Red Velvet’s Wendy announces first solo world tour

[https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/red-velvet-wendy × Artist bio Wendy Real name: Son Seung-wanPosition: Main VocalistNationality: Korean-CanadianBirthday: 1994-02-21Birthplace: Seoul, raised in Canada Main vocalist of Red Velvet. Wendy is bright, kind, and talkative, with strong empathy and a habit of taking care of people around her. Tap again to view profile → Close -asnd@2000x1270.jpg] Red Velvet × About group Red Velvet Red Velvet is a five-member girl group known for switching between bright “Red” concepts and sophisticated “Velvet” R&B-influenced music. Tap again to view profile → Close ‘s Wendy × Artist bio Wendy Real name: Son Seung-wanPosition: Main VocalistNationality: Korean-CanadianBirthday: 1994-02-21Birthplace: Seoul, raised in Canada Main vocalist of Red Velvet. Wendy is bright, kind, and talkative, with strong empathy and a habit of taking care of people around her. Tap again to view profile → Close has announced her first-ever solo world tour – see the full list of dates below. * READ MORE: Every Red Velvet × About group Red Velvet Red Velvet is a five-member girl group known for switching between bright “Red” concepts and sophisticated “Velvet” R&B-influenced music. Tap again to view profile → Close song ranked in order of greatness Today, Wendy × Artist bio Wendy Real name: Son Seung-wanPosition: Main VocalistNationality: Korean-CanadianBirthday: 1994-02-21Birthplace: Seoul, raised in Canada Main vocalist of Red Velvet. Wendy is bright, kind, and talkative, with strong empathy and a habit of taking care of people around her. Tap again to view profile → Close and her agency ASND Label took to social media to announce the ‘W:EALIVE’ tour, which will kick off this September. The upcoming run of shows will include stops in Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, Tokyo, San Francisco, Pasadena, Sugar Land, Chicago, Brooklyn, Washington DC, Atlanta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Macau and Manila. The string of shows will run from September through January 2026. See the full list of dates below. Venues and ticketing information have yet to be announced. The tour announcement comes ahead of the Red Velvet × About group Red Velvet Red Velvet is a five-member girl group known for switching between bright “Red” concepts and sophisticated “Velvet” R&B-influenced music. Tap again to view profile → Close member releasing new material in September. It’ll mark her first release since leaving SM Entertainment with Yeri × Artist bio Yeri Real name: Kim Ye-rimPosition: Rapper, Vocalist, MaknaeNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1999-03-05Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea Maknae of Red Velvet. Yeri is witty and outgoing, often making sharp yet funny comments and bringing youthful energy to the group. Tap again to view profile → Close back in April – however she remains a member of the K-pop group. > [#NEWS] > 웬디, 첫 솔로 월드투어 '위얼라이브' 스케줄 포스터 공개 > > 🔗 [https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f517.png] https://t.co/tu2sJU4LTx#WENDY × Artist bio Wendy Real name: Son Seung-wanPosition: Main VocalistNationality: Korean-CanadianBirthday: 1994-02-21Birthplace: Seoul, raised in Canada Main vocalist of Red Velvet. Wendy is bright, kind, and talkative, with strong empathy and a habit of taking care of people around her. Tap again to view profile → Close #웬디 #WEALIVE#WENDY_WORLDTOUR > pic.twitter.com/kKLeuZdNfa > > — ASND (@ASNDLABEL) August 22, 2025 WENDY × Artist bio Wendy Real name: Son Seung-wanPosition: Main VocalistNationality: Korean-CanadianBirthday: 1994-02-21Birthplace: Seoul, raised in Canada Main vocalist of Red Velvet. Wendy is bright, kind, and talkative, with strong empathy and a habit of taking care of people around her. Tap again to view profile → Close ’S 2025 ‘W:EALIVE’ WORLD TOUR DATES ARE:  SEPTEMBER 20 – Seoul, South Korea 21 – Seoul, South Korea OCTOBER 05 – Hong Kong 22 – Tokyo, Japan 23 – Tokyo, Japan 30 – San Francisco, California NOVEMBER 01 – Pasadena, California 04 – Sugar Land, Texas 06 – Chicago, Illinois 09 – Brooklyn, New York 11 – Washington D.C. 13 – Atlanta, Georgia DECEMBER 14 – Bangkok, Thailand 20 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia JANUARY 10 – Macau, China 17 – Manila, Philippines The other three members of Red Velvet × About group Red Velvet Red Velvet is a five-member girl group known for switching between bright “Red” concepts and sophisticated “Velvet” R&B-influenced music. Tap again to view profile → Close – Seulgi × Artist bio Seulgi Real name: Kang Seul-giPosition: Main Dancer, Lead VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1994-02-10Birthplace: Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Main dancer of Red Velvet. Seulgi is dependable, warm, and modest, known for her professionalism in dance and vocals and her friendly personality. Tap again to view profile → Close , Irene × Artist bio Irene Real name: Bae Joo-hyunPosition: Leader, Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocalist, VisualNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1991-03-29Birthplace: Daegu, South Korea Leader and visual of Red Velvet. Irene is quiet, careful, and reserved, with a calm but authoritative aura as leader, balanced by a shy, soft side. Tap again to view profile → Close and Joy × Artist bio Joy Real name: Park Soo-youngPosition: Lead Rapper, VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-09-03Birthplace: Jeju, raised in Seoul, South Korea Vocalist and rapper of Red Velvet. Joy is confident, honest, and expressive, with a straightforward way of speaking and a playful sense of humor. Tap again to view profile → Close – renewed their contracts with SM Entertainment in August 2023, February 2024 and January 2025, respectively. Red Velvet × About group Red Velvet Red Velvet is a five-member girl group known for switching between bright “Red” concepts and sophisticated “Velvet” R&B-influenced music. Tap again to view profile → Close debuted as a quartet in 2014, with Wendy × Artist bio Wendy Real name: Son Seung-wanPosition: Main VocalistNationality: Korean-CanadianBirthday: 1994-02-21Birthplace: Seoul, raised in Canada Main vocalist of Red Velvet. Wendy is bright, kind, and talkative, with strong empathy and a habit of taking care of people around her. Tap again to view profile → Close , Seulgi × Artist bio Seulgi Real name: Kang Seul-giPosition: Main Dancer, Lead VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1994-02-10Birthplace: Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Main dancer of Red Velvet. Seulgi is dependable, warm, and modest, known for her professionalism in dance and vocals and her friendly personality. Tap again to view profile → Close , Irene × Artist bio Irene Real name: Bae Joo-hyunPosition: Leader, Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocalist, VisualNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1991-03-29Birthplace: Daegu, South Korea Leader and visual of Red Velvet. Irene is quiet, careful, and reserved, with a calm but authoritative aura as leader, balanced by a shy, soft side. Tap again to view profile → Close and Joy × Artist bio Joy Real name: Park Soo-youngPosition: Lead Rapper, VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-09-03Birthplace: Jeju, raised in Seoul, South Korea Vocalist and rapper of Red Velvet. Joy is confident, honest, and expressive, with a straightforward way of speaking and a playful sense of humor. Tap again to view profile → Close as the group’s founding members. Yeri × Artist bio Yeri Real name: Kim Ye-rimPosition: Rapper, Vocalist, MaknaeNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1999-03-05Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea Maknae of Red Velvet. Yeri is witty and outgoing, often making sharp yet funny comments and bringing youthful energy to the group. Tap again to view profile → Close was added to the line-up in 2015 with the release of their first mini-album, ‘Ice Cream Cake’. The post Red Velvet × About group Red Velvet Red Velvet is a five-member girl group known for switching between bright “Red” concepts and sophisticated “Velvet” R&B-influenced music. Tap again to view profile → Close ’s Wendy × Artist bio Wendy Real name: Son Seung-wanPosition: Main VocalistNationality: Korean-CanadianBirthday: 1994-02-21Birthplace: Seoul, raised in Canada Main vocalist of Red Velvet. 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