ATEEZ, &TEAM, LNGSHOT headline AAA 2026 first performer lineup for December Kaohsiung dates

ATEEZ, &TEAM, and LNGSHOT are confirmed for Asia Artist Awards 2026. The two-day event runs December 5–6 at Kaohsiung National Stadium.

ATEEZ are riding high off GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5, their 14th mini album from June. It sold 1.88 million copies in week one—their personal best and their seventh million-seller. Title track BAD has been racking up global streams. &TEAM, the nine-member group, are mid-cycle right now. They're running their Asia tour 2026 &TEAM CONCERT TOUR 'BLAZE THE WAY', dropping their second Korean mini album Mark on Me on September 8, then headlining Seoul's KSPO Dome on October 3–4 before heading to Kaohsiung. LNGSHOT (Oh-yul, Ryul, Woojin, Rui) will perform YEAH! YEAH!, the title track from their May collaborative mixtape 4SHOBOIZ Vol. 2: 4SHOVILLE.

Hosting duties go to IVE's Jang Won-young, actor Ji Chang-wook, and ZEROBASEONE's Sung Han-bin. Sung Han-bin's casting broke at the pre-show ACON 2026, The Road to AAA 2026: Official Pre-show on July 25 at Taipei's NTSU Arena. He opened with a special stage of Hard to say, a track by local R&B singer-songwriter Karencici, before the announcement. The ACON lineup also featured MEOVV, Xdinary Heroes, YENA, CLOSE YOUR EYES, KISS OF LIFE, NEXZ, and QWER. NEXZ and CLOSE YOUR EYES closed the night with a 3-on-3 dance collab on Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Star News hosts the event. The AAA Organizing Committee, Motive, and D-Show organize it. The same venue held 10th Anniversary Asia Artist Awards 2025 on December 6, 2025, with 55,000 attendees.