BTS take the Arirang World Tour to Peru and Chile for the first time

BTS brought their Arirang World Tour to South America in October, playing their first-ever concerts in Peru and their first shows in Chile in close to a decade. The run extended a tour that opened in April 2026 at Goyang Stadium in South Korea and is scheduled to continue across dozens of cities into 2027.

In Peru, the group performed at Estadio San Marcos in Lima on October 7, 9 and 10 — the first time they had played the country. In Chile, they followed with three nights at Santiago’s Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on October 14, 16 and 17. Local reporting noted it was the first time a Korean act had headlined a standalone show at that stadium, and that BTS had not performed in Chile since 2017.

A birthday in the middle of the run

Jimin turned 31 on October 13, in the gap between the Lima and Santiago dates, and the celebration spilled onto the stage around it. In Lima, crowds sang to him during the shows, and he responded with thanks from the stage.

“I love you, thank you so much, this is nice, now that I am here, I feel like life is worth living.”

He also told the Peruvian crowd, in Spanish, that he would keep them in his heart — the kind of direct, in-language address that tends to define these stops for local fans. The birthday moments were largely fan-led singalongs rather than a staged production number, which is often how these on-tour celebrations actually unfold.

Dressing the finale

The most-shared images from the South American leg came from the finales, where the group leaned into local dress. At the Lima finale on October 10, the members closed the night in Peruvian ponchos and chullos, the traditional Andean knit caps. They echoed the gesture in Chile, wearing Chilean ponchos at the final Santiago show. Nods like these — a visual thank-you to the host country — have become a signature of large international tours, and they reliably become the clips that travel furthest.

The scale of the shows was considerable. Santiago’s Estadio Nacional was configured for tens of thousands of fans per night across the three dates, on a stage built for 360-degree viewing. Exact gate figures were not pinned to a single official number, but the demand was clear in the multi-night runs in both cities.

There was also a note of housekeeping from the group. On the fan platform Weverse, RM asked fans across the continent not to gather outside the members’ hotels — a reminder that the enthusiasm around a tour of this size comes with its own logistics, in Lima, Santiago and the cities still ahead.