Two members missing for a year and eight months changes a group’s chemistry. NCT 127 is about to show the world exactly how theirs held up.

Trafalgar Releasing and SM Entertainment have announced NCT 127 5th Tour ‘Neo City : Seoul – The Redline’ In Cinemas, a global live cinema event bringing the K-pop group’s tour kickoff to movie theaters worldwide on Sunday, September 20. The broadcast comes straight from Seoul’s Olympic Park KSPO Dome, capturing the finale of a three-night run that marked NCT 127’s first tour dates in a year and eight months.

That gap mattered. Taeyong and Jaehyun were absent from the group’s previous tour while completing their military service, and Seoul’s kickoff shows marked their return to the stage alongside the rest of NCT 127.

The timing lines up with a bigger milestone. The screening arrives as part of a year-long campaign marking NCT 127’s tenth anniversary, and it lands just weeks after the August 24 release of the group’s seventh full-length album, ‘BLINGY.’

“The Redline” concept behind this tour isn’t a rebrand for its own sake. It’s built around blending the group’s career-defining hits with new material, and early reactions suggest the live show delivers exactly that kind of high-voltage crossover energy fans have come to expect from NCT 127.

Trafalgar Releasing CEO Marc Allenby framed the release as a milestone for the company as well as the group. “We look forward to bringing NCT 127’s highly anticipated return to touring to cinemas worldwide. This marks our fourth project with the NCT brand and our first release specifically centered on NCT 127, making this a significant moment for Trafalgar and fans around the world. This live cinema event gives NCTzens globally the opportunity to experience their fifth world tour together on the big screen.”

Trafalgar has built its reputation on turning arena-scale spectacle into a shared theater experience, having previously brought Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, BTS, Metallica, Oasis, Coldplay, and Billie Eilish to the big screen. Folding NCT 127 into that lineup signals how far the group’s global pull has grown.

Screening times will vary by territory, with some broadcasts scheduled later to accommodate local time zones.

Tickets go on sale Thursday, August 27 at 10am EDT, 3pm BST, and 11pm KST, with local showtimes and participating theater listings available now at nct127incinemas.com.