WHAT WENT DOWN
Oli Sykes and Courtney LaPlante performed "If The Sun Burns Out Tonight" live for the first time at the Valorant Champions Grand Finals opening ceremony in Shanghai ‡. Grabbitz, who wrote and produced the track, joined them onstage †, ‡.
THE DETAILS
- The performance took place October 18, 2026 in Shanghai at the opening ceremony for the Valorant Champions Grand Finals ‡.
- The song is the theme for this year's Valorant Champions Tour and hit streaming the previous month ‡.
- Sykes and LaPlante both rose from beneath the stage, traded verses, and sang the chorus as teams were introduced †.
- Staging ran a light versus dark theme: Sykes in black with black-clad dancers, LaPlante in white with white ‡.
- keshi and Nana Ouyang also appeared at the ceremony ‡.
- LOUD beat Team Vitality 3-1 for the $1 million prize, peaking at 1.49 million viewers ‡.
THE TAKE
LaPlante has guested with Bring Me The Horizon plenty of times, so the pairing was not new, the Super Bowl-sized esports stage was †, ‡. Bring Me The Horizon return to the stage next summer, Spiritbox play Australia in December ‡.
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