The tour follows the success of their 2017 EP, Love Yourself: Her, which has remained steadily on the Billboard 200 for 27 weeks and counting – a first for any K-pop artist. The next installment in their Love Yourself series, Love Yourself: Tear, is due for release May 18th.
The boys will be performing at this year's Billboard Music Awards on May 20th in Las Vegas, NV, where they will debut a brand new song! They are nominated for the Top Social Artist award (for the 2nd year in a row) which they won in 2017.
BTS has finally released some dates and times for their 2018 World Tour, which includes 3 stops in Canada - and all of them will be in Hamilton, Ontario Canada!
September 20th - Hamilton, ON @ First Ontario Centre (on sale May 7 @ 4pm local)
September 22nd - Hamilton, ON @ FirstOntario Centre (on sale May 7 @ 4pm local)
September 23rd - Hamilton, ON @ FirstOntario Centre (on sale May 7 @ 4pm local)
If you plan to see the show in Hamilton, and are looking for places to go while you're in town, be sure to check out Canada's first and only Kpop and Anime shop called Cosplay-FTW! The awesome store will be welcoming ARMY with amazing sales on all things BTS including CDs, apparel and more. They will even have special treats for customers :) Check out their fb here.
USA Tour Dates:
September 5th - Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center (on sale May 5 @ 10am local)
September 6th - Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center (on sale May 5 @ 10am local)
September 8th - Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center (on sale May 5 @ 10am local)
September 12th - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena (on sale May 7 @ 4pm local)
September 15th - Fort Worth, TX @ Fort Worth Convention Center (on sale May 5 @ 10am local)
September 16th - Fort Worth, TX @ Fort Worth Convention Center (on sale May 5 @ 10am local)
September 28th - Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center (on sale May 5 @ 10am local)
September 29th - Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center (on sale May 5 @ 10am local)
October 2nd - Chicago, IL @ United Center (on sale May 7 @ 4pm local)
October 3rd - Chicago, IL @ United Center (on sale May 7 @ 4pm local)
"We have only released the concert schedule whose dates and venues have been confirmed, and will announce further schedules as they are confirmed later on," said a representative of Big Hit Entertainment on Friday.
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Is this really a question? What is wrong with you??? SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. Slap yourself in the face for sleeping on them! But in all seriousness, BTS is a South Korean male Kpop group, under the entertainment company BigHit. The group's name is an acronym for the Korean expression "Bangtan Sonyeondan" which means "Bulletproof Boy Scouts." The latest BTS album Love Yourself: Tear will be released on May 18, 2018. The group consists of:
Jin - the 'Visual' and Vocalist (also the oldest)
RM (formally 'Rap Monster' or 'RM') - Group Leader and Main Rapper
Suga - music producer and Lead Rapper
Jhope - Lead Rapper, Main Dancer, Sub Vocalist
Jimin - Lead Vocalist, Main Dancer
V (Taehyung) - Vocalist, Visual
Jungkook - Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Sub Rapper, Center, Maknae
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