K-Pop Sensation BTS to Return to U.S. for their “Permission to Dance on Stage “Concerts this April
INTERNATIONAL: South Korean boy band BTS will return to the United States for a series of concerts in Las Vegas in April, their agency has confirmed on Wednesday.
BTS scores the second-biggest ticket grosses for a single concert event In U.S. history in November, 2021. The South Korean septet headlined four nights at Los Angeles, CA’s SoFi Stadium, and while each concert was an individual show on its own, they are counted together as one event, as they were marketed and sold as such. The quartet of concerts racked up an incredible $33 million in sales, and the group managed to sell an astounding 214,000 tickets to fans who traveled to the city from not just across America, but the entire world. Those figures ensure the K-pop titans a spot in the history books .
According to Billboard, BTS’s LA-based accomplishment marks the second-largest “boxscore” ,a term meaning total grosses for a specific event in U.S. history.
The concerts, part of their "Permission to Dance on Stage" tour that has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, will be held on April 8-9 and 15-16, with the last show live-streamed, Bit Hit Music has said in a statement.
Since debuting in 2013, BTS has spearheaded a global K-pop craze with catchy, upbeat music and dances, as well as lyrics and social campaigns aimed at empowering young people, many of whom have formed massive online fan bases.
The seven-member group played its first in-person concerts since the onset of the pandemic in November, in Los Angeles, and last week announced it would put on the first shows for their home fans since the pandemic began, with three concerts in the capital, Seoul, in March.
On Tuesday Big Hit has said V, the band's singer and songwriter whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, had recovered from a coronavirus infection.
He was the band's fifth member to contract Covid-19, including three who tested positive in December shortly after their return from the U.S. shows.
As the pandemic spread in 2020, the band has postponed and then called off what was meant to be their biggest international tour involving nearly 40 concerts. They held some online shows instead.
