BABYMONSTER, Xdinary Heroes, and TWS All Hold Concerts at Once…What Their Venues Say [HT Focus]

[Hanteo News = Reporter KANG SUYOUNG] This weekend, three concert venues will be buzzing at the same time.

BABYMONSTER will open its second world tour with '2026-27 BABYMONSTER WORLD TOUR [CHOOM] IN SEOUL' at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul for three days starting today (26th). It is the group’s first tour in one year and five months, and with 29 shows in 18 cities announced so far, the scale has grown compared to last year’s first tour. In addition to Asia and North America, the group will head to Oceania, Europe, and South America for the first time since debut.

Xdinary Heroes will hold 'Xdinary Heroes 2026 Summer Special <The Xcape>' at Inspire Arena in Incheon tomorrow (27th) and the 28th. It marks the group’s first solo entry into Inspire Arena and its largest venue ever for a solo concert. It is the next step in the flow the group has built by moving through Olympic Hall, the Handball Gymnasium, and Jamsil Indoor Stadium last year. Tickets for all shows sold out, followed by additional seats also selling out.

TWS will open its second tour, '2026 TWS TOUR ‘24/7:FOR:YOU’ IN SEOUL,' at KSPO DOME in Seoul on the same days, the 27th and 28th. Even though it is the group’s first time entering KSPO DOME since debut, all seats, including limited-view seats, sold out on the day of ticket sales. Through this tour, TWS plans to expand its range of activities across Asia with its first solo concerts in Bangkok and Singapore. Starting in Seoul, the tour will continue for 15 shows in eight cities, including Fukuoka, Hyogo, Kanagawa, Macau, Bangkok, Singapore, and Kaohsiung.

The results the three groups have reached are similar, but their paths are all different. TWS, which marked its 2nd debut anniversary in April, has transferred its overwhelming album power of 1,112,770 copies in initial chodong sales directly into the concert venue. With its second tour since debut and first entry into KSPO DOME, the group will fill a venue with a capacity of about 15,000 seats. Member KYUNGMIN said at the showcase on April 27, “I have a goal of performing at a stadium. I want to meet fans and perform on stage in a large venue,” and this second tour is the next step toward that goal. Xdinary Heroes has gradually expanded the scale of its venues over four years, from Olympic Hall, with about 2,400 seats, to Inspire Arena, with about 14,000 seats. The group is steadily moving one step at a time toward Jamsil Main Stadium, with about 100,000 seats, which member GUNIL named as a goal in April. BABYMONSTER will begin its tour at Jamsil Indoor Stadium, the smallest of the three venues at about 11,000 seats, but it will secure a similar level of drawing power through a total of three shows. On top of that, its powerful global content influence, including 17 videos with over 100 million cumulative views on YouTube and the fastest channel among K-POP girl groups to surpass 12 million subscribers, firmly supports the scale of BABYMONSTER’s tour.

The three venues ultimately offer different answers to the same question. TWS transferred its album power directly, Xdinary Heroes climbed the steps one by one, and BABYMONSTER expanded its scale through global content power. If concert tours are an indicator that shows where a K-POP artist currently stands, this weekend shows that there is not just one path to reaching that place.

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