{"id":242813,"date":"2026-01-13T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/242813\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:46:08","slug":"k-pop-stars-bts-reveal-comeback-tour-after-completing-military-service-ents-arts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/242813\/","title":{"rendered":"K-pop stars BTS reveal comeback tour after completing military service | Ents & Arts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

K-pop superstars BTS have announced details of their much-anticipated comeback tour, after a break of almost four years to complete mandatory military service.<\/p>\n

Details released say the band is set for “world domination”, playing 79 shows across Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America and Australia between April this year and March 2027 – the highest ever number for a South Korean<\/a> artist.<\/p>\n

The tour includes two dates in London in July.<\/p>\n

\"J-Hope<\/p>\n

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\n J-Hope was greeted by his bandmate Jin after being discharged from mandatory military service in 2024. Pic: Reyters\/Kim Soo-hyeon<\/p>\n

In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18 to 28 are required by law to complete 18-21 months of military service, a system designed to deter any threat of aggression from rival North Korea.<\/p>\n

After announcing a hiatus, the BTS<\/a> bandmates – RM, Jin, Jimin, V, Suga, Jung Kook and J-hope – carried out theirs in separate stints between 2022 and 2025.<\/p>\n

Jin, the eldest member, was the first to finish his enlistment duties in 2024<\/a>, while rapper and songwriter Suga became the final member to be discharged in June last year. Suga worked as a social service agent, while the other six members served in the army.<\/p>\n

\"BTS<\/p>\n

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\n BTS members V and RM after being discharged from military service in June 2025. Pic: Reuters<\/p>\n

BTS – an acronym of Bangtan Sonyeondan, or Beyond the Scene – are the biggest-selling music act in South Korean history, having sold more than 40 million albums, and the first non-English speaking group to sell out Wembley Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They were also the first K-pop act to secure a Grammy nomination, and now have five in total.<\/p>\n

In the UK, they have had four top 10 singles and two number one albums, and are known for songs such as Butter, Dynamite and Life Goes On – as well as collaborations with artists such as Charli XCX, Coldplay and Halsey.<\/p>\n

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Rumours of a comeback began on New Year’s Day, when the band reset their official Instagram account.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the tour, their fifth full-length album will be released on 20 March. The record, which was made in the second half of 2025, will reflect on the group’s journey together and include 14 tracks.<\/p>\n

Before the announcement, BTS sent handwritten letters to members of their fanbase, named Army, across the world, notifying them of a return.<\/p>\n

Pictures of the bandmates back together are yet to be released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K-pop superstars BTS have announced details of their much-anticipated comeback tour, after a break of almost four years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-242813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}