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BTS light stick prices surge ahead of comeback concert

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773899321350BTS.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">BTS. <em>Photo from BTS&#x27; Facebook page</em></span></span></span></div><p>SEOUL, South Korea — Second-hand BTS light sticks were selling for up to six times the original price ahead of the K-pop megagroup&#x27;s huge comeback concert this weekend, an online reseller showed Wednesday.</p><p>The world&#x27;s biggest boy band reunites on Saturday for their first show in nearly four years, taking over central Seoul for a K-pop extravaganza beamed live around the globe.</p><p>K-pop fans are known for their concert light sticks, which have become symbols of devotion to their artists.</p><p>BTS&#x27;s global fans, known as the ARMY, calls theirs the Army Bomb.</p><p>The original price of the latest official version is around 50,000 won ($33.67 or around P2,000), but they are sold out.</p><p>Listings on Bunjang, a major platform for used goods, are priced at between 100,000 and 330,000 won (around P4,000 and P13,200) per unit.</p><p>The concert on Saturday will see BTS take the stage on the doorstep of the famed Gyeongbokgung royal palace.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/music/2026/2/3/netflix-to-stream-bts-gwanghwamun-show-drop-album-documentary-0909"><strong>READ: Netflix to stream BTS&#x27; Gwanghwamun show, drop album documentary<br/></strong></a></div><p>The area has also long been a site of political protests, including after former president Yoon Suk-yeol&#x27;s failed 2024 martial law declaration, when K-pop fans took part with glowsticks — a striking image that drew global attention.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/events/2026/3/18/netflix-hosts-bts-photobooth-pop-ups-in-ph-for-arirang-comeback-1903"><strong>READ: Netflix hosts BTS photobooth pop-ups in PH for &#x27;Arirang&#x27; comeback</strong></a></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tU590jMhjKs?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><strong><br/></strong></div>

<p>Second-hand BTS light sticks were selling for up to six times the original price ahead of the K-pop megagroup's huge comeback concert this weekend.</p>

Second-hand BTS light sticks were selling for up to six times the original price ahead of the K-pop megagroup's huge comeback concert this weekend.