K-pop boy band BTS’ record-breaking world tour earns US$79 million – and counting
- Ticket sales for seven member group’s Los Angeles Rose Bowl concert in May secures record US$16.6 million profit – beating totals of Beyoncé and Rihanna at the venue
K-pop superstar boy band BTS has sold more than 600,000 tickets from its extended world tour so far – raking in a staggering US$79 million.
Figures reported to music industry news website, Billboard Boxscore, show the seven-member group earned US$44 million, after selling 299,770 tickets from its first “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” US stadium concerts in three cities – the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, Chicago’s Soldier Field and New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium – in May.
The subsequent stadium tour by the band – made up of RM, Suga, Jimin, Jin, J-hope, V and Jungkook – in Sao Paulo, London and Paris added another US$35 million for a combined US$78.9 million, thanks to the 606,409 tickets sold.
The band’s profits from the Los Angeles Rose Bowl concert alone hit US$16.6 million – a record for the venue.
This figure surpassed previous ticket sales records set by top pop artists including Taylor Swift, U2, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Eminem and Rihanna.
The band’s “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” concert tour follows the group’s original “World Tour: Love Yourself”, which started last August.
The extended tour’s US concerts began on May 4 and the additional concerts will end in Japan on July 14 after stops at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, and Stadium Ecopa in Shizuoka.