As K-pop groups continue their march to ‘stadiums’ around the world, BLACKPINK has added a new record. They will be the first K-pop girl group to enter Wembley Stadium in London, England through a new world tour in two years.

According to YG Entertainment on the 20th, BLACKPINK will hold their ‘2025 World Tour’ at Wembley Stadium on August 15. Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate 90,000 people, is a representative stadium in the UK called the ‘home of pop’ and is considered the ‘dream concert hall’ for many pop stars.

The band Queen, the Beatles, and singers Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift have previously performed here. Among Korean singers, BTS was the first to hold a solo concert at Wembley Stadium in 2019. Six years later, on August 15 (local time), BLACKPINK became the second K-pop group to set foot in the stadium.

Not only that, they will also be going on a new tour starting from the Goyang Stadium Main Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on July 5-6, visiting famous stadiums in 10 regions including SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, Soldier Field in Chicago, Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Citi Field in New York, and Tokyo Dome in Japan. They will also be the first girl group to hold a solo concert at the Goyang Stadium Main Stadium, which can seat over 40,000 people.

Along with BLACKPINK, Stray Kids and ATEEZ have also shown off the global influence of K-pop by planting flags in stadiums around the world.

Stray Kids will be the first K-pop group to perform at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in England in July as part of their world tour ‘Dominate’ that has been ongoing since August of last year. They are about to set a new record for the most-attended K-pop concert for a single tour, drawing an audience of 2.2 million worldwide with 55 performances in 34 stadium-level venues around the world.

ATEEZ, who are currently on their European tour ‘Towards the Light: Will to Power in Europe’, will be the first K-pop group to hold a solo concert at the La Defense Arena in Paris (40,000 seats), a major French concert venue, on the 22nd. BTS‘s J-Hope, who is about to embark on his solo world tour ‘Hope on the Stage’, will be the first Korean solo singer to fill the BMO Stadium in LA (22,000 seats) alone in April.


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com

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