
BTS’s ‘ARIRANG’ Tour Has Already Grossed More Than $433 Million
BTS generated $102.5 million from its July European run as the ongoing “ARIRANG” world tour continues to push beyond the group’s previous touring highs.
The Desk · filed 2026-08-29
Reported against primary sources.
Updated August 31, 2026
BTS’s “ARIRANG” world tour is still underway, but its financial scale is already entering new territory for the group.
BTS ranked No. 2 on Billboard’s July Top Tours chart after generating $102.5 million across eight reported European concerts during the month. The run included stadium shows in London, Munich, Brussels and Paris, with every July concert also landing inside Billboard’s monthly Top Boxscores top 10.
Paris produced the biggest numbers of the European run. BTS drew approximately 185,000 fans across two nights at Stade de France and generated $30.6 million in ticket revenue. The shows also included the largest single-concert audience of BTS’s career, with approximately 92,000 people attending each night.
Through August 11, Billboard Boxscore data placed the broader “ARIRANG” tour at $433.2 million in gross revenue from 2.3 million tickets sold across 38 reported shows.
That total has already pushed the tour well beyond BTS’s previous career touring high. The group’s “Love Yourself” tour and its “Speak Yourself” stadium extension generated approximately $213.9 million across their reported dates, meaning “ARIRANG” has more than doubled that benchmark while additional shows remain ahead.
The July results also put BTS in rare company beyond K-pop. Billboard identified the group as only the third act in its Boxscore history to exceed $100 million in monthly touring revenue more than once, following Beyoncé and Bad Bunny.
The numbers reflect the stadium scale surrounding BTS’s return as a full group. “ARIRANG” opened in Goyang in April and has since moved through major stadiums across North America and Europe. Its European leg alone drew approximately 717,000 people across 10 sold-out shows in Madrid, Brussels, London, Munich and Paris.
The tour has since returned to North America, including two sold-out nights at Toronto’s Rogers Stadium on August 22 and 23 and shows in Chicago on August 27 and 28. Los Angeles is next, with four SoFi Stadium concerts scheduled for September.
With “ARIRANG” expected to continue into the first half of 2027, its final Boxscore total remains a moving target. What is already clear is that BTS’s first full-group world tour in years has moved beyond the commercial ceiling established by the group’s previous stadium era.
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Filed by The Desk · filed 2026-08-29 · verified by The Desk (Editorial Desk). July touring revenue, cumulative ARIRANG gross and attendance, European tour figures and upcoming routing cross-checked against Billboard Boxscore reporting, BigHit Music information and Yonhap News Agency, 2026-08-29.
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