Last Updated on March 19, 2023 by BTS 101
Want to see BTS live? So does most of the world, so good luck getting tickets. But happily, a lot of their past concerts are available online (some free, some paid, some…obtainable through questionable means).
In addition, BTS really brings it when it comes time for televised appearances. In particular, they have turned the MAMA, MMA, and Golden Disc Awards – three of the major Asian music award shows – into their own private mini-concerts in recent years, featuring a medley of old and new songs with seriously spectacular sets and visuals. Most of these are available on YouTube and you should go watch them all immediately.
Before BTS goes on stage, they usually gather as a circle of 7 to do a little cheer. It varies a bit but the most common one is when RM says, “Bangtan, bangtan…” and everyone answers with “Bang-bangtan!” Fun fact: you might notice during these cheers that SUGA always looks away while everyone else looks in.
Fanchants and Lightsticks
When watching BTS performing in front of a live audience, you might notice two key things:
Fanchants: In Korea and other places in Asia, it’s considered rude to sing along at a concert, because the audience paid to hear the artist, not you! But because audiences do like to participate, kPop production companies often create “official fanchants” – approved responses and yells that the audience is allowed to do at appropriate breaks in the song.
So, you’ll hear the whole audience being pretty quiet, but then suddenly yelling the same word at exactly the same place in the song. Those are fanchants! You can find them online here and here is a YouTube channel where you can hear them as well..
BTS has one famous fanchant that appears at the start of most of their big hits, where the audience chants the names of the members in order. “Kim Namjoon…Kim Seokjin…Min Yoongi…Jung Hoseok…Park Jimin…Kim Taehyung…Jeon Jungkook…BTS!”
This performance of MIC Drop is a great one to watch if you want to see the opening fanchant and other fanchants in action.
Lightsticks: When a kPop band gets popular enough to know they are going to be around for a while – usually after a couple of years and a few hit songs – their production company will introduce a lightstick – kind of like a flashlight that can change colours and respond via bluetooth during concerts. Audience members usually have these and shake them rhythmically during concerts.
The BTS lightstick is known as the “ARMY Bomb” and looks like a little light-up bomb on a stick. It was introduced at the Bangtan Begins: Red Bullet concert in Seoul in 2015. Originally it could only light up with white light, and at the Third Muster, as a surprise for the band, BTS staff members gave the audience a sheer purple cover to put over their bombs to turn them purple. V loved this moment so much he introduced the now iconic BTS phrase “I purple you,” meaning I will love you infinitely, like the colour purple at the end of the rainbow. These days, new ARMY bombs can change to lots of different colours, are Bluetooth enabled, and can sync their colour changes to videos and online concerts – and also very costly!
Past Concerts, and Where to Find Them
For a full listing of every live performance by BTS, consult this Wikipedia page.
As a quick summary, here are their major tours – but don’t forget the Festas, Musters, and Fanmeetings, which were listed in the last unit.
| Tour/Concert | Dates | Location | Notes |
| First Japan Showcase | December 7, 2013 two more performances in January 2014 | Tokyo Oksaka | SUGA sits down for most of the December concert because he was ill; after the show he flew back to Korea where he had his appendix out. They cancelled their remaining December dates but came back in January (less than a month later, impressive SUGA!). Find one of the January ones on YouTube. |
| Skool Luv Affair Showcase | February 11, 2014 | Seoul | Mini-concert and fanmeet the day before Skool Luv Affair was released. Find it on the Skool Luv Affair Special Edition disc. |
| 1st Muster | March 2014 | Seoul | Available on the Memories of 2014 DVD. |
| Japan Fanmeeting Vol. 1 | May 2014 | Tokyo | Only exists with a few scant fancams – never released anywhere |
| Bridge to Korea | June 2014 | Moscow | A festival in Russia to showcase several kPop acts – see it on YouTube |
| Show and Prove concert in Los Angeles | July 2014 | LA | This was concert they put on for a crowd of just 400 to demonstrate their music in the US – you can see clips of it in the American Hustle Life series. The audience was a weird combination of screaming super fans and people BTS themselves had recruited from the street. Here’s a short clip of V, JK, and SUGA dancing to Michael Jackson’s Love Never Felt So Good – more clips from this concert here. |
| KCON | August 2014 | LA | A concert showcasing several kPop acts to introduce them to the US market – you can see some clips on YouTube, also profiled in the documentary special GO BTS! |
| First Japan Tour: Wake Up: Open Your Eyes | February 2015 | Japan | To promote Wake Up, their first Japanese album; played several dates to a total audience of over 25K. Released as a standalone DVD if you can find it. |
| BTS Live Trilogy Episode I: BTS Begins | March 28/29, 2015 | Seoul | Their first really big concert in Korea – a second night had to be added when the first sold out quickly. Find this one, and watch it – it’s SO GOOD. The Olympic Hall where they played held 3000 people each night and BTS was overwhelmed to imagine they’d ever play such a big place. Available on the Memories of 2015 DVD. |
| BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet Tour | October to December 2014; resuming July/August 2015 | Fall 2014: Korea, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand Summer 2015: Australia, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Thailand, Hong Kong | Note that the first part of this tour came before BTS Begins, but the tour as a whole is still known as Episode II of the BTS Live Trilogy. Featured their first non-Asian tour dates. Played in halls to audiences of between 5000 and 7000 people. Available on the Memories of 2014 DVD, or some clips are on BTS NOW in Thailand DVD (or try here). |
| Japan Fanmeeting Vol. 2: Undercover Mission | August 2015 | Tokyo, Osaka | In between Fanmeeting dates, they also played both days of the Japan Summer Sonic Festival 2015, same locations. Try watching it here. |
| 2nd Muster ZIP Code 22920 | January 2016 | Seoul | Available on Memories of 2016 DVD. |
| BTS Live – The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage Also commonly called HYYH On Stage (HYYH is a short form for the Korean name of The Most Beautiful Moment in Life albums). The second half of this tour, in 2016, is known officially as HYYH On Stage: Epilogue (or, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage: Epilogue). | On Stage: November/ December 2015 Epilogue: May to August 2016 | On Stage: Seoul Japan Epilogue: Seoul Taiwan China Philippines Thailand Japan | Both the original performance and the epilogue version were released as DVDs if you can find them. In Japan this is known as KYNK Live/KYNK Epilogue and you can see some really awesome clips on YouTube, like this one of No More Dream with a dance break, and this legendary encore stage where V in particular was an absolute delight (both of these are from the Epilogue edition). |
| KCON | Summer 2016 | Paris, NY, LA, Mexico City | Another showcase of kPop acts to expose them to international audiences, BTS were the headliners. In Paris, they did a medley performance with other acts like Block B, Shinee, and f(x) of the traditional Korean song Arirang, which is a beloved BTS cover song now. |
| Happy BTS Day Party | June 13, 2016 | Seoul | Streamed online on vLive on the last day of 3rd Festa; still available for viewing as paid content on Weverse (it’s bundled with Bon Voyage season 1 and called “3rd Anniversary Present”). |
| 3rd Muster ARMY.ZIP | November 2016 | Seoul | Available as a standalone DVD called ARMY.ZIP. |
| Japan Fanmeeting Vol. 3: Reaching You | Nov/Dec 2016 | Fukuoka, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka | Available on DVD, or try here. |
| BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour | February through to July, 2017 Resuming October to December 2017 | South Korea, Chile, Brazil, United States, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan and Thailand | This concert is so good. Find it on the Memories of 2017 DVD, or on a couple different editions of a standalone DVD, and also as a Japanese DVD. You an also purchase the final night in Seoul – which has some added songs from the Love Yourself: Her album, which had been released by then – on Weverse. The whole tour sold out very quickly and broke ticket sales records worldwide for a Korean band (and in some countries, like Chile, for any band). Extra dates were added and in the end they played to a total worldwide audience of over 500K. A documentary was made from behind-the-scenes footage from this tour, called Burn The Stage, available on YouTube (paid content). |
| BTS Home Party | June 13, 2017 | Seoul | Concert held on the last day of 4th Festa, streamed live on vLive. Still available for free viewing on Weverse, only without the special encore that was for paid subscribers only. |
| 4th Muster Happy Ever After | January 2018 | Seoul | Available as a standalone DVD package. |
| Japan Fanmeeting Vol. 4: Happy Ever After | April 2018 | Yokohama, Osaka | Available as a standalone DVD package, or try here. |
| BTS Prom Party | June 13, 2018 | Seoul | Concert held on the last day of 5th Festa, streamed live on vLive. Still available as paid content on Weverse, or part of the Memories of 2018 DVD. |
| BTS World Tour: Love Yourself Plus: Love Yourself / Speak Yourself extension | August 2018 through to April 2019 for Love Yourself Additional dates added to incorporate songs from Persona – this extension is known as Love Yourself / Speak Yourself and ran from May to July 2019, with additional dates in Riyadh and Seoul in October 2019 | Love Yourself: Korea, Brazil, USA, Canada, UK, France, Netherlands, Germany Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Thailand Love Yourself / Speak Yourself: USA, São Paulo, London, Paris, Japan, Riyadh, Seoul | Their first international stadium tour. How to watch it: – standalone DVDs of Seoul and New York from the Love Yourself leg – standalone DVDs of London (Wembley Stadium) and Sao Paulo from the Speak Yourself leg (both of these are SO GOOD) – Los Angeles Speak Yourself is on the Memories of 2019 DVD – London and other European cities from Love Yourself, and New York from Love Yourself, are both available for purchase on Weverse – Love Yourself / Speak Yourself in London (Wembley), Seoul, and Saudi Arabia available for purchase on Weverse The first part of the Love Yourself tour – USA, South America, and Europe – is covered in the documentary film/series Bring The Soul, available for purchase on Weverse. The second part of the tour in Asia, and then the Speak Yourself extension, is covered in the documentary film/series Break The Silence, available for purchase on Weverse. In total, the tour played to nearly a million fans. |
| 5th Muster Magic Shop | June 2019 | Busan, Seoul | Find it, watch it, love it. Available as paid content on Weverse (last night in Seoul only) or as a standalone DVD package with one night from Busan plus one night from Seoul. |
| Japan Fanmeeting Vol. 5: Magic Shop | Nov/Dec 2019 | Chiba, Osaka | Available as a standalone DVD package. |
| BangBangCon: The Live | June 2020 | Online only | A cute combination of skits, some of their older hits, and some songs from MOTS era that they’d never performed live before. Part of the 7th Festa. Available for purchase on Weverse or as part of the Memories of 2020 DVD. |
| Map of the Soul: ON:E | Online streaming performance only, two nights in October 2020 | Online only; streamed to almost a million total viewers | Their planned MOTS tour of summer/fall 2020 had to be cancelled due to the worldwide coronavirus epidemic. After testing the digital waters with Bang Bang Con Live, BTS decided to give a digital concert instead to feature the MOTS: 7 songs. The show is a combination of live steamed OT7 songs and pre-taped solos. ARMY were able to join in on a huge video-call during the final few songs. Available as a standalone DVD. |
| 6th Muster SoWooZoo | Online streaming performance only, two nights in June 2021 | Online only; steamed to 1.4 million viewers | An absolutely delightful show filled with older hits, new songs, and walks down memory lane. The “audience” was filled with video screens of ARMY which was an innovative and fun idea that the members really loved. Featured live OT7 versions of Daechwita and Chicken Noodle Soup, and legendary water fights during both encores. Available as a standalone DVD set. |
| Permission to Dance Online | Online streaming performance only, one night in October 2021 | Online only; streamed to 197 countries | Trailer video here (it’s awesome). As a precursor to the LA shows, BTS performed the PTD show for just one online performance. Packed from start to finish with all OT7 songs, it focused mainly on the BE album, Butter, and their biggest hits from other eras. Unfortunately V had to sit out for the big choreo numbers due to a knee injury. Available in the Memories of 2021 set. |
| Permission to Dance On Stage | November/ December 2021 March / April 2022 | Nov/Dec 2021: Los Angeles, Sofi Stadium, 4 nights March 2022: Seoul, Olympic Stadium, 3 nights April 2022: Las Vegas, Allegiant Stadium, 4 nights | The costumes and songs for this concert were basically the same as for the online version, with the encore songs changing each night. LA featured surprise appearances by Megan Thee Stallion and Chris Martin of Coldplay. Some nights were live-streamed in addition to having a live audience: December 3 in LA March 10 and 13 in Seoul April 16 in LV PTD LA night 2 (with Megan Thee Stallion) is available for streaming on Disney+ in most countries. |
| Yet to Come | October 15, 2022 | Busan | One-night concert to promote Busan’s bid for the World Fair in 2030. Gorgeous and also a little sad as they made their military enlistment announcement just two days later. This concert was made into a movie that played in theatres around the world for one week in February 2023. |
Notable Award Show and Television Specials/Performances
There are too many to count! If you’re looking for something specific or just have a LOT of time on your hands, you can find a comprehensive list of EVERYTHING over at the BTS Content Index.
Here are some must-watch favourites – well, it started as a list of must-watch favourites but has really gotten out of hand. So I’ve bolded performances that were truly legendary and great for people just getting into BTS.
| Appearance | Date | Songs |
| Debut on M Countdown | June 13, 2013 | No More Dream |
| Music Core | June 15, 2013 | No More Dream |
| Music Wave | June 24, 2013 | No More Dream |
| Music Bank | June 28, 2013 | No More Dream, We Are Bulletproof pt 2 |
| Simply Kpop | June 2013 | No More Dream |
| M Countdown Dance Showcase | July 2013 | Jimin was invited as the “lead dancer” to take part in the M Countdown dance showcase. He performed out in front but j-hope and Jungkook also appeared as his side dancers, and then immediately they performed No More Dream. This performance is here and also exists as a dance practice. |
| Busan College Music Festival | July 27, 2013 | Performed at a music festival in Busan and did a fansign while they were there. Notable as these were some of the very first fancams taken of BTS – this one of j-hope in particular is legend. |
| First Comeback on M Countdown | August 2013 | We Are Bulletproof pt. 2 |
| M Countdown | September 2013 | N.O |
| MusicBank | September 2013 | BTS Concept Trailer Performance – this is the legendary performance where both RM and Jimin have major wardrobe malfunctions when they try to tear off their jackets |
| Incheon Korean Music Wave Concert | September 2013 | No More Dream |
| M Countdown | October 2013 | Attack on Bangtan – there is also a cute “making of” clip about this performance here |
| Show Champion | November 2013 | Attack on Bangtan |
| Music Core | November 2013 | Attack on Bangtan |
| SBS Gayo Daejeon | December 2013 | No More Dream – if you look closely, you’ll see their choreographer Son Song-deuk filling in for SUGA, who had just had appendix surgery. You can also see an awesome dance practice version of this performance and another clip of BTS on Naver Star Cast from July 2014 reacting to the dance practice. |
| KMF Gayo Daejejeon | December 2013 | No More Dream and others, also without SUGA |
| MMA (Melon Music Awards) 2013 | December 2013; they won rookies of the year here | No More Dream, Rise of Bangtan |
| Golden Disc Awards 2014 | January 2014; they also won Rookie of the Year here | No More Dream |
| Seoul Music Awards 2014 | January 2014 | No More Dream, a lovely slow version of N.O |
| M Countdown | February 2014 | Boy In Luv |
| Kstars Wonderland | February 2014 | This was a live special featuring various Kstars with skits and songs. The BTS section must be seen to be believed. |
| Show Champion Special Stage | March 2014 | This Love and T.O.P – covers of songs by Shinwa |
| Radio Performance | March 2014 | Singing Coffee on a radio show – I’m not sure exactly where this is. I think it is while they were in Thailand and could be a clip from their Thailand special? |
| M Countdown | April 2014 | Just One Day |
| Music Bank | June 2014 | Cover of Something by TVXQ |
| M Countdown | August 2014 | Danger, and they also released an individual fancam of this performance for each member a couple of years ago. Try this YouTube search, then scroll down to see the set of 7 fancams. |
| Music Bank | August 2014 | Danger – 1:46 |
| Music Core | August 2014 | Danger |
| Melon 1theK Premiere Showcase | August 2014 | Danger, War of Hormone, and Let Me Know |
| MV for Boy In Luv (MNet) | August 2014 | While in LA to film American Hustle Life, Warren G directed this replacement swaggy video for Boy In Luv. |
| M Countdown | September 2014 | Danger |
| Halloween Video | October 2014 | War of Hormone in scary costumes |
| Music Core | October 2014 | War of Hormone – very cute performance where Jimin acts like he’s going to ab flash – then shyly does not! |
| M Countdown | October 2014 | War of Hormone |
| A Song For You | November 2014 | Rare live performance of Let Me Know – you can see the entire episode with interview clips as well here. |
| MusicBank | November 2014 | War of Hormone |
| KBS World | November 2014 | Danger, War of Hormone |
| Simply kPop | November 2014 | War of Hormone |
| MBC Gayo Daejejeon | December 2014 | Danger with a military theme. This performance was a dance battle with GoT7 (not sure who won!). BigHit was so unhappy with the camera work for this performance that they later uploaded their own version (which really is MUCH better) as the “Intro Performance Trailer“. |
| KBS Year End Festival | December 2014 | It’s Tricky dance cover, also this priceless clip of them dancing with 2pm and VIXX to Happy |
| M Countdown Christmas Special | December 2014 | Just One Day, War of Hormone |
| MAMA (Mnet Asian Music) Awards 2014 | December 2014 | Performance battle with Block B, including a performance of Danger; also performed Boy In Luv on the red carpet stage. Danger performance is especially notable as Jimin rips his shirt off! |
| Golden Disc Awards 2015 | January 2015 | Danger (without JK due to visa problems, this performance was in Japan) |
| M Countdown | April 2015 | I Need U, War of Hormone |
| SBS The Show | May 2015 | I Need U – this was their first show win, see their surprise at winning here |
| MusicCore | May 2015 | I Need U |
| MusicBank | May 2015 | I Need U |
| Simply kPop | May 2015 | Boyz With Fun |
| Dream Concert | May 2015 | j-hope did a special dance performance with Yugyeom from GoT7 |
| vLive – BTS On Air | June 2015 | This was a very long live they did just as the vLive platform was being launched, a sort of interview/fan meet/comeback show for Most Beautiful Moment in Life vol. 1. Includes many iconic clips, live version of I Need U, and Suga rapping his iconic “min suga genius jjang jjang man boong boong” fan-suggested line. |
| Picnic Live – MBC (episode 67) | Summer 2015 | This was a rooftop mini-concert where they performed live, acoustic versions of I Need U, Tomorrow, and War of Hormone. |
| M Countdown | June 2015 | Dope, Converse High |
| MusicCore | July 2015 | Dope |
| Inkigayo | July 2015 | Dope |
| KBS | July 2015 | Dope |
| Billboard Video Performances | August 2015 | I Need U, Dope |
| All Force One | September 20, 2015 | All Force One was a hip-hop/rap festival, and RM was invited to perform here as a soloist as his mixtape rm had just been released. He invited SUGA and j-hope to join him as a surprise. RM performed several tracks from his mixtape alone, then several BTS tracks with SUGA and j-hope including Cypher pt2 and Cypher pt3 (with Supreme Boi, who was also performing at All Force One). You can see the full performance here. |
| One K Concert | October 9, 2015 | A multi-group concert where they performed I Need U and Dope, you can see photos online and a clip of the closing here – Suga fancam – Jimin fancam |
| Inkigayo | November 2015 | Dope – this is the performance where they launch out from below the stage on trampolines and do some amazing landings. |
| Hope Concert | November 2015 | Celebration of Sports World’s 10th Anniversary, BTS did a couple of songs as part of a larger concert featuring many bands. You can see some pics here, fancam video of I Need U here. |
| MMA Awards 2015 | November 2015 | I Need U – awesome performance in the dark with lights on their hands |
| MBC kPop | December 2015 | I Need U |
| SBS funE LIVE – The Show Special Edition | December 2015 | Butterfly – so so pretty. |
| MAMA Awards 2015 | December 2015 | Run, If You. Also they appeared in a promotional video for the 2015 MAMA awards called Countdown to MAMA, where V has some very awkward moments with the other members as he tries to deliver a note to RM. |
| MusicCore | December 2015 | Run, I Need U |
| MBC Music Festival | December 2015 | I Need U/Run – Featuring SUGA playing piano and JK dance solo; missing RM as he was sick; they also performed a legendary cover of Shinwa’s Perfect Man |
| KBS Music Festival | December 2015 | Jazz version of Dope (missing RM as he was sick); also pretty dance version of Butterfly and Run |
| Golden Disc Awards 2016 | January 2016 | I Need U |
| MBC Music | February 2016 | Gorgeous slow, acoustic version of I Need U |
| PK Japan | April 2016 | Run, I Need U, War of Hormone |
| Play Button | April 2016 | Dope |
| MusicBank | May 2016 | Bapsae (Silver Spoon) |
| Inkigayo | May 2016 | Fire |
| Muju Korea-China Martial Arts Cultural Exchange Festival | August 2016 | An exhibition concert held in China, BTS performed several songs including Fire, Save Me, Dope, Boyz With Fun – try this playlist for clips |
| M Countdown | October 2016 | Blood Sweat and Tears (first performance in legendary flower coats), Blood Sweat and Tears (second performance in legendary satin pajamas), 21st Century Girl |
| Inkigayo | October 2016 | Blood Sweat and Tears – notable for JK’s wardrobe malfunction – his wrap shirt becomes untied and falls open |
| Show Champion | October 2016 | Blood Sweat and Tears |
| Halloween Video | October 2016 | Video for fans of them singing 21st Century Girl in costumes |
| M Countdown | October 2016 | Am I Wrong |
| Asia One Festival in Busan | October 2016 | This one is a crazy story. BTS was set to perform at the festival, but when RM got injured and couldn’t perform, the festival organizers cut them from the program – without telling anyone, including BTS. When ARMY in the audience found the show ending with no BTS performance, they wouldn’t leave – and eventually the organizers allowed the remaining six members (who were present backstage in casual clothes) to perform after the show was over, without stage lighting, on a confetti-covered stage, just for fans. You can see their post-show performance here. |
| DMC Korean Music Wave festival | October 2016 | Performed Run and Fire, without RM as he had been injured (see Suga lip syncing his part!). Also performed Sorry Sorry by Super Junior as a group with Lee Teuk of Super Junior, GFRIEND and Twice. |
| Music Core | November 2016 | Blood Sweat and Tears, Am I Wrong |
| Music Bank | November 2016 | 21st Century Girl, Am I Wrong |
| KBS World | December 2016 | 21st Century Girl |
| MMA Awards 2016 | December 2016 | Blood Sweat and Tears and Fire – they also won Album of the Year here |
| MAMA Awards 2016 | December 2016 | Blood Sweat and Tears and Fire – This is their first truly legendary awards show performance. Features dance solos by Jimin and j-hope to Boy Meets Evil (Jimin is blindfolded, both are so good); and V and Jin recreating a charged moment from the BST video. Plus, BTS won artist of the year here for Wings, and everyone cries – SUGA has an extremely rare moment of public sobbing. |
| MBC Gayo Deajejeon 2016 | December 2016 | Cover of Rainism, BTS still talks about this all the time, also did a cover of As I Told You in hockey gear (!!), plus they also performed BST and Fire (all without SUGA as he had fallen and injured his ear) |
| KBS Song Festival 2016 | December 29, 2016 | Cover of Class Idea, Fire (j-hope famously does SUGA’s final line, as he was still out with an ear injury) |
| Golden Disc Awards 2017 | January 2017 | Retrospective of their career where they perform a medley of their old hits. |
| KBS World | January 2017 | Jimin performed Lie and then had a dance-off with Taemin from SHINee (who is very cool and you should check out his solo work). |
| M Countdown | February 2017 | Spring Day, Not Today |
| MusicBank | February 2017 | Spring Day, Not Today |
| Inkigayo | February 2017 | Spring Day, Not Today |
| Billboard Music Awards | May 2017 | Not a musical performance, but this was their first win of Best Social Artist at the BBMAs and the first time a lot of American artists had heard of them. BTS were there to accept their award. |
| JBTV in Chicago | June 2017 | “The Secret Show” – interview segment plus performed Dope, Fire, Save Me |
| BTS Comeback Show – DNA Edition | September 2017 | Full hour-long show featuring multiple performances, skits in celebration of DNA; notable as JK reveals in a skit the names of 7 other companies he turned down to go with BigHit, including JYP – perform songs like GoGo, Mic Drop – see a bangtan bomb of them practicing DNA here and a bangtan bomb of them practicing Mic Drop here |
| M Countdown | September 2017 | DNA, MIC Drop, Go Go. |
| BTS Countdown | September 2017 | Hour and a half long special featuring a hilarious skit where BTS are office workers, plus musical performances, and double-time dance version of DNA – they also perform songs like Mic Drop, Like, Dope |
| Seo Taiji 25 Time Traveler | September 2017 | Seo Taiji is basically the inventor of modern kPop – you can read more about him in our History of kPop article. This was a special concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of his band’s debut and BTS performed several songs with him – quite an honour. See RM and SUGA backing him up here, and all of BTS doing a rock song with him here (with a snippet of No More Dream thrown in), a gorgeous slow song with Jimin and Jin, plus Seo Taiji’s iconic song Come Back Home. Try this link to see the whole concert. |
| Show Champion | September 2017 | Mic Drop |
| Halloween Video | October 2017 | Video for the fans of Go Go in Snow White costumes. |
| M Countdown | October 2017 | Mic Drop second performance |
| Inkigayo | October 2017 | Mic Drop |
| Music Bank | October 2017 | Mic Drop |
| American Music Awards | November 2017 | DNA – this was their first ever American TV appearance |
| The Ellen Degeneres Show | November 2017 | DNA, MIC Drop |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live | November 2017 | Performed a mini-concert – you can see the full thing on YouTube from fancams. MIC Drop clip, I Need U clip |
| James Cordon – The Late Late Show | November 2017 | DNA – performed in outfits by Gucci. Also the clip of them playing Flinch is from this visit and is a must-watch |
| MMA Awards 2017 | November 2017 | DNA, You’ll Never Walk Alone, Spring Day |
| MAMA Awards 2017 | November 2017 | Cypher pt 4, DNA, MIC Drop |
| KBS Song Festival 2017 | December 2017 | Spring Day, Not Today, LOST, Cypher pt 4, DNA (Rock version) |
| MBC New Year’s Eve Show | December 2017 | Go Go – famous performance where they pull out red hearts during the song |
| SBS Gayo Daejeon | December 2017 | MIC Drop, DNA, plus Spring Day with a dance break – the dance break contains signature moves from several of their other big hits |
| KBS Music Festival | December 2017 | Cypher pt. 4, DNA, Not Today, Spring Day |
| New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Los Angeles Stage | December 2017 | DNA, MIC Drop |
| Golden Disc Awards 2018 | January 2018 | DNA, Not Today, Spring Day |
| BTS Comeback Show – Highlight Reel | May 2018 | Hour long special featuring many musical performances to launch Love Yourself: Tear – see Fake Love, Airplane pt 2, Anpanman |
| M Countdown | May 2018 | Fake Love, Airplane pt 2, also Fake Love again |
| MusicBank | May 2018 | Fake Love, Fake Love again in June, Anpanman |
| SBS Comeback Special | May 2018 | Fake Love |
| SBS The Show | May 2018 | Fake Love – this is the legendary performance when RM (God of Destruction) accidentally rips open JK’s shirt during the choreo (during SUGA’s rap part), also Anpanman |
| Inkigayo | May 2018 | Fake Love, Anpanman |
| Billboard Music Awards 2018 | May 2018 | Fake Love – JK flashed his abs here and broke the internet |
| Ellen Degeneres Show | May 2018 | Fake Love, Airplane pt 2 – also features interview clip where BTS is given a jump scare, and BTS hiding in the Friends set to surprise fans |
| James Cordon – The Late Late Show | May 2018 | Fake Love |
| MusicCore | June 2018 | Fake Love |
| Inkigayo/SBS | June 2018 | Fake Love, Anpanman |
| SBS Super Concert in Taipei | July 7, 2018 | Along with several other Kpop groups, performed at a mass concert in Taipei (there are many other SBS Super Concerts, so if you are googling, be sure to include the date 180707, or Taipei). Performed many songs, including Anpanman, DNA, Fake Love, Spring Day; also had some chats with the audience and appeared in the group opening and closing numbers. |
| M Countdown | August 2018 | I’m Fine/Save Me – ICONIC performance where the words I’m Fine spin around to create Save Me |
| Love Yourself Tour, LA Concert | September 8, 2018 | Fake Love (This is a fancam of the concert, but we include it here for the legendary sheer shirts the members are wearing!) |
| MusicBank | September 2018 | I’m Fine |
| Inkigayo | September 2018 | I’m Fine |
| Jimmy Fallon – The Tonight Show | September 2018 | Idol, I’m Fine – plus interview clip, plus Fortnite Dance Challenge |
| Good Morning America | September 2018 | Idol |
| America’s Got Talent | September 2018 | Idol |
| MMA Awards 2018 | November 2018 | Fake Love, Airplane pt 2, Idol – SO SO GOOD |
| MGA Awards 2018 | November 2018 | I’m Fine/Save Me plus Idol, also performed We Don’t Talk Anymore and Fake Love with Charlie Puth. Note that these are now called the MGMA awards as of 2019. |
| MAMA Awards 2018 | December 2018 | Fake Love, Idol, Airplane pt 2, and more – SO GOOD. Also, they win Album of the Year and everyone cries, and Jin reveals that they almost broke up earlier in 2018. Plus, they did an additional performance of Fake Love and Anpanman for the Japanese night of the awards (MAMA usually has the awards in Hong Kong, then a separate night of performances in Japan.) |
| KBS Song Festival 2018 | December 2018 | Compilation of songs from Love Yourself, plus Fake Love with dance break |
| MBC Kpop Festival 2018 | December 2018 | Mic Drop |
| SBS Gayo Daejeon 2018 (The Wave) | December 2018 | Performed several of their older hits over a few days, like DNA, No More Dream, Fire, Boy In Luv, and Idol. They also made two adorable promo clips for this concert – here and here, and there was a bangtan bomb of them getting ready here. |
| The Grammys 2019 | January 2019 | Not a musical performance, but their first visit to The Grammys – red carpet interview plus presented an award |
| Golden Disc Awards 2019 | January 2019 | Fake Love (SO GOOD), Idol |
| Armypedia | January 2019 | An hour-long show with skits and interviews, plus acoustic performances of some of their oldest hits including No More Dream, Just One Day, and Like |
| M Countdown | April 2019 | Dionysus, Boy With Luv, Make It Right |
| Inkigayo | April 2019 | Dionysus |
| MusicCore | April 2019 | Dionysus |
| Saturday Night Live | May 2019 | Boy With Luv, MIC Drop – Emma Stone was the host |
| Stephen Colbert – The Late Show | May 2019 | Make It Right, Boy With Luv (performed as if they are the Beatles) – plus interview clip (where they sing Hey Jude) and BTS Mania clip |
| Billboard Music Awards 2019 | May 2019 | Boy With Luv (performed with Halsey) |
| The Voice | May 2019 | Boy With Luv |
| MMA Awards 2019 | November 2019 | Almost a mini-concert, an absolute must watch. Every member gets a solo dance/performance to one of their past hits, plus perform Persona, Boy in Luv, Boy With Luv as a group, plus the most EXTRA performance of Dionysus ever |
| MAMA Awards 2019 | November 2019 | Legendary recreation of N.O and We Are Bulletproof pt 2 plus also performed Dionysus, Boy In Luv and Mikrokosmos |
| KBS end of year music festival | December 2019 | Dionysus, Boy With Luv, Go Go, Home, Mikrokosmos – these are all gorgeous; also participated in The Earth Traveler, a group number – see the video here |
| 2019 I Heart Radio Jingle Ball | December 2019 | Boy With Luv and MIC Drop – ARMY famously crowd-funded the fee required to license this legendary group shot from Getty Images, so it could be freely available |
| MNet Love Yourself Special | December 2019 | MIC Drop, DNA, Fake Love, Save Me/I’m Fine, Idol – This is not really a live performance, but just a compilation of MNet performances that they combined into a special. But all of these are SO AMAZING you will want to put this video on repeat. |
| SBS Gayo Daejeon Christmas Special | December 2019 | A variety of hokey Christmas songs (hip hop is dead!), also Dionysus |
| Times Square New Year’s Rockin’ Eve | December 2019 | Boy With Luv and also performed Make it Right – plus ball drop with Post Malone |
| Golden Disc Awards 2020 | January 2020 | Boy With Luv, Mikrokosmos, Dionysus, also the vocal line performed Dimple and the rap line did a medly of their Intros |
| The Grammys 2020 | January 2020 | Performed Old Town Road (Seoul Town Road) with Lil Nas X, among others – a bit of a cringey performance because BTS deserved better (so did Lil Nas X) |
| James Cordon – The Late Late Show | January 2020 | Black Swan, plus interview clip, plus absolutely hilarious Hide and Seek game with Ashton Kutcher |
| M Countdown | February 2020 | Black Swan, ON – if you look closely at the ON performance, you might spot bandages on Jimin’s elbows – these were covering fresh tattoos he got of the words “young” and “forever” |
| Music Bank | February 2020 | Black Swan |
| Jimmy Fallon – The Tonight Show | February 2020 | Grand Central Station performance of ON, plus interview clip, subway olympics, Katz’s deli |
| James Corden – The Late Late Show | February 2020 | CARPOOL KARAOKE. Although James Corden has fallen out of favour with ARMY lately for jokes made about BTS, this clip remains one of our all-time favourite BTS clips and the one that made us fall down the BTS rabbit hole. |
| Inkigayo – Director’s Cut | March 2020 | Black Swan |
| James Cordon – The Late Late Show | March 2020 | Interview, Boy With Luv performed remotely in their dance studio |
| YouTube Class of 2020 | June 2020 | Boy With Luv, Spring Day, Mikrokosmos – plus each member gives an inspirational speech to the graduating class during quarantine |
| Bang Bang Con Live | June 2020 | Skits, interviews, and live performances of songs from MOTS: 7 – this was part of Festa 2020 and a test run for future online performances – available for purchase on Weverse and it’s also on the Memories of 2020 DVDs |
| MTV VMA Awards 2020 | August 2020 | Dynamite – pre-recorded due to COVID shutdown, this was the first of over 30 award and TV show performances of Dynamite during fall 2020 |
| FNS Song Festival | August 2020 | Mic Drop |
| Jimmy Fallon – The Tonight Show | September 2020 | BTS were the “artist in residence” for a week and did a performance plus some other content every night for five nights. Everything here is SO GOOD. Performances include: Idol, Mikrokosmos, Black Swan, Home, and Dynamite. Clips include: interview #1, interview #2, Dynamite acoustic version, Dance Your Feelings, and Zoom Olympics |
| CITI Music Series, The Today Show | September 2020 | Anpanman, Dynamite |
| Tiny Desk Concert | September 2020 | Dynamite, Spring Day, Save Me – MUST WATCH. Also this Bangtan Bomb of the Dynamite part is essential. |
| I Heart Radio | September 2020 | Dynamite, Spring Day, Boy With Luv, Make It Right |
| Dynamite Awards Show Tour | September – December 2020 | Performed Dynamite over 20 times on various awards shows and talk shows – each one is unique in terms of sets and costumes. Some to check out include America’s Got Talent (THE BEST), Japan’s Music Day, Grammy Museum, Good Morning America, Billboard Music Awards, Radiodotcom Awards, Gyeongbokgung Palace, NTV Awards, Time Magazine entertainer of the year, FNS Music Festival, FACT Music Awards, Japan Record Awards, CDTV Christmas Special, Tokopedia, KBS World Many of these are missing SUGA as he had shoulder surgery. |
| James Cordon – The Late Late Show | November 2020 | Full custom-made video for Life Goes On and Dynamite, absolutely fabulous, plus interview clip (interview missing SUGA as he had shoulder surgery) |
| Good Morning America | November 2020 | Life Goes On – performed in PJs, very healing |
| American Music Awards | November 2020 | Life Goes On, Dynamite |
| MMA Awards 2020 | November 2020 | Black Swan (ballet dance performance), Life Goes On, ON, Dynamite (legendary dance break version) |
| MAMA Awards 2020 | December 2020 | ON, Life Goes On (with SUGA digital projection!), Dynamite |
| SBS Gayo Christmas Edition | December 2020 | Life Goes On, Dynamite, Black Swan (with snowman SUGA) |
| KBS Song Festival | December 2020 | Dynamite, I Need U (recreation of their first show win), gorgeous version of Life Goes On |
| New Year’s Eve Live Concert 2021 – HYBE Labels | December 2020 | Paid online concert featuring all the HYBE label extended acts, including TXT, Gfriend, and Seventeen. BTS performed several songs as well. Paid content on Weverse. |
| Golden Disc Awards 2021 | January 2021 | AMAZING. Black Swan, ON, Life Goes On, Dynamite Slow Jam version, plus the return of SUGA. |
| MTV Unplugged | February 2021 | Acoustic versions of Telepathy, Blue & Grey, Fix You (Coldplay cover), Life Goes On, Dynamite – a must watch |
| The Grammys | March 2021 | Dynamite – performed the night before the Grammys for the MusicCares fundraising concert, with JK playing drums; then again during the actual awards show (pretaped from Korea) |
| Let’s BTS! | March 2021 | Korean talk show featuring interview segments plus slowjam performance of Dynamite and Life Goes On, also featuring What We Want to Hear challenge and other interview segments |
| Tokopedia | April 2021 | Jenga interview and also performed Life Goes On |
| Lotte Family Concert 2021 | May 2021 | Life Goes On, Telepathy, Dynamite |
| Billboard Music Awards | May 2021 | Butter |
| Late Night with Stephen Colbert | May 2021 | Cute skit where they introduce funny hand gestures to the world (and all of them speak in English!) – plus Butter |
| Good Morning America | May 2021 | Butter, Dynamite |
| CDTV (Japanese Television show) | June 2021 | Film Out, absolutely gorgeous; one week later performed Butter |
| Music Blood | June 2021 | Japanese language interview plus performances of Film Out and Butter |
| The Best Online Showcase | June 2021 | This was an hour-long special that was broadcast only to members of their Japanese fanclub, to promote the launch of The Best. Here’s a clip from it of Film Out. |
| Sirius FM | June 30, 2021 | Performed Butter and Dynamite, plus a short interview segment |
| Naver NOW | July 9, 2021 | Very charming half-hour long “talk show” where they pretend to be each other, plus performance of Butter, Spring Day, and Permission to Dance. SO GOOD – put it on repeat. |
| Jimmy Fallon | July 13/14, 2021 | Live (remote) Interview segments (part 1 and part 2), plus performances of Butter and Permisson to Dance (pre-taped from Korea). The Butter performance was on the World Cup Bridge in Korea, which wasn’t open to the public yet. The PTD performance was filmed at Airjoy, a closed shopping mall in Yeongjong-do – closed as it is attached to an airport that was closed due to COVID-19. One week later, added a cute clip of them playing a “Will it Fit” game with Jimmy. |
| Summer 2021 promotional performances | July/August 2021 | Various promotional performances over the summer, including TBS Music Day In Japan (Butter), FNS Music Festival (Butter), TBS Music Day – Ongakunohi 2021 (Permission to Dance), Tokopedia (Butter, plus cute interview) |
| BBC Radio 1 Lounge Live | July 27, 2021 | Performed Dynamite, Permission to Dance, and a special cover of Puff Daddy & Faith Evans’ I’ll Be Missing You. Full interview (it’s really good) here. Several weeks later, they also released a performance of Butter from the same recording. |
| UN General Assembly | September 20, 2021 | BTS gave a speech before the UNGA in New York – their first time leaving Korea in almost two years – about youth’s reaction to the Covid-19 crisis and how they are responding with hope, strength, and fresh ideas. They also performed Permission to Dance at the UN (pre-taped the day before their live speech) and it is so inspiring. There was an interview, too. |
| Global Citizen Live | September 25, 2021 | Performed Permission to Dance and Butter (pre-taped). |
| Fact Music Awards 2021 | October 2, 2021 | Won several awards, and performed Boy With Luv (pretaped), Permission to Dance (pretaped) and Butter (live). |
| AMA Awards 2021 | November 21, 2021 | Basically this was “BTS Night at the American Music Awards.” They performed twice – My Universe with Coldplay, and Butter on their own. They also won three awards – Artist of the Year, Song of the Year (Butter) and Group/Duo of the Year, giving charming speeches each time, and practically every other famous person there grabbed a selfie with them. |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | November 23, 2021 | Cute interview segment (where RM famously calls out James for an ARMY-related “joke” that ARMY did not appreciate), then performed Permission to Dance. About a week later, showed a clip (filmed the same day as PTD) of Butter (awesome) and then a week after that, showed the Crosswalk Concert clip that had also been filmed the same day. |
| iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2021 | December 3, 2021 | Performed Butter and Dynamite (Holiday Remix), and they brought out a huge cake to celebrate Jin’s birthday. |
| The Voice | December 15, 2021 | This is not exactly a BTS performance, but rather a performance of My Universe by Coldplay. They used holograms of BTS to “perform” the BTS sections and the technology is pretty amazing! |
| Golden Disc Awards 2022 | January 7, 2022 | BTS did not appear live, but sent tape of them performing Life Goes On and Permission to Dance at their PTD LA concert, and it was aired during the awards ceremony. |
| Grammy Awards 2022 | April 3, 2022 | Performed Butter in a Mission-Impossible-Art-Heist style and stole the whole night (see if you can spot the artwork changing from traditional art to pics from the HYYH era). Even more amazing: as j-hope had arrived in the US only the day before due to having COVID, and JK had only been out of quarantine for less than a day due to having COVID, they only managed to have ONE rehearsal to get all the complex new choreo right, which is mind-boggling. Jin sat out some of the choreo as he had had surgery on his left hand a few weeks before, and was wearing a cast. Bonus content: watch this half-hour mini-doc on them preparing and rehearsing for the show. |
| Proof Live | June 13, 2022 | Half-hour long special on YouTube for the release of Proof, featuring performances of Yet to Come, For Youth, and Born Singer, and a special appearance by Anderson Paak on drums |
| M Countdown | June 16, 2022 | Yet To Come, For Youth Also there are fancams of each individual member: RM: Yet to Come, For Youth Jin: Yet to Come, For Youth Suga: Yet to Come, For Youth j-hope: Yet to Come, For Youth Jimin: Yet to Come, For Youth V: Yet to Come, For Youth Jungkook: Yet to Come, For Youth OT7 Full Frame: Yet to Come, For Youth |
| Music Bank | June 17, 2022 | Yet To Come, For Youth, Cute “Ending Fairy” clip There are also individual “face cams” for For Youth: RM Jin Suga j-hope Jimin V Jungkook OT7 Full Frame – For Youth OT7 Full Frame – Yet to Come |
| Inkigayo | June 19, 2022 | Yet To Come, For Youth SO GORGEOUS There are also fancams: RM: Yet to Come Jin: Yet to Come Suga: Yet to Come j-hope: Yet to Come Jimin: Yet to Come V: Yet To Come JK: Yet to Come OT7 full frame – Yet to Come |
| Summer Swag | July 16, 2022 | PSY did a tour of university festivals in the summer of 2022 and at one of them, SUGA made an unannounced surprise appearance to perform their collab That That. Needless to say the crowd lost its mind! |
| Lollapalooza Chicago | July 31, 2022 | j-hope was one of the headliners for the last day of Lollapalooza 2022, promoting his album Jack in the Box, and OMG IT WAS SO GOOD. You can view the full performance on the BangtanTV YouTube Channel. This show was live streamed on Weverse and almost 15 million people watched it worldwide, in addition to the over 100K people who were there in person. There’s also a behind the scenes interview clip. |
| Coldplay Music of the Spheres concert, Buenos Aires, Argentina | October 28, 2022 | Jin appeared with Coldplay on the last night of their concert series in Argentina to sing his collab song with them, The Astronaut. It was pretty emotional and beautiful and Chris Martin is a lovely person. Watch it here. |
| W Magazine – Love Your W | November 2022 | This was a small event with W Magazine in Korea to promote breast cancer awareness. j-hope and RM attended and RM performed Sexy Nukim with Balming Tiger. |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar | November 20, 2022 | Jungkook performed his solo song Dreamers during the opening ceremony with Fahad Al Kubaisi. |
| MAMA Awards 2022 | November 29, 2022 | j-hope performed as a solo artist – see More and Arson here, Future here |
| Tiny Desk | December 2, 2022 | RM performed Yun and Still Life from Indigo, along with Seoul from Mono, at this solo performance (filmed in Korea, their recreation of the Tiny Desk set is AMAZING) – watch it here. |
| RM @ Rolling Hall | December 5, 2022 | RM played to just 200 very lucky fans at Rolling Hall – a dream location for him as it was considered the ultimate place to play as a rapper in his youth. Watch it here |
| RM in New York – Dia Beacon | December 9, 2022 | RM pre-recorded this lovely mini-concert at the Dia Beacon – an art collective and historic building in NYC – to perform some of his songs from Indigo (Wild Flower, Still Life, Change pt. 2, No.2). |
| Crush Concert in Korea | December 24, 2022 | j-hope showed up at a Crush concert by surprise to perform their collab Rush Hour and it is adorable. |
| New Year’s Rockin’ Eve | December 31, 2022 | j-hope performed in Times Square – Equal Sign, and a bit of Chicken Noodle Soup and Butter. |
| VIBE Live clip | Jan 19, 2023 | Jimin performed his collab with Taeyang of Big Bang, VIBE, in this live performance clip – there’s also this making of |
| SUGA | Agust D Tour | April through July 2023 | Suga casually announced during a live on February 14, 2023 that oh, no big deal, just doing a solo international tour (!!). Stops included New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore, Seoul (where he played Jamsil stadium on his own) and dates in Japan. |
| M Countdown | March 2023 | Jimin performing to promote his solo album Face |
| Inkigayo | March 2023 | Jimin performing to promote his solo album Face |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | March 2023 | Jimin performed two nights (prerecorded) to promote Face |
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