BTS’ Complete iHeartRadio Music Festival Setlist
BTS closed the first night of the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on September 18. The group played four songs, in this order: “SWIM,” “2.0,” “MIC Drop” and “FYA.” Three of the four tracks — “SWIM,” “2.0” and “FYA” — come from BTS’ current album, ARIRANG (아리랑).
“MIC Drop” was the only song not from ARIRANG. It stood as the lone catalog hit in an otherwise ARIRANG-focused set.
How the Festival Set Differed From a Full BTS Concert
Four songs is a short format compared to a stadium show. Festival sets are built around time limits, not full setlists. “SWIM” opened the performance with an intro segment and a rock arrangement, according to setlist.fm. This gave the song a different sound than its album version.
The choice to keep “MIC Drop” as the only older song is notable. BTS did not use the slot to revisit multiple past hits. Instead, they used three of four songs to introduce ARIRANG to a festival audience, with “MIC Drop” serving as the sole familiar reference point for casual viewers.
Stage Production and the “FYA” Finale
BTS ended the set with “FYA.” iHeartRadio reported that the performance included fire imagery on the screens and flame effects on the stage during this closing song. The pairing of visual fire content with physical stage flames matched the song’s title and gave the set a clear closing moment.
This was BTS’ first live performance at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. The group had contributed a remote set to the festival in 2020, six years earlier, according to Geo News. The 2026 appearance marked their live festival debut on this stage.
Why This U.S. Stage Matters in the ARIRANG Era
ARIRANG debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album earned 641,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, including 532,000 in pure album sales, based on Billboard Brasil’s reporting. It became BTS’ seventh No. 1 album on the chart.
The Las Vegas festival slot came after that chart run. Playing three ARIRANG songs out of four in a mainstream U.S. festival lineup put the album in front of a broad American audience beyond BTS’ existing fanbase. The festival was livestreamed in the United States through Disney+ and Hulu on September 18 and 19, according to Tom’s Guide, giving U.S. viewers a way to watch the set live even without festival tickets.
What Latin American Fans Need to Know Next
The Las Vegas set arrived two weeks before BTS’ Latin American stadium leg begins. The tour opens at Bogotá’s Estadio El Campín on October 2 and 3. Weverse’s official notice lists 11 total performances across five cities in the region.
- Bogotá: October 2, 3
- Lima: October 7, 9, 10
- Santiago: October 14, 16, 17
- Buenos Aires: October 21, 23, 24
- São Paulo: October 28, 30, 31
This is an 11-show run across Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. It is a larger footprint in the region than the four-song festival set that preceded it.
Southeast Asia and Manila Dates
BIGHIT MUSIC’s official tour page also lists Southeast Asian dates for later in 2026. Bangkok is set for December 3, 5 and 6. Kuala Lumpur follows on December 12 and 13. Singapore has four dates: December 17, 19, 20 and 22. Jakarta closes out the year on December 26 and 27.
Manila is scheduled for March 13 and 14, 2027. This makes the Philippines one of the final confirmed stops announced so far for the ARIRANG tour.
The Bigger Takeaway
The iHeartRadio set lasted four songs. The stadium tour that follows spans 11 shows in Latin America alone, with more dates already confirmed across Southeast Asia into 2027. The festival appearance functioned as a short, mainstream-facing sampler of ARIRANG, built mostly from new material with one past hit attached, ahead of a much longer run of full-length concerts.
Sources
- iHeart · 2026-09-19
- KoreaPortal · 2026-09-19
- setlist.fm · 2026-09-18
- iHeartRadio · 2026-09-19
- Tom’s Guide · 2026-09-18
- Geo News · 2026-09-19
- Billboard Brasil · 2026-03-30
- Live Nation Latin America · date unknown
- Weverse · 2026-03-27
- BIGHIT MUSIC · date unknown
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