Permission to Dance on Stage

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Permission to Dance On Stage
World tour by BTS
Start dateOctober 24, 2021 (2021-10-24)
Legs2
No. of shows5
BTS concert chronology
  • BTS World Tour Love Yourself: Speak Yourself
  • Permission to Dance On Stage
  • TBA
BTS during day 2 of Permission to Dance on Stage—LA at SoFi Stadium on November 28, 2021

Permission to Dance On Stage is a series of performances headlined by South Korean band BTS. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings and travel, the series includes stadium performances with and without live audiences in attendance in lieu of a traditional concert tour.

Background[]

In January 2020, BTS announced their 4-leg, 39-show Map of the Soul Tour,[1] but that was eventually cancelled in August 2021 due to uncertainty stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The band organized Map of the Soul ON:E, which initially included an offline fan presence and pay-per-view streaming, but in-person tickets were also cancelled ahead of the October 2020 performance.[3] As the top-grossing touring group of 2019,[4] the band expressed frustration and sadness about their inability to hold live concerts with their supporters present.[5] By 2021, the severity of the pandemic and subsequent restrictions varied greatly from country to country, and city to city,[6][better source needed] which pushed the act and their company to look into hybridizing their performances in formats that would allow them to dynamically engage fans in person and online.[7]

On September 15, 2021, BTS announced an online concert carded for October 24 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.[8] Despite the venue's 80,000 person capacity, the show was held as a pay-per-view, streaming only event due to domestic live event restrictions.[7] Later that month, the band also announced four overseas concerts to be held in the United States at the newly built SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on November 27 and 28, and December 1 and 2.[9] The shows marked the band's first live performance before an in-person audience since their Love Yourself: Speak Yourself stadium tour in 2019.[10]

Performances[]

Seoul[]

On October 24, 2021, the group performed at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, the location of their last stadium concert held in 2019. Due to a calf injury sustained during rehearsals the day before, member V did not participate in any choreography, but performed while seated on stage. To enhance the virtual experience, Big Hit added features that allowed the online audience to view the show from six different realtime angles and used an overlay for additional effects and text.[7] The online concert was streamed in 197 countries.[11]

In 2022, BTS held their first domestic live shows since 2019 before a limited in-person audience, once again at the Olympic Stadium. They performed on March 10, 12, and 13. Previous pandemic restrictions placed specifically on pop concert performances only allowed for up to 4,000 attendees. The BTS concerts were approved for 15,000 attendees per day, marking the largest music gatherings permitted by the South Korean government since Covid-19 protocols first went into effect. Cheering, screaming, and singing-along was prohibited during the shows and 750 safety personnel were present onsite to ensure all restrictions were adhered to.[12][13] The shows on the 10th and 13th were additionally streamed online through Weverse. A global live-viewing event was held for the concert on the 12th. It was broadcast to over 3,000 theatres worldwide.

Commercial performance[]

For the 2022 concerts in Seoul, the show earned $32.6 million and set a new all-time record for live-event cinema, surpassing the previous record held by the band's Burn the Stage: The Movie (2019) of $18.5 million.[14] In the United States alone, it earned $6.9 million from 800 theatres to become the top-grossing live cinema event ever in that territory. It surpassed The Batman in 55 cinemas as the top-grossing event of the weekend and ranked at number two everywhere else.[15] In the UK, it ranked at number three, behind The Batman and Uncharted, having earned £899,127.[16]

Los Angeles[]

Queueing at the SoFi Stadium parking lot for tour merchandise

Commercial performance[]

According to Billboard, Permission to Dance On Stage—LA recorded the biggest box office score total by any act in nearly a decade, grossing $33.3 million from 214,000 tickets sold, and made BTS' four SoFi Stadium shows the highest-grossing engagement of 2021 since venues reopened. It is the largest-grossing run of shows at a single venue since 2012 when Pink Floyd's Roger Waters earned $38 million from over nine shows at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the biggest US-based boxscore in 18 years; the biggest ever boxscore in California; the second-biggest in the history of Billboard Boxscore in North America behind only Bruce Springsteen's $38.7 million-earning 10 shows at Giants Stadium in New Jersey; and the sixth best-grossing engagement in Billboard Boxscore history. Additionally, the shows marked the first time a non-English-language act[a] surpassed $20 and $30 million in one engagement—previously, Mexican singer Luis Miguel held the record with $19.3 million earned from 30 shows at Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City in 2006.[17] BTS became the seventh act in history to earn over $30 million in a single engagement, alongside Waters, Springsteen, U2, the Grateful Dead, Take That, and the Spice Girls.[18]

Critical reception[]

Permission to Dance On Stage — LA received positive reviews from critics. Kevin E G Perry from The Independent gave the concert a five-star review, calling it "a thrilling two-and-a-half hour show."[19] For NME, Abby Webster also gave the concert five stars, and praised the setlist as a "unique blend of alchemy."[20] Eryn Murphy from Showbiz Cheat Sheet wrote that the setlist "honored BTS’ history" and called the concerts "a jumping-off point for a new beginning."[21] Consequence reviewer Mary Siroky described the LA concerts as "four days of pure joy" that "felt like a mini music festival," writing that it was "a moment of reunion between BTS and their beloved ARMY" and "an experience that has to be seen to be believed." The publication included it on their list of the 12 best live shows of 2021.[22] For The Atlantic, Lenika Cruz described the concerts as "a kind of vindication of BTS—of their talent, authenticity, reach, and emotional connection with fans. All of those things had been called into question by critics, or at times by the artists themselves, in 2021. The four nights were loud, ecstatic, and poignant proof that they had all been wrong."[23]

Concerts[]

List of concerts, show date, city, country, venue, attendance, and gross revenue
Title Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue Ref.
BTS Permission to Dance On Stage October 24, 2021 Seoul South Korea Seoul Olympic Stadium / Weverse N/A N/A [24]
BTS Permission to Dance On Stage—LA November 27, 2021 Inglewood United States SoFi Stadium / YouTube Theater / Weverse[b] 813,000
(214,000 /
18,000 /
581,000) 		$33,300,000 [25]
November 28, 2021
December 1, 2021
December 2, 2021[c]
Permission to Dance On Stage—Seoul March 10, 2022 Seoul South Korea Seoul Olympic Stadium / Select global theatres[d] / Weverse[e] 2,465,000
(45,000 /
1,400,000 /
1,020,000) 		TBA /
$36,200,000 /
TBA 		[26]
March 12, 2022
March 13, 2022
Permission to Dance On Stage—Las Vegas /
Live Play in Las Vegas 		April 8, 2022 Paradise United States Allegiant Stadium / MGM Grand Garden Arena[f] / Weverse[g] TBA TBA [27]
April 9, 2022
April 15, 2022
April 16, 2022

Set lists[]

This is the set list of the October 24, 2021 online concert. It does not represent all shows in the concert series.

  1. "On"
  2. "Fire"
  3. "DNA"
  4. "Dope"
  5. "Blue & Grey"
  6. "Black Swan"
  7. "Blood Sweat & Tears"
  8. "Fake Love"
  9. "Life Goes On"
  10. "Boy With Luv"
  11. "Dynamite"
  12. "Butter
  13. "Airplane Pt. 2"
  14. "Silver Spoon"
  15. "Disease"
  16. "Telepathy"
  17. "Stay"
  18. "So What"
  19. "I Need U"
  20. "Save Me
  21. "Idol"
Encore
  2. "Epilogue: Forever Young"
  3. "Spring Day"
  4. "Permission to Dance"
Notes
  • On November 27, 2021, the encore featured "We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal" and "Answer: Love Myself", replacing "Young Forever" and "Spring Day".
  • On November 28, 2021, the remix version of "Butter" was performed with special guest Megan Thee Stallion and "I'm Fine" was performed in place of "I Need U".[28]
  • On December 1, 2021, the encore featured "Answer: Love Myself", replacing "Young Forever".
  • On December 2, 2021, the encore featured "Home" and "Mikrokosmos" in place of "Young Forever" and "Spring Day", while "My Universe" was performed with special guest Chris Martin of Coldplay after "Permission to Dance".[29]

Notes[]

  1. ^ BTS performed primarily in Korean for the shows[17]
  2. ^ December 2 show only
  3. ^ streamed online via Weverse/Venewlive
  4. ^ March 12 show only
  5. ^ March 10 and 13 shows only
  6. ^ Live viewing for all four dates
  7. ^ April 16 show only

References[]

  1. ^ Herman, Tamar (January 21, 2020). "BTS Announce 'Map of the Soul' Tour Dates". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Brzeski, Patrick (August 20, 2021). "BTS Cancels World Tour Due to COVID-19 Complications". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Willman, Chris (October 12, 2020). "BTS' Weekend Virtual Concerts Sell 993,000 Tickets". Variety. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Frankenburg, Eric (December 5, 2019). "The Year in Touring Charts 2019: Ed Sheeran Meets The Rolling Stones in Boxscore History". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "BTS members REVEAL when they last shed tears, but it's Suga's response that'll leave you in SPLITS". MSN. November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  6. ^ "K-pop Stars to Resume World Touring Concerts amid Eased Travel Restrictions". koreabizwire.com. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Ji-won, Choi (October 25, 2021). "[Herald Review] BTS embraces vulnerability, connects with fans in 'PTD On Stage'". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
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  9. ^ "BTS to hold live concerts in LA in November, December". Yonhap News. September 28, 2021. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
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  12. ^ Yoon, John (March 10, 2022). "BTS performs live in Seoul for the first time in over two years". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  13. ^ Yoon, Dasl (February 16, 2022). "BTS Returns From Break With First South Korean Concerts Since 2019". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  14. ^ Goldsmith, Jill (March 11, 2022). "'BTS Permission To Dance' Concert Event, With $35 Tickets, Will Make Big Noise On Quiet Weekend For New Releases – Specialty Preview". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 12, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
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  16. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (March 15, 2022). "'The Batman' Continues U.K. Box Office Reign". Variety. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  17. ^ a b Frankenberg, Eric (December 3, 2021). "BTS Scores the Biggest Boxscore in Almost a Decade, Thanks to Four Nights at SoFi Stadium". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  18. ^ Lee, Eun-joo (December 6, 2021). "BTS earns $33.3 mn in ticket sale for four-day concerts at SoFi Stadium in LA". Pulse News. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  19. ^ "BTS review, Los Angeles: They came, they sang, they conquered". The Independent. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  20. ^ "BTS live in LA: a euphoric return to live performance for the K-pop juggernauts". NME. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  21. ^ Murphy, Eryn (December 7, 2021). "Review: BTS Reclaim Their Future With Permission to Dance On Stage – LA Show". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "Top 12 Live Shows of 2021". Consequence. December 13, 2021. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  23. ^ Cruz, Lenika (2021-12-16). "The Spectacular Vindication of BTS". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  24. ^ References for BTS Permission to Dance On Stage:
  25. ^ References for PTDOS–LA attendance and box office:
  26. ^ Lee, Tae-soo (March 14, 2022). BTS 서울 콘서트 사흘간 전 세계 246만명이 봤다 [The BTS Seoul concert was watched by 2.46 million people around the world for three days]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  27. ^ Lee, Tae-soo (February 22, 2022). 방탄소년단, 4월 미국 라스베이거스에서 4차례 대면 콘서트 [BTS to hold four face-to-face concerts in Las Vegas, USA in April]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  28. ^ Robidoux, Brandy (November 30, 2021). "BTS' 'Permission To Dance On Stage' LA Concert Setlist Was So Freakin' Special". Elite Daily.
  29. ^ Sehgal, Chirag (December 3, 2021). "SURPRISE! Coldplay's Chris Martin Joins BTS Boys To End LA Concert With 'My Universe'". India.com.


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