Stray Kids will be the first K-pop artist to enter Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, and hold a grand concert for two days.

Stray Kids will be holding a solo concert as part of their world tour ‘Stray Kids World Tour ＜ dominATE ＞’ at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 18th and 19th.This will be their first solo concert in London in about 6 years since their overseas showcase tour ‘UNVEIL TOUR’ I am … ‘’ in July 2019.Here are some things to look forward to for Stray Kids’ upcoming concert, which will give them yet another ‘first for a K-pop artist.’
#1 ‘K-Pop’s first ‘entry into London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium! 2019 → 2025 The size of the concert hall will expand 12-fold in 6 years!

Stray Kids, who sold out all tickets to the London O2 Brixton Academy in their second year since their debut in 2019 and showed their presence as a ‘global rookie’, will stand tall at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2025 as a ‘global top artist’.From a concert hall with a ceiling to a stadium with a blue sky as its roof, Stray Kids, who expanded the concert hall’s capacity by more than 12 times in just 6 years from approximately 5,000 seats to 60,000 seats, will heat up London’s summer with a special stage that will relieve the long wait of local fans.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where the concert will be held, is the home stadium of the prestigious Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hotspur FC and opened in 2019.Along with Wembley Stadium, it is considered one of the most luxurious stadiums in the world and represents the UK.World-renowned stars such as Pink, Guns N ‘Roses, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Wizkid have performed there.Stray Kids will be the first K-pop artists to hold a concert at the stadium and stand shoulder to shoulder with artists who command the world.Originally scheduled to hold one concert on the 18th, a concert on the 19th was added due to the sold-out tickets.
#2 A parade of stages that decorated the UK Official Charts! A record of 6 consecutive entries on the Official Album Chart & 5 total entries on the Singles Chart!

The stage for the song that entered the UK Official Chart, which received lots of love from local fans, is waiting for the audience.The Official Chart, which has continued from 1969 to the present, is a representative music chart that reflects popularity and trends in the UK, and is called one of the world’s top three music charts along with the Billboard chart in the US and the Oricon chart in Japan.Stray Kids first entered the UK Official Album Chart and Single Chart with the mini-album ‘ODDINARY’ and the title song ‘MANIAC’ released in March 2022.

On the Official Albums Chart, they successfully ranked six consecutive works: ‘ODDINARY’ at 95th place, ‘MAXIDENT’ at 85th place, ‘★★★★★ (5- STAR)’ at 40th place, ‘樂- STAR’ at 69th place, ‘ATE’ at 62nd place, and ‘合 (HOP)’ at 91st place.On the Singles Chart, they entered five times in total: ‘MANIAC’ at 98th place, ‘특’ at 100th place, ‘락 (樂)’ at 44th place, ‘Lose My Breath(Feat.Charlie Puth)’ at 97th place, and ‘Chk Chk Boom’ at 30th place, engraving their own musical growth narrative on the chart.

They will perform live versions of official chart-topping hits like “특(특),” “MANIACニAC)”, “락(樂)”, and “Chk Chk Boom” to a vivid band sound, drawing louder cheers and shouts than ever before.The arranged versions that can only be heard on the ＜ dominATE ＞ tour, along with splendid stage effects including pillars of fire and lasers, and fireworks that light up the night sky, combined with the cheers of the crowd, are expected to create a spectacular sight.
#3 ‘First debut’ European tour, a direct trip to each region’s representative stadium! The heat UP after turning the corner in London!

Stray Kids will be reaching the halfway point of their first European tour with this London concert.Starting in Amsterdam on the 11th, the European tour will continue on to Frankfurt on the 15th, London on the 18th and 19th, Madrid on the 22nd, Paris on the 26th and 27th, and ending in Rome on the 30th.As it enters the second half, the atmosphere is getting more mature and the heat is building up.

Starting with their first European tour, Stray Kids has achieved the feat of performing at mega stadiums representing each region, showing off their immense global popularity and status.In particular, they will be the ‘first K-pop artist’ to hold solo concerts at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam, Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Air Metropolitano in Madrid, and Stadio Olimpico in Rome.Attention and interest are focused on the London concert, where the huge footprints of ‘history makers’ Stray Kids, who are creating new history all over the world, will be engraved under the name of ‘the first.’


Reporter Yang Ju- juyeon@donga.com

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