BTS members depart Incheon

BTS members were filmed leaving Incheon International Airport on April 23 as the group headed to the United States for its next “ARIRANG” tour dates in Tampa, Florida. (rnx.kr) BigHit Music’s tour page lists three Tampa shows at Raymond James Stadium on April 25, April 26 and April 28, making Florida the first North American stop after concerts in Goyang and Tokyo earlier this month. (ibighit.com) Airport departure footage and fan-shot clips spread across social platforms within hours, extending a familiar K-pop ritual in which arrivals and departures become part of the event cycle around a tour stop. (rnx.kr) The Tampa dates open the North American leg of a tour that local coverage says begins there before moving on to El Paso, Mexico City, Stanford and Las Vegas. (baynews9.com) The trip also lands at a specific moment for the group. Reuters reported in June 2025 that Jimin and Jungkook were the fifth and sixth members discharged from South Korea’s mandatory military service, and by later that month all seven members had completed service. (reuters.screenocean.com) (usnews.com) Live Nation said when the shows were announced that “ARIRANG” is BTS’s first headline run as a group since the 2021-2022 “Permission to Dance on Stage” tour. (newsroom.livenation.com) BigHit’s current schedule shows how large that return is: the 2026 itinerary runs from South Korea and Japan through North America, Europe and South America, with stadium dates still listed into October. (ibighit.com) For fans, that made a few minutes at Incheon part of a much bigger rollout: the airport sendoff before three stadium nights in Tampa and the start of BTS’s U.S. run. (rnx.kr) (ibighit.com)