{"id":382930,"date":"2026-04-09T09:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/382930\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:22:08","slug":"bts-arirang-tour-live-k-pop-stars-take-to-the-stage-to-kick-off-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/382930\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Arirang tour live: K-pop stars take to the stage to kick off world tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who are BTS?published at 09:06 BST<\/p>\n<p>09:06 BST<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BTS at the Grammy Awards in 2019\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f7535d2f-be70-490a-add3-40aca451fb71.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1022\" height=\"575\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BTS at the Grammy Awards in 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Since their debut in 2013, BTS has rocketed to global stardom. They have been nominated for five Grammys, charted number-one albums faster than any group since the Beatles, and bagged 26 Guinness World Records, including several for the most-viewed music videos on YouTube. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Critics say the seven-member band \u2013 Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook \u2013 have just about perfected the K-pop recipe. Beyond a range of punchy hits and pop ballads, slick dance routines, and good looks, BTS has fostered a deeply loyal fan base by talking about acceptance, mental health and young people\u2019s struggles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They started off when most of them were not yet 20. Now everyone is 30 or older except Jungkook, who is 28.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But BTS\u2019 star power has endured, even after a three-year hiatus, at the peak of their fame, to serve mandatory military service and focus on solo projects. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now the K-pop royalty are back, with an 85-date world tour. It kicks off tonight in the South Korean city of Goyang, which has draped itself in the group\u2019s signature purple colour ahead of the sold-out shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who are BTS?published at 09:06 BST 09:06 BST Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, BTS at the Grammy Awards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-382930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382930","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=382930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}