{"id":37151,"date":"2026-03-18T08:55:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37151"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:55:45","slug":"free-bts-concert-to-mark-a-k-pop-comeback-like-no-other-are-you-ready-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37151","title":{"rendered":"Free BTS concert to mark a K-pop comeback like no other. Are you ready, Army?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Gwanghwamun Square, the symbolic centre of the South Korean capital Seoul, is home to two statues \u2013 King Sejong, architect of the Korean alphabet Hangul, and Admiral Yi Sun-shin, the naval hero who repelled Japanese invasions \u2013 with the gates of the historical Gyeongbokgung Palace rising behind them.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">On March 21, this open-air plaza will play host to a different kind of national icon: <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">BTS<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The seven-member group \u2013 made up of members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook \u2013 will stage a free comeback performance in front of 22,000 fans, marking their first full show as a collective in nearly three and a half years, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">after the septet completed their mandatory military service<\/span>.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This week, what many consider as K-pop\u2019s global standard-bearer will begin the next chapter of an already illustrious career defined by Billboard No 1 hits, sold-out stadium tours and a fan base measured in the tens of millions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The statue of Admiral Yi Sun-shin in Seoul\u2019s Gwanghwamun Square, where BTS are scheduled to perform on March 21, 2026. Photo: The Korea Times\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/17\/76552776-0d4a-45bb-8888-e2f74af39c6e_051f52d5.jpg\" title=\"The statue of Admiral Yi Sun-shin in Seoul\u2019s Gwanghwamun Square, where BTS are scheduled to perform on March 21, 2026. Photo: The Korea Times\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">The statue of Admiral Yi Sun-shin in Seoul\u2019s Gwanghwamun Square, where BTS are scheduled to perform on March 21, 2026. Photo: The Korea Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When BTS announced the reunion during a live broadcast on the fan platform Weverse last July, more than 7 million viewers tuned in.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For many global fans, it will be the first chance to see the group perform live in seven years after a planned 2020 world tour was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3346835\/free-bts-concert-mark-k-pop-comeback-no-other-are-you-ready-army?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwanghwamun Square, the symbolic centre of the South Korean capital Seoul, is home to two statues \u2013 King Sejong, architect of the Korean alphabet Hangul,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[9558,9413,6120,179,1147,795,3623,483],"class_list":["post-37151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-army","tag-bts","tag-comeback","tag-concert","tag-free","tag-kpop","tag-mark","tag-ready","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}