Twice will hold a new world tour in 2023 that will be 'its largest scale', including a total of 6 stadium performances.
At midnight on the 22nd, JYP Entertainment posted a poster for TWICE's mini album 'READY TO BE', which will be released on March 10, and the fifth world tour of the same name, 'TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR 'READY TO BE'', on its official SNS channel. posted and announced the first tour plan.
According to this, Twice started in Seoul for two days on April 15th and 16th, followed by Sydney, Australia on May 3rd (local time), Melbourne on the 6th, Osaka, Japan on the 13th and 14th, Tokyo on the 20th and 21st, and June. Los Angeles, USA on the 10th, Oakland on the 13th, Seattle on the 16th, Dallas on the 21st, Houston on the 24th, Chicago on the 28th, Toronto, Canada on July 2nd, New York, USA on the 6th, Atlanta on the 9th, Korea, Australia, Japan, North America 14 The 17th solo concert will be held in 10 cities. In addition, the phrase 'MORE SHOWS WILL BE REVEALED SOON' in the poster raises expectations for more host regions to be revealed in the future.
This tour is expected to be the group's largest in scale with just the first plan, exciting K-pop fans around the world. In particular, the record-breaking stadium performances, which will be held over a total of six times in Japan and the United States, are attracting attention.
In May, they will hold the first Japanese stadium performance by a K-pop girl group at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, Japan, and Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo. In the United States, they will perform at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in June, followed by MetLife Stadium in New York in July.
Compared to the encore performance at the Bank of California Stadium in Los Angeles, which gave Twice the honor of being the 'first K-pop girl group to perform and sell out at a North American stadium' in May 2022, the scale and size of the encore performance will be further expanded, and the strong popularity of the 'top global girl group' will be achieved. It is expected to show growth.
'TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR 'READY TO BE'' is the fourth world tour 'TWICE 4TH WORLD TOUR 'Ⅲ'' (TWICE's fourth world tour ' This is a new solo concert tour held about 1 year and 4 months after 'Three').
Twice, who achieved career highs in various fields last year and took a leap forward as 'stadium artists', will meet more domestic and foreign ONCE (fandom name: ONCE) this year and make precious memories. Twice achieved various records and shined with a special presence through the world tour last year.
After entering the Tokyo Dome in the shortest period of time since debuting as an overseas artist in March 2019, in April 2022, they became the first K-pop girl group to hold three consecutive performances and sell out the Tokyo Dome, reaffirming their popularity at the top of the local market. In the United States in February, approximately 100,000 audiences were mobilized for 7 concerts in 5 cities, and thanks to the explosive support, the 2nd encore concert, which was significant as the first North American stadium performance by a K-pop girl group, was sold out on May 14th and 15th, ending the grand finale. finished.
Meanwhile, Twice will make a comeback with the release of their 12th mini album 'READY TO BE' and the title song 'SET ME FREE' at 2 PM (00 PM ET) on the 10th of next month. Twice presents bold and new charms in the new album and new songs, warming up the hearts of fans worldwide.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr