'SMTown Live 2022: SMCU Express' to be held offline in Suwon

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Published: 30 Jun. 2022, 14:51

'SMTown Live 2022: SMCU Express' to be held offline in Suwon

Poster for SM Entertainment's first offline concert in five years titled “SMTown Live 2022: SMCU Express @Human City_Suwon” [SM ENTERTAINMENT]

SM Entertainment is holding an offline concert with its artists titled “SMTown Live 2022: SMCU Express @Human City_Suwon” at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, Gyeonggi, on Aug. 20.

This will be the entertainment agency's first offline concert since “SMTown Live” was held in 2017.

The official lineup of artists has not yet been announced.

SM’s “SMTown Live 2022: SMCU Express” themed concert series shows its artists riding the imaginary “SMCU Express” to tour around cities across the globe. An online version was streamed for free on Jan. 1 and was seen by 51 million viewers across 179 countries on its YouTube channel.

The agency is also planning an offline concert in Japan, titled “SMTown Live 2022: SMCU Express @Tokyo” at Tokyo Dome from Aug. 27 to 29.

An array of SM artists including Kangta; BoA; TVXQ; Super Junior; Girls' Generation's Taeyeon and Hyoyeon; Red Velvet; Super Junior; Exo's Kai, Suho and Chen; SHINee's Key, Minho and Onew; NCT; aespa; Raiden and Ginjo are expected to make an appearance with performances and collaborations.

BY LEE JAE-LIM [lee.jaelim@joongang.co.kr]