BIGBANG's 20th Anniversary Tour Has a Name Now: "XX : COSMOS." Manila Just Got Added.
YG Entertainment revealed the official title of BIGBANG's 20th anniversary world tour Tuesday: "BIGBANG 2026-2027 WORLD TOUR <XX : COSMOS>." A companion routing poster added Manila to the itinerary, expanding the run to 19 cities and 33 shows.
"'XX' symbolizes the two decades BIGBANG has shared with fans since its debut, while 'COSMOS' represents the universal principles of connection, relationships and continuity," YG Entertainment said in its announcement. The label added that the title "embodies BIGBANG's 20-year musical journey along with fans, echoing the meaning of 'cosmos,' as all that has existed, exists and will exist." Members contributed ideas for the name themselves, according to the agency - letters spelling out "COSMOS" had been hidden as Easter eggs across earlier teaser posters, giving fans a chance to piece the title together before Tuesday's official reveal.
The tour opens with three nights at Goyang Sports Complex, Aug. 21-23 - all three shows sold out completely, including additional tickets released afterward, which cleared in seven minutes on general sale July 14. From Goyang, the tour crosses North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia before the newly added Manila date, set for Feb. 20, 2027, at SMDC Festival Grounds. It's BIGBANG's first full-group performance in the Philippines since the "MADE" World Tour in 2015, though G-Dragon and Taeyang each played solo Manila shows last year.
"XX : COSMOS" marks the first time G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung have toured together since 2017's "LAST DANCE," following their Coachella reunion performance in April. The Goyang dates are also adopting a domestic fan presale system - a mechanism several major K-pop tours have introduced this year specifically to route tickets to verified fans ahead of scalpers, rather than opening general sale to bots and resale operations first.
Ticket prices, seat plans and on-sale dates for Manila and most of the international leg haven't been announced. BIGBANG's last release as a full group was 2022's "Still Life"; the tour announcement follows recent reports that new music from the group is imminent, which would mark its first as a complete unit in four years.
The tour also lands during a stretch where BIGBANG's individual members have kept the group's global profile active without a full-group release: Taeyang and G-Dragon each toured Asia solo over the past year, and G-Dragon in particular built momentum through a run of festival appearances, including April's Coachella set that reunited him onstage with Taeyang and Daesung for the first time since 2017. That reunion set the stage for Tuesday's tour reveal, and the seven-minute sellout of Goyang's added tickets suggests the demand built up over that gap hasn't cooled.
BIGBANG debuted in 2006 under YG Entertainment as a five-member group; Seungri departed in 2019 following his involvement in the Burning Sun scandal, leaving G-Dragon, Taeyang, Daesung and T.O.P as the group's active members, though T.O.P has not been confirmed for the "XX : COSMOS" dates announced so far.
