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BTS Launches ‘ARIRANG’ Tour as Brazil Tickets Sell Out in Just Over an Hour

A first-time pre-reservation system in Brazil shows how the comeback is straining ticketing.

Overview

  • In São Paulo, general sales on Friday sold out in a little over an hour, with fans reporting glitches and resets in Ticketmaster’s virtual queue.
  • Ticketmaster Brazil required an online pre-reservation for in-person box-office purchases, limiting each Brazilian tax ID (CPF) to four tickets and allowing only the code holder to complete the purchase.
  • The pre-reservation flow issued a QR code on Ticketmaster that buyers had to transfer to the Quentro app to present at the Interlagos box office for payment and pickup.
  • The global tour opened in Goyang with shows set for April 9, 11 and 12, targeting about 40,000 spectators per night, after a March comeback in central Seoul that drew roughly 100,000 in person and 18.4 million on Netflix.
  • Brazil pricing ranged from R$340 to R$1,250 for standard seats and floor, with a VIP package at R$3,678 meia or R$4,303 inteira that includes early entry and soundcheck access, as security experts warned of fake Ticketmaster lookalike sites pushing PIX payments.