Seventeen go online for a meet-and-greet with Carat

Seventeen’s fan meet-and-greet poster. [PLEDIS ENTERTAINMENT]

Boy band Seventeen will go online for a meet-and-greet with fans on Aug. 30, its agency Pledis Entertainment announced Wednesday.

The meet-and-greet event, dubbed “Seventeen in Carat Land,” will be broadcast live to fans all over the world through community platform Weverse.

There will be various programs and special stages made for the band’s fans, who collectively refer to themselves by the name Carat.

Tickets will be available from 8 p.m. on Aug. 12 through Melon Ticket and Weverse.

The 13-member band made its debut in 2015 with its first EP “17 Carat.”

Seventeen dropped its seventh EP “Heng:garae” on June 22, which topped local and overseas charts immediately after release, and sold 1.09 million copies within the first week.

BY KIM YEON-AH [kim.yeonah@joongang.co.kr]