Record-breaking K-Pop girl group aespa set to headline The O2 for the first time

Following the release of their 3rd mini album, MY WORLD, K-Pop girl group aespa announced their first global touch which sees them headline The O2on Thursday 28 September.

Tickets are available toThe O2and Virgin Media customers via Priority from 10:00am on Wednesday 24 May and go on general sale at 10am on Friday 26 May via www.theo2.co.uk.

While on the road, aespa is set to perform songs from MY WORLD, including the youthful and high-energy track “Spicy” and the precious and heartwarming “‘Til’ We Meet Again.” With MY WORLD, aespa broke their own record for highest first week sales. The group will also be performing fan-favorite tracks like “Black Mamba,” “Illusion,” and many more! Fans can purchase MY WORLD HERE. Last year, aespa made their U.S. festival debut at Coachella in Indio, CA where they performed on the main stage.

ABOUT aespa

aespa [KARINA, WINTER, GISELLE, AND NINGNING] is a fierce female K-Pop group, who in an unprecedented move secured the fastest climb to 100 million views on their debut video for any K-Pop group in YouTube history with their 2020 released, “Black Mamba.” aespa’s hit single “Next Level” followed, and has amassed over 189 million streams on Spotify alone. The group’s 2022 EP, Girls – The 2nd Mini Album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and crashed the Top 3 of the Billboard 200 – their highest to date. All of these milestones have led to aespa’s recently released 3rd Mini Album – MY WORLD, which includes their new hit single “Spicy.”

The group has received praise from the likes of The New York Times, TIME, FORBES, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue and more with UPROXX stating, “nothing is more exciting than a new aespa song.” aespa is set to become the first K-Pop artists to play at the Governors Ball in June and Outside Lands in August before they head off for their first global tour in August.

aespa’s name is derived from a combination of “ae” (avatar and experience) + “aspect.” Each of the four members of aespa has a correlating avatar in the virtual world created from their personal data.

ENDS

For more information on The O2, please contact:

Communications.team@theo2.co.uk

For more information on the event, please contact:

Mohammad Qazalbash | Mohammad.Qazalbash@LiveNation.co.uk

Molly Hemsley | Molly.Hemsley@LiveNation.co.uk

Will Barlow | Will.Barlow@LiveNation.co.uk

Aimee Mcintosh | Aimee.Mcintosh@LiveNation.co.uk