Around 50,000 fans of K-pop superstars BTS gathered outside Mexico\u2019s National Palace on Wednesday to get a look at the group, who waved to the crowd from a balcony after meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum.<\/p>\n
BTS will perform shows in Mexico City on May 7, 9, and 10, with more than 135,000 tickets for the stadium showcase getting snapped up in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n
Some 50,000 fans of BTS welcome the South Korean group at Mexico\u2019s Zocalo, a day before the first of three concerts in the country.<\/p>\n
The members of the group wave to their fans from the main balcony of the presidential palace after a meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum pic.twitter.com\/VVaHMHbfdu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n The group returned to the world spotlight in March after an almost four-year pause so its members could carry out their obligatory military service.<\/p>\n Kim Nam-joon, one of the members of the group, said to the crowd in Spanish: \u201cI love you, I adore you. Thank you very much!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI already told them they have to come back next year,\u201d Sheinbaum said, later posting a photo with the group and holding their latest album \u201cARIRANG.\u201d<\/p>\n Lizeth Zarate, a coordinator for the Zocalo, Mexico City\u2019s main square located in front of the presidential palace, said the Wednesday crowd was around 50,000.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re my whole world,\u201d Estefany Victoriano, a 25-year-old secretary, told AFP.<\/p>\n Another onlooker, 18-year-old Zoe Perez, was on the verge of tears.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m speechless, and it\u2019s a very beautiful feeling to see them in person. Since I couldn\u2019t get tickets, well, it makes me a little emotional,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Crowds gathered outside Mexico\u2019s palace to welcome BTS.\/ Press Office \u2013 Mexico Presidencial Office<\/p>\n The post Korean band BTS draw 50,000 crowd in Mexico<\/a> appeared first on KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Around 50,000 fans of K-pop superstars BTS gathered outside Mexico\u2019s National Palace on Wednesday to get a look at the group, who waved to the crowd from a balcony after meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum. BTS will perform shows in Mexico City on May 7, 9, and 10, with more than 135,000 tickets for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}