Wonder Girls to embark on a 27-stop North America tour

Korean female pop group Wonder Girls will kick off a 27-stop tour in North America on Friday (EST), according to their agency JYP Entertainment (JYPE) today.

JYPE announced through a press release that the first solo tour titled "Wonder World Tour," promoted by Live Nation, will start off in Washington D.C. and head to over a two dozen other venues located throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The girls' concert will be opened by boy bands 2AM and 2PM, also managed by JYPE, to introduce to the groups to the fans.

"We have thoroughly gone through the preparations for our tour and we hope our stage performance will be a way to thank our fans for always supporting us," the quintet was quoted as saying.

Wonder Girls recently made a successful comeback to the Korean music scene with "2 Different Tears," the name of both their title track and album released globally, which has been topped numerous online and offline music charts.

The song has been recorded in three languages including Korean, English and Chinese and the English versions and remixes of their previous hits in Korea, “Tell Me,” “So Hot” and “Nobody,” are also featured in the album.

Dates for the "Wonder World Tour" are as follows:

United States
JUNE 4 - Washington DC / Warner Theater
JUNE 5 - Atlanta / Tabernacle
JUNE 6 - New York / Hammerstein
JUNE 8 - Chicago / House of Blues
JUNE 9 - Houston / House of Blues
JUNE 10 - Dallas / House of Blues
JUNE 11 - Los Angeles / House of Blues Sunset Strip
JUNE 12 - Anaheim, CA / House of Blues
JUNE 13 - San Francisco / The Fillmore
JUNE 25 - Honolulu, HI at Pipeline Cafe
JUNE 26 - Honolulu, HI at Pipeline Cafe
JUNE 30 - TBA
JULY 1 - TBA feat. special guest 2AM
JULY 2 - TBA feat. special guest 2AM
JULY 3 - TBA feat. special guest 2AM
JULY 6 - TBA feat. special guest 2AM
JULY 7 - TBA feat. special guest 2AM
JULY 8 - TBA feat. special guest 2AM
JULY 9 - TBA
JULY 13 - Westbury, NY at Theatre at Westbury
JULY14 - Englewood, NJ at Bergen PAC
JULY 16 - Atlantic City, NJ at Tropicana Casino & Resort
JULY 18 - TBA
JULY 20 - TBA

Canada
JUNE 29 - TBA
JULY 10 - TBA
JULY 12 - Mississauga, ON at Living Arts Centre

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