{"id":622921,"date":"2026-10-07T04:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622921\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T04:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:08:09","slug":"bts-to-kick-off-first-ever-peru-concerts-as-lima-rolls-out-bts-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622921\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS to kick off first-ever Peru concerts as Lima rolls out &#8216;BTS Avenue&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7a228f21-16d3-4a11-8ee5-383b544d2a7b.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1280; width: 100%\" alt=\"K-pop group BTS \/ Captured from BTS' X\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>K-pop group BTS \/ Captured from BTS&#8217; X<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Global K-pop sensation BTS will launch its first-ever concerts in Peru on Wednesday (local time), as the capital Lima rolled out a weeklong  &#8220;BTS Avenue&#8221; and purple-lit landmarks to honor the group&#8217;s historic visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">BigHit Music said the septet will perform at Estadio San Marcos in Lima on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday as part of its &#8220;Arirang&#8221; world tour. It marks the band&#8217;s first shows in the South American country since its 2013 debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">To mark the occasion, the city&#8217;s Santiago de Surco district temporarily renamed Sacramento Street as &#8220;BTS Avenue&#8221; from Oct. 5-11, installing signs along the route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Arco Morisco, a landmark structure in the district&#8217;s Friendship Park, was illuminated in the group&#8217;s signature color of purple on Monday and will host daily light shows through Sunday, while the Fountain of Fantasy at Lima&#8217;s Fountain Park will run a BTS-themed show with music, lights and water screens during the same period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">BTS opened the South American leg of the tour with two-day shows at Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campin in Bogota last weekend, attracting around 100,000 fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K-pop group BTS \/ Captured from BTS&#8217; X Global K-pop sensation BTS will launch its first-ever concerts in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-622921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}