US EditionBTS Comeback Performance Sets Record for Largest-Ever Public Concert in South Korea
BTS's free concert in Seoul draws over 200,000 attendees and launches their largest global tour after members completed mandatory military service.
- On Saturday, BTS returned with a massive free comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square that launched a global tour, streamed live on Netflix to over 200,000 fans.
- Following a nearly four-year hiatus, all seven BTS members completed mandatory military service, with Suga finishing in June 2025, and the concert followed their fifth album ARIRANG release yesterday.
- Police deployed nearly 6,000 officers and more than 4,000 Hybe security personnel as cars were barred from the main road between Gwanghwamun and Seoul City Hall for more than 30 hours.
- Kim Yu-hyuk, analyst at IBK Investment & Securities, estimates the comeback could generate at least 2.9 trillion won, while SK Securities said the ARIRANG tour will include 82 shows across 34 regions.
- Critics say stringent crowd controls undercut Gwanghwamun's symbolism, while Dallila Di Tullio, a fan from Italy, said 'It will be amazing because it's been so long that BTS not with us'.
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The organizers expect the BTS concert to attract more than 200,000 people.
K-pop supergroup reunites with free concert after completing mandatory military service
After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returned Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where thousands of police locked down a central boulevard for the Netflix-exclusive spectacle that drew tens of thousands of fans.
K-pop giants BTS celebrate return with Seoul concert
South Korea's K-pop phenomenon, the boy band BTS, celebrated a triumphant return to the stage in the capital Seoul on Saturday evening, welcoming tens of thousands of adoring fans to a free comeback concert after a nearly four-year break from performing. The break was necessitated by South Korea's conscription law, which requires able-bodied males to serve stints of nearly two years in the military. The first of BTS's seven members began service…
The K-pop band gave a free concert in Seoul, South Korea, this Saturday, March 21. An event that marks the return of BTS after four years of absence due to military service. - IN IMAGES - K-pop: BTS ignites Seoul for its great return to the stage after four years of absence (Culture, media and entertainment).
After more than three years of absence, more than 200,000 fans came from all over the world to Seoul to attend the free concert that marks the great return of the kings of the K-pop BTS. With a tour to follow in the rest of the world, the resulting economic impact is just as unusual.
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