{"id":5040,"date":"2026-02-09T02:04:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2026-02-09T02:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:04:03","slug":"bts-to-stage-free-comeback-concert-at-gwanghwamun-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=5040","title":{"rendered":"BTS to Stage Free Comeback Concert at Gwanghwamun Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BTS, XportsnewsDB\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0209\/1770563814464357.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>K-pop group BTS will hold a free concert at Gwanghwamun Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>On the 9th, BTS&#8217;s agency, Big Hit Music, announced via the Weverse community that &#8220;BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG&#8221; is planned to celebrate the release of their fifth studio album, &#8216;Arirang&#8217;. The concert, scheduled for Gwanghwamun Plaza, an iconic Korean landmark, will debut new songs, including the title track.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement detailed that attendance can be secured through event applications on Weverse Global or by obtaining free tickets via a separate booking site. Applicants must be ARMY membership holders who purchase application products during the specified period on Weverse Global, while general reservations are open to all without specific conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0209\/1770563840337879.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This outdoor concert will feature both standing and reserved seating areas. Big Hit Music explained that &#8220;different operational standards will be applied depending on the participation method and viewing area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, BTS, concluding their military hiatus, is slated for a full group comeback with their fifth album, &#8216;Arirang&#8217;, on March 20. The comeback live event will take place the following day, March 21, at 8 PM, in the vicinity of Gwanghwamun Plaza. This marks the first time an artist will hold a solo concert at Gwanghwamun Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>Image Source: XportsnewsDB, Big Hit Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K-pop group BTS will hold a free concert at Gwanghwamun Plaza. On the 9th, BTS&#8217;s agency, Big Hit Music, announced via the Weverse community that &#8220;BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG&#8221; is planned to celebrate the release of their fifth studio album, &#8216;Arirang&#8217;. The concert, scheduled for Gwanghwamun Plaza, an iconic Korean landmark, will debut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kpop-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-71.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5042,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions\/5042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}