K-pop veterans Big Bang have announced a new global stadium tour, their first run of shows since 2017.
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The Seoul group, who consist of G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung, following the departures of T.O.P and Seungri, will play a run of 31 huge shows in celebration of their 20th anniversary as a band.
The dates kick off in Goyang’s Goyang Stadium on August 21, the first of three shows at the venue. They head to the US for gigs in California and New Jersey, and then to Europe for Paris and London stadium shows in September.
The tour continues in Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia, before returning to Taiwan for the final shows at the Kaohsiung National Stadium on February 27 and 28 next year.
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Big Bang will play:
AUGUST
21– Goyang – Goyang Stadium
22 – Goyang – Goyang Stadium
23 – Goyang – Goyang Stadium
SEPTEMBER
5 – Oakland, CA – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
11 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
19 – Paris – Stade de France
26 – London – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
OCTOBER
10 – Taipei – Taipei Dome
11 – Taipei – Taipei Dome
17 – Singapore – National Stadium
24 – Hanoi – Mỹ Đình National Stadium
25 – Hanoi – Mỹ Đình National Stadium
31 – Sydney – Accor Stadium
NOVEMBER
7 – Bangkok – Rajamangala National Stadium
13 – Hong Kong – Kai Tak Stadium
14 – Hong Kong – Kai Tak Stadium
15 – Hong Kong – Kai Tak Stadium
27 – Osaka – Kyocera Dome Osaka
28 – Osaka – Kyocera Dome Osaka
29 – Osaka – Kyocera Dome Osaka
DECEMBER
5 – Nagoya – Vantelin Dome Nagoya
6 – Nagoya – Vantelin Dome Nagoya
13 – Tokyo – Tokyo Dome
14 – Tokyo – Tokyo Dome
15 – Tokyo – Tokyo Dome
26 – Fukuoka – Mizuho PayPay Dome FUKUOKA
27 – Fukuoka – Mizuho PayPay Dome FUKUOKA
JANUARY 2027
9 – Kuala Lumpur – TM Stadium Nasional
16 – Jakarta – Jakarta International Stadium
FEBRUARY 2027
27 – Kaohsiung – Kaohsiung National Stadium
28 – Kaohsiung – Kaohsiung National Stadium
Big Bang have not released new music since the ‘Still Life’ single in 2022, which itself was their first release in four years. NME awarded the track five stars on its release, noting: “With production reminiscent of soft rock from the ’70s and ’ 80s, ’Still Life’ excels at bringing out the unique vocal tones of each member – an aspect that has long been lauded as one of Big Bang’s strengths. The same laid-back arrangement that brings out Taeyang and Daesung’s rich vocals also leaves a lot of room for rapid-fire introspection from G-Dragon and T.O.P.”
G-Dragon, meanwhile, released his ‘Übermensch’ album last year, which NME awarded four stars, while Daesung released his mini-album ‘D’s Wave’ just months later.
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