BTS World Tour Confirmed, With 73 Shows Scheduled Following Their March Comeback

K-POP group BTS is set to embark on a full-scale world tour for the first time in seven years. The group will hold its largest tour since 2019, beginning in Goyang, South Korea, on April 9 this year before moving into the U.S. schedule starting April 25. The tour is planned to take place in various countries including the United States, Japan, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. The U.S. leg alone will span 25 cities until March 2027, featuring major cities such as Tampa, El Paso, Stanford, Las Vegas, New York, Boston, Baltimore, Arlington, and Chicago. Pre-sales for tickets started on January 22, with official sales beginning on January 24. BTS reaffirmed its global popularity by winning the Global Popularity Award at the “33rd Hanteo Music Awards 2025” held at the KSPO DOME in Seoul’s Olympic Park on the 20th. The resumption of the tour also sends a positive signal for HYBE, BTS’s parent company. Hana Securities raised its target price for HYBE to 440,000 won ahead of BTS’s comeback. A researcher predicted, “Starting from March this year, BTS’s comeback will mark the beginning of a journey toward record operating profits of over 500 billion won per year.” Over 4 million album pre-orders and revenue from Netflix live broadcasts are expected in the first quarter of this year, while 73 shows throughout the year along with secondary licensing revenues are anticipated starting in the second quarter. Hana Securities conservatively estimated that BTS’s management revenue alone for 2026 could exceed 1.4 trillion won, stating, “Since BTS’s world tour will have an impact until at least the second quarter of 2027, there is no need to worry about performance metrics for the time being.”