BTS has just wrapped up their three-day concert series titled “BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ IN MEXICO CITY” at Estadio GNP Seguros in мєχι¢σ City, attracting approximately 150,000 attendees inside the stadium by the 10th. The atmosphere outside the venue was equally intense and pαѕѕionate. Local authorities estimated that around 30,000 people gathered around the stadium on the first day, 40,000 on the second day, and more than 70,000 on the third day just to immerse themselves in the concert atmosphere.

After creating a mαѕѕive sensation in мєχι¢σ City, BTS will continue meeting fans at Stanford Stadium on the upcoming 16th, 17th, and 19th. Ahead of the group’s concert series, the city’s transportation infrastructure has also begun preparing for the huge crowds. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) announced through its official social media account that it plans to operate special bus routes to accommodate the large number of concertgoers.

While many cities preparing to welcome BTS are focusing on upgrading stadium facilities and surrounding transportation systems, ARMYs suddenly received troubling news from one of the venues on the European leg of the ARIRANG World Tour. It is the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium — where BTS is scheduled to perform in just about six weeks!

According to local reports, after the Belgian Cup Final (Croky Cup Final) between Anderlecht and Union Saint-Gilloise, which ended with a 3-1 victory for Union over their city rivals, a major riot broke out inside the stadium. Serious vandalism erupted in the Anderlecht supporters’ section — the losing team’s side — and flames even broke out in the stands.

Kurt Deswert, an author and football historian based in Brussels, stated: “The result of the (Anderlecht) supporters’ frustration was the fact that 300 seats were destroyed during the final. A metro train in the city was also damaged. As far as is currently known, no Brussels residents were attacked as they were last year (which remains a disgrace)". He also revealed that club jerseys were burned in the same section where the seats had been vandalized. Notably, firefιgнтers reportedly took quite a long time to reach the scene and extinguish the fire.

Images circulating across social media after the match ѕнσ¢кed many people even further, showing broken fences and damaged gates throughout the stadium. Several sections of the venue appeared messy and devastated.

The fact that the stadium was heavily damaged while BTS is scheduled to hold a concert there in just six weeks has naturally made ARMYs extremely worried, immediately raising questions about whether the venue can be repaired in time and properly secured for the concert. Many fans left anxious comments such as: “Oh man, the Brussels/Belgium stadium where BTS is gonna hold a concert in July”, “Oh no! I hope they can repair everything in time!”, and even “I volunteer to help with the cleaning. Please clean it up before BTS arrives.”

Beyond the current damage, Kurt Deswert’s remarks regarding the stadium’s overall condition made fans even more uneasy. He stated: “The King Baudouin Stadium is not a ruin, and it should not be described as such. But by design, it is still a stadium that falls well short of modern standards of comfort and safety. The entire renovation and maintenance dossier has been mishandled for years and urgently needs to be brought under control."

These comments quickly sparked debates regarding the safety level of the concert venue, especially considering that BTS is expected to attract enormous crowds from all across Europe to Brussels. Nevertheless, some local fans stepped forward to reαѕѕure others. They explained that similar riots had happened before, meaning authorities already have experience handling the aftermath. They believe the stadium will likely be cleaned, repaired, and safety-inspected within the next few days, making it highly unlikely that BTS’s concert will be affected.

On the other hand, after witnessing the chaotic scenes, many ARMYs also began comparing K-pop concert culture to football hooliganism. Some pointed out that football fans have often mocked K-pop fans — especially fangirls — for their emotional reactions during concerts. This conversation became even more heated after BTS was announced as one of the headlining performers for the 2026 World Cup halftime show. However, at the very least, “fangirls” have never caused destruction, riots, or such uncivilized chaos at concerts.

Fans have continued leaving numerous comments under the recently circulating videos and images showing the condition of King Baudouin Stadium:

- Men are fcking emotional. And they have the fking audacity to call women emotional and dramatic. Insane

- And I want to say, they should make sure they World Cup finals have too much security because innocent Armys and fans cant be hurt because a football team ℓσѕт and the crazy, deranged male fans couldnt control themselves. So annoying

- Football fans are really 'pαѕѕionate'! If that's what we're calling 'having mαѕѕive anger issues' these days!

- calling fangirls 'crazy' for liking bts but crazy αѕѕ football fans 'pαѕѕionate'. at least fangirls are not immature like this

- Mind you , most of them call us crazy and obsessed over кσяєαn guys who won't marry us but army clean the stadium after every concert but see what they do. This is why I will never be ashamed of being in the right community

- This isn't new news. If you follow fifa games history, fans are just too pαѕѕionate and will easily start riots. BTS' concert won't be like this, I'm sure.

- Then these mtrfkrs have the audacity to say that "fan girls are crazy, and immature" "girls are so emotional" then explain this horrendous behaviour b!itches. Always a soccer fan.

- "Women can start wars because they're very emotional.. " and other short stories. They better pay for destroying this stadium before ARMYs k1ll them if it ends up affecting BTS’s concert

- Those same guys are now attacking ARMY online, by the way. This happens all the time, but for some reason, society thinks being a football fan is mature and serious, while being a K-pop or boy band fan is some abnormal girly obsession.