Blackpink announces North American Born Pink World Tour Encore dates

Limited major US stadium run plays this August

After a show stopping headlining performance at Coachella, global superstar K-pop group Blackpink has announced a return to North America with World Tour [Born Pink] Encore this summer. The group will stop at a limited number of major stadiums across the US starting on August 12th, including MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Oracle Park in San Francisco, and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Ticket sales get underway Wednesday, April 26th at 10 am local time via blackpinklive.com. A limited number of VIP packages with an amazing selection of reserved seated tickets, access to an exclusive pre-show soundcheck performance, limited edition merchandise and more will also be available. The public on sale is Friday, April 28th at 10 am local time.

Following the release of their recent single “Shut Down,” the record-breaking group and the most-subscribed music act on YouTube with over 86.6 million followers, also set two Guinness World Records including most-viewed music video within the first 24 hours (with the release of their first single “Pink Venom”), in addition to earn the status of most-followed girl group on Spotify.

Blackpink recently made history with the biggest release by a female group or solo artist this decade for their single “Pink Venom” from their album Born Pink. The song debuted at No. 1 on Spotify’s global top songs chart and amassed over 7.9 million streams within the first 24 hours. On YouTube, the official music video reached 100 million views faster than any video by a female group ever, with 90.4 million views being within the first 24 hours. Already at over 570 million views, this was the biggest YouTube debut of 2022.

Buddy Iahn
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