In June 2022, the BTS members shared that they are going to be taking a short lived break from releasing music as a bunch and specializing in selling as solo artists in the intervening time. The information, adopted by the announcement of their army enlistment, had followers anxious about what the long run held.

But one after the other, because the members began their solo initiatives, followers realized that they wouldn’t be operating out of recent music or content material from BTS anytime quickly. While J-Hope took a giant leap and have become the primary member of the group to launch his solo album Jack In The Box, Suga took one other one for the crew and set off to tour the world as a soloist.

Get Ready for the Day #SUGA #AgustD #슈가 #SUGA_AgustD_TOUR pic.twitter.com/Vjanqstyd1

— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) February 21, 2023

Suga launched his solo album D-Day on April 21 and kicked off his SUGA | AGUST D world tour on April 26 at the usarena in New York. Though BTS are already stadium-filling artists, Suga wished to go for an enviornment tour as a result of he was doing the exhibits solo. But that didn’t do something to dim the demand. His live performance tickets bought out at gentle’s pace, and he had so as to add two new Asia dates even earlier than the tour began!

The U.S. leg of Suga’s tour consisted of 11 exhibits throughout 5 completely different cities between April 26 to May 17. After efficiently wrapping up his U.S. concert events, the rapper returned to Korea on May 19. Though he went again to advertise his album the very subsequent day, the impression left his solo U.S. tour left behind was so large that it required a number of days to be processed.

Suga has set a number of milestones with this tour as a rapper and a solo act. First, he turned the Korean Soloist with the highest-grossing live performance within the U.S. along with his two nights at the usarena alone.

#SUGA of @BTS_twt earns the highest-grossing concert events by a Korean soloist in US historical past, with $2.970 million every night time at UBS Arena in New York on April 26-27, 2023.

— Touring Data (@touringdata) May 11, 2023

Next, his tour turned the highest-grossing tour by an Asian act within the historical past of the U.S. The complete income generated in his 11 exhibits amounted to USD 30.2 million {dollars}.

#SUGA of @BTS_twt‘s “D-Day | Agust D” earns the highest-grossing tour by an Asian soloist in US historical past, with $30.2 million from 151,000 tickets bought in 11 exhibits.

— Touring Data (@touringdata) May 23, 2023

His solo tour can also be now the fourth highest-selling tour by an Asian act within the U.S., preceded by BTS’s Love: Speak Yourself and Permission to Dance excursions and BLACKPINK‘s Born Pink.

Top Tours by Asian Acts in the US:

$70.7M – #BTS Love: Speak Yourself (18 shows)
$69.3M – #BTS Permission to Dance (8 shows)
$45.5M – #Blackpink Born Pink (12/17 shows)
$30.2M – #Suga D-Day (11 shows)
$26.7M – #StrayKids Maniac (16 shows)
$19.8M – #JJLin JJ20 (7 shows)
$18.7M -…

— Touring Data (@touringdata) May 23, 2023

Lastly, Suga made history as the first rapper to earn over USD 3 million dollars from a single arena concert in the U.S. His three shows in Los Angeles grossed around USD 3.164 million per night.

#SUGA of @BTS_twt is the first rapper to earn over $3 million in a single arena-concert in US history, with $3.164 million each night at the Forum in Inglewood on May 10-11 and 14, 2023.

— Touring Data (@touringdata) May 23, 2023

On multiple occasions, Suga has expressed that he decided to do a solo tour to fill the gap left by his group’s non permanent break. He didn’t wish to preserve followers ready even longer, so he took the duty up on his shoulders. Given the large success of this tour, it seems like BTS don’t have anything to fret about once they lastly reunite after their army service. Because BTS won’t be breaking information with their music for now, however their very personal members are on the market setting new ones!

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