BIGBANG Kicks Off 'XX: COSMOS' World Tour in Goyang After 'BiiiG' Comeback

BIGBANG is back on the road. The K-pop group opened its "XX: COSMOS" world tour on Friday at Goyang Stadium, northwest of Seoul, two days after releasing "BiiiG," its first new music in four years and four months.The Goyang stand runs three nights, Aug. 21 through Aug. 23, presented by the Korean streaming platform Coupang Play. It is the group's first full concert tour since the Last Dance Tour wrapped at the end of 2017, and the first as a three-member lineup of G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung, following Seungri's departure in 2019 and T.O.P's exit in 2023. Opening night doubled as the live premiere of "BiiiG," which YG Entertainment had billed as the song's first-ever stage, alongside solo segments from each member and a career-spanning run of the group's catalog. YG has said the production was overseen by music director Wow Jones, with director Mike Carson and stage designer Es Devlin contributing to the staging, built around a large mobile LED structure meant to carry the tour's cosmos theme."BiiiG" arrived on Aug. 19, the exact date of the group's 20th debut anniversary, and was the first BIGBANG release since "Still Life" in April 2022. G-Dragon took part in writing and compos...