BTS Lands in Tampa Tomorrow. The North American Leg of the Arirang Tour Is Finally Here.
Four years of military service. One album. Eighty-five dates across 23 countries. It starts tomorrow night at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
BTS opens the North American leg of its Arirang World Tour on April 24, with three consecutive shows in Tampa (April 24, 25, and 28) before moving through El Paso, Mexico City, Stanford, and Las Vegas in May. All 41 dates across North America and Europe sold out within hours of going on sale in January. Resale prices for Tampa seats have reached $1,350 on the secondary market.
The group's last full stadium run in North America was the Permission to Dance on Stage tour in late 2021 and early 2022 - before all seven members entered mandatory military service. The Arirang tour is their first since. It's also their first in support of a studio album in four years: ARIRANG, released March 20, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 641,000 equivalent album units in its first week, the largest opening for an album by a duo or group since Luminate began tracking equivalent units in 2014. Lead single "Swim" hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 in its debut week and has held in the top 10 for four consecutive weeks. As of the April 25 chart, it sits at No. 10.
The tour has already played five shows before hitting North America. BTS opened in Goyang, South Korea (April 9, 11, and 12) and then Tokyo Dome (April 17 and 18), drawing 110,000 fans across the two Japanese nights. The 360-degree in-the-round stage setup means no back-of-house sections; every seat faces the performance.
In Tokyo, the show opened with "Hooligan" and ran 23 songs, mixing ARIRANG tracks with older catalog - "Dynamite," "Butter," "FAKE LOVE," "Fire," and two rotating surprise slots filled with Japanese-language releases including "Crystal Snow" (2017) and "For You" (2015). The format is expected to carry into Tampa.
After Las Vegas (May 23-28), the tour moves to Europe: Madrid, Brussels, London, Munich, and Paris through July, then back to North America for a summer run including MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts, and four nights at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in September. Latin America follows in October, with Asia dates through December.
BTS has not added further North American dates beyond what was announced in January. Mexico's president reportedly contacted Seoul to request additional Mexico City shows; the group added a third date there (May 7, 9, and 10), but no other cities have been confirmed.
