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Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will headline this year's Lollapalooza Chicago, organizers said Tuesday (U.S. time), as a total of four K-pop acts prepare to take the stage at the major U.S. music festival. The 2026 edition of the event is scheduled to run from July 30 to Aug. 2 at Grant Park in Chicago. Jennie is set to share the headlining spotlight with a diverse roster of artists, including Charli XCX, Tate McRae, Lorde, Olivia Dean, John Summit, The Smashing Pumpkins, and The xx. While Jennie has previously performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — appearing with BLACKPINK in 2019 and 2023, and as a solo artist in April last year — this marks her debut at Lollapalooza. Other K-pop acts joining this year's lineup include girl groups aespa and i-dle, as well as rookie boy group Cortis, bringing the total number of acts from the industry to perform at the festival to four.

I-dle member Yuqi continues to dominate the Chinese music market as she was named Woman of the Year in Music 2026 by streaming giant Tencent Music. The artist's agency announced Sunday that Tencent selected Yuqi based on her commercial influence and artistic output across its platform and the broader Chinese music market throughout 2025. The honor was awarded under the theme "Where she is, there is light." Tencent Music representatives highlighted her vibrant energy and expanding creative role. "She participated in writing and composing all songs of her first single 'Motivation' last year, showing her talent as a next-generation female singer-songwriter," the platform said. They added that the lead track "M.O." not only recorded first place in Korea but also achieved good results in China. Streaming data underscores her market dominance. Yuqi landed on the Tencent Music Korea Chart a total of 147 times, placing in the top 20 on 122 occasions. She swept the platform's 2025 year-end honors, taking home Singer of the Year, Solo Singer of the Year, Song of the Year for "FREAK" and EP/Single

I-dle surprised fans with plans for a tour in North America. The five members broke the news on NBC’s “Today Show,” which aired Wednesday. The group's agency Cube Entertainment uploaded a poster for the tour on the following day listing 10 cities across the region, the largest yet for the group. The quintet will kick it off with its first stand-alone gig in Canada on Aug. 2 before hopping around eight cities in the US and Mexico City. The 10-city trip expands I-dle’s ongoing “Syncopation” tour,

K-pop girl group i-dle has said it will return to North America in August for its biggest tour to date in the region, performing in 10 major cities across Canada, the United States and Mexico. The announcement was made during an appearance on NBC's "Today Show" on Wednesday, where the members told viewers they were coming back with a North American tour and looked forward to meeting their fans, known as Neverland. "(Our last) tour was two years ago, so we miss our fans so much," Yuqi said. The quintet also performed its latest single, "Mono (Feat. skaiwater)," on the show. Cube Entertainment, the group's agency, released the official poster for the North American leg of the ongoing "Syncopation" world tour through the group's social media accounts Thursday. According to the poster, the North American leg will begin Aug. 2 in Hamilton, Canada, before moving to Newark, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Orlando, San Antonio, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle. It will mark the group's largest shows in the region. The world tour, which began in Seoul last month, is set to continue in other Asi

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group i-dle has said it will return to Nor...