K-pop tour spectacular confirms UK stadium debut

SM Entertainment has revealed details of a huge K-pop stadium spectacular coming to London as part of the label’s 30th anniversary celebrations.

In collaboration with London/Seoul-based concert producer and tech firm Frontrow, the company is bringing its SMTown Live concert to the UK for the first time this summer.

It will be held at London’s Allianz Stadium Twickenham on 28 June. EXO’s SUHO and CHANYEOL, NCT DREAM, WayV, RIIZE and NCT WISH head the first wave of performers confirmed for the show.

The event will mark the first time SM’s label-wide concert has visited Europe since 2010 in Paris

The event will mark the first time SM’s label-wide concert has visited Europe since 2010 in Paris.

SMTown LIVE 2025 launched last month with two sold-out concerts at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome in South Korea. Both Seoul concert dates sold out immediately, according to organisers, with 40,000 fans in attendance over the weekend of 11-12 January.

It will next head to Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros on 9 May, followed by Los Angeles’ Dignity Health Sports Park on 11 May. The series will conclude in Tokyo, Japan, on 9-10 August, at a venue to be confirmed.

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