{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e66bf378eb4b4c749377a012","clusterId":"c_a0eee7dc4e444084bf624cd9","slug":"first-announces-world-tour-across-four-cities-starting-september","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"BE:FIRST Announces World Showcase Tour Across 4 Cities","summary":"On the first day of their first-ever stadium live at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo, the six-member dance and vocal group BE:FIRST announced a world showcase tour covering four cities starting September 2026. The tour, titled 'BE:FIRST WORLD SHOWCASE 2026,' will visit Bangkok (Samyan Mitrtown Hall, September 25), Taipei (Legacy TERA, September 27), Manila (New Frontier Theater, October 3), and New York (Gramercy Theatre, October 23). The showcase is described as a new challenge aimed at global expansion, marking the group's fifth anniversary year. The stadium live itself, held May 16 and 17, sold out general release tickets in three minutes and is expected to draw about 100,000 attendees across both days, making it the largest-scale performance in the group's history. BE:FIRST also released their ninth single 'BE:FIRST ALL DAY' on May 6 and will release their tenth single 'Missing' on July 1. The group previously completed a four-dome domestic tour in 2025 with roughly 300,000 attendees and a 12-city overseas tour across the US, Asia, and Europe.","whyItMatters":"The showcase tour extends BE:FIRST's international push into a second consecutive year, adding a New York date that was not part of their 2025 world tour.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBE:FIRST announced the showcase tour on May 16, the opening day of their two-day stadium live at Ajinomoto Stadium. The stadium show, titled \"BE:FIRST Stadium Live 2026 We are the 'BE:ST'\", sold out general release tickets in three minutes. The group expects about 100,000 attendees across both days.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe showcase is the group's first world tour of 2026. It follows their 2025 overseas tour, \"BE:FIRST World Tour 2025 -Who is BE:FIRST?-\", which visited 12 cities in the US, Asia, and Europe. The 2025 tour came after a four-dome domestic run that drew roughly 300,000 people.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBE:FIRST is a six-member dance and vocal group under BMSG. The members are SOTA, SHUNTO, MANATO, RYUHEI, JUNON, and LEO. The group released their ninth single \"BE:FIRST ALL DAY\" on May 6. The single includes the tracks \"BE:FIRST ALL DAY\", \"Rondo\", \"Streetlight\" (a FamilyMart Christmas tie-up song), and \"Rain on me ~One of the BE:ST-05 MANATO~\". Their tenth single \"Missing\" is set for release on July 1. That single will include \"Missing\", one untitled track, and \"Want it ~One of the BE:ST-06 SHUNTO~\".\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"BE:FIRST announced a world showcase tour covering Bangkok, Taipei, Manila, and New York, starting September 2026.","twitterPost":"The showcase adds a New York date not on their 2025 world tour. Tickets for the stadium live sold out in three minutes.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"BE:FIRST announced a four-city world showcase tour for 2026, starting in September with stops in Bangkok, Taipei, Manila, and New York. The news came on the first day of their first stadium live, which sold out in three minutes.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/402/4402671/?rss\",\"title\":\"BE:FIRST Announces World Showcase Tour Across 4 Cities on First Day of Their First Stadium Live, Which Sold Out in 3 Minutes\"},{\"source\":\"Yahoo! 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