{"id":260122,"date":"2026-01-27T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/260122\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:30:13","slug":"mexico-presidents-bts-request-underscores-popularity-sparks-industry-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/260122\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico president\u2019s BTS request underscores popularity, sparks industry discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Industry insiders say concert decisions rest with Hybe, not South Korean president<\/p>\n

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Mexico\u2019s President Claudia Sheinbaum formally asked South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to help secure additional BTS concerts in Mexico, prompting debate within the K-pop industry over whether the appeal crossed diplomatic boundaries.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a daily press briefing Monday, Sheinbaum said she had sent a diplomatic letter to Lee requesting more BTS performances in Mexico, beyond the group\u2019s three scheduled shows at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City on May 7, 9 and 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone wants to go,\u201d Sheinbaum said. \u201cAround 1 million young people want to buy tickets, but there are only 150,000 tickets available.\u201d<\/p>\n

The South Korean presidential office declined to comment on the matter. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which received the letter, also told The Korea Herald Tuesday that it had \u201cnothing to share\u201d regarding the request.<\/p>\n

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While the remarks underscored BTS\u2019 massive popularity in Mexico, industry insiders cautioned against directing such a request to the South Korean president.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe should have sent the request to Hybe, not the president,\u201d an official at a major K-pop agency said Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

\u201cBTS is a global artist, and it\u2019s understandable that she considered domestic fan demand. But these are not state-sponsored events. Asking a foreign head of state to intervene in a private company\u2019s concert schedule is discourteous.\u201d<\/p>\n

The official added that a world tour is meticulously planned from the outset, factoring in market research, venue availability and artist schedules, leaving little room for last-minute changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tour schedule has already been announced. If one country\u2019s request is accommodated, others may follow, and it becomes an issue of fairness,\u201d the official said. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to increase the number of shows before the tour even begins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some flexibility, however, remains.<\/p>\n

BTS has already added extra shows in cities such as Tampa, Stanford and Las Vegas following strong local demand after ticket sales opened. Additional tour dates in Japan and the Middle East are also expected to be announced, leaving open the possibility \u2014 though not a guarantee \u2014 of expanded stops elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Sheinbaum\u2019s request comes amid heightened public attention in Mexico over BTS\u2019 concert ticketing process. Although the group is scheduled to perform in Mexico City for three days in May, many fans failed to secure tickets during the initial global sale rush from last Thursday to Saturday.<\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s consumer watchdog has since launched a probe into Ticketmaster, owned by Live Nation Entertainment, and has moved to sanction resale platforms such as StubHub and Viagogo for what it described as \u201cabusive and disloyal practices,\u201d without providing further details.<\/p>\n

Original ticket prices ranged from roughly 1,800 pesos to 17,800 pesos ($100 to $1,030) for VIP packages. On resale platforms, however, prices surged to between 11,300 and 92,100 pesos \u2014 exceeding $5,300 in some cases.<\/p>\n

jaaykim@heraldcorp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Industry insiders say concert decisions rest with Hybe, not South Korean president BTS (Big Hit Music) Mexico\u2019s President…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1845,93853,146,85,46,26096,1326,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-260122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bts","9":"tag-claudia-sheinbaum","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-lee-jae-myung","14":"tag-mexico","15":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}