Music|The members of the extremely popular k-pop group BTS completed their military service and are returning after a four-year break with a massive open-air concert in Seoul.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung warns of a possible terrorist threat when K-pop group BTS returns from a four-year hiatus with a massive open-air concert at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square on Saturday, March 21.
The concert is expected to attract up to 260,000 fans, and President Lee emphasized that safety is the number one priority.
BTS members completed their military service during the break, and the group is now releasing a new album, Arirang, as well as starting a world tour in April.
Very popular K-pop boy band BTS will return from a four-year hiatus this coming weekend. The band releases a new one Arirangalbum and will perform at Seoul’s historic Gwanghwamun Square. The term K-pop refers to Korean pop music.
The band announced in 2022 that they would be on hiatus so that all seven members of the band could complete their military service, which in South Korea varies between a year and a half and a year and nine months.
Return disc and concert will be published about the band BTS: The Return documentary on the Netflix streaming service on March 27. Netflix will also broadcast the coming Saturday’s comeback concert live. Comeback Live – the broadcast will start on Saturday, March 21 at 1 p.m. Finnish time.
The return concert is expected to be a huge audience success. The outdoor concert at Gwanghwamun Square is expected to attract up to 260,000 fans, news agency Reuters tells.
President of South Korea Lee Jae Myung commented on the concert on Tuesday during a live televised board meeting. According to Lee, security must be the number one priority at the concert, and the authorities must also prepare for possible acts of terrorism, Reuters tells.
On Tuesday, March 17, a performance stage was built in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square for BTS’ comeback concert from Saturday.
In the year Founded in 2010 and performing for the first time in 2013, BTS is one of the world’s most popular pop groups. This is reflected in the fact that the future ArirangThe concerts of the world tour related to the album in South Korea, North America and Europe were sold out in hours.
The Arirang World Tour will start on April 9 at the Goyang Stadium in South Korea and continue throughout 2026 to the rest of Asia, North and South America, and Europe. In 2027, the tour will continue in Australia and Asia.
The huge sale of tickets even got the president of Mexico Claudia Scheinbaumin to write to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to ask him for more concerts in Mexico, The BBC reports.
At the beginning of May 2026, BTS will perform three concerts at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City, which has a concert capacity of 65,000 spectators per night. Despite the president’s request, there have been no additional concerts, at least so far, but BTS will continue their concerts a few days later at Stanford Stadium in California.
Correction 17.3. at 23:10: Corrected the names of the band members in the correct order in the caption.
BTS’ comeback concert at Seoul’s historic Gwanghwamun Square will be held on Saturday.