Stray Kids RUN IT World Tour Paris concert at Plenitude Arena, Digi Mart USA News (Paris, France): Stray Kids will perform at the Plenitude Arena on Friday, July 9, 2027, for a landmark concert in Paris. The South Korean K-pop group, which has earned nine consecutive number 1 albums on the Billboard 200, returns to the capital a year and a half after appearing at the same venue for the 2026 Gala des Pièces Jaunes.
The event is a Live Nation production.
Formed in 2017 by JYP Entertainment through the reality TV show Stray Kids, the group originally had nine members: Bang Chan, Woojin, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N. Woojin left the group in October 2019, and Stray Kids has had eight members since then.
On November 5, 2026, JYP Entertainment announced that Lee Know will carry out his mandatory military service in the first quarter of 2027, making him the first member of the group to enlist. He said in August 2026 that the members would reunite when he returns.
The singers, rappers and dancers are known for a musical identity they build themselves. Within the group, the production team 3RACHA writes and composes their songs, going as far as producing the album KARMA entirely.
This approach has taken Stray Kids to the top of the U.S. charts.
Since ODDINARY in 2022, each of its albums entering the Billboard 200 has debuted at number 1. With THIS & THAT, released on August 7, 2026, the group scored its ninth consecutive number 1 and became the first act in the chart’s history whose first nine albums all debuted at the top.
That total equals that of the Rolling Stones, and among groups only the Beatles have done better, with 19 number 1 albums, placing Stray Kids ahead of every other group of the 21st century on this chart.
French audiences follow this rise closely. According to Luminate data relayed by Billboard France, Stray Kids was the most-streamed K-pop group in France in 2025.
A concert in Paris therefore builds on a long-established relationship between the group and its fans, known as STAY.
The group’s discography reads like a continuous progression. After ODDINARY in 2022, it followed with MAXIDENT, 5-STAR, ROCK-STAR, ATE, HOP and KARMA, all of which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 in their first week, then DO IT, released in November 2025 as part of the SKZ IT TAPE project.
Released on August 22, 2025, KARMA, the group’s fourth studio album led by the title track CEREMONY, opened with 313,000 units in the United States. THIS & THAT, its tenth mini-album, did even better with 369,000 units in its first week, including 357,000 album sales, the group’s best U.S.
start to date according to Luminate. Preceded by the single RUN IT, released on June 24, 2026, and which gives the tour its name, this eight-track project also earned Stray Kids its highest position on the Billboard Hot 100, at number 38.
The group is also preparing SUIATSU, its fifth Japanese-language EP, due on November 25, 2026.
Between catchy choruses, rap, electronic influences and more intense tracks, the group’s repertoire covers a wide spectrum, from God’s Menu to Megaverse and Thunderous, all songs that punctuate its concerts.
Stray Kids built its reputation on stage. In 2025, the 31 concerts of the dominATE World Tour, tracked by Billboard France, sold 1.3 million tickets, including 391,000 for eight concerts in Europe, a record for a K-pop group on the continent.
The tour ended in Incheon, South Korea, with two concerts on October 18 and 19, 2025.
Paris holds a special place in this journey. Stray Kids performed at the venue, then named Paris La Défense Arena, in April 2023 for the Music Bank festival, and took part in Lollapalooza Paris in July of the same year.
On July 26 and 27, 2025, the group sold out the Stade de France two nights in a row, after a second date was added following the sellout of the first. With 120,000 spectators in total, these concerts were the largest ever given by a K-pop group in France and set an attendance record for a Korean artist at the stadium.
On January 22, 2026, Stray Kids returned to the venue for the Gala des Pièces Jaunes.
The RUN IT tour began in Seoul at the KSPO DOME, with five sold-out concerts from July 25 to August 2, 2026. On August 29 and 30, Stray Kids became the first foreign male act to perform a solo show at Tokyo’s National Stadium, in front of 140,000 spectators.
The tour continued in Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka, then at the Tokyo Dome from November 6 to 8, 2026, before stops in Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok and Singapore through March 2027.
The concert on July 9, 2027, will mark Stray Kids’ return to a venue they already know, in front of their French fans.
With more than 40,000 seats in concert configuration, the Plenitude Arena is described as Europe’s largest indoor venue and an ideal setting for a large-scale K-pop concert in the heart of La Défense. Stray Kids will combine the intimacy of a covered venue with the scale of a stadium production.
The group is known for high-intensity choreography and for songs it writes and produces itself, two elements that make each concert a physical, collective experience.
The concert programme has not yet been revealed. As a guide, the repertoire performed in Paris in July 2025 included titles such as Mountains, Thunderous, JJAM, Walkin on Water and Giant.
For STAY, this Paris concert offers a chance to see the group live again, a few months after the release of THIS & THAT. It is expected to be one of the major K-pop events of summer 2027.
Tickets: Fans can activate an alert to be notified when ticket sales open. To guarantee ticket validity, buyers are advised to purchase exclusively through the official Plenitude Arena ticket office or its approved resellers.
