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

Wonder Girls [JYP Entertainment]

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 StatesJUNE 4 - Washington DC / Warner TheaterJUNE 5 - Atlanta / TabernacleJUNE 6 - New York / HammersteinJUNE 8 - Chicago / House of BluesJUNE 9 - Houston / House of BluesJUNE 10 - Dallas / House of BluesJUNE 11 - Los Angeles / House of Blues Sunset StripJUNE 12 - Anaheim, CA / House of BluesJUNE 13 - San Francisco / The FillmoreJUNE 25 - Honolulu, HI at Pipeline CafeJUNE 26 - Honolulu, HI at Pipeline CafeJUNE 30 - TBAJULY 1 - TBA feat. special guest 2AMJULY 2 - TBA feat. special guest 2AMJULY 3 - TBA feat. special guest 2AMJULY 6 - TBA feat. special guest 2AMJULY 7 - TBA feat. special guest 2AMJULY 8 - TBA feat. special guest 2AMJULY 9 - TBAJULY 13 - Westbury, NY at Theatre at Westbury JULY14 - Englewood, NJ at Bergen PAC JULY 16 - Atlantic City, NJ at Tropicana Casino & Resort JULY 18 - TBAJULY 20 - TBACanadaJUNE 29 - TBAJULY 10 - TBAJULY 12 - Mississauga, ON at Living Arts CentreReporter : Lucia Hong luciahong@Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@<ⓒ10Asia All rights reserved>