Boy band NCT 127 adds nine more dates to its world tour

K-pop boy band NCT 127 added nine more dates to its world tour "NEO City - The Link" Thursday. NCT 127 is on its second world tour beginning this month, and the nine new dates added Thursday comprise of cities in the U.S. and South Amercia.

A poster announcing new dates added to NCT 127's world tour. [SM ENTERTAINMENT]

K-pop boy band NCT 127 added nine more dates to its world tour "NEO City - The Link" Thursday.

NCT 127 is on its second world tour beginning this month, and the nine new dates added Thursday comprise of cities in the United States and South America. The band will perform in Chicago on Jan. 9, Houston on Jan. 11 and Atlanta on Jan. 13.

The heat continues in South America, with six performances to be held in four cities: San Paulo, Brazil from Jan. 18 to 20, Santiago, Chile on Jan. 22, Bogota, Colombia on Jan. 25 and Mexico City on Jan. 28.

NCT 127 is already set to perform in Japan, other cities in the United States, Bangkok, Manila, Singapore and Jakarta.

NCT 127 debuted in 2016 as one of NCT’s subunit groups. The subunit has nine members: Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark and Haechan. It has released songs like “Fire Truck” (2016), “Cherry Bomb” (2017), “Kick It” (2020) and “Sticker” (2021).

BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]