BTS played to about 853,000 people across 14 sold-out shows in five cities on the Latin American leg of BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’, BIGHIT MUSIC said on November 2. The run opened in Bogotá on October 2 and ended at São Paulo’s Estádio do MorumBIS on October 31.
“South America was one of the stops we looked forward to most, because we so rarely get to see you,” the group said in the agency’s statement. “We were so moved that we feel we should hurry back to repay it. One of the happiest memories of my life was made here.” The translation from Korean is ours, and the statement gives no return date.
What the 853,000 figure covers
The agency gave one total. Its statement has no count per city or per night and no ticket revenue, so it cannot settle single-stadium questions such as the disputed Bogotá attendance. Spread evenly, it comes to about 60,900 a show.
For rough scale, the 15 shows of the spring North American run were reported at 840,000 people, or 56,000 a show, and Billboard’s Boxscore put August’s 12 concerts at about 800,000, or about 66,700 a show. The stadiums differ and August comes from a different count, so these numbers show size and do not rank the legs.
Ticket sales are still unknown. We found no Boxscore figures for October as of November 2, which leaves our call that these 14 shows average under $12.5 million each unscored.
The 14 shows, city by city
| City | 2026 dates | What the visit was |
|---|---|---|
| Bogotá | Oct 2, 3 | First full-group concerts in Colombia |
| Lima | Oct 7, 9, 10 | First visit to Peru since debut |
| Santiago | Oct 14, 16, 17 | First shows in Chile in nine years |
| Buenos Aires (La Plata) | Oct 21, 23, 24 | First full-group concerts in Argentina |
| São Paulo | Oct 28, 30, 31 | First shows in Brazil in seven years |
According to the agency, the set paired tracks from the album ARIRANG with “FAKE LOVE”, “Not Today”, “MIC Drop”, “FIRE”, “IDOL”, “Butter” and “Dynamite”. Surprise songs changed from show to show. Brazilian reports from the first MorumBIS night name “Black Swan” and “Baepsae” as that night’s picks.
What the agency says the shows did for host cities
The largest set of figures is from La Plata, where a local survey cited in the statement found that 96% of the audience came from elsewhere and more than 130,000 people were visiting for the first time, from 11 countries. More than 48,000 stayed at least a day, for 3.5 nights on average, and spent about 53 billion Argentine pesos on lodging, food, transport and leisure, not counting tickets.
The other cities get narrower measures: flight bookings in Bogotá up 46.6% on a year earlier, ride-hailing requests in Lima at 15 times the usual level on the first concert day and up to 48 times after the show, and lodging searches in Santiago up about 200%. We could not find the original La Plata survey or the data behind the other three figures, so they rest on the agency’s statement.
What the statement leaves out
The agency’s account skips two public disputes from the leg. In Lima, crowds outside the group’s accommodation led to RM’s appeal for sleep and privacy.
In Brazil, ticket buyers complained that the South American stage used four screens built into a central tower, where other legs had 12 LED panels around the stadium. Procon-SP, São Paulo’s consumer protection agency, and Senacon, the national consumer office, both notified the promoter. Live Nation Brasil said on October 26 that the setup was standard across South America and matched the seating map published when sales began, and put the differences down to “logistical and schedule limitations” (our translation). State prosecutors said that day they saw no need for urgent steps on the seating map, while the screen questions stayed under review. We found no reported outcome on the screens.
The first São Paulo show on October 28 brought a bigger complaint. Fans accused Live Nation Brasil of selling more tickets than the stadium could hold, describing packed sections, people without a proper place for the ticket they had bought and ticket holders left outside after a gate closed. The promoter denied it, saying the show “took place strictly within the authorized audience capacity” and that everyone with an official ticket got in, apart from “isolated situations” at Gate 17 that it said were resolved (our translation). Local reports describe the overcrowding claim as unproven.
That night BTS also skipped the walk around the stadium during “IDOL” that other stops on the tour had, a change reportedly announced about 15 minutes before the show. The members danced the full choreography on stage instead, which one Brazilian report calls a first for this tour. Fans linked the change to a lack of space, and one local report says the crowded floor may have played a part, while another says the production cited safety. We could not find a statement from the group or the promoter giving the reason.
Where BTS plays next
| City | 2026 dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Kaohsiung | Nov 19, 21, 22 | Kaohsiung National Stadium |
| Bangkok | Dec 3, 5, 6 | Rajamangala National Stadium |
| Kuala Lumpur | Dec 12, 13 | TM Stadium Nasional |
| Singapore | Dec 17, 19, 20, 22 | National Stadium |
| Jakarta | Dec 26, 27, 29 | Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium |
Those dates are from the official tour site, which continues into 2027 with Melbourne and Sydney in February, then Hong Kong and Bulacan in March.
