After years of waiting, it’s finally happening: BTS are back.
We knew that BTS had announced a world tour back in July 2025 (and were working on new music to go along with it), but we never discovered whether Australia would make the cut. But here are all the clues we have about whether Australia could make the destination list…
When will the tour details be released?
Tour details, including dates and venues, are set to be announced on 14 January 2026 midnight KST (which is 2am AEDT / 1am AEST in Australia).
“We’re also planning a world tour alongside the new album. We’ll be visiting fans all around the world, so we hope you’re as excited as we are,” the members said. And according to a Bloomberg report from last October, it’s reported that this upcoming 2026 world tour will be the group’s biggest to date – allegedly planning a 65-date world tour.
Will they tour Australia?
So, what about Australia? While there’s no confirmation yet, there’s plenty of reason for optimism. BTS have toured Australia before, selling out stadium shows and proving they have a massive, dedicated fanbase here. Given the scale of their return and the impact it’s expected to have on the global music industry, skipping Australia would feel strange.
When will the album land?
All seven members of BTS came together during a live broadcast on fan platform Weverse on 1 July 2025 to jointly announced their post-military return and that they were working on a album and tour.
And now, we officially have an album release date: 20 March 2026.
The date was revealed to fans through handwritten New Year’s letters sent to their Weverse fan-club members, with personal messages of thanks from the group alongside the printed date: 2026.03.20 and a brand new band logo.
The project is still untitled, but has been confirmed to feature a total of 14 tracks that “reflect the culmination of BTS’s journey to date and defines the group on their own terms… driven by each member’s honest introspection as they collectively shaped its direction by weaving their individual perspectives into the music.”
The upcoming record will be BTS’s first studio album since 2022 and their first major group release after several years of solo projects.
All seven members have now completed their service, with Min Yoongi (Suga) being the last to be discharged in June 2025. Since stepping back from group promotions, BTS never really disappeared – instead, they stayed firmly in the spotlight through solo albums, documentaries and on-screen projects. But this album represents a long-awaited creative reunion.
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