{"id":312015,"date":"2025-11-28T09:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/312015\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T09:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:27:20","slug":"stray-kids-announced-as-rock-in-rios-first-ever-k-pop-headliners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/312015\/","title":{"rendered":"Stray Kids announced as Rock In Rio’s first-ever K-pop headliners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stray Kids<\/a> have made history as the first-ever K-pop act to headline Brazil\u2019s famous Rock In Rio festival<\/a> \u2013 find out more below.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this week, the long-running Brazilian festival announced that Stray Kids have been confirmed to perform the September 11 2026 edition. This makes them the first K-pop act to headline Rock In Rio, as well as the first K-pop act to perform at the festival.<\/p>\n

The festival wrote on social media (translated to English): \u201cFor the first time in history, K-pop comes to Rock City \u2728 And who opens this new era is one of the biggest groups in the world: @realstraykids<\/a>. The beat that conquered the planet will echo on the World Stage\u201d<\/p>\n

See the post below.<\/p>\n

So far, only one of the remaining Rock In Rio 2026 headliners has been revealed<\/a>: Elton John<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rock in Rio made its debut all the way back in 1985 in Rio de Janeiro and has in the past been headlined by the likes of Queen, Guns N\u2019 Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Metallica and more.<\/p>\n

The newly announced headline slot is just another feather in Stray Kids\u2019 hat \u2013 they previously performed at Lollapalooza Paris in July 2023, BST Hyde Park last year and Lollapalooza Chicago in 2024.<\/p>\n

NME\u00a0last caught Stray Kids at their historic BST Hyde Park 2024 headline show. Rhian Daly wrote of their performance in a\u00a0glowing five-star review<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0NME: \u201cIt\u2019s been five years since Stray Kids last performed in the UK with a show at O2 Academy Brixton, which feels tiny compared to tonight. \u201cBack then, there was some uncertainty \u2013 we didn\u2019t know whether we had fans in the UK,\u201d Lee Know admits backstage. Although they\u2019re much more comfortable in that knowledge these days, their London fans make sure to make their presence felt tonight. They bellow back every word, even before the group first appear on stage, and come close to matching Stray Kids\u2019 intense energy\u2026 as they finally make their exit, London well and truly conquered.\u201d<\/p>\n