YG Entertainment Announces Additional Schedule for BLACKPINK's World Tour, Only Stopping in 2 Asian Cities

BLACKPINK has finally confirmed their latest world tour schedule for 2025. This announcement was made directly by YG Entertainment via social media, revealing that the South Korean girl group will only stop in nine major cities.

The tour will kick off in mid-2025, with a series of concerts running until early 2026. Interestingly, BLACKPINK will only visit two cities in Asia, namely Goyang in South Korea and Tokyo in Japan. The rest of the concerts will be held in North America and Europe.

This news is quite surprising for fans in Southeast Asia and other regions that were previously on BLACKPINK's concert list. Nevertheless, fans remain enthusiastic about the return of the group, which has been on hiatus from touring for nearly the last two years.

1. Schedule and Cities to be Visited

YG Entertainment Announces Additional Schedule for BLACKPINK World Tour (credit: instagram/blackpinkofficial)

YG Entertainment announced that BLACKPINK will start their tour in July 2025. The first city they will visit is Goyang, South Korea, before heading to the United States and Europe.

Here is the complete schedule for BLACKPINK's world tour 2025:

• July 5-6, 2025: Goyang, South Korea
• July 12, 2025: Los Angeles, USA
• July 18, 2025: Chicago, USA
• July 22, 2025: Toronto, Canada
• July 26, 2025: New York, USA
• August 2, 2025: Paris, France
• August 6, 2025: Milan, Italy
• August 9, 2025: Barcelona, Spain
• August 15, 2025: London, England
• January 16-18, 2026: Tokyo, Japan

2. The Anticipated BLACKPINK Comeback

YG Entertainment Announces Additional Schedule for BLACKPINK World Tour (credit: instagram/blackpinkofficial)

YG Entertainment has previously confirmed that BLACKPINK will make a comeback in 2024, which will be followed by a world tour the following year.

"Next year there will be a highly anticipated comeback from BLACKPINK," said Yang Hyun-suk in a video uploaded to YouTube in July 2024. This statement proves that BLACKPINK is still active as a group even though the members have parted ways with YG Entertainment for their solo activities.

3. First Tour After Born Pink World Tour

YG Entertainment Announces Additional Schedule for BLACKPINK World Tour (credit: instagram/blackpinkofficial)

This world tour is the first for BLACKPINK in the last three years after successfully holding the Born Pink World Tour from October 2022 to September 2023.

In the previous tour, BLACKPINK visited various major cities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, including Jakarta in March 2023. The concert successfully attracted tens of thousands of fans in each city and recorded history as the largest world tour by a K-pop girl group at that time.

4. Why the Limited Asian Cities?

YG Entertainment Announces Additional Schedule for BLACKPINK World Tour (credit: instagram/blackpinkofficial)

In this announcement, BLACKPINK will only visit two cities in Asia, namely Goyang and Tokyo. This has sparked various speculations among fans regarding the reasons behind this decision.

Several speculations suggest that the selection of tour cities depends on various factors, including market demand, venue capacity, and promotional strategies from the management. However, YG Entertainment has not provided an official statement regarding the reasons behind the limited concerts in Asia.

5. BLINKs' Hopes for Additional Schedule

Although the tour schedule has been announced, many fans hope that YG Entertainment will add more cities, especially in Southeast Asia, South America, and the Middle East.

With BLACKPINK's enormous popularity, it's not impossible that additional concert dates will be announced in the coming months. Until now, fans in various countries are still waiting for good news from YG Entertainment.

6. Will BLACKPINK hold a concert in Indonesia?

Currently, the announced schedule only includes nine cities, and Indonesia is not on that list. However, there is still a possibility that additional dates will be announced later.

7. Are all BLACKPINK members still under YG Entertainment?

No. All four BLACKPINK members have chosen not to extend their individual contracts with YG Entertainment. However, they remain under YG's management for group activities.

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