Rock in Rio has begun unveiling its star-studded lineup for the 2026 edition, and Stray Kids are officially among the headliners. The group will take the main stage on September 11, 2026, making history as the first K-pop act ever to headline the iconic festival.
The upcoming edition of Rock in Rio will run across two weekends—September 4–7 and September 11–13, 2026—at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Cidade do Rock. Elton John was also previously confirmed as a headliner. Additional artists and stage lineups are expected to be unveiled in the coming weeks as anticipation builds.
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Stray Kids’ headlining debut arrives amid one of the strongest commercial moments of their career. Their new mixtape Do It, released on November 21, is projected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 245,000–260,000 equivalent album units, according to early estimates from Hits Daily Double. If the projection holds, the group will secure their eighth No. 1 album, extending their record as the K-pop act with the most chart-topping albums in Billboard 200 history.
The achievement would also make Stray Kids the first act across all genres to debut their first eight charting albums at No. 1, surpassing their own record set earlier this year when Karma became their seventh straight chart-topping debut.
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