{"id":112952,"date":"2026-01-28T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=112952"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:42:00","slug":"mexico-president-asks-south-korea-for-more-bts-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=112952","title":{"rendered":"Mexico president asks South Korea for more BTS concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The scramble for tickets to K-pop band BTS\u2019 comeback tour, which comes after a four-year hiatus, has seen Mexico\u2019s president appealing to her South Korean counterpart to add more shows in her country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote a letter to the [president] of Korea\u2026 I still haven\u2019t received the answer, but let\u2019s hope it\u2019s positive,\u201d Mexico\u2019s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Monday.<\/p>\n

BTS will hold three shows in Mexico City in May, as part of its 79-date world tour\u00a0after a four-year hiatus. Tickets were wiped out in less than 40 minutes, local media reported.<\/p>\n

Some fans have also accused Ticketmaster and resale platforms of dynamic pricing, prompting an investigation.<\/p>\n

While on\u00a0Ticketmaster, the official sales channel, tickets were going for between 1,800 pesos and 17,800 pesos ($100 to $1,030; \u00a376 to \u00a3750), resale platforms were offering them for between 11,300 and 92,100 pesos, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s consumer watchdog has sanctioned resale platforms StubHub and Viagogo for \u201cabusive and disloyal practices\u201d over the ticketing process.<\/p>\n

About a million young people were vying for 150,000 BTS concert tickets, Sheinbaum said on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis group, BTS, is very popular among young Mexicans,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Spotify lists Mexico as K-pop\u2019s fifth-largest market worldwide, with streaming of the genre\u2019s songs growing more than 500% in the country in the last five years.<\/p>\n

Sheinbaum wrote to South Korea\u2019s President Lee Jae Myung after being told by local concert promoter Ocesa that the band\u2019s packed itinerary made it unfeasible to add shows.<\/p>\n

Seoul\u2019s presidential office and foreign ministry have declined to comment on the matter, according to South Korean media.<\/p>\n

BTS has not released music as a group since June 2022, as they took a break to explore individual music careers and later underwent\u00a0mandatory military service.<\/p>\n

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The septet\u2019s globe-spanning comeback tour \u2013 likely to be one of the biggest tours of the year \u2013 will kick off with three nights in South Korea\u2019s Goyang Stadium on 9 April, before travelling across Asia, Europe and America.<\/p>\n

According to Billboard, the group and their record label Hybe stand to make\u00a0more than $1bn\u00a0(\u00a3740m) from the tour, across concerts, merchandise, licensing, album sales and streaming revenue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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