BTS’ ARIRANG world tour drew the most reports of illegal ticket sales in Korea over the past year, with 102 reports filed to KOCCA between September 2025 and Aug. 27, 2026. Psy’s standalone concerts ranked second with 88 reports, followed by BIGBANG and Lim Young-woong. Lawmaker Jeong Jun-ho said the reports likely understate the problem and that overseas scalpers are exploiting legal loopholes.
K-pop boy group BTS react during their "ARIRANG" world tour concert in Los Angeles, Wednesday. Courtesy of BigHit Music
Korea's most-reported concerts for illegal ticket sales over the past year were for K-pop supergroup BTS' "ARIRANG" world tour, data showed Thursday.
The tour drew 102 reports to the Korea Creative Content Agency's (KOCCA) online board for reporting ticket scalping between September 2025 and Aug. 27, 2026, the highest of any event, according to the data submitted by the agency to Rep. Jeong Jun-ho of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea.
Standalone concerts of Psy came in second with 88 reports, followed by those of BIGBANG with 69, Lim Young-woong with 64, Day6 with 51, British band Oasis with 48 and The Weeknd with 44.
