Blackpink announces expanded world tour plan

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Poster image for Blackpink’s new title track “Shut Down.” Image: YG Entertainment via The Korea Herald

Blackpink unveiled its tour plan that has even more dates and destinations.

The tour, named after its upcoming second studio album “Born Pink,” will kick off in Seoul on Oct. 15. After two shows in Seoul, the quartet will fly over to the United States and hop around seven cities, from Dallas to Los Angeles, from Oct. 25.

On Nov. 30, it will start the European leg of the tour, going live in London, Barcelona, Cologne, Paris, Copenhagen, Berlin and Amsterdam.

The bandmates strongly pushed to expand the original plan, explained label YG Entertainment, and plans for its Oceanian and Asian legs will be announced soon.

Blackpink is set to release the LP on Sept. 16. Pre-release from the album “Pink Venom” stayed atop Billboard’s Global 200 and Global Excl. US, extending the stay to the second week, according to the chart dated June 11.

The group announced Wednesday that the main track from the LP will be “Shut Down.” DC/RA

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