Dominate World Tour

Dominate World Tour
World tour by Stray Kids
Seoul promotional poster
Location
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Latin America
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated albumsAte
Giant
Hop
Start dateAugust 24, 2024 (2024-08-24)
End dateJuly 27, 2025 (2025-07-27)
Legs4
No. of shows48
Websitestraykidsworldtour.com
Stray Kids concert chronology

The Dominate World Tour (stylized as Stray Kids World Tour <dominATE>) is the ongoing third world tour and fourth overall concert tour by South Korean boy band Stray Kids in support of their ninth Korean-language extended play Ate, second Japanese-language studio album Giant and first mixtape Hop (all 2024). The tour began in Seoul, South Korea on August 24, 2024, and scheduled to concluded in Saint-Denis, France on July 27, 2025, travelling in Asia, Australia, Latin America, North America, and Europe.

Background

Stray Kids uploaded the video "Step Out 2024" to their social media on January 1, 2024, outlining their accomplishments in 2023 and plans for the next year, including a world tour.[1] In May, during Stray Kids and American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger interview at the 2024 Met Gala, Hilfiger accidentally revealed that the group would go on a 40-city tour.[2] Later, they confirmed the tour during an appearance at Good Morning America a few days later.[3]

The world tour, titled Dominate, was formally announced on July 8, alongside the first Asia and Australia leg shows from August 2024 to January 2025, as well as teasing the upcoming shows in Latin America, North America, and Europe.[4] According to JYP Entertainment, the tour title "Dominate" referred to "Stray Kids' unique ambition and determination as 'global top artists' who will dominate the stage."[5] On November 19, the group added the addition 20 tour dates across Latin America, North America, and Europe.[6] Due to overwhelming demand, additional show dates for New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico City were added on November 23,[7][8] and London, Paris, Santiago, and São Paulo four days later.[9][10]

Stray Kids uploaded the video "Step Out 2025" to their social media on January 6, 2025, outlining their accomplishments in 2024 and plans for the next year, revealing that the group would held the upcoming encore concert in Seoul in 2025.[11]

Concert synopsis

The Dominate show is around three hours long,[12] beginning with Stray Kids, wearing beige and white glittering outfits inspired by Greek and Roman draping, performing "Mountains", "Thunderous", and "Jjam".[13] Following the group welcoming to the concerts, it is continued by "District 9", and "Back Door", which the latter utilizes rollable doors on the stage.[12] It is followed by four members premiering each of their then-unreleased tracks: Han's "Hold My Hand", Lee Know's "Youth", Seungmin's "As We Are", and Hyunjin's "So Good".[13]

In the second act, the group arrives to the stage in a black classic car to perform "Chk Chk Boom", "Topline", "Super Bowl", "Comflex", "Lalalala", "Twilight", "Lonely St.", and the Korean version of "Social Path".[12] The show continues by other four members' solo stage: Bang Chan's "Railway", I.N's "Hallucination", Felix's "Unfair", and Changbin's "Ultra".[13] The final act includes "Get Lit", "Item", "Domino", "God's Menu", "S-Class", "Venom", and concludes with "Maniac".[14] Stray Kids end the concert with an encore from "I Like It", "Case 143", "My Pace", "Stray Kids", "Miroh", the Festival version of "Chk Chk Boom", "Star Lost", and "Haven".[15]

Critical reception

Hwang Hye-jin from Newsen praised the members in the Dominate tour "proved their excellent stage management skills by diligently moving around the center stage, the raised stage, and even the two sides, based on the experience they gained through the Japanese dome and North American stadium performances during their second tour.[15] Writing for The Straits Times, Joanne Soh called the Singapore show the "commanding presence, high energy and elaborate numbers that were heavy on theatrics,"[16] and Ashley Cheah from HallyuSG noted the camera works, live band, members' solo stages, and performance details as the four highlights of the show.[17]

Setlist

This set list is representative of the show in Seoul on August 24, 2024. It is not intended to represent all shows.[18]

  1. "Mountains"
  2. "Thunderous" (GDA version)
  3. "Jjam"
  4. "District 9"
  5. "Back Door"
  6. "Hold My Hand" (Han solo)
  7. "Youth" (Lee Know solo)
  8. "As We Are" (Seungmin solo)
  9. "So Good" (Hyunjin solo)
  10. "Chk Chk Boom"
  11. "Topline"
  12. "Super Bowl"
  13. "Comflex"
  14. "Lalalala"
  15. "Twilight"
  16. "Lonely St."
  17. "Social Path" (Korean version)
  18. "Railway" (Bang Chan solo)
  19. "Hallucination" (I.N solo)
  20. "Unfair" (Felix solo)
  21. "Ultra" (Changbin solo)
  22. "Get Lit"
  23. "Item"
  24. "Domino"
  25. "God's Menu"
  26. "S-Class" (VMA version)
  27. "Venom" (MAMA version)
  28. "Maniac" (MAMA version)
Encore
  2. "I Like It"
  3. "Case 143"
  4. "My Pace"
  5. "Stray Kids"
  6. "Miroh"
  7. "Chk Chk Boom" (Festival version)

Notes

  • Starting in Seoul on August 25, 2024, Stray Kids additionally performed a song after "Chk Chk Boom" (Festival version):
    • "Haven": Seoul (day 2–4; the day 4 sang after "Star Lost"), Singapore, Melbourne,[19] Kaohsiung,[20] Tokyo (day 1), and Macau (day 1).[21][22]
    • "Star Lost": Seoul (day 4), Sydney,[23] Tokyo (day 2),[22] and Bangkok[24]
    • "Fam": Tokyo (day 3) and Osaka (day 2)
    • "Megaverse": Bocaue[25] and Macau (day 2)[21]
    • "Circus": Osaka (day 1)
    • "Christmas Love": Osaka (day 3)[26]
    • "Freeze": Jakarta[27]
  • At Tokyo and Osaka shows, Stray Kids performed the Japanese versions of "Super Bowl", "Social Path", "Case 143", and "My Pace"; and added "Giant" between "Lalalala" and "Twilight".[28][26]
  • At Bangkok show, Stray Kids first unofficially performed a part of "Walkin on Water".[29]

Tour dates

List of 2024 concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue
Date (2024) City Country Venue Attendance
August 24 Seoul South Korea KSPO Dome
Beyond Live[A] 		—
August 25
August 31
September 1
September 28 Singapore National Stadium 30,000[16]
October 19 Melbourne Australia Marvel Stadium —
October 26 Sydney Allianz Stadium —
November 3[B] Kaohsiung Taiwan Kaohsiung National Stadium 40,000[32]
November 14 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome
Online[C] 		165,000[34]
November 16
November 17
November 23 Bocaue[D] Philippines Philippine Arena 55,000[35]
November 29 Macau China Galaxy Arena —
November 30
December 5 Osaka Japan Kyocera Dome
Online[E] 		150,000[37]
December 7
December 8
December 14 Bangkok Thailand Suphachalasai Stadium 20,000[38]
December 21 Jakarta Indonesia Indonesia Arena[F] —
List of 2025 concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue
Date (2025) City Country Venue Attendance
January 18 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena —
January 19
March 27 Santiago Chile Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida —
March 28
April 1 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Estádio Nilton Santos —
April 5 São Paulo Estádio MorumBIS —
April 6
April 9 Lima Peru Estadio San Marcos —
April 12 Mexico City Mexico Estadio GNP Seguros —
April 13
May 24 Seattle United States T-Mobile Park —
May 28 San Francisco Oracle Park —
May 31 Inglewood[G] SoFi Stadium —
June 1
June 6 Arlington Globe Life Field —
June 10 Cumberland[H] Truist Park —
June 14 Orlando Camping World Stadium —
June 18 New York City Citi Field —
June 19
June 23 Washington, D.C. Nationals Park —
June 26 Chicago Wrigley Field —
June 29 Toronto Canada Rogers Stadium —
July 11 Amsterdam Netherlands Johan Cruijff Arena —
July 15 Frankfurt Germany Deutsche Bank Park —
July 18 London England Tottenham Hotspur Stadium —
July 19
July 22 Madrid Spain Riyadh Air Metropolitano —
July 26 Saint-Denis[I] France Stade de France —
July 27

Personnel

Stray Kids

Band

  • Garrett Jones – guitar
  • Jamal Moore – drum
  • Jon Reshard – bass
  • Yung Wurld – keyboard

Notes

  1. ^ Only September 1[30]
  2. ^ Postponed from November 2, 2024, due to Typhoon Kong-rey.[31]
  3. ^ Only November 17 through Abema, Stagecrowd, Hulu Japan, U-Next, and Lemino[33]
  4. ^ Labelled as Manila or Bulacan in promotional material.
  5. ^ Only December 5 and 8 through Abema, Stagecrowd, Hulu Japan, U-Next, and Lemino[33] and December 8 through Beyond Live[36]
  6. ^ Relocated from Madya Stadium.[39]
  7. ^ Labelled as Los Angeles in promotional material.
  8. ^ Labelled as Atlanta in promotional material.
  9. ^ Labelled as Paris in promotional material.

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