Can't Get BTS 'ARIRANG' Tour Tickets? The Goyang and Tokyo Shows Are Coming to Cinemas
For the millions of fans who watched BTS tour tickets evaporate in seconds, there's a way in.
BigHit Music, HYBE, and Trafalgar Releasing announced Thursday that the April 11 Goyang and April 18 Tokyo concerts from BTS World Tour 'ARIRANG' will screen live in more than 3,500 theaters across 75 countries. Each territory gets both shows, screened twice per concert - some on delay for time zones. Tickets open globally on Wednesday, February 25 at btsliveviewing.com. In South Korea, screenings run at CGV, Lotte Cinema, and Megabox; Korean tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. KST. International buyers can purchase starting at 8 a.m. ET.
The tour itself opens with three nights at Goyang Sports Complex - April 9, 11, and 12 - before BTS moves to Tokyo Dome on April 17 and 18 for their first Japan performances in roughly seven years. Those Goyang shows sold out during ARMY membership presales with over 100,000 fans queuing simultaneously. The rest of the North America and Europe legs, 41 shows total, went the same way.
Across the full tour, BTS will play 82 shows in 34 cities - the most concert dates ever for a K-pop act. The North American run alone includes first-ever solo concerts by a Korean artist at Raymond James Stadium (Tampa), Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso), Stanford Stadium, Gillette Stadium (Foxborough), M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore), and AT&T Stadium (Arlington). In Europe, they add King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels and Allianz Arena in Munich to that list. In London, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium dates set a new record for the highest seat occupancy for a single concert at the venue. All shows feature a 360-degree in-the-round stage.
The tour is tied directly to ARIRANG, BTS's fifth studio album, out March 20 at 1 p.m. KST. The 14-track record is the group's first full-group release since the 2022 anthology Proof - a gap of nearly four years, during which all seven members completed mandatory South Korean military service. The title is deliberate: "Arirang" is a centuries-old Korean folk song recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, and for BTS it frames the album's themes of longing, separation, and return.
To coincide with the release, BigHit Music is running BTS THE CITY ARIRANG SEOUL through April 12 - an outdoor installation event across Seoul combining music, film, and public art. The group's live comeback performance at Gwanghwamun Square on March 21 streams exclusively on Netflix.
Tickets for BTS World Tour 'ARIRANG' Live Viewing go on sale Feb. 25 at btsliveviewing.com. Korea ticket sales open at 10 a.m. KST; international sales at 8 a.m. ET.
