BTS TOUR 2019: BTS to kick off 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' tour at Rose Bowl Stadium

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
BTS to kick off 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' tour at Rose Bowl
BTS fans, get ready! The famed K-pop boy band is kicking off the "Love Yourself: Speak Yourself" tour right here in Los Angeles.

PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- BTS fans, get ready! The famed K-pop boy band is kicking off its 2019 world tour right here in Los Angeles.

The band's very first "Love Yourself: Speak Yourself" tour performance will take place at the Rose Bowl Stadium on Saturday, May 4.

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Tickets for the general public go on sale on Friday, March 1, according to the stadium's website.

After kicking off in Los Angeles, the tour will travel to Chicago, New Jersey, Sao Paulo, London, Paris, Osaka and Shizuoka.

The exact tour dates are available on the band's website.

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Last September, the K-pop group held a soldout concert at Staples Center, where fans - also known as the "BTS Army" - lined up for days, as they wanted to get the best spot possible with their general admission floor tickets.

BTS is a seven-member K-pop group from South Korea that has morphed into a global phenomenon. In 2017, BTS was the most tweeted about celebrity, with more than 5 million likes or retweets -- that's more than President Donald Trump and Justin Bieber combined.

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