Jul 14, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
LE SSERAFIM's PUREFLOW World Tour opened with two sold-out Incheon shows marking Kim Chaewon's return from a neck injury — strong in its hit-driven stretches, less cohesive in blending the album's darker and lighter halves into one arc.
Jul 14, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
South Korea's new "Support for Global Leap" program gives small K-pop agencies up to $198,000 annually for export-only activity, signaling a shift in hallyu policy away from Korea's biggest agencies and toward building export capacity from the ground up.
Jul 13, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
BTS plays its final European ARIRANG World Tour dates at Stade de France on July 17–18, both sold out, before the tour returns to U.S. stadiums in August.
Jul 13, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
Super Junior-83z's debut fan-concert tour "1983" added a fourth sold-out Seoul date after tickets vanished within minutes; the confirmed nine-city route runs through Tokyo, Southeast Asia and Taiwan into November.
Jul 13, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
BTS's two-night ARIRANG World Tour stop at Munich's Allianz Arena mixed new album tracks with a decade of hits — strong in the encore, less disciplined through a repetitive back stretch of Act 2.
Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
US music publisher All Surface Publishing sued NewJeans, ADOR and HYBE on July 7 over alleged copyright infringement in "ETA," claiming the 2023 hit copied a 2005 Baltimore club track without authorization.
Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
Justin Bieber has joined BTS, Madonna and Shakira as a co-headliner for the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show on July 19, FIFA and Global Citizen confirmed this week.
Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BTS drew approximately 130,000 fans across two sold-out shows at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 6 and 7, setting the venue's highest single-show attendance record since it opened in 2019.
Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
KATSEYE will release its first theatrical documentary, "KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS," in cinemas worldwide starting Aug. 12, two days before the group's third EP "WILD" arrives, HYBE-Geffen Records confirmed.
Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BTS plays its only German tour dates, July 11 and 12 at Munich's Allianz Arena, as part of the "Arirang" World Tour — the group's first time headlining the venue.
Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
South Korea's Culture Ministry is doubling support for small K-pop agencies to roughly $12 million next year, but the funding remains a fraction of the 29-to-1 production-spending gap between the Big Four labels and everyone else.
Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
Evan, formerly ENHYPEN's Heeseung, will perform and discuss his solo debut single "Ride or Die" at the Grammy Museum's "Spotlight" series on Aug. 14, Belift Lab confirmed.
Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
K-pop's global physical album sales reached a first-half record of 49.5 million copies in 2026, up 23.4% year over year, with Hanteo Chart crediting BTS's return and a wide spread of million-seller releases.
Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
LE SSERAFIM opens its 32-show "PUREFLOW" World Tour July 11-12 in Incheon, with confirmed North American dates starting Sept. 16 and the group's first full European leg in October.
Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
Winwin's exclusive contract with SM Entertainment ends July 9, making him the third NCT member to leave the agency in 2026, following Mark Lee and Ten in April.
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