BTS - WORLD TOUR (2026)
The long wait is over. K-pop behemoth BTS has finally unveiled their comeback itinerary, freeing fans from the uncertainty of tour dates and re-shackling them with the dread of an impending ticket war.
Worry not. I'm currently finishing up a guide on How to Win the Ticketmaster War, which will be out before presale, so stay tuned for that.
The band will be stopping by Toronto on August 22nd and 23rd at the coveted Rogers Stadium. Here's everything you need to know ahead of presale.
The facts
- Who: BTS
- When: Saturday + Sunday, August 22 + 23 | 8:00PM
- Where: Rogers Stadium
- Why: Comeback tour following military service, in support of their upcoming album
- Last Toronto show: Phoenix Concert Theatre (09/27/15)
- Nearest stop: East Rutherford, NJ (08/01)
Presale Dates
- Army Membership: Jan 22 @ 1PM (See How to Get Tickets below)
- General Public: Jan 24 @ 1PM
Ticket Links
Saturday, August 22: Ticketmaster | TickPick | StubHub TBD
Sunday, August 23: Ticketmaster | TickPick | StubHub TBD
Note: Tickets found on 3rd party sites (i.e Stubhub, TickPick) before presale are all speculative tickets. It's strongly discouraged to buy these tickets. Here is a fun read for more information about the topic.
Community Chatter
Curious how fans are feeling about the tour? Here are the best places to gauge sentiment:
How to Get Tickets
The BTS World Tour will be using a presale system that's quite common in K-Pop communities but less common elsewhere. There's a lot of information floating around, but I'll simplify it to what you need to know for Toronto:
- To get access to the presale, you will need to purchase an annual GLOBAL ARMY Membership before 6PM on January 18th.
- Do not buy the US or Japan ARMY Membership, you need the GLOBAL one
- The membership costs 19.67 USD (~$27.33 CAD) and must be registered under the same email used for your Ticketmaster account.
- You can buy the membership here.
- In your application, you can select up to three cities to participate. Select Toronto. If you would like to try for two other cities, select those as well.
- Upon completion of your membership registration, you will get an ARMY Membership Number; this will be your presale code to use on January 22nd.
- Only ARMY Membership holders who signed up before 6PM on January 18th will be able to join the queue for the presale.
- Anticipate all tickets selling out during the ARMY Membership presale.
- You can find more information regarding presale here and here.
💡How I rate shows
- Various factors are considered, including community sentiment, time since last show, pricing, proximity to nearby dates, and more
- Each factor is given a positive or negative score. Positive scores swing in the direction of Buy, and negative scores swing towards Wait
- Factors sum up to one score, which becomes the FaceValue Verdict: Buy or Wait
The factors
Here's everything pushing this presale up or down the FaceValue scale.
It's BTS +++
This will be one of, if not the single biggest presale of the year. BTS is a group with gargantuan global popularity and demand, driven by their deeply passionate fanbase (called ARMY). The band has been away for the last few years in order to participate in mandatory military service. In that time, anticipation for their comeback hit fever pitch.
To give a sense of the scale of demand, there were recent rumors that HYBE (the company managing BTS) was offering the entire tour to AEG Presents (the largest promoter in the world after Live Nation) in exchange for 50% interest in Coachella. The deal fell through, and now Live Nation is responsible for the tour.
A full tour sellout is practically a certainty. Casual fans will take interest. ARMY fans have had enough time to prepare that they've gotten jobs to financially support following the boys on as many dates. We may be looking at a tour that could go band-for-band with Swift's Eras.
They will be using a 360° stage layout
The in-the-round setup will allow for increased capacity. This technically will make it easier to get tickets. But with how massive the demand is, it doesn't push the needle towards Wait in the slightest.
The layout has yet to be seen at Rogers Stadium, so it will be interesting to see how many more seats they'll be able to accommodate and if other acts mirror the setup.
To give you a sense of how it could look, I made a detailed illustration.
My recommendation is to Big Buy. Even factoring in the $27 paywall for presale access, don't expect tickets to be available post-presale nor for prices to fall. Good luck, ARMY. 🫡💜
