IVE to Bring 'SHOW WHAT I AM' Tour to North America
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.
Reported by Billboard. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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Hearts2Hearts Become Spotify Closer's First Artist, Set Concert
the rookies are already collecting global-platform milestones like it's nothing.
Hearts2Hearts really said hello world and the world said 'headline concert, please.'
per allkpop, the rising group have been named the first-ever artist for 'Spotify Closer,' and they're holding a special concert to mark it. being someone's INAUGURAL anything is a flex — it means a major platform is betting on you as the face of a new push.
for a rookie group this is huge: the streaming numbers, the playlist real estate, and now a live moment to convert casual listeners into a real fandom. the trajectory is pointing straight up.
first artist, special concert, main-character energy. keep an eye on this one. 💗
Reported by allkpop. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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on september 1 his agency dropped fresh acting profile shots under his real name, lee jae hyun — and yeah, the visual-to-actor pipeline is real.
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