Stray Kids have announced a huge UK tour date for their 2024-2025 world tour, “DominATE.” The eight-member K-pop boy group will headline the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 18, 2025, the penultimate show in a string of five European tour dates.
The group is currently on tour, having started at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea, on August 24 this year. They performed four shows in the Dome before travelling to Singapore and later Australia, where members Bang Chan and Felix hail from. The boys are currently gearing up for a show in the Philippines following three shows in the Tokyo Dome, Japan, where it’s estimated that they garnered an audience of 165,000.
Stray Kids, also known as SKZ, are a South Korean boy group created by JYP Entertainment in 2017. The members competed in a survival show “Stray Kids” where two members, Felix and Lee Know, were eliminated but returned to make a nine-member final lineup. Other members are Bang Chan, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Seungmin, and I.N. (former member Woojin left the group in 2019 for personal reasons). The group are well known for producing their music, with the producing group called 3Racha comprising members BangChan, Changbin and Han – other members are known to be lyricists too. They are known for hits such as “Case 143”, “Chk Chk Boom”, “God’s Menu” and “Thunderous”. Their music is a mix of hip-hop, dubstep, heavy metal, electroclash and dance pop. According to the BBC, their music is “dark and experimental”.
The tour is in support of their most recent release, “Ate,” their ninth mini album. The album was produced by 3Racha, along with Versachoi, DallasK, Restart, Chae Gang-hae, and Space Primates. The lead single is “Chk Chk Boom,” the music video for which stars Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. The hip hop and reggaeton inspired track gained 15.5 millions views in it’s first 24 hours on YouTube, and marked the group’s first entry into the UK top 40 where it reached no.30.
Their return to the UK comes after they headlined Hyde Park earlier this year, which marked their first UK festival performance. They performed for a sold out crowd of 65,000 in the first major UK festival headlined by an all male member kpop group. K-pop girl group and fellow label members NMIXX also performed. It marks an emerging tradition as the year previous BLACKPINK headlined and Korean group The Rose were among the supporting acts.
Fans and kpop enthusiasts are highly anticipating the return of Stray Kids to the UK. Tickets are yet to go on sale, and the sales will open November 27. Ticketing information can be found on the group’s official website or on the Live Nation website.
