NEW YORK — Smooth like butter, like a superstar about to hit the road. BTS member J-Hope will embark on his first solo tour next month.

j-hope, the rapper and dancer from the global K-pop group BTS, will embark on his first-ever solo world tour, “Hope on the Stage,” starting in February 2025. The 30-year-old artist, whose real name is Jung Ho-seok, will kick off the tour with three performances at the KSPO Dome in Seoul from February 28 to March 2.

The “Hope on the Stage” tour will kick off Feb. 28 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. He’ll do three nights there, before heading to Brooklyn, New York; Chicago; Mexico City; San Antonio; Oakland, California; Los Angeles; Manila, Philippines; Saitama, Japan; Singapore; Jakarta, Indonesia; Bangkok; Macau; Taipei, Taiwan; and Osaka, Japan.

The musician also teased new music alongside the announcement of his first-ever tour as a solo artist outside of BTS

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BTS member J-Hope announces solo tour in North America and Asia - South Korean rapper’s tour starts in February

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