BTS Returns With Comeback Concert in Seoul
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Local reports estimate that roughly 40,000 people gathered across central Seoul to watch K-pop band BTS reunite.
Those without tickets arrived at the venue before the sun rose on Saturday to stake out areas that offered unobstructed views of the stage.
BTS fans receive extras and special editions of South Korean newspapers at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on March 21, 2026, ahead of a concert at the venue to mark the K-pop giant's long-awaited comeback.
BTS is a South Korean boy band that started forming in 2010 before releasing their first single "No More Dream" in 2013. BTS The Comeback live concert will take place in Seoul, South Korea, specifically at Gwanghwamun—a well known South Korean landmark.
Bangtan opened the concert at Gwanghwamun with “Body to Body.” The performance ends on a striking note, as five women in traditional Korean attire close the vocals in a Korean folk style.
But if the first wave of reviews for the reunion album, Arirang, are any indication, the welcome back will be a warm one. Critics and music writers got their first cracks at Arirang early Friday, the same day that the album dropped,
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