Cube Entertainment announces (G)I-DLE's first world tour titled 'JUST ME ( )I-DLE'
Months after their 2022 comeback with ‘I Never Die’, the 2018 girl group has finally tasted the success that they deserve. The regular album titled ‘I Never Die’ as well as lead single ‘Tomboy’ have been loved by fans globally and Neverlands (fans of (G)I-DLE) are finally getting used to being a five-member group. But now since the girls are doing so well as a group and member Miyeon has finally made her solo debut with the mini-album ‘MY’, the label that manages the group has announced their first-ever world tour since its debut.
On May 12, it was announced that (G)I-DLE was finally going to have their first world tour four years after their debut in the K-pop industry. Initially, the girl group had planned a world tour in 2020 which was eventually canceled because of Covid. Now that the pandemic has finally come to an end, just like many other K-pop groups, Cube Entertainment's girl group (G)I-DLE also announced their world tour.
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(G)I-DLE to hold its first world tour in June 2022
Cube Entertainment reported that (G)I-DLE was going to hold their 2022 world tour titled ‘JUST ME ( )I-DLE’ aka (Just Me Idle) which will be their first-ever in-person concert in more than two years. The first leg of (G)I-DLE’s ‘Just Me ( )I-DLE’ tour will open in Seoul, South Korea in June 2022. The show will then go global as they will tour over a total of 16 international cities in the US, Japan, and Singapore among other countries. The 2022 (G)I-DLE world tour titled ‘Just Me ( )I-DLE’ will first open in Seoul, South Korea on June 18 and 19.
The second leg of the tour with (G)I-DLE begins in the US from July 22, 2022, onwards. The girls will tour Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Santiago, Mexico City, and Monterrey until August 14, 2022. (G)I-DLE will then move to Jakarta in Indonesia on August 27 and then to Manila in the Philippines on September 11. (G)I-DLE will then tour Tokyo in Japan for two days on September 16 and 17 and finally end their 2022 world tour in Singapore on October 1, 2022.
(G)I-DLE to add more locations to their world tour
The girls have hinted that more locations will be added to the already loaded world tour which has many fans curious. With leader Soyeon in charge of producing many of the songs for the girl group, (G)I-DLE is currently one of the very few self-producing girl groups in the K-pop industry, opening doors for more female producers in the genre. With three out of five members, namely Soyeon, Yuqi, and Miyeon getting their solo debuts, fans are now looking forward to the solo debuts of members Shuhua and Minnie in the days to come.
The recently released full-length album ‘I Never Die’ has been successful both domestically and on international charts. The album also topped the iTunes Top Album chart in 24 regions around the world, while also topping the K-Pop Album chart in 11 regions. The lead single titled ‘Tomboy’ became a success after it ranked at Number 34 on the Billboard Global Excl US chart, while also achieving back-to-back Perfect All-Kills in South Korea.