[Edaily Starin KIM HYUNSIK Reporter] The group BTS set Paris, France, ablaze with their world tour concert. French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron also attended the event to watch BTS perform.

According to reports by French media outlets such as *Le Figaro* and RTL, BTS held a concert for their “ARIRANG” world tour on the 17th (all times local) at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France.
This marked BTS’s first full-group concert in France in about seven years. According to reports, approximately 88,000 spectators packed the venue that day. During the concert, when the images of President Macron and his wife, who were watching the performance from the VIP section, appeared on the stadium’s giant video screens, cheers and applause erupted from the audience.
The concert lasted approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. The seven members of BTS utilized the 360-degree stage set up in the center of the stadium and four extension stages to move throughout the venue, interacting closely with the audience.
After the concert, photos and videos showing President Macron and his wife holding “ARMY BOMBs”—BTS’s official light sticks—while watching the performance went viral online.
BTS will hold one more concert at the same venue on the 18th. After wrapping up the European leg of their world tour with the Paris concert, they will head to the United States to perform at the halftime show for the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup final, taking place on the 19th at New Jersey Stadium in New York.
This marks the first time a halftime show will be held during a World Cup final. BTS is set to share the stage with global pop stars such as Madonna, Shakira, and Justin Bieber.