4 male acts to hold show in Manila in October 


Three Korean male acts and a Chinese boy band will be coming to Manila next month for a show.

K-pop boy bands NCT Dream and Golden Child, Chinese boy band WayV and Korean rock band Xdinary Heroes will be headlining the “I-Pop U 2022 Manila” show that will be held on Oct. 21 at Araneta Coliseum, according to promoter DNM Entertainment.

The “I-Pop U 2022 Manila” show will be held on Oct. 21 at Araneta Coliseum (DNM Entertainment)

The “I-Pop U 2022 Manila” show will feature (clockwise from top left) NCT Dream, Golden Child, WayV and Xdinary Heroes (Jonathan Hicap, Twitter)

“Mark your calendars! A new universe with the hottest stars is popping up at I-POP U 2022 Manila!” it announced.

This will be NCT Dream’s second visit to Manila this year after performing on a show last May 29. The show will be WayV, Golden Child and Xdinary Heroes’ first time to perform in Manila.

WayV, based in China, is a sub-unit of K-pop boy band NCT that debuted in 2019. Golden Child debuted in 2017. They are composed of 10 members including one who enlisted in the military last March.

Xdinary Heroes’ debuted in 2021 under JYP Entertainment and are composed of six members: Gaon, Jun Han, Jooyeon, Gunil, Jungsu and O.de.