Dominate World Tour


The Dominate World Tour was the third world tour and fourth overall concert tour by South Korean boy band Stray Kids in support of their ninth Korean-language extended play Ate, second Japanese-language studio album Giant, first mixtape Hop, single album Mixtape: Dominate, and fourth Japanese-language EP Hollow. The original tour began in Seoul, South Korea, on August 24, 2024, and concluded in Rome, Italy, on July 30, 2025. They traveled in Asia, Australia, Latin America, North America, and Europe.
The encore edition of the Dominate World Tour to support Stray Kids' Korean-language fourth studio album Karma, titled Dominate: Celebrate was held in Incheon on October 18 and 19, 2025. The concert film, titled The Dominate Experience, filmed at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, is set to premiere on February 6, 2026.

Background and promotion

uploaded the video "Step Out 2024" to their social media on January 1, 2024, outlining their accomplishments in 2023 and plans for the next year, including a world tour. In May, during Stray Kids and American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger interview at the 2024 Met Gala, Hilfiger accidentally revealed that the group would go on a 40-city tour. Later, they confirmed the tour during an appearance at Good Morning America a few days later.
The world tour, titled Dominate, was formally announced on July 8, alongside the first Asia and Australia leg shows from August 2024 to January 2025, as well as teasing the upcoming shows in Latin America, North America, and Europe. According to JYP Entertainment, the tour title "Dominate" referred to "Stray Kids' unique ambition and determination as 'global top artists' who will dominate the stage." On November 19, the group added the addition 20 tour dates across Latin America, North America, and Europe from March to July 2025. The show at Rogers Stadium in Toronto marked the group the first ever act to perform at the venue. Due to overwhelming demand, additional show dates for New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico City were added on November 23, and London, Paris, Santiago, and São Paulo four days later.
Stray Kids uploaded the video "Step Out 2025" to their social media on January 6, 2025. It outlined their accomplishments in 2024 and plans for the upcoming year, revealing that the group would hold its encore concert in Seoul in 2025. On January 30, Stray Kids announced additional dates for Arlington and Madrid, and added two new stops, which are four dates for Shizuoka, Japan and one date for Rome, Italy. On September 5, Stray Kids announced the encore concert, subtitled Celebrate, set to hold on October 18 and 19 at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon.
To commemorate the Dominate World Tour, Stray Kids and nonprofit organization Musicians on Call lighted the Empire State Building to celebrate the healing power of music. The band also collaborated with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for limited-edition jersey.

Concert synopsis

The Dominate show is around three hours long, beginning with Stray Kids, wearing beige and white glittering outfits inspired by Greek and Roman draping, performing "Mountains", "Thunderous", and "Jjam". Following the group welcoming to the concerts, it is continued by "District 9", and "Back Door", which the latter utilizes rollable doors on the stage. It is followed by four members premiering each of their then-unreleased tracks: Han's "Hold My Hand", Lee Know's "Youth", Seungmin's "As We Are", and Hyunjin's "So Good".
In the second act, the group arrives to the stage in a black classic car to perform "Chk Chk Boom", "Topline", "Super Bowl", "Comflex", "Lalalala", "Twilight", "Lonely St.", and the Korean version of "Social Path". The show continues by the other four members' solos: Bang Chan's "Railway", I.N's "Hallucination", Felix's "Unfair", and Changbin's "Ultra". The final act includes "Get Lit", "Item", "Domino", "God's Menu", "S-Class", "Venom", and concludes with "Maniac". Stray Kids end the concert with an encore from "I Like It", "Case 143", "My Pace", "Stray Kids", "Miroh", the Festival version of "Chk Chk Boom", "Star Lost", and "Haven".
Starting in Latin American leg, Stray Kids revamped the setlist in March 2025, including some songs such as "Giant", "Walkin on Water", and sub-unit tracks—Changbin and I.N's "Burnin' Tires", Han and Felix's "Truman", Bang Chan and Hyunjin's "Escape", and Lee Know and Seungmin's "Cinema"—replacing individual performances, etc.

Critical reception

Hwang Hye-jin from Newsen praised the members in the Dominate tour for proving their excellent stage management skills by diligently moving around the center stage, the raised stage, and even the two sides, based on the experience they gained through the Japanese dome and North American stadium performances during their second tour. Writing for The Straits Times, Joanne Soh called the Singapore show the "commanding presence, high energy and elaborate numbers that were heavy on theatrics," and Ashley Cheah from HallyuSG noted the camera works, live band, members' solo stages, and performance details as the four highlights of the show.

Commercial performance

Researcher Lee Hyun-ji from predicted that the Dominate World Tour would attract 1.7 million people for the original 41 shows, which is an average of 40,000 people per show. In February 2025, it was estimated that the tour will attract 2.2 million people worldwide for the total shows, the largest amount for a single concert tour by a South Korean artist.
With the Dominate World Tour, Stray Kids became the first South Korean act to perform in several venues: Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Globe Life Field, Arlington, Rogers Stadium, Toronto ; Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam; Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt; Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London; Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Madrid; and Stadio Olimpico, Rome. The tour was also the largest concert by a solo South Korean artist and the first by an Asian act in the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain. According to Billboard, the tour was the biggest ever concert tour in Latin America, North America, and Europe, sold 1.3 million tickets and grossed million in 2025, including two shows in Hong Kong. Pollstar ranked Stray Kids number two on the "Top 20 Global Concert Tours", the highest K-pop artist.

Other media

A concert film of the Dominate World Tour, titled The Dominate Experience, is scheduled for release on February 6, 2026, by Crosswalk in North America and UPCG internationally. With a runtime of 145 minutes, it will feature the footage of the Dominate World Tour at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood. The film was directed by Paul Dugdale and produced by Live Nation Studios, while Farah X directed the documentary segments. Live Nation reported that the film's ticket sales in the United States sold $1.4 million on the first day of ticket selling.
A virtual concert, titled Lynkpop: Stray Kids World Tour VR is set to premiere from March 6 to June 21, 2026, at Seibu Shibuya in Tokyo. It was filmed at Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA.

Setlist

Tour dates

Cancelled shows

Personnel

Stray Kids
Band
  • Garrett Jones – guitar
  • Jamal Moore – drum
  • Jon Reshard – bass
  • Yung Wurld – keyboard