BTS News

South Korean cosmetics stocks have risen sharply this year while entertainment shares plunged, with the KRX K-Content index down 31.37% and Hybe — the agency behind BTS — tumbling about 50.33%, alongside steep declines for JYP Entertainment and Kakao

HYBE will stage its first-ever overseas Weverse Con Festival in New Delhi on March 27–28, pairing top K-pop acts with leading Indian musicians and fan events; the full lineup will be announced in October. The India edition is the festival's first expansion beyond Korea and will include cross-cultural programming

Twice will hold a three-session 11th anniversary fan party in Seoul on Oct. 17 that admits just 750 fans total (250 per session) by lottery and restricts entry to fifth-generation Once members aged 15+, prompting fan backlash over the small capacity and eligibility limits

BTS will play their first-ever concerts in Peru at Estadio San Marcos on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday as part of its Arirang world tour, marking the septet's first shows in the country since their 2013 debut. Lima's Santiago de Surco district temporarily renamed Sacramento Street "BTS Avenue" (Oct. 5–11) and illuminated landmarks such as the Arco Morisco in the group's signature purple, while city parks are hosting daily BTS-themed light and water shows. The group opened the South American leg with two shows in Bogotá that drew about 100,000 fans. Peru's export and tourism promotion agency PromPeru said more than 521,000 people lined up for a chance at tickets and the three concerts are expected to draw 96,000–156,000 people in total, and fans are organizing what has been billed as South America's first BTS tribute drone show at Lima's Costa Verde

BTS kicked off the South American leg of its Arirang world tour in Bogotá on Oct. 2–3, with V greeting fans in Spanish and Jimin receiving a crowd-sung birthday serenade; the 14-show run will visit Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires and São Paulo through Oct. 31

&Team capped its largest Asia tour, "Blaze the Way," with two encore concerts at Seoul's KSPO Dome, concluding a five-month, 23-show run across 14 cities that drew about 230,000 fans. The KSPO finale included surprise covers and exclusive performances as the group prepares a 41-show Japan tour starting Oct. 15

JYP Entertainment confirmed Stray Kids did not submit any music before the Aug. 21 deadline for the 69th Grammys, effectively joining BTS in opting out of consideration for the Recording Academy’s newly created Best Asian Pop Music Performance category. Critics — and the groups themselves — say the separate Asian pop award risks ghettoising Asian artists, and BTS has said it hopes music “can be heard and embraced for what it is, beyond region or language,” though the Recording Academy says it will go ahead with the new category and has received a “robust” number of submissions