At some point during XG’s set on the SAHARA stage at Coachella in April 2025 — when the seven-member Japanese group became the first artist from Japan to headline that tent — the question of whether they’d make it to American arena headlining dates stopped being a question. Jurin, Chisa, Hinata, Harvey, Juria, Maya, and Cocona, formed under the Tokyo-based XGALX label and working in a genre they built and named X-POP, had already done the harder thing: they’d built the crowd, across languages and markets, from the ground up. They bring the XG WORLD TOUR: THE CORE to American Airlines Center in Dallas on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:00 PM.
About XG
The group debuted in March 2022 with “Tippy Toes,” the inaugural release from XGALX, a label founded by Avex specifically to develop and launch them for a global audience. Two mini-albums followed — New DNA in September 2023 and AWE in November 2024 — and with them came the U.S. chart presence that set up the arena run: “LEFT RIGHT” ran 13 consecutive weeks on the Billboard chart; “WOKE UP” became their second Top 40 U.S. radio entry; “GALA,” their third, debuted in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Dance Digital Song Sales chart alongside Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and BLACKPINK.
The debut full-length, THE CORE – 核, arrived January 23, 2026, and charted on the Billboard 200. The record positions itself explicitly as a manifesto — “strips away trends and embellishments to focus purely on the origin of their sound and identity,” per the band’s own framing. Group leader Jurin, in an interview with NME, put the underlying project plainly: “We have a lot of pride in our Japanese heritage and culture, so we’re trying to figure out how to integrate that and incorporate it into the larger XG brand.” That negotiation — between global commercial ambition and a specific cultural identity — is what X-POP, as they’ve defined it, is built to carry.
The CORE tour launched in Japan with every date sold out: Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, and a run at Tokyo’s Yoyogi National Stadium among them. The North American leg opened November 3 in Oakland and has moved through Los Angeles, Chicago, Hamilton (Ontario), and Newark before arriving in Dallas. The city is the sixth of seven North American stops; Mexico City closes the run on November 22.
American Airlines Center
American Airlines Center is a 20,000-capacity arena at 2500 Victory Ave in Dallas — the primary large-venue concert destination for the DFW region and home to the Mavericks and Stars. More at americanairlinescenter.com. See the American Airlines Center venue page for upcoming shows.
Tickets
Tickets are available via Ticketmaster. General on-sale opened May 29 at 10:00 AM local time. VIP packages — including reserved seating, exclusive pre-show soundcheck access, and limited-edition merchandise — went on sale May 27. ALPHAZ fan club members received presale access May 27–28 via registration at xg.pasch.fan. Showtime is 8:00 PM.