{"id":165170,"date":"2026-04-26T10:10:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=165170"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:39:36","slug":"bts-officially-kicks-off-the-north-american-leg-with-a-sold-out-stadium-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-officially-kicks-off-the-north-american-leg-with-a-sold-out-stadium-show\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS officially kicks off the North American leg with a sold-out stadium show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong> is making huge waves worldwide with their new world tour, <em>\u201cARIRANG,\u201d<\/em> to promote their latest musical project and connect with fans after a three-year hiatus due to military enlistment. Now, the idols have landed on American soil to conquer the hearts of thousands of fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BTS officially kicks off the North American leg of their <em>\u201cBTS WORLD TOUR \u2018ARIRANG,\u201d<\/em> at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on April 25, 2026.<\/strong> This is the first time the idols have performed for the American audience since their 2022 <em>&#8216;Permission to Dance on Stage&#8217;<\/em> engagement in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%EC%98%A4%EB%8A%98%EC%9D%98%EB%B0%A9%ED%83%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\uc624\ub298\uc758\ubc29\ud0c4<\/a>]<br \/>260425 BTS WORLD TOUR &#39;ARIRANG&#39; IN TAMPA<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%EB%B0%A9%ED%83%84%EC%86%8C%EB%85%84%EB%8B%A8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BTS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_NA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_NA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_TAMPA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_TAMPA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ULBTNrEKYV\">pic.twitter.com\/ULBTNrEKYV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BTS_official (@bts_bighit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bts_bighit\/status\/2048243202621321568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The opening night was a complete sell-out, signaling a powerful start to their 31-show journey across 12 cities. BTS was warmly welcomed to Tampa as Mayor Jane Castor ordered the<strong> purple lighting<\/strong> of Old City Hall and major downtown bridges, while Tampa International Airport greeted arriving fans with digital welcome displays across its terminals.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, BTS became the talk of the town as the Tampa Bay News reported that the economic impact of the tour&#8217;s stop in the region is estimated to reach between 800 million USD and 900 million USD, showcasing the<strong> huge influence<\/strong> BTS has in the American market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS is making huge waves worldwide with their new world tour, \u201cARIRANG,\u201d to promote their latest musical project and connect with fans after a three-year hiatus due to military enlistment. Now, the idols have landed on American soil to conquer the hearts of thousands of fans. BTS officially kicks off the North American leg of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":165171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,300],"tags":[49],"class_list":{"0":"post-165170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-tour","10":"tag-bts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165170"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165194,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165170\/revisions\/165194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}