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Back with Bangtan! BTS return with world tour dates sparking sales frenzy

People walk by the huge letters of BTS at downtown Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026
People walk by the huge letters of BTS at downtown Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 Copyright  AP Photo/Lee Jin-man
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By Tokunbo Salako
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South Korea's K-pop supergroup BTS are getting back together and their plans for a world tour have triggered a storm online as fans scramble for tickets.

Back by popular demand, the Bangtan Boys, aka BTS, have announced a world tour just weeks after declaring their return to making music.

The roadshow will begin in South Korea in April and running through March 2027 with more than 70 dates across Asia, North America, South America, Australia and Europe.

It marks the group's first headline performances since their 2021–22 Permission to Dance on Stage tour.

Now, for those of you who've been in hiding for the past four years, the South Korean K-pop septet have been away from the scene as they had to complete mandatory military service.

Absence makes hearts grow fonder

FILE: South Korean group BTS appears at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022
FILE: South Korean group BTS appears at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022 AP/Jordan Strauss/Invision

Rapper Suga was the last group member to be released from his duties as a social service agent, an alternative to serving in the military that he reportedly chose due to a shoulder injury. That was in June 2025.

The six others, RM, V, Jimin, Jung Kook, Jin and j-hope, served in the army.

Such is their popularity and influence, South Korea's government even changed the law allowing BTS to stagger their enlistments, giving each member ample time to embark on solo projects while the group was on a break.

The group's entertainment company BigHit Music recently revealed that BTS will make their return to music on March 20, following a nearly four-year hiatus.

Last summer, the group teased a world tour and announced that a new album would be released in the spring of 2026.

“Since it will be a group album, it will reflect each member’s thoughts and ideas,” they said in a statement. “We’re approaching the album with the same mindset we had when we first started.”

The 2026 album will mark their first since 2022’s anthology, 'Proof', their 2021 Japanese compilation album 'BTS, the Best', and their last studio album, 'Be', released in 2020.

BTS 2026 World Tour Dates

April 9, April 11-12 — Goyang, South Korea

April 17-18 – Tokyo

April 25-26 — Tampa, Florida

May 2-3 — El Paso, Texas

May 7, May 9-10 — Mexico City

May 16-17 — Stanford, California

May 23-24, May 27 — Las Vegas

June 12-13 — Busan, South Korea

June 26-27 — Madrid

July 1-2 — Brussels

July 6-7 — London

July 11-12 — Munich

July 17-18 — Paris

Aug. 1-2 — East Rutherford, New Jersey

Aug. 5 -6 — Foxborough, Massachusetts

Aug. 10-11 — Baltimore

Aug. 15-16 — Arlington, Texas

Aug. 22-23 — Toronto

Aug. 27-28 — Chicago

Sept. 1 - 2, Sept. 5 - 6 — Los Angeles

Oct. 2-3— Bogotá, Colombia

Oct. 9-10 — Lima, Peru

Oct. 16-17 — Santiago, Chile

Oct. 23-24 — Buenos Aires, Argentina

Oct. 28, Oct. 30-31 — São Paulo

Nov. 19, Nov. 21-22 — Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Dec. 3, Dec. 5-6 — Bangkok

Dec. 12-13 — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dec. 17, Dec. 19-20, Dec. 22 — Singapore

Dec. 26-27 — Jakarta

BTS 2027 World Tour Dates

Feb. 12-13 — Melbourne, Australia

Feb. 20-21 — Sydney

March 4, March 6-7 — Hong Kong

March 13-14 — Manila, Philippines

Additional sources • AP

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