K-pop Stars BTS Release First Live Album ‘Permission To Dance On Stage – Live' (Exclusive Photo)
The nearly hour-and-20-minute-long album features 22 songs from the supergroup's 2021 tour, which consisted of 12 shows across Seoul, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The group originally launched the tour as an online concert, due to COVID-19 restrictions, before expanding into an in-person experience as restrictions lifted. The tour, according to a release, amassed 4 million attendees across in-person, live-viewing (real-time broadcasts of the show held at nearby venues; YouTube Theater in L.A. and the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas) and online livestreaming.
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Permission To Dance On Stage — Live features BTS mainstays like 'DNA,' 'Idol,' 'Fake Love' and 'Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey),' along with fan favorites like 'Black Swan,' 'Spring Day,' 'Airplane pt. 2' and 'Silver Spoon.' The album, of course, features the trio of English songs the group has released — 'Dynamite,' 'Butter' and 'Permission to Dance.' Fans who purchase the album also receive a digital code for a live recording of the group's Seoul concert.
Earlier this month, the seven-member group, in their first group broadcast in nearly three years, took to the Hybe-owned Weverse fan platform for a livestream, where they laid out the plan for their post-military enlistment future. BTS told fans that they're all heading to the U.S. to begin working on new music that is currently slated for a spring 2026 release. During the broadcast, the supergroup also announced plans for a world tour next year, their first since Permission to Dance on Stage.
'We'll be releasing a new BTS album in the spring of next year. 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,' the group said in a statement. 'We're approaching the album with the same mindset we had when we first started.'
Until 2026, BTS members are seemingly continuing previously planned solo work, including eldest member Jin, whose solo tour just kicked off two nights at Anaheim's Honda Center Thursday (July 17). J-Hope, who recently wrapped his own solo tour, headlined Lollapalooza Berlin last weekend (July 13).
All members of BTS reunited for the first time since 2022 last month at J-Hope's solo concert finale in Goyang, South Korea. The reunion marked the end of a busy week for the group as members RM, V, Jimin and Jung Kook were discharged from their mandatory military service earlier that week, joining teh already released J-Hope and Jin. Suga completed his mandatory military service as social work personnel that following week, signaling the official return-to-active status for the group.
BTS fans have long awaited their return, although each member of the group found success with their solo work released throughout the two-year enlistment period. BTS' recent livestream, their first since September 2022, bagged over 7.3 million real-time total views, according to a release.
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