G-Dragon's 825,000-Attendee World Tour and His First Solo Fan Meeting

On 25 February 2025 G-Dragon released his third full-length album Übermensch. The Korea Herald reported that it arrived almost 11 and a half years after his previous full-length album, Coup D’Etat. A month later a world tour opened in Goyang, and it ran through 39 shows in 17 cities across 12 countries before closing with an encore at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul in December. Then, in February 2026, G-Dragon held the first solo fan meeting of his career. Here is that year, in order.

25 February 2025: Übermensch, the third full-length album in about 11 years and 6 months

G-Dragon released his third full-length album, Übermensch, on 25 February 2025. The Korea Herald reported that the record came almost 11 and a half years after his previous full-length album, Coup D’Etat. The title refers to the ideal human, a concept proposed by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

The same outlet reported that the album sold close to 640,000 copies on its release day and topped iTunes’ Top Albums Chart in 28 regions.

From Goyang in March to 17 cities in 12 countries

The tour G-DRAGON 2025 WORLD TOUR [Übermensch] opened with a show in Goyang, South Korea, in March 2025. According to Newsis, it then travelled to Tokyo, Bulacan, Osaka, Macau, Sydney, Melbourne, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Newark, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Paris and Hanoi before the Seoul encore.

Newsis wrote that the tour comprised 39 shows in 17 cities across 12 countries. The Korea Herald likewise reported that the tour stopped at 17 cities around the world for 39 shows, began in Korea in March 2025 and ended with an encore show in Seoul in mid-December.

Newsis noted that this was G-Dragon’s first solo world tour in about eight years, since M.O.T.T.E wrapped in October 2017.

December at Gocheok Sky Dome: 825,000 in total

The tour’s final stage was in Seoul. G-DRAGON 2025 WORLD TOUR [Übermensch] IN SEOUL : ENCORE ran from 12 to 14 December at Gocheok Sky Dome in the Guro district of Seoul.

The Korea Herald reported that the three-night Seoul encore drew 54,000 people, pushing the tour total to 825,000. Newsis put the same figure this way: “12개국 17개 도시에서 39회에 달하는 공연을 펼치며 전 세계 82만5000여 명의 관객과 마주했다” - he met some 825,000 people worldwide across 39 shows in 17 cities in 12 countries.

Newsis added that the previous tour, M.O.T.T.E, gathered 654,000 people over 36 shows, and that this tour drew 171,000 more.

February 2026 at KSPO DOME: a first solo fan meeting

On 7 January 2026 The Korea Herald, citing a local media report, wrote that G-Dragon was planning his first solo fan meeting for February. A fan meeting is a ticketed event built around an artist spending time with an audience of fans rather than a full concert set. His agency, Galaxy Corporation, said only that it was still in discussion.

The next day Sports Kyunghyang reported that the event would be called 2026 G-DRAGON FAM MEETING and would run from 6 to 8 February at KSPO DOME in Olympic Park, in the Songpa district of Seoul. Sports Kyunghyang wrote that even straight after a large-scale world tour, G-Dragon chose meeting his fans first.

According to Joynews24, the event took place from 6 to 8 February at KSPO DOME under the full name 2026 G-DRAGON ‘FAM’ MEETING [FAM+ILY : FAMILY : FAM I LOVE YOU], and about 40,000 people attended over the three days. It was the first solo fan meeting G-Dragon has held since his debut.

A BIGBANG 20th anniversary comeback, then Japan and Thailand

At the fan meeting, G-Dragon spoke about a BIGBANG comeback. Joynews24 reported that he said: “올해 BIGBANG이 20주년 컴백을 한다. 멤버이자 동시에 팬의 마음으로 저 또한 기대하고 있고, 멤버들 모두 같은 마음일 것” - BIGBANG are making their 20th anniversary comeback this year; as a member and at the same time as a fan, he is looking forward to it, and he believes all the members feel the same.

The fan meeting did not end in Seoul. The official YouTube channel OfficialGDRAGON released behind-the-scenes footage of the Seoul event on 27 February, followed by behind-the-scenes videos from the fan meetings held in Japan and Thailand on 13 March and 16 March.

Key takeaways

• The third full-length album Übermensch was released on 25 February 2025, almost 11 and a half years after Coup D’Etat, The Korea Herald reported.
• The Korea Herald reported that the album sold close to 640,000 copies on release day and topped iTunes’ Top Albums Chart in 28 regions.
• The world tour began in Goyang in March 2025 and ran to 39 shows in 17 cities across 12 countries.
• The Gocheok Sky Dome encore from 12 to 14 December drew 54,000 people, taking the tour total to 825,000.
• Newsis wrote that the previous tour, M.O.T.T.E, gathered 654,000 people over 36 shows, 171,000 fewer than this one.
• About 40,000 people attended the first solo fan meeting of G-Dragon’s career at KSPO DOME from 6 to 8 February 2026, where he spoke about BIGBANG’s 20th anniversary comeback.