BTS return to Australia in February 2027 for their first shows here in almost ten years. The WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' plays three nights at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, on Wednesday 10, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 February 2027, and two at Accor Stadium in Sydney, on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 February. They are the group's first stadium concerts in Australia.
The last time BTS played in Australia was one night at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on 26 May 2017, during The Wings Tour. Before that, they came in July 2015 on The Red Bullet Tour, with a theatre show in Sydney and one in Melbourne. Five stadium nights in 2027 is a big step up from three indoor shows across two visits.
The tour follows the release of Arirang, their first group album in almost four years, which came out on 20 March 2026 after all seven members completed their military service. Tickets have been on sale since June 2026. This page covers the Australian dates, the full history of BTS in Australia, the album and what to know about buying tickets now.
The WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' opened on 9 April 2026 in Goyang, South Korea, and is one of the largest tours BTS have played, with stadium dates across Asia, North America, Europe and Latin America through 2026. After the Latin American shows in October, the tour turns to Asia for the end of the year, with dates in Kaohsiung, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta, before coming to Australia in February 2027.
Melbourne comes first. Marvel Stadium in Docklands hosts three shows: Wednesday 10, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 February 2027. A week later the tour moves to Sydney for two nights at Accor Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park, Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 February. After Australia the tour continues to Hong Kong in March and ends in the Philippines in mid-March 2027.
There are no other Australian cities on the schedule, and no date in New Zealand, as of 9 October 2026. BTS have never played a concert in New Zealand, and fans from Auckland or Wellington have traditionally travelled to Sydney or Melbourne for their shows.
No support act has been announced. BTS stadium concerts usually run as a full evening of the group alone, with solo and unit segments for the members within the show.
Marvel Stadium, also known as Docklands Stadium, opened in 2000 on the western edge of Melbourne's central business district. It holds about 53,000 people and has a retractable roof, and it hosts AFL matches through the winter and major concerts in the off-season.
Accor Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush, was built as the main stadium of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Reconfigured after the Games, it holds more than 80,000 and is Australia's second-largest stadium, used for rugby league, rugby union, AFL and the largest concerts in Sydney.
Wednesday 10 February 2027 — Marvel Stadium, Melbourne. Night 1 of 3 at this venue. Their most recent documented Melbourne show was at Plenary 1 on 12 July 2015. The tour starts here.
Saturday 20 February 2027 — Accor Stadium, Sydney. This is show 1 of the 2-night stand here. In Sydney, the last documented BTS concert was at Qudos Bank Arena (26 May 2017). The run finishes here.
BTS's Australian history is short but it marks two clear steps in their rise. Their first concerts here were part of 2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, the tour that took them outside Asia for the first time. Wikipedia notes that the tour, begun in South Korea in October 2014, resumed in Malaysia in June 2015 and then went to Australia, North America and Latin America before ending in Hong Kong that August.
The two Australian shows were in July 2015: the Roundhouse in Sydney on Friday 10 July and the Plenary in Melbourne on Sunday 12 July. These were small rooms by later standards. setlist.fm lists the same 24-song set for both nights, opening with "N.O.", "We Are Bulletproof Pt.2" and "We On" and running through "Rain", "Just One Day", "No More Dream", "Danger", "I Need U", "Boy in Luv" and "Dope", with "Boyz With Fun" and "Attack on Bangtan" at the end.
The second visit came two years later on 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour, the tour that made them an arena act around the world. In Australia it was a single show, at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on Friday 26 May 2017. The set listed on setlist.fm opened with "Not Today", "Am I Wrong" and "Silver Spoon", included the solo songs from Wings such as "Begin", "Lie", "First Love", "Lost", "Reflection", "Stigma" and "Awake", and ended with "Blood Sweat & Tears", "2! 3!" and "Spring Day".
After 2017 BTS moved to stadiums worldwide with the Love Yourself and Love Yourself: Speak Yourself tours, but neither included an Australian date. Their touring then stopped during the pandemic and, from 2022, during the members' military service. That is why the 2027 Melbourne and Sydney shows are their first in Australia since May 2017.
Melbourne has seen BTS only once before, at the Plenary in 2015; the three nights at Marvel Stadium in 2027 are by far the largest BTS event the city has had. Sydney has seen them twice, at the Roundhouse and Qudos Bank Arena.
The table below lists 3 documented Australia/NZ concerts by BTS between 2015 and 2017, with the most shows in Sydney (2), Melbourne (1). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.
| Date | City | Venue | Tour / event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2017 | Sydney | Qudos Bank Arena | 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour |
| 12 July 2015 | Melbourne | Plenary 1 | The Red Bullet Tour |
| 10 July 2015 | Sydney | Roundhouse | The Red Bullet Tour |
Across the 3 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (10 July 2015 to 26 May 2017), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.
BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean group formed in 2010 whose members are Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook. They debuted in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment with the single album 2 Cool 4 Skool, and began as a hip hop group before widening their style. The members co-write and co-produce much of their own material, with lyrics about mental health, the pressures of youth, self-love and fame.
Their first Korean and Japanese studio albums, Dark & Wild and Wake Up, came out in 2014. Wings (2016) was their first album to sell a million copies in South Korea, and from 2017 they crossed into the global market. In 2019 Map of the Soul: Persona became the first Korean-language album to reach number one in both the UK and Australia. Map of the Soul: 7 (2020) included "On", which was also released in a version with the Australian singer Sia.
In 2020 "Dynamite" made BTS the first all-South Korean act to top the US Billboard Hot 100, and songs such as "Life Goes On", "Butter", "Permission to Dance" and "My Universe" followed it to number one. They became the first Korean act to perform at the Grammy Awards and have received five Grammy nominations. As of 2023 they were the best-selling act in South Korean history, with more than 40 million albums sold.
On 14 June 2022 the group announced a pause in group activities while the members completed their mandatory military service, which all seven finished by June 2025. They confirmed a new album and world tour on a live broadcast on 1 July 2025. Arirang was released on 20 March 2026, with the single "Swim" becoming their seventh US number one, and the album spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard 200.
| Album | Year | AUS chart peak |
|---|---|---|
| Dark & Wild | 2014 | — |
| Wings | 2016 | — |
| Love Yourself: Tear | 2018 | — |
| Love Yourself: Answer | 2018 | — |
| Map of the Soul: Persona (EP) | 2019 | AUS 1 |
| Map of the Soul: 7 | 2020 | — |
| Be | 2020 | — |
| Arirang | 2026 | — |
Melbourne has the larger share of the Australian leg: three shows at Marvel Stadium on Wednesday 10, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 February 2027. There is a free night on Thursday 11 February between the first and second shows.
Marvel Stadium in Docklands sits next to the city centre and has a retractable roof, so the concerts are not at the mercy of a hot or wet February evening. It is the same stadium where Bruno Mars plays four nights later in the month.
For BTS, Melbourne had until now meant one theatre show, at the Plenary on 12 July 2015. Three stadium nights eleven and a half years later show how far the group has travelled.
Sydney's two shows fall on a weekend, Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 February 2027, at Accor Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park, the city's largest venue. It is the closing stop of the Australian leg.
Sydney is the only Australian city BTS have played twice: the Roundhouse in July 2015 and Qudos Bank Arena in May 2017. Qudos Bank Arena is at Sydney Olympic Park too, a few minutes' walk from Accor Stadium, so the 2027 shows bring BTS back to the same precinct on a much bigger scale.
Weekend dates suit fans travelling from interstate or from New Zealand, but they also tend to be the first to go. Check carefully which date is printed on any ticket you buy.
Between May 2017 and February 2027 BTS did not play a concert in Australia. During those years they released Love Yourself, Map of the Soul and Be, had their first US number ones, toured stadiums in other parts of the world, paused for the pandemic and then for military service.
For Australian ARMY, the group's fan base, that makes 2027 the first chance in almost a decade to see all seven members on stage here. Several of the songs that made them global stars, such as "Dynamite" and "Butter", have never been performed by the group at an Australian concert.
The Australian chart record reflects the same growth: Map of the Soul: Persona reached number one in Australia in 2019, the first Korean-language album to do so, at a time when BTS had played only three concerts in the country.
New Zealand is not on the WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' schedule, and BTS have never played a concert there. The nearest dates for New Zealand fans are Melbourne and Sydney in February 2027.
If you are travelling from New Zealand, buy your concert ticket before booking flights, keep the confirmation email, and allow for the long walk and transport queues after stadium shows at Docklands and Sydney Olympic Park.
BTS concerts are long, heavily choreographed productions with group songs, unit and solo stages, video segments between sections and a closing run of fan favourites. On setlist.fm the 2015 Australian shows each ran to 24 songs and the 2017 Sydney show to more than twenty, plus the solo stages.
The songs that appear in every Australian set on setlist.fm are "I Need U" and "Dope"; "No More Dream", "Boy in Luv", "Danger", "War of Hormone" and "N.O." were also played both times they came. The 2027 set will be very different, built around Arirang and its single "Swim" alongside the hits of the years they have not toured here.
The ARIRANG tour set lists from 2026 are not part of the Australian record on this page, and the exact running order for Melbourne and Sydney will only be known once the shows take place.
Tickets for the Melbourne and Sydney shows have been on sale since June 2026, and the pre-sales are over. From now on, any available seats come from official resale or from extra releases, such as production holds released once the stage layout is final.
Buy only through the official ticket outlet for each stadium or the stadium box office, and use the official resale system if you need a ticket for a sold-out night. Stadium tickets for tours like this are usually mobile and linked to the buyer's name, so buy through the official outlet or its official resale service to make sure the ticket is in your name.
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When are BTS playing in Australia?
At Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on 10, 12 and 13 February 2027, and at Accor Stadium in Sydney on 20 and 21 February 2027.
Are BTS playing New Zealand?
No. There is no New Zealand date on the tour, and BTS have never played a concert there.
Are there shows in Brisbane, Perth or Adelaide?
No. Only Melbourne and Sydney are on the schedule as of 9 October 2026.
When did BTS last play in Australia?
At Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on 26 May 2017, on The Wings Tour.
Have BTS played Melbourne before?
Once, at the Plenary on 12 July 2015, on The Red Bullet Tour.
Are tickets still available?
Tickets have been on sale since June 2026. Remaining seats now come through official resale or extra releases.
Is there a support act?
None had been announced as of 9 October 2026.
What is Arirang?
The group's first album in almost four years, released on 20 March 2026, with the single "Swim".
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