'Where Is Gone?'.

嫁金钗 (Jia Jin Chai, "Where the Mask Ends") is Youku's 30-episode period drama in which Tian Xiwei (田曦薇) plays two women with the same face, a night-soil girl and the false noble daughter whose arranged marriage she is forced to take over, opposite Yan An (闫桉). It adapts 笑佳人's Jinjiang novel and wrapped in early April 2026. Youku has not announced the air date, so the premiere shown here is an estimate based on the date bloggers are tipping.

The 146,000-square-metre building in Expo Culture Park, designed by ECADI with Snohetta as a spiralling Chinese folding fan, holds the 2,000-seat Harmony Hall, the 1,200-seat Soar Theatre and the 1,000-seat Open Stage, 4,200 seats in all. The opening season runs 47 productions and 82 performances through 20 February 2027.

Game 1 of the best-of-seven 2026 WNBA Finals, the first under the league's new labor deal, is set for Saturday 17 October on NBC, with a Game 7 if needed on 31 October.

Money20/20 USA, billed as America's number-one fintech event, returns to Las Vegas on 18-21 October 2026 with 11,000-plus senior attendees, 3,400-plus companies and keynotes from Kalshi's CEO, Adyen's risk chief and PNC's chairman.

Victoria's Secret will hold its 2026 Fashion Show on Sunday, October 18, streaming live from Los Angeles - the show's return to the city after 2006 and 2007 - with confirmed models including Gigi Hadid, Paloma Elsesser, Alex Consani and Abby Champion.

Sapporo USA is laying off 270 workers at Stone Brewing's Escondido brewery, packaging hall and offices in two rounds, 58 on 19 October and 212 on 13 November 2026, per state WARN filings, after selling the Stone brand to Firestone Walker and Duvel.

In Maigret, Chief Inspector Maigret and his team of maverick but loyal detectives, Les Maigrets, solve a series of complex crimes in Paris. Maigret's unconventional methods and unique sense of justice put him at odds with his superiors and the judicial system he is supposed to represent. Maigret must outwit some of Paris's most cunning and violent criminals, while dealing with his own troubled past. Season 2 starts on PBS.

Three limited-edition gaming peripherals in translucent green with an Xbox Game Pass bundle.

RTX's third-quarter 2026 results are expected around 20 October 2026, the next release after a second quarter of $24.7 billion sales and a raised outlook; the company has not yet announced the date.