Sydney’s love affair with pop and live music isn’t over now that Taylor Swift has left the building. We can confirm that South Korean girl group aespa is bringing their epic arena tour to Australia for the first time. With a name derived from a combination of “æ” (avatar and experience) and aspect, this powerhouse K-Pop quartet – Karina, Winter, Giselle and Ningning – has carved a tremendous trajectory since they debuted in 2020 with the hot single ‘Black Mamba’, with record-breaking music releases and live performances including a main stage set at Coachella in 2022.
With the SYNK : PARALLEL LINE tour perfectly highlighting their meteoric rise to fame, aespa is exciting fans globally with their incredible stage presence and innovative approach to hyperpop music, and Sydney will finally get our turn to be part of it this winter. Here's everything you need to know.
When is Aespa in Sydney?
Marking the first time aespa will bring their high-energy pop, electronic and hip hop performances Down Under, aespa will kick off the Australian leg of their tour at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Saturday, August 31 (then onto Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Monday, September 2).
How can I get tickets to the Sydney Aespa show and how much do they cost?
Tickets for the Australian shows will go on sale to the general public at 9am (AEST) on Friday, May 10, via Ticketek – you can join the waitlist here. Before then, Telstra Pre-Sale will be live from 9am on Tuesday, May 7 - 9am on Thursday May, 9. The TEG Live + Ticketek Pre-sale will be open from 9am on Thursday, May 9 - 9am on Friday May, 10.
What will Aespa’s Sydney show be like?
aespa is the first act represented by SM Entertainment group (the agency behind the world’s biggest K-Pop groups) to head to Australia, and as such, this tour promises to be one of the biggest K-Pop events of the year. The agency has stated that “this is not only a tour, but a world-bending experience” and it will “take place in the parallel universe story that aespa has as its musical backdrop” featuring “unmissable dance performances, stunning visuals and powerful vocals”.
Who will the Sydney Aespa support acts be?
The support acts for the SYNK : PARALLEL LINE tour is yet to be released, but we expect the K-Pop theme to remain strong. More details on the tour will be released via their Weverse page – so we’d recommend keeping an eye out.
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