Kpop group BTS carry out throughout ‘BTS The Comeback Stay Arirang’ live performance in central Seoul, South Korea, March 21, 2026.
| Photograph Credit score: Reuters
Greater than 100,000 followers turned out to see Okay-pop superstars BTS’s first live performance in almost 4 years, their label mentioned on Sunday (March 22, 2026), a smaller quantity than initially anticipated for the extremely anticipated occasion in central Seoul.
The seven-member group took to the stage collectively for the primary time following a years-long hiatus prompted by obligatory army service, with some stationed close to the closely fortified border with North Korea.
The comeback live performance was held on Saturday (March 21, 2026) towards the backdrop of the historic Gyeongbokgung Palace — becoming for the “Kings of Okay-pop” — with hundreds of followers from South Korea and overseas singing alongside.
“An estimated 104,000 followers attended the Gwanghwamun Sq. live performance, based mostly on ticket gross sales and information from the nation’s three main cellular carriers,” HYBE mentioned in an announcement to AFP.
The determine was decrease than an preliminary projection of 260,000, whereas police estimates of the group measurement have been far decrease at about 42,000, in response to Yonhap information company.
Netflix livestreamed the live performance to about 190 international locations.
Followers waved a sea of glowsticks and sang alongside to the group’s hits, holding their telephones aloft to movie the efficiency as large screens arrange throughout the venue allowed the group to observe.
Some 15,000 law enforcement officials and safety personnel have been mobilised for the live performance, with barricades lining the roads and close by venues shut.
The most recent album, “ARIRANG”, launched on Friday (March 20, 206), is billed as reflecting the maturing boy band’s Korean identification. It offered almost 4 million copies on its first day, in response to the label.
Following Saturday’s (March 21, 2026) live performance, the superstars will embark on their “ARIRANG” world tour, starting April 9 in Goyang, South Korea.
Spanning 82 concert events throughout 34 cities, the 2026-27 tour will absorb Asia, North America, Europe and Latin America.
Tickets for reveals in South Korea, North America and Europe offered out inside hours.
Revealed – March 22, 2026 08:37 am IST