Stray Kids Announces Final "Encore" World Tour Dates, And Reactions Are Mixed

To finally wrap up their highly praised and ongoing MANIAC world tour, Stray Kids recently announced three final “encore” dates for early next year.

The three cities they will be hosting their final concerts of the tour in are Tokyo and Osaka, Japan (on February 11-12 and 25-26 respectively) and Los Angeles, California (on March 31).

Stray Kids(스트레이 키즈) 2nd World Tour “MANIAC” ENCORE
#StrayKids #스트레이키즈 #2ndWorldTour_MANIAC #MANIAC #MANIAC_SKZ #MAXIDENT #YouMakeStrayKidsStay pic.twitter.com/9akGfGFcmn

— Stray Kids (@Stray_Kids) November 7, 2022

Some reactions to the news were quite excited, and many fans were proud to see Stray Kids will be having a concert in the Banc of California Stadium, which holds a whopping 22,000 people.

this is banc of california stadium…. omg pic.twitter.com/a4hw6Azupn

— nina (@kajjafeeeeIuv) November 7, 2022

stray kids manic world tour encore capacity:

saitama super arena – 37,000
kyocera dome osaka – 55,000
banc of california stadium – 22,000

my stray kids youre so big now 🥹 pic.twitter.com/ZAHTQie6AF

— elise (@hwangsamericano) November 7, 2022

they said this is what banc of california stadium looks like omfg my stray kids deserve this im crying https://t.co/sRpZ0CtKvJ pic.twitter.com/SJR7M5M5gq

— ✌️ (@aborihanana) November 7, 2022

Many, however, were upset with the cities chosen for the final stops of the tour, and it’s understandable why.

not funny. didn’t laugh. not a single giggle. not a single haha. not even a hehe. not a sound. not at all funny. i did not even feel like laughing one bit. i didn’t let out even a chuckle. not single bit of this was laugh-inducing to me.

— 2minSoo ♡ LAST SCENE (@zc_aleja) November 7, 2022

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— 𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑨•⤮ (@143Ybok) November 7, 2022

K-Pop artists already have a bad reputation for their “world tours” often not including as many countries as fans would like to see, frequently only covering a select few Asian and North American cities.

Gimme whatever Div1/JYP smokin I beg ☠️ to be able to ignore continents and countries I NEEED ITTTTT pic.twitter.com/T39AADIFzL

— han (jutdae lover) (@Bbuingbuingbish) November 7, 2022

I’ll pretend I’m ok, I’m truly happy but…
How about Mexico? Latinoamerica?
We exist!! 🥺 pic.twitter.com/ZFBEw9dJOZ

— Marie 💫 (@Mariefangirl218) November 7, 2022

The ongoing MANIAC world tour has already visited, or is planning to visit, 7 countries outside of South Korea — Japan, the United States, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, and the Philippines — and the three encore stops haven’t added any new countries to the list.

Stays every where all around the world right now : pic.twitter.com/GZo860yq7M

— Huney 💙🍀🌊 (@LoevSeukiZeu) November 7, 2022

European fans, in particular, are upset by the fact that no concerts have taken place in any countries near them, and at this time, it doesn’t appear that any will be added.

EUROPE TOO!!! PLEASE!!! 💔😔 you’ve been to america enough… whilst we get ignored.

— ◡̈ GEMIE +✶𖧵✜❅✙ (@HypaGemie) November 7, 2022

encore? did they just fucking skip Europe completely? they had multiple stops in USA and they were in Japan TWO FUCKING TIMES with several concerts I endured the waiting cause I was so sure they’re gonna come eventually I don’t even know what to say I just started crying

— Suya⁷₈🍵💫 (@agapezai) November 7, 2022

istg that this is so unfair for latam and European stays, JYP never notices how much effort these stays put, Mexico is one of the countries with most streams and he always ignores that? JYP always sends their artists to the same damn places, as a mx stay, this is so heartbreaking

— 현지니^^ (@skzhyunjinnie_) November 7, 2022

Europe is notoriously absent in many world tours by K-Pop artists, and it’s frustrating to see so many fans miss out on what is sure to be an incredible show by Stray Kids.

Oh yeah, let’s give dates to the same places like always, but Europe, the rest of asia and Latam are not included… it’s not really a world tour if u go to the same countries always…specially the around 10 dates in the US, make it make sense….but thank u anyways pic.twitter.com/imuovCuZ7A

— ⁸Soul♡ – Binnie’s gul-bi (@soulmy28) November 7, 2022

if you’re not even gonna come to europe with this tour then you better make up for it by giving us many, MANY tour stops next time. ik most artists only come to 1 city per country. that’s not enoigh. stray kids is bigger than that now. PLEASE

— michelle 🌸 seungjin’s gf (@hyvnmni) November 7, 2022

Europe tho 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/qxVcE37SEB

— kai ⤮ \\ᵛ 💙💛 (@kai_glm) November 7, 2022

We can hope that more dates will be added onto the schedule somehow, but at this time, the odds of it are looking pretty slim. At the very least, maybe this will help in the planning for future world tours by Stray Kids and other artists like them.