Overview
- BTS, which met President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace on Wednesday, greeted roughly 50,000 fans from a balcony overlooking the Zócalo.
- The group is set to perform at Estadio GNP Seguros on May 7, 9 and 10, with more than 136,000 tickets selling out within minutes.
- Mexico’s president asked South Korea’s leader to help secure extra dates, and Seoul’s government forwarded the request to HYBE, though no new shows have been announced.
- Mexico’s consumer agency pressed Ticketmaster and promoter Ocesa for clearer ticket sales after nearly 5,000 complaints about the process.
- Secondary-market listings rose into the thousands of dollars, with some StubHub posts reaching about $13,000, pricing many fans out even as local merchants forecast a $107.5 million boost to the city’s economy.