BTS Explains Why Solo Songs Are "Banned" from the ARIRANG World Tour, Unlike Their Previous Tours
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BTS's ARIRANG World Tour attracted attention even before it began, thanks to its unprecedented scale, featuring 88 concerts across cities around the world and running through April next year. Notably, tickets for most shows sold out almost immediately during the initial sale. According to the American music magazine Billboard, the latest Boxscore figures released in late September showed that ARIRANG had become the seventh group tour to surpass $500 million in ticket sales. However, all six groups that had previously reached this milestone were rock bands, making BTS the first pop group to join this exclusive club. BTS's August revenue was also the second-highest in Billboard Boxscore history, surpassed only by Beyoncรฉ's figures from August 2023. With more than half of the tour's shows still ahead, Billboard projected that ARIRANG could generate $1 billion in ticket sales by the time the tour concludes. BTS concerts have undeniable appeal, and the members' perfor...