BTS Map of the Soul Tour
World tour by BTS
Associated albumMap of the Soul: Persona
Map of the Soul: 7
Start dateApril 11, 2020 (2020-04-11) (scheduled)
End dateSeptember 2, 2020 (2020-09-02) (scheduled)
Legs5 (all cancelled)
No. of shows39 (all cancelled)
BTS concert chronology

BTS Map of the Soul Tour was a planned worldwide concert tour headlined by South Korean boy band BTS to promote their Map of the Soul album series, including their Map of the Soul: Persona EP and Map of the Soul: 7 studio album. The all-stadium tour was announced on January 22, 2020, and set to begin on April 11, 2020, at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea until it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A two-day online concert, titled BTS Map of the Soul ON:E, was held on October 10–11, 2020, in place of the postponed world tour; the event garnered 993,000 viewers from 191 countries and territories. The postponed world tour was cancelled on August 19, 2021, due to continued uncertain circumstances and concerns over COVID-19.

Background

On January 21, 2020, BTS first announced 38 tour dates spanning Asia, North America, and Europe. The tour featured extended North American and European visits compared to previous tours due to popular demand.[1][2] On February 27, 2020, the group cancelled all four shows in South Korea amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On March 26, 2020, all 18 North American shows were postponed as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to raise concerns.[4] On April 28, 2020, BTS announced that the entire tour would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On August 19, 2021, the group's label Big Hit Music announced through Weverse that the entire world tour was cancelled due to uncertain circumstances.[6]

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, reason for cancellation and reference
Date[1] City Country Venue Reason Ref.
Leg 1 – Asia Concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic and uncertain circumstances [3][5][6]
April 11, 2020 Seoul South Korea Seoul Olympic Stadium
April 12, 2020
April 18, 2020
April 19, 2020
Leg 2 – North America
April 25, 2020 Santa Clara United States Levi's Stadium
April 26, 2020
May 2, 2020 Pasadena Rose Bowl
May 3, 2020
May 5, 2020
May 9, 2020 Dallas Cotton Bowl
May 10, 2020
May 14, 2020 Orlando Camping World Stadium
May 17, 2020 Atlanta Bobby Dodd Stadium
May 23, 2020 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium
May 24, 2020
May 27, 2020 Landover FedExField
May 30, 2020 Toronto Canada Rogers Centre
May 31, 2020
June 5, 2020 Chicago United States Soldier Field
June 6, 2020
Leg 3 – Asia
June 28, 2020 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka PayPay Dome
June 29, 2020
Leg 4 – Europe
July 3, 2020 London England Twickenham Stadium
July 4, 2020
July 8, 2020 Rotterdam Netherlands De Kuip
July 11, 2020 Berlin Germany Olympiastadion
July 12, 2020
July 17, 2020 Barcelona Spain Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
July 18, 2020
Leg 5 – Asia
July 23, 2020 Osaka Japan Kyocera Dome Osaka
July 25, 2020
July 26, 2020
July 30, 2020
August 1, 2020
August 2, 2020
August 7, 2020 Saitama MetLife Dome
August 8, 2020
September 1, 2020 Tokyo Tokyo Dome
September 2, 2020

Map of the Soul ON:E

BTS Map of the Soul ON:E
Two-day virtual concert by BTS
Associated albumMap of the Soul: Persona
Map of the Soul: 7
Start dateOctober 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)
End dateOctober 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)
Attendance993,000
Box office$44,000,000

BTS Map of the Soul ON:E was a two-day pay-per-view online concert headlined by BTS to promote their Map of the Soul album series, including their Map of the Soul: Persona EP and Map of the Soul: 7 studio album, in place of the postponed Map of the Soul World Tour. The concert was broadcast live from the KSPO Dome in Seoul on October 10–11, 2020. Initially intended to have both a limited number of in-person tickets with a simultaneous online livestream, Big Hit Entertainment later cancelled the offline portion of the concert due to tightened COVID-19 pandemic government restrictions.[7][8] The concert featured slightly different set lists each day, and production costs were an estimated eight times higher than those of their previous online show, BangBangCon: The Live.[7] In total, the concert garnered 993,000 viewers from 191 countries and territories.[9]

Synopsis and production

The 150-minute show began with "On" and focused on songs from BTS' most recent studio album, Map of the Soul: 7, with its production heavily utilizing elements of augmented and extended reality. Rappers Suga, RM, and J-Hope performed the hip-hop track "Ugh!" together; Jin, Jungkook, V, and Jimin performed the soft-pop ballad "00:00" as a quartet. RM, Suga, Jimin, Jungkook, Jin, V, and J-Hope performed the solo tracks "Persona", "Shadow", "Filter", "My Time", "Inner Child", "Moon", and "Ego", respectively. Dark screens featured visuals resembling underwater scenery at the sides of the stage as the group performed "Black Swan", while with "Dope," the screen behind the stage created the illusion that the members were dancing on an elevator as it shot upward. The band also performed "Dionysus" and their singles "DNA", "Boy With Luv", and "No More Dream" as part of the 23-song set list. The encore began with two songs that were different for each show—"Butterfly" and "Run" for the first show and "Spring Day" and "Idol" for the second—and ended with "Dynamite" and "We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal".[10]

Set lists

Day 1 set list (October 10, 2020)
  1. "On"
  2. "N.O"
  3. "We Are Bulletproof Pt.2"
  4. "Intro: Persona"
  5. "Boy in Luv"
  6. "Dionysus"
  7. "Interlude: Shadow"
  8. "Black Swan"
  9. "Ugh!"
  10. "00:00"
  11. "My Time"
  12. "Filter"
  13. "Moon"
  14. "Inner Child"
  15. "Outro: Ego"
  16. "Boy with Luv"
  17. "DNA"
  18. "Dope"
  19. "No More Dream"
Encore
  2. "Butterfly"
  3. "Run"
  4. "Dynamite"
  5. "We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal"
Day 2 set list (October 11, 2020)
  1. "On"
  2. "N.O"
  3. "We Are Bulletproof Pt.2"
  4. "Intro: Persona"
  5. "Boy in Luv"
  6. "Dionysus"
  7. "Interlude: Shadow"
  8. "Black Swan"
  9. "Ugh!"
  10. "00:00"
  11. "My Time"
  12. "Filter"
  13. "Moon"
  14. "Inner Child"
  15. "Outro: Ego"
  16. "Boy with Luv"
  17. "DNA"
  18. "Dope"
  19. "No More Dream"
Encore
  2. "Spring Day"
  3. "Idol"
  4. "Dynamite"
  5. "We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal"

References

  1. ^ a b Herman, Tamar (January 21, 2020). "BTS Announce 'Map of the Soul' Tour Dates". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Yoon Sang Geun (January 29, 2020). 방탄소년단, 월드투어 네덜란드 추가..7월 공연(공식) [Bulletproof Boy Scouts add World Tour Netherlands. July concert (official)]. Star News (in Korean). Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Eggertsen, Chris (February 27, 2020). "BTS Cancels Korean Tour Dates Over Coronavirus Outbreak". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  4. ^ Sun, Rebecca (March 26, 2020). "BTS Postpones North American Tour Amid Coronavirus Crisis". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Reilly, Nick (April 28, 2020). "BTS postpone entire 'Map Of The Soul' 2020 tour due to coronavirus". NME. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Brzeski, Patrick (August 20, 2021). "BTS Cancels World Tour Due to COVID-19 Complications". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "방탄소년단 온라인 콘서트, 준비 기간만 1년…관전포인트 셋". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "빅히트 측 "방탄소년단 10월 오프라인 콘서트 취소, 온라인만 진행"(공식)". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  9. ^ Willman, Chris (October 12, 2020). "BTS' Weekend Virtual Concerts Sell 993,000 Tickets". Variety. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  10. ^ Ji-won, Choi (2020-10-12). "[Herald Review] BTS and ARMYs virtually yet strongly connected in 'Map of the Soul: ON:E'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
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