DATE: FEBRUARY 6, 2017
FROM: MARCEE RONDAN/MITCH SCHNEIDER/BARI LIEBERMAN
LEADING K-POP ACT
LAUNCH NINE-STOP
2017 BTS LIVE TRILOGY EPISODE III
THE WINGS TOUR
FEW TICKETS REMAIN FOR SELECT SHOWS IN
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
Leading K-Pop act BTS will launch a nine-stop tour of North and South America this March proving once again that they are a leading global act.
The nine 2017 BTS LIVE TRILOGY EPISODE III THE WINGS TOUR shows (totaling approximately 117,000 tickets) are primarily sold out, (with the exception of a second date added in Chile) and kick off March 12 taking the group though South America before coming to the United States with the final performance of this leg set to wrap up on the west coast on April 2.
“BTS ‘THE WINGS TOUR’ became the fastest selling K-Pop show in Chile history,” the Chilean tour promoter said. “Fans who couldn’t get tickets were still waiting at the ticket booth even after the tickets were sold out.”
Formed in 2013, the South Korean boy band BTS’ most recent album WINGS was released in late 2016 and was named the #1 on Billboard magazine’s 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2016: Critic’s Picks. BTS’ seven members are Rap Monster (Kim Namjun/Team Leader, Rapper), JIN (Kim Seokjin/Vocalist), SUGA (Min Yoonki/Rapper), J-HOPE (Jung Hoseok/Choreographer & Rapper), JIMIN (Park Jimin/Choreographer & Vocalist), V (Kim Taehyung/Vocalist) and JUNG KOOK (Jeon Jungkook/Vocalist, Rapper, Choreographer).
2017 BTS LIVE TRILOGY EPISODE III THE WINGS TOUR dates are as follows:
About Big Hit Entertainment
Founded in 2005 by music producer and former JYP composer ‘hitman’ bang (Bang, Si Hyuk), Big Hit Entertainment operates as a record label, talent management, music production and music publishing house for BTS and various other contracted artists. Additional information and Big Hit Entertainment and BTS can be found here.
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