Album and world tour for the band "BTS" After a four year hiatus

The famous K-Pop band starts "BTS" Next April, there is a global concert tour that will include the Middle East, according to what its production company announced on Wednesday.

The South Korean band, which has become a global phenomenon, suspended its activities in 2022, to enable its members to perform their mandatory military service imposed on all South Korean men under the age of thirty.

And after the members were discharged "BTS" After seven years of military service, the band announced its return to the scene in the spring of 2026, through an album that it will release next March 20.

The program will include 79 dates for"BTS" With audiences in 34 cities, the largest K-Pop tour ever in terms of total number of concerts.

This begins The world tour, which is the band’s first in four years, will depart from Goyang, South Korea, in April, and will perform two more concerts in its country, before moving to neighboring Japan, according to the company. "Hype" Which is in charge of managing its work.

The band will then have several stops in the United States and a number of European countries, including France on July 17 and 18. The tour is scheduled to conclude in March 2027 in Manila.

The company that produces the quartet’s works reported that other cities will be included in the tour program in Japan and the Middle East.

The new album will be the band’s first in about four years when it was released. "Proof" Which became the best-selling CD in South Korea in 2022.

Analyst Kim Yoo-hyuk expected that the total number of people who will attend each concert will reach… "BTS" During this tour to about 4.5 million people.

And his fame extended "BTS" Far beyond her country to become in recent years a global musical phenomenon.

And recorded "BTS" The band’s record is the most polarizing for listeners on the platform "Spotify"It was the first K-pop group to top the charts "Billboard 200: and"Billboard Artists 100" In the United States.