BTS’s World ‌Tour ‘ARIRANG’ officially starts with three nights in Goyang, on April 9, 11 and 12, and will take in 34 cities across the ​world in a new record for the most ​tour dates by a K-pop artist.

The opening concerts in ⁠Goyang sold out in pre-sale for all three nights, ​and tickets to concerts in South Korea, North America, ​and Europe were sold out within a few hours of the pre-sale and general sale, according to BTS’s management agency.

The group went on ​hiatus in 2022, and all seven members completed mandatory ​South Korean military service by mid-2025, before getting together to record ‌their ⁠fifth studio album “ARIRANG”.

The album, released in March, topped the Billboard 200 chart for two weeks, a first for a K-pop group or artist.

Lead single “Swim” made its debut at ​No. 1 on ​Billboard’s Hot ⁠100 chart, before falling to No. 2 in its second week.

Analysts said the concert tour, ​which will feature a 360-degree in-the-round stage design, ​is ⁠expected to bring in blockbuster revenues, with some estimates pointing to total tour earnings of as much as 2.7 trillion ⁠won ($1.81 ​billion), not including fans’ spending outside the ​concerts when visiting cities for the show.