BTS IS BACK WITH A BANG

Agency confirms 2026 album and tour, as band's livestream attracts more than 7.3m views

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BTS agency HYBE confirmed yesterday that the K-Pop megastars would release a new album and go on tour in 2026, with the group’s livestream announcement of their return attracting more than seven million views.

The seven-member group had been on a self-described hiatus since 2022 while they undertook their mandatory military service — required of all men under 30 in South Korea due to tensions with the nuclear-armed North.

Now discharged from service, the septet “will travel to the United States in July to begin preparations for the new album and tour all together”, HYBE said in a statement.