Stray Kids World Tour 2026

Inside Stray Kids

Stray Kids (스트레이 키즈) are the eight-member South Korean boy group launched by JYP Entertainment in 2018 after surviving the JYP and Mnet co-produced survival show that gave the project both its name and its initial line-up. The current roster is Bang Chan (leader, Australian-Korean), Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix (Australian), Seungmin, and I.N — an original ninth member, Woojin, departed the group in 2019. Unlike most third- and fourth-generation K-pop projects, Stray Kids self-produce the bulk of their catalogue through the in-house 3RACHA subunit (Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han), who write, compose, and arrange most of the material themselves rather than relying on external A&R rooms — a model that has shaped the group's identity around heavier hip-hop, EDM, and rock-leaning K-pop production than what most idol projects ship. From the I am NOT debut through the Clé series, GO LIVE, NOEASY, ODDINARY, MAXIDENT, the chart-topping ★★★★★ 5-STAR, ATE, and Karma, the group has built one of the strongest catalogue arcs in fourth-generation K-pop, with multiple consecutive Billboard 200 number-one albums and a global touring footprint that scales from arenas through stadium-tier rooms. The Lollapalooza Chicago headlining slot in 2024 made Stray Kids the first Korean act to headline a major US festival's main stage — a watershed cultural moment that put the group's brand of high-impact performance in front of the broadest American mainstream audience of any K-pop boy group to date. Their fandom, STAY, is one of the largest and most coordinated global fan bases in K-pop, running streaming projects, banner campaigns, and synchronised NACHIMBONG light stick moments at venues from Seoul to São Paulo to The O2 in London. This page is the evergreen home for Stray Kids on this site — who the members are, how the dominATE world tour and successor cycles run, what tickets and Weverse pre-sales look like for STAY fan-club holders, the songs that anchor a typical setlist, and the cities where the group lands when a new world tour leg gets announced.

About Stray Kids

Stray Kids were formed in 2017 through a JYP Entertainment and Mnet co-produced survival show, with JYP founder Park Jin-young handing executive oversight to a project conceived from the outset as a self-producing idol group rather than a vehicle for an external songwriting and production stack. Bang Chan, a JYP trainee since 2010 with Australian-Korean dual nationality, anchored the project as leader and assembled the core line-up himself during the pre-show selection process. The group's identity was shaped from day one by the 3RACHA subunit — Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han — who had been releasing self-produced mixtapes through SoundCloud and YouTube before debut and continued that creative model post-launch, writing, composing, and arranging the bulk of the catalogue themselves rather than working with the external songwriting rooms that dominate K-pop A&R. The official debut landed in March 2018 with the I am NOT mini-album, and the Clé trilogy that followed established the group's heavier hip-hop and EDM-leaning sound. Original ninth member Woojin departed in October 2019 for personal reasons, and the group has been the eight-member line-up of Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N since. The breakthrough run started with GO LIVE in 2020 and accelerated through NOEASY in 2021 — the album won Album of the Year at the Mnet Asian Music Awards and crystallised the project's commercial momentum heading into the post-pandemic touring window. MAXIDENT in 2022 delivered 'Case 143', and the 2023 release ★★★★★ 5-STAR became the group's third consecutive Billboard 200 number-one album, a streak that extended through ATE in 2024 with the global TikTok-fuelled single 'Chk Chk Boom' and into Karma in 2025. The Lollapalooza Chicago 2024 headline slot — Stray Kids became the first Korean act to headline a major US festival's main stage — pulled the group fully into the Western mainstream-festival conversation alongside BLACKPINK and a handful of K-pop soloists who had previously reached that tier. The dominATE World Tour that followed scaled the live operation up to stadium-tier rooms in multiple Asian and South American markets while holding arena-tier production discipline through North America and Europe. The fandom, STAY, has grown into one of the largest organised K-pop fan bases globally, with chapters running streaming and venue projects across every continent the group tours. Across the catalogue arc, the project has built one of the strongest live-show ladders in fourth-generation K-pop, climbing from theatre through arena, dome, and stadium-tier rooms in under a decade. The group's combination of self-producing creative model with stadium-scale live operation has become a template subsequent JYP and HYBE projects have explicitly cited.

Stray Kids tour dates and how their tours are structured

Stray Kids tour at a scale that puts them in a small group of K-pop acts moving comfortably between arena and stadium-tier rooms on the same world cycle. The District 9: Unlock and MANIAC tours built out the early headlining footprint across Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, and the first North American legs through Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Atlanta. The 5-STAR Dome Tour scaled into Japanese dome venues including Tokyo Dome and Kyocera Dome Osaka. The follow-up dominATE world tour pushed harder into Latin America and Europe, with stadium-tier dates in São Paulo, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires alongside the core Asian dome run and a full North American arena leg through Los Angeles, Oakland, Tacoma, Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Toronto, Brooklyn, Newark, Washington DC, and Atlanta. A typical Stray Kids show runs 130 to 150 minutes structured around four to five distinct acts — a high-impact opener pulling from the most recent EP, a hip-hop and 3RACHA-led mid-set, a vocal and ballad block led by Seungmin and I.N, a unit and solo stage segment that gives each member or subunit a feature moment, and a choreography-heavy closing block built around the highest-energy singles. The NACHIMBONG — the group's official light stick, with the distinctive compass silhouette that fans coordinate by colour through specific songs — is a constant presence in the room. Production travels at full arena scale across every market, with synchronised LED towers, multi-deck moving platforms, a permanent dance crew supporting the eight members through the heaviest choreography blocks, and pyro tied to the choreography rather than just the chorus hits.

Stray Kids tickets, STAY pre-sales, and Weverse access

Stray Kids tickets in North America and Europe are sold primarily through Ticketmaster and Live Nation, with regional partners handling each Asian and Latin American market on a country-by-country basis. The pre-sale stack starts with the official STAY global fan-club tier — registration runs through Weverse, requires an active paid subscription, and opens roughly one to two weeks before the general on-sale with a unique pre-sale code per member account. Weverse pre-sale tends to clear the best floor and lower-bowl inventory before the public window even opens. Verified Fan-style ticketing — registration-driven systems designed to surface real fans before bots can hit the on-sale — has appeared on the highest-demand North American dates, with separate codes issued after a verification pass against the registered fan list. Arena pricing typically runs $90 to $220 USD for upper-bowl and standard reserved seating, $220 to $450 USD for lower-bowl, with VIP and premium-package tiers reaching $600 to $1,200 USD on top-demand markets like Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, and the Latin American stadium dates. Secondary market inventory on StubHub, SeatGeek, and Viagogo runs aggressively marked up for opening-week dates and tends to settle to roughly 140 to 200 percent of face value in the week before showtime; soundcheck-included VIP packages frequently can't be transferred to a new name, so resold VIP listings are risky to chase outside the official channel.

Stray Kids setlists and what to expect from the show

A Stray Kids setlist runs roughly 25 to 32 songs across 130 to 150 minutes, built around the released album and single catalogue with reworked interludes, English-language MC segments from Bang Chan and Felix, and member-feature solo or subunit stages threaded through the middle of the show. Recent cycles have opened on either 'MOUNTAINS' or 'MIROH' depending on the market, settled into a hip-hop block built around 'God's Menu', 'Back Door', 'Thunderous', and 'MANIAC', then ramped through 'S-Class', 'LALALALA', 'Case 143', and 'Chk Chk Boom' before closing the main set on 'CIRCUS' or the latest title track and encoring on a STAY-dedicated ballad. The 3RACHA subunit (Bang Chan, Changbin, Han) get a dedicated mid-set block performing their self-produced mixtape and B-side cuts; the dance line (Lee Know, Hyunjin, Felix) get a contemporary-leaning choreography feature; and Seungmin and I.N anchor the vocal block. The dance break in 'God's Menu' and the drop in 'Thunderous' are the reliable peak moments, with NACHIMBONG colour shifts choreographed across the room to match the stage lighting. Encore segments often include a STAY-specific ballad alongside the most recent title track. For night-by-night setlist data and exact song order, Setlist.fm filtered by Stray Kids updates within roughly 24 hours of each show. Setlists shift across a tour leg, so an opening-night order is a guide rather than a guarantee for the closing night.

Stray Kids meet-and-greets, Bubble for STAYS, and Weverse video calls

Meet-and-greet access at Stray Kids shows follows the K-pop template rather than the Western VIP-package model, which means the closest most fans get to formal one-on-one time happens off the tour itself rather than at the venue. Bubble for STAYS — the JYP-operated private-message subscription service that delivers individual member text and photo updates direct to subscribers — is the most consistent ongoing fan-engagement channel and runs as a per-member monthly subscription through the Bubble app. Traditional album-release fan-signs — the in-person hi-touch and sign-the-album events that drive idol engagement in Korea — are mostly run inside Korea and Japan tied to physical-album pre-orders through JYP Shop, Weverse Shop, or Ktown4U, and they're rare-to-nonexistent on North American and European tour stops. Weverse video calls have become the most common formal fan-engagement format outside Asia: limited-allocation one-on-one short video calls with individual members, won through album-purchase lotteries that surface on Weverse Shop during release cycles. Treat any third-party 'Stray Kids meet-and-greet' package on a resale site with full skepticism — official packages are tied to a registered Weverse account and are non-transferable.

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