BTS 'Arirang' Tour at Raymond James

BTS is set to open the North American leg of its 2026 “Arirang” world tour in Tampa with stadium shows at Raymond James Stadium this week. (ibighit.com) BigHit Music’s tour page lists Tampa dates on April 25, April 26 and April 28, while Raymond James Stadium’s event calendar also shows all three concerts at the venue. Ticketmaster lists the April 25 and April 26 shows with 8 p.m. start times. (ibighit.com) (raymondjamesstadium.com) (ticketmaster.com) The Tampa stop is the first North American booking on BTS’s current itinerary, ahead of later stadium dates in El Paso, Mexico City, Stanford, Las Vegas, East Rutherford, Foxborough, Baltimore, Arlington, Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles. Ticketmaster says the North American run begins in Tampa on April 25. (ibighit.com) (ticketmaster.com) That makes Tampa the launch point for one of the year’s biggest pop tours, with a venue that regularly stages National Football League games and major touring acts. Raymond James Stadium is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is managed by the Tampa Sports Authority. (raymondjamesstadium.com 1) (raymondjamesstadium.com 2) The local buildup has already spread beyond the stadium. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Mayor Jane Castor lit Old City Hall purple ahead of the concerts, and the paper described citywide fan activity around the shows. (tampabay.com) BTS has not toured North America as a full group in years, and local campus coverage has framed the Tampa dates as a reunion moment for fans who have waited through that hiatus. The Oracle at the University of South Florida reported student plans for the concert weekend on April 20. (usforacle.com) For fans trying to sort out the schedule, the clearest takeaway is that official sources show three Tampa concerts, not two. BigHit Music and Raymond James Stadium both list April 25, 26 and 28, even though some local writeups have emphasized only the first two dates. (ibighit.com) (raymondjamesstadium.com) (nationaltoday.com) The practical details are straightforward: the venue address is 4201 North Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, and Raymond James says its ticket office opens only on the day of an event. Ticketmaster’s venue page is handling primary ticket listings and seating information for the concerts. (ticketmaster.com) (raymondjamesstadium.com) So the story in Tampa is no longer just that BTS is coming. It is that the group’s North American tour begins there, at a football stadium, across three April nights that have already turned parts of the city purple. (ibighit.com) (tampabay.com)