Girl group (G)I-DLE announces six more stops for upcoming world tour

Girl group (G)I-DLE expanded its world tour to Tokyo and five other European cities, its agency CUBE Entertainment announced Thursday. (G)I-DLE will be performing concerts in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels and Berlin, and end its world tour ...

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Girl group (G)I-DLE expanded its world tour to Tokyo and five other European cities, its agency Cube Entertainment announced Thursday.

(G)I-DLE will be performing concerts in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels and Berlin, and end its world tour with a two-day performance in Tokyo on September 27 and 28.

The girl group will now be performing in 16 different cities worldwide. The previously announced stops are Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Atlanta and Chicago.

(G)I-DLE will kick off its tour with a two-day performance in the Jamsil Arena, southern Seoul on June 17 and 18. Tickets for both days of its Seoul concert have sold out, according to the agency.

“I am FREE-TY” will be the girl group’s second world tour following “Just Me ()I-DLE” in 2022, during which the girl group performed in eight different cities in the United States and in Chile, Mexico, Thailand, Indonesia and Japan among others.

(G)I-DLE recently dropped its sixth EP “I feel” on May 15, featuring lead track “Queencard,” written and produced by member Soyeon. The album sold over 1.1 million copies in the first week of its release, making (G)I-DLE the fifth girl group to sell over a million copies in the first week of its album release.

(G)I-DLE will be performing a day each in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels and Berlin, and end its world tour with a two-day performance in Tokyo on September 27 and 28. [CUBE ENTERTAINMENT]

BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]