(Web Desk) - K-pop sensation BTS have finally announced their much-awaited world tour dates and the cities they'd be performing at in the next one year.
The group will be launching their new album on March 20, and kicking off the world tour within a month — on April 9.
This will be the first world tour for the K-pop stars in seven years, after Love Yourself in 2019. In what will be their biggest tour yet, BTS will perform across 34 regions in 12 months, and more dates will be added, the announcement on Weverse said.
The first city to watch the septet perform together as a group for the first time in almost four years will be Goyang in South Korea. Starting with their home country, the Grammy-nominated group will then travel to Tokyo, several cities in the US inlcuding Tampa and Las Vegas, Spain, UK, France, and more.
The tour will also be making stops at several South Asian destinations like Singapore, Malaysia and Phillippines, where they enjoy a massive fan-following as well.
BTS ARMY in the Middle East will also get to see them live, but in 2027. The exact location will be revealed later, the announcement said.
Fans here have been hoping that BTS will return to the Emirates, especially since their KCON performance in Abu Dhabi in 2016 marked one of their earliest global stops.
One of the group members, j-hope, was in Dubai in November to perform at a brand event on the sidelines of Dubai Watch Week 2025.
While Filipino fans have gotten a date with BTS (they will perform in Manila in March 2027), India is also expected to be on the world tour list, after member V (Kim Taehyung) dropped a hint during one of his live interactions with fans.
BTS will be releasing their fifth full-length album on March 20 at midnight ET. The upcoming album, their first in over three years, reflects the culmination of BTS' journey to date. The members devoted themselves to the album’s creation in the second half of 2025.
Comprising a total of 14 tracks, the album is driven by each member's honest introspection as they collectively shaped its direction by weaving their individual perspectives into the music.