Twice successfully completed the North American tour as part of their 5th world tour and solidified their status as the 'Global Top Girl Group' with various top-notch records.
On July 9 (hereafter local time), Twice celebrated the finale of the North American tour as part of the 5th world tour 'TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR 'READY TO BE'' ('Ready to Be'), ending with a performance at Truist Park in Atlanta, USA. .
The North American tour, which started on June 10th at Sopai Stadium in Los Angeles, USA, will be held in Oakland on the 12th and 13th, Seattle on the 16th, Dallas on the 21st, Houston on the 24th and 25th, Chicago on the 28th and 29th, and July 2-3. It was held 13 times in 9 regions, including Toronto, Canada on the 6th, New York, USA on the 6th, and Atlanta on the 9th. With the interest and support of fans around the world, they left a dazzling footprint in the group's history and took another leap as a 'world-class artist'.
# First: The world's first female group to enter LA Sopai Stadium & New York MetLife Stadium - sold out
Right after the plan was announced, this North American tour drew attention with a list of venues that were more than twice as large as last year's fourth world tour 'Ⅲ' (three). Global attention soared with the news of the first female group from all over the world to enter Sopai Stadium in Los Angeles, USA, which is called the 'world's most expensive stadium', and New York's MetLife Stadium, which boasts a scale comparable to it.
In particular, the venue is more than four times larger than the Kia Forum, Twice's first solo venue in the US since debut, and set a record for entering the North American stadium for the first time as a K-pop girl group in May 2022. It is a super-large stadium with about 50,000 seats that surpasses 44,000 spectators in just one performance, realizing Twice's hot local popularity.
# Most: Mobilizes a total of 250,000 audiences, achieves its own 'most' North American tour audience
As evidenced by expectations, tickets for concerts at LA and New York stadiums sold out quickly, as well as sold out additional seats, and Twice became the first girl group in the world to win a total of 100,000 seats at Sopai Stadium and MetLife Stadium. He wrote a record that sold out.
In addition to the two 'sold out' stadium performances, tickets for performances in Auckland, Seattle, Houston, Chicago, and Toronto, Canada were sold out, and tickets for additional performances in Auckland, Houston, Chicago, and Toronto, which opened thanks to explosive support, were also sold out. The 13 concerts in 9 North American regions, which were completed after sold-out sales, mobilized a total of 250,000 spectators, breaking the record for the highest number of spectators based on the North American tour. proved its influence.
# Best: Foreign media's attention towards the reputation of 'Global Top Girl Group'! "Twice = K-Pop Queen"
Foreign media also paid attention to Twice's record North American tour. On June 13, the US Grammy said, "Last year, Twice, who became the first K-pop female artist to hold a North American stadium concert, returned to the United States with their fifth world tour 'READY TO BE' and proved that they were ready to accept any challenge. After their debut in 2015, they have solidly paved the way for the next generation of girl groups to follow through various achievements. Got it," he praised.
American Variety also commented on the concert at Sopai Stadium on June 11, "The harmony of Twice's signature music, powerful choreography, and sweet lyrics led the group on five trips around the world (world tour). Fans sold out all seats. , and the members also responded with passionate performances and communication to the cheers like deterioration,” recalling the unforgettable night of Once (fandom name: ONCE) and Twice in Los Angeles in 2023.
In particular, Twice appeared on the 'Citi Concert Series on TODAY' of NBC's representative morning show 'NBC's TODAY' on the 5th, and received unprecedented cheers at the New York landmark Rockefeller Center Plaza. 'NBC's TODAY' anchor Craig Melvin and the broadcaster's official social media introduced Twice as "the queen of K-pop that makes history" and poured out generous hospitality and favorable reviews, and New York's morning cloud crowd. The group made us realize the global status of Twice once again.
As part of their fifth world tour, Twice, who has soared to a higher place than normal with performances in North America, continues the heat of the tour to Europe and Asia. The tour resumed in Singapore on September 2nd and 3rd, followed by London, England on September 7th and 8th, Paris, France on September 11th, Berlin, Germany on September 13th and 24th, Bangkok, Thailand on September 23rd and 24th, Bulacan in the Philippines on October 30th and October 1st. , December 16th to 17th Nagoya, Japan, and 27th to 28th Fukuoka to expand its own largest tour. Following the momentum of the North American performances that wrote a new history for the K-pop girl group, attention is focused on Twice's limited-time move to reach the next 'best', traveling around the world.
Reporter Yoon Jun-ho, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr