BTS Announces World Tour With Stops In Six North American Cities
Korean boy band BTS surprised ARMY around the world today (April 26) with the news of their upcoming Love Yourself world tour. The Korean septet shared the announcement via their company’s Twitter account, and shared dates for shows in 11 cities throughout Asia, North America, and Europe, with the promise of more shows getting announced in the future.
The Love Yourself tour will follow the release of next month’s Love Yourself: Tear album, which is slated to be released on May 18. The concert series will kick off with two shows in Seoul on August 25 and 26, then head to Los Angeles for three shows at the Staples Center during the first week of September. The record-breaking group will also perform in four other Stateside cities plus one Canadian one throughout September and October before heading to London, Amsterdam, and Berlin.
A total of 22 shows are currently announced.
The group last toured internationally following the release of their Wings album. The Wings tour consisted of 40 shows throughout cities in Asia, South and North Americas, and Australia.
Along with the Twitter announcement, BTS shared a YouTube video trailer to announce the Love Yourself tour.
BTS Love Yourself Tour Dates:
Seoul, South Korea - Aug. 25-26, Olympic Stadium
Los Angeles, California - Sept. 5-6 and 8, Staples Center
Oakland, California - Sept. 12, Oracle Arena
Fort Worth, Texas - Sept. 15-16, Fort Worth - Convention Center
Hamilton, Ontario - Sept. 20, 22-23, First Ontario Centre
Newark, New Jersey - Sept. 28-29, Prudential Center
Chicago, Illinois - Oct. 2-3, United Center
London, England - Oct. 9-10, The O2 Arena
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Oct. 13, Ziggo Dome
Berlin, German - Oct. 16-17, Mercedes-Benz Arena
Paris, France- Oct. 19-20, Accorhotels Arena
ARMY Around the Globe React to BTS' Love Yourself World Tour Announcement
Korean septet BTS announced their upcoming Love Yourself world tour on Thursday (April 25), surprising fans around the world with the news of more than 20 shows set to be held throughout Asia, North America and Europe, plus the promise of more dates to come.
It will be the first tour from the boy band since they set multiple Billboard records with their Love Yourself: Her and Face Yourself albums and saw "DNA" and "Mic Drop (remix)" with Steve Aoki and Desiigner certified gold by the RIAA. It will be preceded by the release of next month’s Love Yourself: Tear album.
Anticipation is building for BTS’ upcoming world tour, and the official hashtag #Love_Yourself, plus several other related ones, trended worldwide following the news. Here’s what some of their fans, known collectively as ARMY, had to say.
There was excitement, to say the least.
I STILL CANT BELIEVE THAT THEY DROPPED THE DATES LIKE THIS pic.twitter.com/RgSPXUcVez — HITMAN BANG FANBASE : HITMEN (@HITMAN_FANBASE) April 26, 2018
I am so damn excited to see @BTS_twt in TEXAS that I really might pass the fck out, I may throw up, I am DEFINITELY going to sob my entire lunch break away. #LoveYourselfWorldTour — Miche (@MicheBangtan) April 26, 2018
I'M FUCKING SCREAMING CAUSE THEYRE FOING TO EUROPE OH MY GOD #LoveYourselfWorldTour pic.twitter.com/jGxHpbcpwo — cadence (@jeonpadams) April 26, 2018
-BTS last year they performed in gocheok sky Dome with 40.000 capacity
-This year They're going to start #LOVE_YOURSEL World Tour in Seoul at Olympic Stadium with 70.000 capacity
I'm someone proud of Them.
#LoveYourselfWorldTour#PremiosMTVMiaw #MTVBRKPOPBTS@BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/WcICZONhg4 — ` (@Armys__Crew) April 26, 2018
Some expressed surprise at the grandiose scale of the Love Yourself tour.
Jamsil Stadium is one level of legendary but the O2 Arena....KOREAN artists/performers int he friggin O2 Arena (for their own concert too and not as package Kpop deal)??? O_____O
Never in a million years did I think I'd see this day #LOVE_YOURSELF MORE DATES TO COME — Kommon Sense (@KommonSense77) April 26, 2018
Some ARMY began preparing.
A friendly reminder to everyone one that getting @BTS_twt tickets is basically like the hunger games so whoever is trying to get some make sure to have money in the next month because tickets get released when u least expect it & they run out in mins#BTSWORLDTOUR #LOVE_YOURSELF — Izzy-- (@dancingkingJH) April 26, 2018
BTS world tour:
-save money for plane ticket, concert ticket, and army light bomb
- buy light bomb
-buy concert tickets
-buy plane ticket
-sing with bts
-wave army bomb with armys#LOVEYOURSELF_轉_Tear #BtsWorldTour #btscomeback #bts @BTS_twt — BANGTAN ---- SONYEONDAN (@bts_ot7_bts) April 22, 2018
Others started to come up with ideas for activities.
L I S T E N U P
THE OAKLAND AND AMSTERDAM STOPS ARE GOING TO BE ON NAMJOON AND JIMIN’S BIRTHDAY.
please plan something for their birthday.#BTSWORLDTOUR #LOVE_YOURSELF pic.twitter.com/42LuF9M5bQ — SINGULARITY (@ironchim) April 26, 2018
And some urged people not to inflate ticket prices.
Please do not buy concert tickets just to resell for a higher price,do not buy resale tickets from scalpers, They buy most concert tickets and resell them for 3x 4x the price.Wait for the offical websites to do resales#LOVE_YOURSELF #PremiosMTVMiaw #MTVBRKPOPBTS @BTS_twt — ` (@Armys__Crew) April 26, 2018
Many ARMY who don’t live in one of the cities currently announced for the tour began hoping as “More Dates to Come” also trended.
Dear lord notice India ---- #LOVE_YOURSELF #LOVEYOURSELFWORLDTOUR more dates to come has all my hopes--Fact-India is the 7th largest country in the world by size and 2nd largest by population..its a freaking huge country with vast number of ARMYs.on this map it's this sparkly one pic.twitter.com/aKNIJoZdty — India ---- ×BTS (@IndiaNeedsBTS) April 26, 2018
PRAYING FOR ‼️
LOVEYOURSELF TOUR IN MNL: MAY 2019 — s✧ (@ilyjikoook) April 26, 2018
when you see "BTS WORLD TOUR"#LOVEYOURSELF AND IN THE END #MOREDATESTOCOME
AND YOU ARE LIKE pic.twitter.com/G3TtXOQurO — Meditation_Boii (@ironic_duck) April 26, 2018
BIGHIT: MORE DATES TO COME
ARMYS:#LoveYourselfWorldTour pic.twitter.com/OarVDYOAuy — PLS BUY MY KIDNEY (@__jiminism) April 26, 2018
And, ARMY being ARMY, some fans noticed some hidden meanings in the concert’s video trailer.
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European ARMY, rejoice – BTS are on their way.
BTS have announced their LOVE YOURSELF tour, and it’s coming to London.
Pause for screaming.
RM, V, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin and Jungkook will be performing at London’s O2 Arena this October.
The DNA hitmakers have announced two dates on 9 and 10 October at the O2, marking their first ever performance in Britain.
This will be followed up with dates in Amsterdam on 13 October, Berlin on 16 and 17 October, and Paris on 19 and 20 October.
The hugely exciting news was announced via BTS’s agency BigHit Entertainment, with the tour also including dates in Seoul, Los Angeles, Oakland, Fort Worth, Hamilton, Newark and Chicago.
Even more dates are set to be announced, with the tour kicking off in August.
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The tour will come after the release of the K-pop band’s new album Love Yourself: Tear.
BTS will be performing on 20 May at the Billboard Music Awards, where they will debut a new song.
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