Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

PLDT's full-year 2026 results and final dividend, expected in late February 2027 under its 60% payout policy, after guidance for 2026 capex in the mid-₱50 billion range.

Wilmar's full-year 2026 results and final dividend are due after trading in late February 2027, the first full year with India's AWL Agri Business consolidated.

OpenAI switches off 4 models and endpoints on 26 February 2027; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: whisper-1, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize.

Calvin Harris' first ever Australian headline tour reaches Melbourne, the closing night, six days after Sydney. Four outdoor shows across February 2027, all ticketed through Ticketmaster.

The BRIT Awards return to Manchester's Co-op Live for a second year on Saturday 27 February 2027, live on ITV1 and ITVX, marking 50 years since the first televised BRITs.

An 18,000-square-foot Asian food hall with 12 stalls and roughly 400 seats opens in the former Sundry space at UnCommons in southwest Las Vegas, the second Stix Asia after the 2023 Honolulu original. The first three tenants named - Ginza Bairin, Ramen BARIO and NANAMUSUBI - are each opening their first mainland US location.

Iceland's government plans to put a bill permanently banning commercial whaling before the Althing, which would close the legal route for fin whaling despite the five-year licences issued in 2024 and leave Norway and Japan as the only whaling nations.

The GSMA's Mobile World Congress returns to Fira Gran Via for four days, with the organisers expecting more than 100,000 attendees from the connectivity industry.

Bell's national 3G/HSPA network is due to be discontinued on 1 March 2027, cutting data, text and voice (including 9-1-1) on 3G-only devices; Telus has also targeted 1 March 2027 for its national 3G shutdown.

The Federated States of Micronesia holds general elections on 2 March 2027 for its 14-member Congress, including the four state senators elected every four years.

Twelve state attorneys general led by California's Rob Bonta, and separately the Writers Guild of America, get their day in court against Paramount Skydance's $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin set 12 court days, and the merger is on hold behind the result.

The 2026 VMware Explore on Tour season closes in Sydney on 3-4 March 2027 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth on Phillip Street.

The Amelia Concours d'Elegance returns to The Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island for four days in early March.

Seattle's spring pop culture convention fills the Seattle Convention Center for four days of comics, cosplay, gaming and panels.

The Thomas Crown Affair is an upcoming American action romantic heist film directed by Michael B. Jordan and written by Drew Pearce and Jason Hall.

Ten days of motorcycle racing, concerts and street festivals take over Daytona Beach in early March.

The 45th Seafood Expo North America, the continent's largest seafood trade show, runs for three days at Boston's Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center.

The ASICS Los Angeles Marathon's Stadium to the Stars course starts at Dodger Stadium and finishes on Santa Monica Boulevard at Avenue of the Stars.