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SM Town Live 2025: The Culture, the Future

SM Town Live 2025: The Culture, the Future was a concert tour by SM Town. The tour began on January 11, 2025, with two shows in Seoul, South Korea, and concluded on February 14, 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand. The tour commemorates the label's 30th anniversary.

Background
In November 2024, SM Entertainment announced their then-upcoming anniversary concert, which took place on January 11 and 12, 2025, at the Gocheok Sky Dome. In December 2024, the international concert dates for London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Tokyo were announced. On November 15, 2024, SM Entertainment announced the lineup of performers for the Seoul shows. The performers include Kangta, BoA, TVXQ!, Super Junior, Taeyeon and Hyo of Girls' Generation, Key and Minho of Shinee, Suho and Chanyeol of Exo, Red Velvet, NCT, Aespa, and Riize. On December 12, 2024, Taeyeon was announced to have exited the lineup due to creative differences with SM Entertainment. On January 6, 2025, Wendy of Red Velvet also exited the concerts due to personal reasons. During the first show in Tokyo on August 9, 2025, additional dates for the Fukuoka shows were announced. == Performers ==
Performers
This line-up of performers was taken from the show in Seoul, South Korea on January 11, 2025. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour. • KangtaBoATVXQ!Super JuniorHyoShinee (Key and Minho) • Exo (Suho and Chanyeol) • Red VelvetNCTAespaRiizeNaevisSMTR25 • Min Ji-won • ScreaM Records (Hyo, Raiden, and Mar Vista) • SM Jazz TriodearALICEMytro Notes • Kangta and BoA only participated in the shows held in Seoul and Tokyo. • However, BoA cancelled in the Tokyo show due to knee surgery. • Super Junior and Key did not participate in the show held in London. • Hyo did not participate in the Mexico City and Los Angeles shows. • Zhou Mi and XngHan & Xoul only participated in the Tokyo shows. • Exo member Kai and Hearts2Hearts joined the tour starting from the Mexico City show. • Red Velvet member Wendy did not participated in all tour dates, while Yeri only participated in the Seoul shows. • NCT Wish was pulled from the Los Angeles show due to visa issues. • Min Ji-won, ScreaM Records, SM Jazz Trio, and Mytro only participated in Seoul shows. • dearALICE did not participate in Tokyo shows. • 25 members of SMTR25 participated in Seoul shows. • However, only 11 of them participated in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and London, including Hanbi, Songha, Nicholas, Daniel, Kassho, Justin, Hyunjun, Haruta, Hamin, Kachin, and Tata. == Set lists ==
Set lists
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