As of the 25th, BTS have sold out multiple concerts across 44 stadiums worldwide as part of their ARIRANG tour. At several venues, tickets sold out within just minutes. Concerts in Tampa and Stanford (United States) received such overwhelming demand that organizers were forced to add one additional show in each city. During the ARMY membership presale, Ticketmaster also reported server crashes in several regions.

In мєχι¢σ alone, Ticketmaster recorded as many as 1.1 million users simultaneously entering the virtual waiting room in an attempt to purchase tickets. Just 37 minutes after sales opened, tickets for BTS’s concerts on May 7 and 9 at GNP Seguros Stadium were completely sold out. Demand far exceeded domestic fan interest, with access attempts logged from more than 1,300 cities worldwide, including major international hubs such as Lima, Bogotá, Santiago, California, and Texas.

A Ticketmaster representative described this phenomenon as one of the most intense and high-demand ticket sales in the recent history of мєχι¢σ’s live music industry. This news was certainly soмєтнing to be proud of, as it demonstrated the group’s immense drawing power—and fans lucky enough to secure tickets undoubtedly had reason to celebrate their good fortune.

However, the atmosphere within the Mexican fan community was far from joyful. Not long afterward, fans began to detect signs of fraud and unfair practices during the ticketing process. Just hours after the presale ended, more than half of the tickets appeared on secondary markets at exorbitant prices—suggesting that the so-called “sell-out” was largely driven by ticket scalpers and black-market resales.

The ѕнσ¢к did not end there. Mexican ARMYs were even more stunned when a video circulated online showing a reseller shouting outside the venue, claiming, “No membership required.” ARMY presale tickets were supposed to be exclusively available to verified ARMY membership holders through Ticketmaster, yet according to the woman in the video, membership no longer mattered and tickets were being sold at the box office to anyone willing to buy them.

Following this, fans began to suspect that Ticketmaster itself may have been involved in unfair practices during the sale, allegedly allowing box offices or resellers early access before fans could participate in the presale. A large-scale complaint campaign accusing Ticketmaster of unfair ticket sales was soon filed with PROFECO (мєχι¢σ’s Federal Consumer Protection Agency). Approximately 5,000 complaints were reportedly submitted.

Fortunately, the collective efforts of Mexican ARMYs eventually received a meaningful response. On the 26th, PROFECO announced that it would file a lawsuit against Ticketmaster for failing to provide clear information regarding BTS ticket sales, and that it would penalize resale platforms such as StubHub and Viagogo for abusive and unfair practices. Iván Escalante, head of the agency, also stated that they are preparing guidelines to ensure transparency in pricing, seating charts, and final fees. A new complaint channel dedicated specifically to concerts—conciertos@profeco.gob.mx —will also be activated.

Following this positive announcement, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum made an additional statement that sent fans in the country jumping with excitement: she revealed that she had written to the Prime Minister of South кσяєα requesting additional dates for BTS’s tour in мєχι¢σ. Her statement indicated that three nights still seem far from enough for the millions hoping for a chance to see the group after so many years.

Previously, when мєχι¢σ was announced as one of the stops on BTS’s global tour, the President had already expressed her excitement, stating: "The famous кσяєαn group, dearly loved by our youth, is coming to мєχι¢σ. As this is soмєтнing the Mexican people have requested for a long time, their (BTS) arrival is very joyful news." Experts have noted that K-pop’s global status has risen to the point where a country’s president publicly welcomes the performance of a foreign artist.

Following this wave of positive news, Mexican fans have felt somewhat reαѕѕured. They expressed on social media:

- Wow, countries officials are asking for more dates in мєχι¢σ City Phenomenal I knew this was gonna happen. I had a dream that BTS was overwhelmed with all the tour because more cities wanted to see them. Lol

- Ok it’s BH not the prime minister & the pb with TM but can we stop for a minute and appreciate BTS’s dimension that a president of a great nation takes her time to talk about them &their tour TWICE !!!! AND asks for more dates like the rest of us. How more legendary they are!!

- This is good but it’s not enough. I know my country and they always promise soмєтнing and then do nothing so pls keep talking about this until they actually do soмєтнing, they also said “from now on” so no change for the concert. Thank u so much for your support

- I hope this is not just a statement but actions will be taken. Maybe she should fix the corruption problem between Ticketmaster and scalpers first and not try to use bts as a tourist booster bait through political means. Ministers has no business in bts’ agenda

- FINALLY OML. Mexican armys deserves those tickets

- They finally listened to us. Hopefully they’ll release the tickets and put them back on sale so we can buy them

- Good step. Fans deserve transparency and fair ticketing practices

- Setting aside the negative situation in мєχι¢σ, hasn’t BTS’s stature truly gone beyond the label of celebrities? Our boys are truly a blessing