aespa is gearing up for its biggest release-and-tour cycle yet.
The SM Entertainment girl group will release its second studio album LEMONADE on May 29 at 1 p.m. KST/midnight ET, then follow it with a new world tour spanning Asia, the Americas and Europe through early 2027.
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The new album marks the group’s first full-length in two years, following 2024’s Armageddon, which debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200 and gave aespa its fifth consecutive top 40 entry on the chart. Later that year, “Whiplash,” the title track from the group’s October 2024 EP, became aespa’s first top 10 hit on the Billboard Global 200, peaking at No. 8. Earlier in 2025, aespa was also named Group of the Year at Billboard Women in Music 2025.
The album announcement also came with news of a new global trek, “2026–27 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK : ____æ____,” with the full title still to be revealed. The outing marks the group’s fourth world tour and arrives with little downtime, beginning just months after SYNK : aeXIS LINE is set to conclude at Tokyo Dome on April 26.
The tour opens with two nights in Seoul in August before moving to Taipei. From there, aespa will head to Latin America for shows in São Paulo, Santiago, San Miguel and Mexico City, followed by a North American leg across Hamilton, Elmont, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle and Vancouver. A nine-city European run will open in Manchester in January 2027 and close in Paris on Feb. 2.
Full tour dates are below:
2026
Aug. 7–8 — Seoul
Aug. 11 — Taipei
Sep. 4 — São Paulo
Sep. 6 — Santiago
Sep. 9 — San Miguel
Sep. 11 — Mexico City
Sep. 15 — Hamilton
Sep. 18 — Elmont, N.Y.
Sep. 22 — Washington, D.C.
Sep. 24 — Atlanta, Ga.
Sep. 26 — Miami, Fla.
Sep. 29 — Dallas, Texas
Oct. 3 — Los Angeles, Calif.
Oct. 6 — Oakland, Calif.
Oct. 9 — Seattle, Wash.
Oct. 11 — Vancouver
2027
Jan. 14 — Manchester
Jan. 16 — London
Jan. 19 — Amsterdam
Jan. 22 — Stockholm
Jan. 24 — Copenhagen
Jan. 26 — Berlin
Jan. 29 — Milan
Jan. 31 — Barcelona
Feb. 2 — Paris