XG Announce Japanese Dates for Kick-Off of 2026 World Tour
Japanese girl group XG announced the initial dates for their second world tour on Friday (Oct. 17), which is slated to kick off on Feb. 6 with the first of three shows at K-Arena Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan. Following a run of 10 more shows in Japan, a press release announcing the outing promised as-yet-unannounced shows in North America, U.K. and Europe, Australia, Latin America and other regions.
Exclusive early ticket reservations for the 13 Japan dates will open to members of XG’s ALPHAZ fan club will begin on Nov. 1, with additional details coming soon.
The tour is in support of the septet’s upcoming debut album, which is due out on Jan. 23. Last month, JURIN, CHISA, HINATA, HARVEY, JURIA, MAYA and COCONA released the first taste of the LP, the high-energy French-English dance burner “Gala,” which debuted at No. 10 on Billboard‘s U.S. Dance Digital Song Sales chart. At the time of the single’s release, MAYA told The Hollywood Reporter, “This song was mainly inspired by the iconic Met Gala. We tried so many new things, choreography wise, music wise and fashion wise, so we’re really excited to showcase that. I feel like this song is really XG.”
HARVEY added, “I think it’s fair to say that we’ve grown a lot since we first debuted, but personally I think we became a lot more fearless when it comes to challenging ourselves to new things. Especially with ‘Gala,’ I think we can see that come into play fully. We’ve challenged ourselves to try many different dances and a new sense of fashion that we haven’t done before to become bolder. In that sense, I think we’ve seen ourselves come a long way.”
XG’s first world tour, 2024’s The first HOWL, included 47 shows across 35 cities around the world in front of 400,000 fans, capped off this spring when they were the only Japanese artists to perform at the Coachella Festival.
Check out the dates for XG’s 2026 tour below.
- Feb. 6: Yokohama, Japan @ K-Arena Yokohama
- Feb. 7: Yokohama, Japan @ K-Arena Yokohama
- Feb. 8: Yokohama, Japan @ K-Arena Yokohama
- Feb. 17: Osaka, Japan @ Osaka-Jo Hall
- Feb. 18: Osaka, Japan @ Osaka-Jo Hall
- Feb. 21: Nagoya, Japan @ IG Arena
- Feb. 22: Nagoya, Japan @ IG Arena
- March 14: Fukui, Japan @ Sundome Fukui
- March 20: Sendai, Japan @ Miyagi Sekisuiheim Super Arena
- March 25: Kobe, Japan @ GLION Arena Kobe
- March 26: Kobe, Japan @ GLION Arena Kobe
- April 4: Fukuoka, Japan @ Kitakyushu Messe
- April 5: Fukuoka, Japan @ Kitakyushu Messe
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