K-pop tour SMTown Live set for Mexico City debut

K-pop giant SM Entertainment has unveiled the full lineup for the first Mexico City edition of SMTown Live.

Since launching in 2008, the K-pop tour has been held in major cities worldwide including Seoul, New York, LA, Paris, Dubai, Santiago, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok, and Singapore.

The first-ever Mexico instalment, co-promoted with Ocesa, will take place on 9 May at the GNP Seguros Stadium with acts including TVXQ!, Super Junior, SHINee’s Key and Minho, EXO’s Suho and Chanyeol, Red Velvet (without Wendy and Yeri), and NCT 127.

NCT Dream, WayV, aespa, RIIZE, NCT WISH, Naevis, Hearts2Hearts and SMTR25 are also featured on the bill.

Mexico City is one of five stops on this year’s SMTown Live tour, commemorating SM Entertainment’s 30th anniversary

Mexico City is one of five stops on this year’s SMTown Live tour, commemorating SM Entertainment’s 30th anniversary.

The outing kicked off with a two-night residency at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome on 11 and 12 January, and heads to Mexico City and Los Angeles in May, London in June and Tokyo in August. Additional cities are expected to be added.

Alongside SM, the tour is promoted by AEG Presents and K-Pop touring and marketing company Powerhouse, which formed a strategic partnership in 2022.

SM Entertainment, founded in 1995 by Lee Soo-man, is widely credited with laying the foundation of the K-pop industry through its first-generation idols, namely H.O.T., S.E.S. and Shinhwa. Soo-man’s relationship with SM Entertainment dramatically ended in early 2023 after a management dispute, with the pioneer launching a rival agency.

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