SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With travel restrictions eased under the “living with COVID-19″ scheme, big-name K-pop stars are heading overseas to hold live concerts with foreign fans that have not been held for nearly two years. Superband BTS is at the forefront of the move, scheduled to throw a series of live in-person [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS’ planned world tour, which has been put off for more than a year due to the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, has been officially canceled, its agency here said Friday. “Our company has worked hard to resume preparations for the BTS Map of the Soul Tour, knowing that [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS, a South Korean boy band, has decided to reschedule its upcoming world tour due to the coronavirus pandemic, its agency said Tuesday. Bit Hit Entertainment announced the decision to indefinitely put off the BTS Map of the Soul Tour, saying it was made in “foremost consideration” of the [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS put off the American leg of its upcoming world tour, “Map of the Soul Tour,” Friday over the global spread of COVID-19. “The ‘BTS Map of the Soul Tour – North America,’ originally scheduled to take place from April 25 to June 6, will be [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will close its almost one-year-long concert journey in Seoul next year, the band’s agency said Monday. The two-day concert, titled “TWICE World Tour 2019 Twicelights,” will be held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in southeastern Seoul from March 7, according to JYP Entertainment. That will [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The phenomenally successful one-year concert journey by K-pop band BTS proved to be an emphatic yes to years of lingering questions over whether K-pop could crack the mainstream of American pop culture and beyond. With a finale concert in Seoul on Tuesday, the seven-member boy band brought its “Love [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop super band BTS’ six-month world tour is expected to generate aggregate sales of 200 billion won (around US$170.50 million), with more than a cumulative 1 million fans entertained by its 20 concerts, data available from the band’s management agency said Friday. The latest world concert tour, “Love [...]
LOS ANGELES, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 60,000 fans cheered ecstatically in unison as members of K-pop boy band BTS cried out “Rose Bowl, make some noise,” to open up their fresh world tour at the outdoor Rose Bowl athletic stadium in Pasadena, California, on Saturday. The densely packed stadium roared and shook throughout [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean pop group BTS was to begin its world tour at a 90,000-seat stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday night (local time). The septet was to perform before sold-out crowds at the Rose Bowl Stadium on Saturday and Sunday, according to its management agency. The “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” stadium [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS will carry out another concert tour of major cities in the United States, Europe and Japan starting in May, the band’s management agency announced Wednesday. The “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” tour, which came after BTS’ successful, wider world tour last year, will bring the septet [...]