BTS reveal comeback tour after completing military service

K-pop superstars BTS person announced details of their much-anticipated comeback tour, aft a interruption of astir 4 years to implicit mandatory subject service.

Details released accidental the set is acceptable for "world domination", playing 79 shows crossed Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America and Australia betwixt April this twelvemonth and March 2027 - the highest ever fig for a South Korean artist.

The circuit includes 2 dates successful London successful July.

In South Korea, each able-bodied men aged 18 to 28 are required by instrumentality to implicit 18-21 months of subject service, a strategy designed to deter immoderate menace of aggression from rival North Korea.

After announcing a hiatus, the BTS bandmates - RM, Jin, Jimin, V, Suga, Jung Kook and J-hope - carried retired theirs successful abstracted stints betwixt 2022 and 2025.

Jin, the eldest member, was the first to decorativeness his enlistment duties successful 2024, portion rapper and songwriter Suga became the last subordinate to beryllium discharged successful June past year. Suga worked arsenic a societal work agent, portion the different six members served successful the army.

BTS - an acronym of Bangtan Sonyeondan, oregon Beyond the Scene - are the biggest-selling euphony enactment successful South Korean history, having sold much than 40 cardinal albums, and the first non-English speaking radical to merchantability retired Wembley Stadium.

They were besides the archetypal K-pop enactment to unafraid a Grammy nomination, and present person 5 successful total.

In the UK, they person had 4 apical 10 singles and 2 fig 1 albums, and are known for songs specified arsenic Butter, Dynamite and Life Goes On - arsenic good arsenic collaborations with artists specified arsenic Charli XCX, Coldplay and Halsey.

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Rumours of a comeback began connected New Year's Day, erstwhile the set reset their authoritative Instagram account.

Ahead of the tour, their 5th full-length medium volition beryllium released connected 20 March. The record, which was made successful the 2nd fractional of 2025, volition bespeak connected the group's travel unneurotic and see 14 tracks.

Before the announcement, BTS sent handwritten letters to members of their fanbase, named Army, crossed the world, notifying them of a return.

Pictures of the bandmates backmost unneurotic are yet to beryllium released.