K-Pop Forever! is a tribute act concert tour and residency featuring music by various K-pop performers as well as music from the 2025 Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters. Produced by Taylor Entertainment, it features performances by live vocalists and dancers. The tour, which includes stops in cities in Europe and Asia, began on 14 February 2026 in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey and is set to conclude on 18 March 2027 in Saint-Étienne, France, with a year-long residency set to be held at Butlin's resorts in England beginning in February 2027.
The tour went viral online after its show in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 19 February 2026 sparked backlash from parents over the quality of the show's performances and its appropriateness for children, believing that the show was solely a tribute to KPop Demon Hunters.
Background K-Pop Forever! is organized by Taylor Entertainment, a British live entertainment company specialized in producing touring shows that feature tribute performances to various musical acts such as Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift. It was first announced on 24 September 2025 through its official social media platforms, with promotional material featuring animated characters that slightly resemble the characters from the film KPop Demon Hunters. Advertised as an "all ages" event, the tour features live performances of songs from various K-pop musicians, including BTS, Blackpink and Twice, as well as songs from KPop Demon Hunters such as "Soda Pop" and "Golden". These songs are performed by four live vocalists accompanied by four backup dancers.
The first set of dates for the tour were announced on 26 November 2025, with shows in various different cities across the United Kingdom and Ireland, including the British Crown Dependency of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. On 28 January 2026, the second set of dates were announced, with shows in various cities in Europe (including France, Italy, Slovenia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, North Macedonia, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia), as well as new dates in the UK and Ireland. A date in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France was added to the tour on 13 February 2026.
On 18 March 2026, five new dates were announced, with shows in the Czech Republic, Latvia, Greece, Slovakia and Kazakhstan, along with rescheduled shows in Bucharest, Romania and Istanbul, Turkey. At the same time, Indigo Productions (the co-producer of the tour's shows in Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Moldova and Serbia) announced ten new dates, including nine additional shows in France and a new date in Switzerland, extending the tour's run until 2027. Two new shows in Lithuania and Estonia were announced by Baltic live entertainment company L Tips Agency on 17 and 22 April 2026 respectively.
On 2 September 2026, it was announced that K-Pop Forever! will hold exclusive shows at all three Butlin's resorts, located in Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness, England, during school holiday breaks beginning February 2027. To promote the tour's shows in Germany, K-Pop Forever! cast members performed on live German television on ZDF-Fernsehgarten on 27 September 2026. The next day, additional matinée shows in Prague, Czech Republic and Rennes, France were announced, as well as the cancellation of shows in Nuremberg, Düsseldorf, and Hanover, Germany; Athens, Greece; Bratislava, Slovakia; and Almaty, Kazakhstan for unknown reasons. Additional shows, including those in the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, Spain, Portugal and Austria, are set to be announced at a later date.
Reception
The tour attracted attention on social media following its sold-out show at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 19 February 2026, where it garnered a mixed reception after parents who attended the show with their children complained that the show was "too mature" for younger fans, many of whom expected that the show would center exclusively around KPop Demon Hunters, saying that some parts of the show were "a little bit raunchy" and "not appropriate for kids." Much of the criticism of the Belfast show were largely focused on its production, including explicit lyrics of the songs performed, the performers wearing skimpy outfits, "sexualized" dancing, and sound mixing issues, with some parents claiming that a performer's microphone did not function properly during the beginning of the show and alleging that some of the performers were miming. In an interview with Belfast Live, one parent described the show as a "cash grab," claiming that the performers encouraged the audience to leave positive reviews of the show in exchange for a chance to win free merchandise.
Parents also recalled that the children, most of whom went to the show dressed as characters from the film, began feeling bored and crying, resulting in people starting to leave the arena during the show's interval as songs from the film were performed at the end of the show. While describing her experience at the show with her seven-year-old daughter, a parent admitted on BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra that she was not aware that K-pop is a genre of popular music.
However, other attendees of the concert received the show positively, with some parents saying that their children had a "great night." An attendee told TheJournal.ie that her five-year-old niece had "the time of her life" and that it was a "brilliant night," knowing that the show was a K-pop tribute and already expected songs other than those from KPop Demon Hunters were going to be performed.
Reaction to the Belfast show spread widely on TikTok, where videos of parents who attended the show attracted large audiences and sparked an intense debate, with some online users criticising the parents and defending the show's organizers and performers, pointing out the parents' lack of research on the event prior to buying tickets and misunderstanding what they had paid to see, as the concert was clearly advertised as a tribute to K-pop music rather than a show focused entirely on KPop Demon Hunters.
In response to the criticism, the SSE Arena and Aiken Promotions (the promoter for the tour's shows in Ireland and Northern Ireland) released a statement on Facebook on 20 February, claiming that "the majority of customers enjoyed the show" and that the show was "an arena-standard tribute to the entire K-pop genre," while also admitting that they "understand that this was not what some expected." In addition, Aiken Promotions said that they took "all customers feedback seriously."
Set list The following set list is representative of the shows in the United Kingdom. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.
"Jump" "Debut" "Internet Girl" "This Is For" "Your Idol" "Ice Cream" "Gnarly" "Gabriela" "Touch" "Gameboy" "The Feels" "Cupid" "Dynamite" "Takedown" "Kill This Love" "Pink Venom" "Like Jennie" "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" "How You Like That" "APT." "How It's Done" "Soda Pop" "Free" "Strategy" "Butter" "What It Sounds Like" "Golden"
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Tour dates +List of 2026 shows, showing date, city, country and venue Date (2026) City Country VenueFebruary 14Saint Peter PortChannel IslandsBeau SéjourFebruary 15February 18 Mullingar Ireland Mullingar Arts CentreFebruary 19 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE ArenaFebruary 20 DroghedaIreland The TLTFebruary 22 Castlebar TF Royal Hotel & TheatreFebruary 23 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE ArenaFebruary 24 CorkIreland Cork Opera HouseFebruary 26 Galway LeisurelandFebruary 28 Kingston upon Hull England Middleton Hall Skopje North Macedonia Boris Trajkovski Sports CenterMarch 1 Stoke-on-Trent England King's HallMarch 6 Dumfries Scotland Easterbrook HallMarch 7 Brussels Belgium ING ArenaMarch 8 Norwich England Epic StudiosMarch 9DublinIreland3ArenaMarch 10March 11March 14 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena TrowbridgeEngland Civic CentreMarch 20 Barnsley Barnsley Metrodome Zagreb Croatia Arena ZagrebMarch 21 Middlesbrough England Middlesbrough Theatre ZagrebCroatia Arena ZagrebMarch 22 Rijeka Centar Zamet Portobello Scotland Portobello Town HallMarch 27 LjubljanaSlovenia Arena StožiceMarch 28 Maribor Tabor Hall Lanark Scotland Memorial HallMarch 29 Zadar Croatia Krešimir Ćosić HallMarch 31 Solihull England Core TheatreApril 2 AberdeenScotland Beach BallroomApril 3 Arbroath Webster Memorial Theatre AssagoItaly Unipol ForumApril 4 Casalecchio di Reno Unipol Arena AyrScotland Ayr Town HallApril 5 Arbroath Webster Memorial TheatreApril 6 FelixstoweEngland Spa PavilionApril 7 Leicester Leicester AthenaApril 8 Rhyl Wales Rhyl PavilionApril 9 SwindonEngland MecaApril 10 Huntingdon Commemoration HallApril 11 Northallerton The ForumApril 17 ObanScotland Corran HallsApril 18 Airdrie Airdrie Town HallApril 24 Kidderminster England Kidderminster Town HallApril 25 Assago Italy Unipol Forum OssettEngland Ossett Town HallApril 26 Leamington Spa The AssemblyMay 3 KilkennyIreland The HubMay 4CorkCork Opera HouseMay 6May 8GalwayLeisurelandMay 9May 10 Castlebar TF Royal Hotel & TheatreMay 12CorkCork Opera HouseMay 13May 14May 16 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE ArenaMay 22 Whitehaven England Civic HallMay 23 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy WeymouthEngland Weymouth PavilionMay 24 Bath KomediaMay 25 Northampton The DecoMay 26 Runcorn The BrindleyMay 27 Coventry Albany TheatreMay 28 Stamford Corn ExchangeMay 29 Chesterfield Winding Wheel TheatreMay 30 Colchester Mercury TheatreMay 31 Whitby Whitby PavilionJune 5KillarneyIrelandGleneagle ArenaJune 6June 7 Castlebar TF Royal Hotel & TheatreJune 10CorkCork DocklandsJune 11June 12 MansfieldEngland Palace TheatreJune 13 Leeds Pudsey Civic HallJune 14 Hamilton Scotland Hamilton TownhouseJune 19 BrentwoodEngland Brentwood CentreJune 20 Kidderminster Kidderminster Town HallJune 27 Buxton Buxton Pavilion GardensJune 28 Newport Wales Riverfront Arts CentreJuly 5 WickScotland Assembly RoomsJuly 11 Dunoon Queen's HallJuly 17 LimerickIreland University Concert HallJuly 18DroghedaThe TLTJuly 19July 25 Les Sables-d'Olonne France Arena ForumJuly 31 ChesterEngland StoryhouseAugust 1 East Lulworth Lulworth CastleAugust 12 LetterkennyIreland The Big TopAugust 14 Killarney Gleneagle ArenaAugust 16 Castlebar TF Royal Hotel & TheatreOctober 14 MunichGermany Circus Krone BuildingOctober 16 Hamburg Barclays ArenaOctober 18 Berlin Uber ArenaOctober 27 Bucharest Romania RomexpoNovember 7 Prague Czech Republic Prague Congress CentreNovember 16VilniusLithuaniaNovember 17November 18 Tallinn Estonia Alexela Concert HallNovember 19 Riga Latvia Xiaomi ArenaNovember 29 Istanbul Turkey Ora ArenaDecember 1 Budapest Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports ArenaDecember 3 Chișinău Moldova Chișinău ArenaDecember 7 Sofia Bulgaria Arena 8888 SofiaDecember 9 Belgrade Serbia Sava CentarDecember 12 RennesFrance December 13 Floirac Arkéa ArenaDecember 14 Saint-Herblain Zénith de Nantes MétropoleDecember 15 Poitiers Arena FuturoscopeDecember 17 Caen Zénith de CaenDecember 18 Boulogne-Billancourt Grande SeineDecember 19 Amnéville Galaxie AmnévilleDecember 20 Dijon Zénith de DijonDecember 22 Lille Zénith de LilleDecember 26 Chambéry Le PhareDecember 27 Décines-Charpieu LDLC ArenaDecember 28 Marseille Le Dôme de MarseilleDecember 29 Toulouse Zénith de ToulouseDecember 30 Montpellier Le Zénith Sud
+List of 2027 shows, showing date, city, country and venue Date (2027) City Country VenueMarch 5 EckbolsheimFrance Zénith de StrasbourgMarch 6 Reims Reims ArenaMarch 7 Le Grand-Quevilly Zénith de RouenMarch 9 Tours Parc Expo de ToursMarch 10 Orléans CO'Met ArenaMarch 11 Cournon-d'Auvergne Zénith d'AuvergneMarch 12 Geneva Switzerland Geneva ArenaMarch 16 NiceFrance Palais NikaïaMarch 17 Toulon Zénith Oméga de ToulonMarch 18 Saint-Étienne Zénith de Saint-Étienne
Cancelled shows