BTS Confirms Spring 2026 Return With New Music and World Tour

BTS has officially confirmed its comeback, revealing on a Weverse livestream on Tuesday that the K-pop powerhouse will return in spring 2026 with new music and a world tour.

The group has been on hiatus for two years due to solo ventures and military service obligations. Tuesday’s 30-minute stream marked the first time all seven members — Jung Kook, V, Jimin, Suga, Jin, J-Hope and RM — have broadcast live together since September 2022. It was watched by over 7.3 million fans in real time.

“We’ll be releasing a new BTS album in the spring of next year,” the group said in a statement. “Starting in July, all seven of us will begin working closely together on new music. Since it will be a group album, it will reflect each member’s thoughts and ideas. We’re approaching the album with the same mindset we had when we first started.”

BTS will begin recording new music in the U.S. next month and start planning for a “massive” world tour. “We’re also planning a world tour alongside the new album,” they said. “We’ll be visiting fans all around the world, so we hope you’re as excited as we are.” The group’s last tour, “BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage,” concluded almost four years ago and drew over 4 million attendees.

A report in the Korea Herald two weeks ago claimed that the group would be returning in March 2026, though BTS did not name a specific month during the livestream.

BTS’ last album as a group was 2022’s “Proof.” Since then, all of its members have released solo music, including Jung Kook’s 2023 album “Golden”; V’s 2023 album “Layover”; Jimin’s two albums, 2023’s “Face” and 2024’s “Muse”; Suga’s 2023 album “D-Day”; Jin’s two EPs, “Happy” (2024) and “Echo” (2025); J-Hope’s 2022 album “Jack in the Box”; and RM’s two albums “Indigo” (2022) and “Right Place, Wrong Person” (2024).