BTS earns 6.67 billion won with only one US concert
BTS is a proof of the definition "leading boy group." With their role of "Leading the Kpop wave," the group will perform for the first time on a stadium stage in the US, where only American huge stars like Beyonce, Lady Gaga can perform.
ₒ BTS - a music group earns 6,77 billion won with only one concert in New York
At 4 pm (local time) August 17, tickets for the concert "LOVE YOURSELF" held at Major League Baseball stadium, New York Mets, Citi Field, the United States will be open for sale. According to the Mets' homepage, the stadium size is 40,000 seats including 6 kinds of seats, from seats that worth $250 to the vision-limited ones that value $60. One can book up to eight tickets. It is estimated that if 40,000 $150-tickets are sold out, about $6 million (equal to about 6.77 billion won) will be earned in one day. Not only in New York, the group's tour will also be held in major cities including four shows at Staples Center, LA; three at Hamilton FirstOntario Center, Canada.
Additionally, two-night shows will be held at each of the venues such as The O2 Arena (London, England); Accors Hotel Arena (Paris, France); Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin, Germany); Tokyo Dome (Japan) and Olympic Stadium (Korea). Each concert is expected to have 40,000 attendees.
ₒ BTS - Expert in setting the "first" and "fastest" record
Citi Field is a performing stage where only superstars in the US can stand. Since Paul McCartney first performed here in 2009, Citi Field has become the dream of pop stars. BTS will be the first Korean artist to stand on that stage. In addition, The O2 Arena in England is also famous for the world's leading sound systems. According to foreign media reports, this stage is now being carefully managed and at the end of June, the sub-woofer system with lively sound was also upgraded. The public is drawing lots of attention to what effect will the combination of BTS-branded live performances and the latest equipment bring.
As soon as the sale started, tickets for the concert have continuously been sold. Tickets for other concerts at The O2 Arena taking place nearly at the same time as those at City Field can be booked on the homepage. However, they made an announcement about the concert of BTS, saying, “At present, the tickets have been sold out, please buy tickets in the usual way.” Moreover, the company also revealed, ”All 280,000 concert tickets in 10 cities in North America and Europe and 90,000 concert tickets in Seoul have been sold out." It is expected that the fight over concert tickets at Citi Field which are on sale on August 17 will be more fierce.
A Kpop representative said,” It is still one month and a half until the concert of BTS on October 6. Currently, the group is about to allow tickets to be booked. When holding concerts at stadiums, tickets for the shows of local singers are often on sale around three to four months before the concerts take place after they considered ticket sales and transit time carefully. As a result, it is relatively quick that tickets for BTS’s concert are on sale before one month and a half. In addition, this one also shared about the public affection for BTS, saying,” It is rare that concert tickets in North America are sold out and more concerts at stadiums have to be held.”
ₒ BTS - a group on "another level" helps to expand Kpop's influence
The US's Forbes reported news on BTS's concert held at Citi Field. The article wrote, "BTS is equal to Zac Brown Band, Dead & Company, Beyonce, Lady Gaga. Even though the performances of these artists has special meaning to them but for BTS, this is a positive signal because we still don't know how thriving Kpop can be in the future." Based on trending keywords on a global scale in the last five years, starting from the first half of 2015, BTS has become the top Kpop stars in the number of mentions in England, the US and the steep chart in the statistics table is the proof of this strong growth.
Previously, in May, BTS successfully won the award in the "Top Artist" category for two consecutive years at the "Billboard Music Awards" ceremony and constantly received public's attention. The group not only increased their own popularity but also helped attract more attention from international music fans to Kpop. In fact, when searching for keywords related to Kpop, the number of searches for phrases such as "BTS," "Kpop BTS" has increased drastically in European countries such as England, Germany, etc.
BTS is the group who has increased Kpop's area of influence to the public. With their expansion of concert tours scale because of the fans' love, the next target and also the desire of Suga, which is performing in stadiums, is more and more likely to become a reality. A representative of the US Billboard complimented that BTS's journey was on "another level" and expressed admiration when the boys wrote a new page of history.