Mixed-gender K-pop group KARD will embark on a world tour from July 6, according to its agency RBW and DSP Media on Tuesday.

The tour, titled “Playground,” will kick off in Monterrey, Mexico and see the group perform in 17 cities in eight countries.

KARD will tour Mexico for approximately two months and proceed to hold concerts in Costa Rica, New York, Washington, Atlanta, Chicago, Louisville, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Budapest, Madrid, Frankfurt, London and Paris.

The tour comes a year after KARD’s 2022 tour of North and South America. This will also be the first time for the group to hold its concerts in Costa Rica, Hungary, Germany and France.

KARD debuted in 2017 and has two male members, J.SEPH and BM, and two female members, Somin and Jiwoo. It most recently dropped its sixth EP, “ICKY,” on May 23.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]