The world tour that music fans around the world have been waiting for from BTS begins in April. This world tour is a large-scale concert held about four years after "BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE," which concluded in Las Vegas, U.S., in 2022.
BTS announced the new world tour by releasing a "BTS WORLD TOUR" poster on the global superfans platform Weverse at 12 a.m. on the 14th. The tour spans areas including Goyang in Korea, North America, Europe, South America and Asia. So far, performances in 34 cities for a total of 79 shows have been opened. This is the most shows for a single tour by a K-pop artist. With Japan and the Middle East schedules to be added later, the tour is expected to expand further.
The concert will spectacularly open over three days on April 9 and April 11–12 at Goyang Sports Complex. On June 12–13 they will meet audiences in Busan. In particular, June 13 is BTS's debut day, so it is expected to be a special time to share that meaning with fans.
The North American tour begins April 25–26 in Tampa and will take place across 12 cities for a total of 28 shows. BTS will perform at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, and Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. These are the first and largest K-pop concerts ever held in those two cities. They will also play at Stanford Stadium, becoming the second artist to perform there after the world-famous band Coldplay. They will be the first Korean singers to perform at venues including AT&T Stadium in Arlington, the world's largest domed stadium by capacity, and Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium. In June and July they will move to Europe to perform in five cities including London and Paris for a total of 10 shows. They will hold solo concerts for the first time in Madrid and Brussels.
They will visit five South American cities including São Paulo and Buenos Aires, and plan to expand the tour later to the Middle East. This shows that BTS's popularity is not limited to a specific region but extends worldwide. The production befitting the scale of the world tour is also a point of anticipation. The tour will feature a 360-degree stage to provide audiences with an overwhelming sense of immersion.
Meanwhile, ahead of the world tour, BTS will release their fifth full-length album containing 14 tracks on March 20. It is a comeback as a complete group after about 3 years and 9 months. The members will reflect the sincere emotions and concerns they accumulated during their journey in the songs to show the "current BTS." <
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