- Title: BTS to hold first live concert since COVID-19 pandemic in L.A. in November
- Date: 28th September 2021
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - FEBRUARY 10, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF BTS ON RED CARPET AT GRAMMYS SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREAN K-POP GROUP BTS WALKING ON RED CARPET FOR 'GOLDEN DISK AWARDS' AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - OCTOBER 2018) (REUTERS) BTS MEMBER JIMIN SPEAKING BTS MEMBERS SPEAKING DURING GROUP INTERVIEW BTS MEMBER JUNGKOOK SPEAKING
- Embargoed: 12th October 2021 09:27
- Keywords: BTS COVID-19 K-pop L.A. Permission to Dance South Korea U.S. concert coronavirus file
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- City: INTERNET/ UNITED NATIONS/ LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES/ SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA/ LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Music
- Reuters ID: LVA003EWMTHLL
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- Story Text:South Korean boy band BTS plans to hold live concerts in Los Angeles in November for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak, forcing it to cancel global tours and resort to online performances, the band's management said on Tuesday (September 28).
The concerts, titled "Permission to Dance on Stage," will take place in SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on November 27-28 and Dec. 1-2, the company said in a statement posted on its online fan platform Weverse.
The events will be the seven-member group's first live performances since they wrapped up their tour from North America to Europe and to Asia in April 2019.
The band had to call off what was meant to be its biggest international tour involving nearly 40 concerts as COVID-19 spread around the world.
BTS said its members were fully vaccinated against the virus. Last week, they attended an event in person at the United Nations General Assembly, as the global body's special envoys for future generation and culture, to promote its agenda including combating poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change.
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