IVE Are Bringing 'SHOW WHAT I AM' to North America and Every Member Gets a Solo Stage
the tour hits canada and the US from late july before wrapping the leg in vancouver, then swings to hong kong and taipei in september. six members, six solo stages — start budgeting now, bestie.
the detail that should honestly be illegal: every single member of IVE has built her own solo stage into this setlist. six women, six individual moments, one arena full of people each sobbing at a different point in the night. "each member has also prepared a special solo stage," the group told Billboard. ma'am. the fancam situation is about to be catastrophic.
the routing: after finishing the asia, australia and new zealand run, anyujin, gaeul, rei, jang wonyoung, liz and leeseo pick it back up in late july with toronto and montreal, then newark, austin, los angeles, oakland and seattle, before circling north to close the leg at rogers arena in vancouver on august 9. arenas the whole way down.
and it doesn't stop there — september brings two nights in hong kong and two more at taipei arena. rest was, apparently, not among the options presented to them.
the whole thing is built on 'REVIVE+,' the 12-track album from february that hit No. 3 on Billboard's World Albums chart and landed roughly three years after 'I've IVE.' the group says there's a stack of new material they've been itching to play live, which is both a threat and a promise.
for context on the demand: their 2024 run was the seventh-highest-grossing k-pop tour of that year at $10.8 million across just ten shows, per Billboard Boxscore. TEN shows. now imagine what a full north american leg does to that math.
DIVEs, set the alarm and check your bank app first. this one's going to move.
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BTS Told The Grammys 'No Thanks' and Bestie, They Have a Point
the Recording Academy rolled out a shiny new 'Best Asian Pop Music Performance' category and BTS looked at it like… so we're the kids' table now? all seven are sitting the 69th Grammys out.
no bc the audacity. the Recording Academy dropped five new categories for the 69th Grammys — one of them Best Asian Pop Music Performance — and instead of clapping, BTS just quietly declined to submit anything at all. iconic move, honestly.
the reasoning is the un-delulu part. the boys basically said music should be heard for what it is, not sorted by region or language: "We hope that music will be heard and loved for what it is." a category that sounds inclusive but functionally boxes Asian artists out of the General Field (read: Album of the Year, the awards that actually matter)? no thank you.
critics have been screaming the same thing — a dedicated Asian pop award reads less like a seat at the table and more like a separate table in a different room. the biggest group to ever do it opting out is the loudest possible way to say the quiet part out loud.
the 69th Grammys go down February 7, 2027, and BTS will simply… not be in the running, by choice. ARMY got a thank-you, the Academy got a message, and the group keeps its whole principle intact. mother is mothering and making a point.
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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