Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, fourth from right, looks at BTS members as they acknowledge fans from the balcony of the National Palace at the Zócalo square in Mexico City on May 6. [AFP/YONHAP]
BTS visited the Mexican presidential palace and greeted fans on Wednesday before its concert in Mexico City the following day.
The band members, alongside Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, stood at the balcony of the National Palace and greeted fans.
Mexican President Sheinbaum delivered the news of BTS's arrival at the palace herself during her morning news conference on Wednesday. Fans then flocked to the area, with some bursting into tears when they saw their favorite stars on the terrace.
BTS is set to perform at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday as part of its “Arirang” world tour, which kicked off in Goyang, Gyeonggi, last month.
Fans of BTS outside the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on May 6. [MEXICO'S PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE] Fans of BTS, known as ARMY, react on the day members of the band meet with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace ahead of a series of concerts on the BTS World Tour ″Arirang″ in Mexico City, Mexico, May 6. [REUTERS/YONHAP]Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, left, and members of BTS stand on a balcony of the National Palace ahead of the BTS ″Arirang″ world tour concerts in Mexico City on May 6. [REUTERS/YONHAP]BTS stands on the balcony of the National Palace at the Zócalo square in Mexico City on May 6. [REUTERS/YONHAP]Members of BTS and Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, far right, stand on a balcony of the National Palace ahead of the BTS ″Arirang″ world tour concerts in Mexico City on May 6. [REUTERS/YONHAP]From left: J-Hope, Jin and V from BTS and Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum greet fans from the balcony of the National Palace at the Zócalo square in Mexico City on May 6. [AFP/YONHAP]From left: J-Hope, Jungkook, Jin and V from BTS greet fans from the balcony of the National Palace at the Zócalo square in Mexico City on May 6. [AFP/YONHAP]From left: J-Hope, Jungkook, Jin and V from BTS greet fans from the balcony of the National Palace at the Zócalo square in Mexico City on May 6. [AFP/YONHAP]Fans of BTS, known as ARMY, react on the day members of the band meet with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace ahead of a series of concerts on the BTS World Tour ″Arirang″ in Mexico City, Mexico, May 6. [REUTERS/YONHAP] A person holds up a cutout poster of BTS's Jungkook at the National Palace ahead of the band's "Arirang" world tour concerts in Mexico City on May 6. [REUTERS/YONHAP]People hold up signs as fans of BTS, known as ARMY, gather on the day members of the band meet with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace ahead of a series of concerts on the BTS World Tour ″Arirang″ in Mexico City, Mexico, May 6. [REUTERS/YONHAP]BTS's J-Hope greets fans from the balcony of the National Palace at Zocalo square in Mexico City on May 6. [AFP/YONHAP]
