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
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