Stray Kids is completing their 'dominATE' journey by touring 7 times around the Earth.
Starting with a performance at the Seoul KSPO DOME in August 2024, Stray Kids is deploying their largest-scale world tour, 'Stray Kids World Tour 'dominATE'', with 54 concerts in 34 regions worldwide. Having successfully organized a massive tour covering Asia, Oceania, Latin America, North America, and Europe, they will conclude the grand expedition with a performance in Rome on July 30 (local time). Leading up to this, they highlighted their exceptional achievements that will continue until the very last moment of their 340-day journey.
# The distance conquered by Stray Kids = approximately 285,000 km = 7 laps around the Earth
The new world tour that began in Seoul borrowed the word 'dominate', which means 'to conquer', from their mini album 'ATE' released in July 2024, with aspirations to dominate not only the domestic and foreign music markets but the global stage as well. They have announced their largest scale yet and expanded their performance radius to five continents. As a result, they are continuing a massive world tour covering a staggering 285,000 km, equivalent to 7 laps around the Earth from Incheon International Airport.
# Entrance to 27 stadiums and 2600% growth
Among the 34 venues for this world tour, Stray Kids will first enter 31 venues, with 27 of these being stadiums, showcasing the unmatched momentum of the global top artist, Stray Kids. Compared to their previous tour, 'Stray Kids 2nd World Tour "MANIAC"', the expansion is even more evident. In March 2023, Stray Kids held their first stadium performance at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles as part of the encore performance for that tour. Over the next two years, Stray Kids achieved a historic main chart debut of 6 consecutive weeks at number 1 on the Billboard 200, won major American music awards such as the MTV Video Music Awards and the Billboard Music Awards, and made headline appearances at large global festivals, thus widening their activity scope. With the new world tour, they have successfully entered a total of 27 stadiums covering five continents, including Latin America, North America, and Europe. Thus, Stray Kids has showcased their prominence by increasing the number of stadium venues by an astonishing 2600% within just one tour.
# 20 'first and largest' achievements across 13 venues
Proving their qualification for such exceptional modifiers, Stray Kids has established various first and most records at about half of the 27 stadiums in their new world tour. They were the first K-pop artist to enter the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo and etched their name in 6 of the 10 North American stadiums as the first K-pop artist. Notably, at Arlington Globe Life Field, they succeeded in achieving two consecutive performances, marking the venue's first, and the Rogers Stadium in Toronto hosted their first performance after opening in June.
The European tour, which is held in large stadiums across all regions, will see Stray Kids make their K-pop debut at 5 stadiums including Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam, Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Estadio Civitas Metropolitano in Madrid, and Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Among the regions they have performed so far, the stadium performances in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Madrid mark the first within K-pop as well as the largest scale for a solo K-pop performance held in the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain, proving the enormous influence of Stray Kids.
Every step of Stray Kids showcases the effort equivalent to 7 laps around the Earth through their new world tour 'dominATE', securing the title of the first and largest in K-pop and Asia. On the 26th and 27th, they will perform at Stade de France, boasting the largest solo performance scale since their debut, establishing themselves in a massive stadium with a capacity that is 20 times larger than their previous local concerts, totaling about 80,000 seats. They will then enter the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on the 30th, marking the finale of 'dominATE' as the first K-pop artist.
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