Key Takeaways:
- Stray Kids close their STRAYCITY run with back-to-back nights at Estadio GNP Seguros on September 25 and 26, with both shows now billed as sold out.
- The run spanned four countries in sixteen days, including first-ever stops in Colombia and Argentina — and two sold-out nights in Buenos Aires, not one.
- On September 11, the group became the first K-pop act to headline Rock in Rio in the festival's four-decade history.
- Mexico City has already proven lucrative territory: the group's 2025 two-night stand at the same venue grossed $13.8 million.
Eight-member group Stray Kids brings its STRAYCITY run to a close this weekend, with two consecutive stadium shows in the Mexican capital wrapping a sixteen-day sprint across four countries. The closing weekend matters beyond the ticket count: over the course of the run, the group notched debut concerts in two new markets, took the top slot at one of the world's biggest music festivals as the first K-pop act to do so, and returned to a Mexico City venue that had already delivered eight-figure grosses a year earlier.
A Homecoming Built on Demand, Not a Fixed Route
STRAYCITY isn't a conventional tour so much as a traveling festival co-produced by JYP Entertainment and Live Nation, with a supporting lineup that resets at every stop. The Mexico City weekend originally consisted of a single date; organizers added the September 26 show after the first night sold out within roughly ninety minutes of tickets going on sale. Both nights are now sold out, according to a recent report from Enstarz, capping a pattern that repeated itself at nearly every stop on the run. Doors for both Mexico City dates open at 6:30 p.m., with support from tour regulars NEXZ alongside Mexico-exclusive acts Andrés Obregón and RENEE, according to listings from Ticketmaster México.
The run opened September 9 in Bogotá at Vive Claro Distrito Cultural — the group's first-ever concert on Colombian soil, according to reporting from the Rio Times. From there, the tour jumped to Rio de Janeiro for the Rock in Rio festival appearance, then landed in Buenos Aires for what turned out to be a two-night stand rather than a single show: the group's Argentine debut at Hipódromo de San Isidro sold out its first date in about three hours, prompting organizers to add a second night on September 15. That two-show pattern in Buenos Aires closely echoes what unfolded in Mexico City, underscoring just how consistently demand outpaced the original booking at every stop on the route.
Each city also got its own opening lineup rather than a fixed bill. NEXZ, JYP's multinational boy group, appeared at all four stops. Bogotá brought in Colombian acts Bad Milk and Kei Linch; Buenos Aires added Argentine girl group K4OS and singer Cocho. Mexico City closes the run with its own pairing in Andrés Obregón and RENEE, giving the finale a distinctly local flavor before the main set begins.
A First for Rock in Rio's Four-Decade History
The run's biggest headline came on September 11, when Stray Kids took the Palco Mundo stage at Rio in Rio in front of a crowd estimated at 100,000 — becoming the first K-pop act ever to headline the festival, which traces its roots back to 1985 and has previously featured acts including Queen and Guns N' Roses. International outlets covering the show, including Korea JoongAng Daily, noted that the group's label said fans were permitted to bring lightsticks into the venue for the first time in the festival's history — a small but symbolic nod to K-pop concert culture on one of the world's biggest music-festival stages.
The Numbers Behind the Sold-Out Signs
This isn't Stray Kids' first time filling Estadio GNP Seguros. The group's April 2025 two-night stand at the same stadium, part of the "dominATE" World Tour, grossed $13.8 million according to Pollstar Boxoffice figures. That Mexico stop was one piece of a much larger 2025 campaign that pulled in $185.38 million from more than 1,265,000 tickets across 31 shows worldwide — numbers strong enough that organizers reportedly added the second Mexico City date and a second Buenos Aires show within days of STRAYCITY first being announced in May, citing demand.
The touring momentum lines up with a strong run on the charts. The group's most recent release, SKZ IT TAPE 'DO IT', came out November 21, 2025, and went on to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated December 6 — its eighth consecutive album to top that chart, a first for any act in the chart's history. Around the same time, the group picked up six new RIAA certifications: a Platinum plaque for "God's Menu," a Gold certification for the full-length album KARMA, and Gold singles certifications for "LALALALA," "Chk Chk Boom," "S-Class" and "Case 143," according to coverage from udiscovermusic.
What Comes After STRAYCITY
With the Mexico City weekend marking the last confirmed date on the calendar, attention now turns to how JYP Entertainment and Live Nation build on a run that produced two market debuts and a festival-history first within a span of little more than two weeks. For now, tens of thousands of fans — known collectively as STAY — are expected to fill Estadio GNP Seguros across both nights, closing out a run that organizers built around scarcity and rolling demand rather than a fixed, multi-week route.
