BTS plans its biggest world tour ever for comeback in 2026

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BTS is planning its biggest tour ever.

The South Korean supergroup temporarily disbanded as its members undertook their mandatory military service. With that done, BTS has been working on a new album over the past few months with Hybe Co. The album, the group’s first full record in six years, will be released at the end of March 2026.

It will tee up the group’s first proper tour since 2019. BTS plans to perform about 65 dates all over the world, including more than 30 shows in North America, according to people familiar with the matter.

”Details regarding the dates and scale of BTS’ new world tour remain unconfirmed,” Hybe’s Big Hit Music said in a statement. “The dates you mentioned are not the latest number we are discussing.”

BTS brought Korean pop to the mainstream and was the top act in the world in 2020 and 2021, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. The group had planned to tour in 2020 but couldn’t because of the pandemic. It staged more than a dozen shows in 2021 and 2022, its final appearances as a group before its members entered military service.

The band’s final US stadium performances took place in Las Vegas in April 2022. The shows grossed $18 million, according to Pollstar. All told, BTS grossed nearly $300 million as a touring act between 2015 and 2022, according to Pollstar. But those are only the dates the group reported to the data collector. It performed many more shows.

Their return will test how much enthusiasm remains and reveal whether fans have moved on.