BTS brings historic world tour to close with emotional finale in Seoul

K-pop superband BTS‘ has finally ended their year-long globe-trotting concert with a bang. The finale show was held in Seoul, the capital of the septet’s home country. The Korean band held a run of three sold-out nights at Seoul’s Olympic Stadium to close this chapter of their story. The ARMY was over the moon to see their favourites up and close. But the moment of the night was the emotional farewell bid by the K-pop group to their fans.

As the BTS just wrapped its most-recent era with the final Love Yourself: Speak Yourself concert on Oct. 29 in Seoul. RM, and Jungkook. were quite emotional as they bid farewell to their fans. RM cried while bidding farewell to BTS’ Love Yourself era. Meanwhile, Jungkook broke down during the final performance of ‘Mikrokosmos.’

really last this epiphany??#LoveYourselfSpeakYourself #SpeakYourselfTheFinal_D3 pic.twitter.com/jBTkgeM0mO

— s’sintaaa? (@park_syin) October 29, 2019

The band even made their own banners with a message for their fans. The slogan that the seven members proudly held over their heads.

bangtan being ridiculous, namkook being namkook, tae hitting the woah, and joon @ the end…. i love this family ? #SpeakYourselfTheFinal_D3 pic.twitter.com/C9Jc83eeGe

— adiba @ SYS FINAL (@780613) October 29, 2019

The concert tour kicked had off in Seoul in August 2018 to promote the band’s career-making “Love Yourself” album series. Under the banner, BTS staged 42 concerts in 20 cities in Asia, America and Europe. BTS had later announced an extension leg of the tour earlier this week, throwing 20 concerts in 10 major global cities. The concert series saw BTS debut at some of the highest-profile concert venues in the world, including Citi Field baseball park in New York and London’s Wembley Stadium. The band even performed at the King Fahd International Stadium in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh in October. They have become the first non-Arab artists to stage a stadium concert in the religious country.

BTS has garnered nearly 200 billion won ($171.3 million) in sales of tickets and merchandise through the six-month extension leg.

“Armys are the stars embroidered across the BTS galaxy”

THE WAY BTS LOVES ARMY SO MUCH, WE REALLY ARE THEIR UNIVERSE? #SpeakYourselfTheFinal_D3 pic.twitter.com/BQ8duOGJZf

— Ari ♡ (@Ari29407997) October 29, 2019

The concert ended with some 300 drones form the shape of planets and the BTS and ARMY logos as the band sang an emotional ‘Mikrokosmos’ The moment was rivalled by the slew of fireworks that conquered the sky.

BTS has garnered nearly 200 billion won ($171.3 million) in sales of tickets and merchandise through the six-month extension leg.

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