Overview
- Billboard’s Midyear 2026 report shows Seventeen at No. 7 after the group’s NEW_ world tour earned about $88 million and drew roughly 574,000 paid attendees across 25 concerts in the six-month tracking period ending March 31.
- Pledis Entertainment said the full tour run, which ran from September through April, reached more than 900,000 fans on- and offline when online viewers and additional shows are counted.
- Seventeen also placed ninth on Billboard’s Top Ticket Sales chart, and the midyear report ranks Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny as the top two grossing tours with $236.2 million and $230.3 million respectively.
- Other K-pop acts on the midyear list include TWICE at No. 12 and Tomorrow X Together at No. 15, underscoring growing competition for international touring revenue in the genre.
- Pledis is extending the tour momentum with fan meetups in Incheon on June 20–21, a V8 (The8 and Vernon) album due June 29, and Dino’s first solo EP planned for August.