yesterday I wrote BTS' 2026 tour compared to Taylor Swift's 2023-24 Eras Tour.
Personally, this will be BTS' last tour when they still have some influence.
Given the way Hybe acts, 2028 will see the solo albums of Suga, RM and Jimin (Taehyung will turn into a full actor),
so no Jungkook solo until he turns 32 in the year 2029.
Which means no concert, if any, till 2030.
Unlike a certain 1,353 years old, who can do a concert whenever she feels like it (and will probably do another world tour in 2027 since she has no other drama/movie lined up after the one with Byun Wooseok), BTS has 7 minds, especially Taehyung who is very unlikely to renew after the current round of contract.
Let's compare the 2026 tour with the 2020 putative tour, although 2026 schedule is not complete
Korea
5 days
Asia
Tokyo 2 days Kaohsiung 3 days Bangkok 3 days Kuala L 2 days Singapore 4 days
Jakarta 2 days Hong Kong 2 days Manila 2 days
Total 16 days
Oceania
Melbourne 2 days Sydney 2 days
Total 4 days
Europe
Madrid 2 days Brussels 2 days London 2 days Munich 2 days St Denis 2 days
10 days
Canada
Toronto 2 days
2 days
USA
East Rutherford, NJ 2 days Foxboro, MA 2 days Baltimore, MD 2 days Arlington, Tx 2 days Chicago, IL 2 days Los Angeles, CA 4 days
14 days
Latin America
Mexico city 3 days Bogota 2 days Lima 2 days Santiago 2 days Buenos Aires 2 days Sao Paolo 3 days
14 days
Compare that with the putative 2020 tour
(more dates would have been added if necessary)
Korea
Seoul 4D + 2D (the 'TBA' was probably BTS festa, to be held at Pusan)
Asia
Fukuoka 2D
Osaka 6D
Saitama 2D
Tokyo 2D
Japan only, 12D
USA
Santa Clara 2D Pasadena 3D Dallas 2D Orlando 1D Atlanta 1D East Rutherford 2D Landover(Maryland) 1D Chicago 2D
Total 14D
Canada
Toronto 2D
Europe
London 2D Rotterdam 1D Berlin 2D Barcelona 2D
The Seoul Concert was to be held on the Olympic Stadium for 4 Days, since there was a word on the street that a certain 1,347 years old was going to have a concert there. So BTS reserved it for 4 days, to prevent the 1,347 years from overturning it, although all became moot.
Korea
6D 2020, 5D 2026
Japan
12D 2020, 2D 2026 (more in 2027)
Europe
7D 2020, 10D 2026
USA/Canada
16D 2020, 16D 2026
Since no concerts were scheduled in 2020 for SE Asia and Latam (which would have been added), they cannot be compared to
So, contrary to popular beliefs, BTS did not add more days in USA and only added 3 more days in Europe from 2020 in this 2026-27 tour, while adding 6 days in Korea to check the ambitions of a certain 1,347 years old.
