SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — K-pop group aespa is preparing for its largest album release and world tour to date.
The SM Entertainment quartet will release its second studio album, “Lemonade,” on May 29 at 1 p.m. Korea Standard Time (midnight Eastern Time). The release will be followed by a global tour that will run through Asia, the Americas and Europe into early 2027.
The new album marks aespa’s first full-length release in two years, following 2024’s “Armageddon,” which debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200 and became the group’s fifth consecutive top-40 entry. Later in 2024, “Whiplash,” the title track from their October extended play, became aespa’s first top-10 hit on the Billboard Global 200, peaking at No. 8. In early 2025, aespa was named Group of the Year at Billboard Women in Music.
Along with the album announcement, SM Entertainment also revealed the group’s upcoming tour, “2026–27 aespa Live Tour – SYNK: æ,” with the full title yet to be announced. The tour is aespa’s fourth world tour and follows closely after the conclusion of “SYNK: aeXIS LINE,” which ends at Tokyo Dome on April 26.
The tour will begin with two nights in Seoul in August, followed by a stop in Taipei. The group will then perform in Latin America, with shows in São Paulo, Santiago, San Miguel and Mexico City, before heading to North America for concerts in Hamilton, Ontario; Elmont, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Miami; Dallas; Los Angeles; Oakland, Calif.; Seattle; and Vancouver, British Columbia. The European leg will open in Manchester, England, in January 2027 and conclude in Paris on Feb. 2.
A complete list of tour dates follows:
2026
– Aug. 7–8: Seoul, South Korea
– Aug. 11: Taipei, Taiwan
– Sept. 4: São Paulo, Brazil
– Sept. 6: Santiago, Chile
– Sept. 9: San Miguel, El Salvador
– Sept. 11: Mexico City, Mexico
– Sept. 15: Hamilton, Ontario
– Sept. 18: Elmont, N.Y.
– Sept. 22: Washington, D.C.
– Sept. 24: Atlanta
– Sept. 26: Miami
– Sept. 29: Dallas, Texas
– Oct. 3: Los Angeles
– Oct. 6: Oakland, Calif.
– Oct. 9: Seattle
– Oct. 11: Vancouver, British Columbia
2027
– Jan. 14: Manchester, England
– Jan. 16: London
– Jan. 19: Amsterdam, Netherlands
– Jan. 22: Stockholm, Sweden
– Jan. 24: Copenhagen, Denmark
– Jan. 26: Berlin, Germany
– Jan. 29: Milan, Italy
– Jan. 31: Barcelona, Spain
– Feb. 2: Paris, France