"We're very excited" — SEVENTEEN's Mingyu teases a possible year-end U.S. tour

On June 16, 2024, iHeartRadio shared a video through their X account, featuring an interview with SEVENTEEN at the 2024 Weverse Con Festival held at the Inspire Entertainment Resort, Inspire Arena Discovery Park, between June 15 to June 16. During the conversation, Mingyu teased a possible year-end U.S. tour as he stated, translated to English by X user @gyumedia:

"We have an upcoming tour by the end of the year, and we'll be going to the U.S. to meet our CARATs there. We're very excited."

Weverse Con Festival is a renowned music festival conducted by the South Korean social media platform Weverse. It features multiple artists from the platform and those associated with HYBE Labels.

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SEVENTEEN members hoped that CARATs were excited about their tour

During the interview, the American radio personality and host Jo Jo Wright spoke to the SEVENTEEN members about U.S. CARATs (the group's fandom name). He spoke about their eagerness for a potential tour in their country, and in response, Mingyu stated that the group members "really wanted to go on tour."

He also reminisced about SEVENTEEN's third world tour, Be The Sun in 2022. He further stated that the possible tour would be held "by the end of the year," increasing the anticipation among CARATs. Translated by X user @gyumedia, he hoped fans were excited and added:

"We're very excited, and I hope everyone's excited as well."

While CARATs expressed their happiness about the potential tour, fans from other countries, especially Europe, Spain, Latin America, Australia, East Asia, and the United Kingdom, questioned when the group would head to their regions. They complained about Pledis Entertainment and HYBE LABELS as they wished for their countries to be added to the world tour dates.

CARATs reacting to the news (Image via X/@itspotatohere)

SEVENTEEN, the Weverse Con Festival headliner, wowed fans with their performances on tracks including God of Music, Left & Right, To You, _World, FML, Cheers to Youth, Hot, Maestro, Spell, Lallali, and more. The vocal unit of the group, including Jeonghan, Joshua, Woozi, DK, and Seungkwan, left CARATs speechless with their latest performance on the track Cheers to Youth from the 17 is Right Here album.

Meanwhile, SEVENTEEN's performance unit, including Jun, Hoshi, The8, and Dino, created an energetic atmosphere on the stage with their track, Spell from 17 is Right Here. The Hip-Hop team featuring S.Coups, Wonwoo, Mingyu, and Vernon left the fans spellbound on their 17 is Right Here's Lallali performance.

Seungkwan expressed his gratitude by the end of the event and stated, as translated by The Korea Herald:

"We are united through music regardless of language, region, or race. Thank you to everyone who came with a heart full of love for the artists."

The star-studded 2024 Weverse Con Festival featured performances from other groups as well, including LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, &Team, Yoasobi, The New Six, BOY NEXT DOOR, The New Six, and others. It also witnessed the unexpected collaboration of the longtime friends J.Y.Park and HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk.

SEVENTEEN has held three world tours so far, including Diamond Edge in 2017, Ode to You from 2019 to 2020, and Be the Sun in 2022. The group has organized three Asian tours, including Shining Diamonds (2016), Ideal Cut (2018), and Follow (2023-2024). They also did two Japan tours, Japan Arena Tour 'SVT'(2018), Japan Tour Haru (2019), and two online concerts in 2021, In-Complete and Power of Love.

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The group made a comeback with the second Korean-language album, 17 is Right Here, on April 29, 2024. It featured the lead single, Maestro, and the album sold over 2.26 million copies on the first day of its release, as per World Music Awards.