Mexico's President Has Written To South Korea’s President To Formally Ask For More BTS Concerts For Fans
More than one million fans attempted to buy tickets during the presale for the Mexico concerts, but the 150,000 available seats sold out in a matter of minutes.
South Korea’s K-pop boy band group BTS has caused a stir in Mexico after their anticipated concert tickets sold out in minutes, prompting Mexico’s first woman president Claudia Sheinbaum to formally write to South Korea to request more BTS concerts in Mexico.
BTS has been on hiatus since 2022 while all its members, RM, Jin, Jimin, V, Suga, Jung Kook and J-hope, had to fulfill their mandatory military service in South Korea.
The group is set to release its first album after reuniting on March 20 titled “ARIRANG” and is launching a world tour from April 2026 to March 2027, starting from South Korea across Asia, North and South America, Australia and Europe.
The group is set to have three concerts in Mexico on May 7, 9, and 10.
On Jan. 23, more than one million fans attempted to buy tickets during the presale for the Mexico concerts, but the 150,000 available seats sold out in a matter of minutes.
Hundreds of fans then came together to write more than 4,000 letters to the country’s consumer protection agency, PROFECO, arguing that Ticketmaster and concert organizer OCESA were violating their consumer rights.
Many fans said on social media they were unable to secure tickets as a significant number of tickets had been purchased by resellers with preferential access.
They also said Ticketmaster had implemented dynamic prices on the tickets without notice and sold tickets in physical booths that bypassed online queues.
Tickets were selling on Ticketmaster from about 1,800 pesos (about US$100) to as much as 17,800 pesos (US$1,030) for VIP tickets,, but on resale platforms on Monday, Jan. 26, the tickets were selling from 11,300 (about US$655) to 92,100 pesos (more than US$5,300), according to Reuters.
On Monday, Sheinbaum said in a statement that she had written a letter to South Korea’s president requesting additional BTS concert dates in Mexico.
Mexico’s government also announced it would investigate Ticketmaster for not providing clarity to consumers during the purchasing process, adding it would sanction resale platforms
Mexican ARMY members, meanwhile, are continuing to urge fans not to buy tickets from resellers.
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