Here’s Where Oscar Music Races Stand After BAFTA Film Awards, Critics Choice Awards

Hans Zimmer’s score for Dune won at both the BAFTA Film Awards and the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (March 13), which puts it in a strong position heading into the 94th annual Academy Awards on March 27.

But here’s something to keep in mind: Germaine Franco’s score for Encanto, which may be Zimmer’s strongest challenger for the Oscar, wasn’t nominated for either the BAFTA or Critics Choice Award. Encanto beat Dune at the SCL Awards, presented by the Society of Composers & Lyricists, on March 8.

The eventual Oscar winner for best original score in each of the past two years — Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Joker and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste’s Soul — won all three of these preliminary awards. Because there has been a lack of unanimity in the walk-up shows this year, the race is seen as close and unsettled.

Billie Eilish and Finneas’ “No Time to Die” from the James Bond film of the same name won best song at the Critics Choice Awards. (The BAFTA Film Awards, also known as the EE British Academy Film Awards, don’t have a song category.) “No Time to Die” beat what is seen as its strongest challenger for the Oscar – Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto.

Last year’s best song winner at the Critics Choice Awards, “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami…, did not go on to win the Oscar, but the four previous Critics Choice winners – “City of Stars” from La La Land, “Remember Me” from Coco, “Shallow” from A Star Is Born and “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman – all did go on to Oscar glory (the Rocketman song tied for the win at the Critics Choice Awards.)

“No Time to Die” has won many other awards, starting with a Grammy for best song written for visual media at the 63rd Grammy Awards in March 2021. It also won at the Golden Globes, the SCL Awards and the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent and Joseph Patel, won the documentary award at the BAFTA Film Awards. There is no comparable category at the Critics Choice Awards, but the film is nominated for an Oscar for best documentary feature.

The 75th annual BAFTA Film Awards, hosted by Rebel Wilson, were held at Royal Albert Hall in London. The 27th Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer, were held at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, with some awards presented at the Savoy Hotel in London.

Final-round voting for the 94th annual Academy Awards extends from March 17-22. The winners will be revealed on March 27 when the Oscars return to their usual home, the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, after last year’s pandemic-prompted move to Union Station in Los Angeles.  Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are set to host the show.

Here are the nominees and winners in the music categories at the two awards shows that aired on Sunday:

BAFTAs: original score

Being the Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton

Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell

WINNER: Dune, Hans Zimmer

The French Dispatch, Alexandre Desplat

The Power of the Dog, Jonny Greenwood

 

Critics Choice Awards: best score

Nicholas Britell – Don’t Look Up

Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog

Jonny Greenwood – Spencer

Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley

WINNER: Hans Zimmer – Dune

 

Critics Choice Awards: best song

“Be Alive” – King Richard

“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto

“Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall

“Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up

WINNER: “No Time to Die” – No Time to Die

 

The score from Dune wasn’t the only dual winner on Sunday. Here are other nominees that won at both the BAFTAs and the Critics Choice Awards:

Best picture: The Power of the Dog

Best actor: Will Smith – King Richard

Best supporting actor: Troy Kotsur – CODA

Best supporting actress: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

Best director: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

Best costume design: Jenny Beavan – Cruella

Best hair and makeup: The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Best production design: Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune

Best foreign language film: Drive My Car

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SXSW: Lizzo Calls Texas’ Anti-Abortion, Anti-Trans Laws ‘Atrocious’

Lizzo declared she was strongly against Texas’ laws targeting abortions and trans rights, calling the laws “atrocious” during a keynote session at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.

“The abortion ban is atrocious,” the artist said on Sunday (March 13) to a packed room in the Austin Convention Center. “Mind your business. Stay out of my body.”

Last year, Texas signed into a law one of the most restrictive abortion measures in the country, effectively criminalizing abortions occurring as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Though abortions rights advocates have fought against the legislation, a decision from Texas’s Supreme Court on March 11 essentially shut down a federal lawsuit brought by abortion clinics seeking to block the ban.

In February, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an order that considers gender-affirming surgeries for young trans people as constituting “child abuse” and requires doctors, nurses and teachers to report parents who help their children get such surgeries to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. A state district judge temporarily blocked the order on March 11, though Texas’ state attorney general has said he will appeal the decision and take the issue up to the Texas Supreme Court.

During her SXSW session, Lizzo also emphasized that “trans rights are human rights” and called out politicians who are “letting us down.”

The singer, whose upcoming Amazon TV show Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls premieres on March 25, was born in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in Houston. “I’m proud to rep Houston, but I’m not proud to rep Texas politics,” she said.

Later in the session, the artist said that her new album, coming roughly three years after her hit record Cuz I Love You, was finished and would be released “very, very soon.”

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

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2022 BAFTA Awards: Complete List of Winners

Harnessing the power of the sandworms of Arrakis, Denis Villeneuve’s grand sci-fi spectacle Dune sucked up the majority of honors at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday (March 13) in London. But it was Jane Campion’s gothic Western The Power of the Dog that took home the top prize.

As expected, Dune — which went into the ceremony with 11 nominations — dominated the craft categories, winning five awards in total, including for cinematography, special visual effects, sound, original score and production design. The Power of the Dog, which had eight nominations, won best film and best director.

Also claiming two wins was CODA — for best supporting actor (Troy Kotsur) and best original screenplay — and West Side Story, for supporting actress (Ariana DeBose) and casting.

The other performance categories went to Will Smith for leading actor in King Richard and, in perhaps the evening’s most unexpected result, Joanna Scanlan for After Love.

Rebel Wilson hosted the ceremony — a glitzy return to an in-person event following last year’s pandemic-impacted virtual edition — serving up a solid array of gags poking fun at the attendees and herself. Keeping things topical, she also used the opportunity to touch on the war in Ukraine, at one point giving Russian president Vladimir Putin the middle finger.

With the DGA Awards having taken place on Saturday and Critics Choice Awards later on Sunday, several of the winners weren’t present to collect their BAFTA awards, including Campion, Smith and Paul Thomas Anderson.

See the full list of winners below.

Best Film
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The Power Of The Dog – WINNER

Leading Actress
Joanna Scanlan, After Love – WINNER
Lady Gaga, House Of Gucci
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person In The World
Tessa Thompson, Passing

Director
The Power Of The Dog, Jane Campion – WINNER
After Love, Aleem Khan
Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Happening, Audrey Diwan
Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson
Titane, Julia Ducournau

Leading Actor
Will Smith, King Richard – WINNER
Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power Of The Dog
Leonardo Dicaprio, Don’t Look Up
Stephen Graham, Boiling Point

Animated Film
Encanto – WINNER
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells Vs The Machines

Production Design
Dune, Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – WINNER
Cyrano, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The French Dispatch, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo
Nightmare Alley, Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
West Side Story, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo

Documentary
Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
Becoming Cousteau
Cow
Flee
The Rescue

Original Screenplay
Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
Being The Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin
Belfast, Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up, Adam Mckay
King Richard, Zach Baylin

Adapted Screenplay
CODA, Siân Heder – WINNER
Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Dune, Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve
The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power Of The Dog, Jane Campion

Outstanding British Film
Belfast – WINNER
After Love
Ali & Ava
Boiling Point
Cyrano
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
House Of Gucci
Last Night In Soho
No Time To Die
Passing

Supporting Actor
Troy Kotsur, CODA – WINNER
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Jesse Plemons, The Power Of The Dog
Kodi Smit-Mcphee, The Power Of The Dog

Film Not In The English Language
Drive My Car – WINNER
The Hand Of God
Parallel Mothers
Petite Maman
The Worst Person In The World

Costume Design
Cruella, Jenny Beavan – WINNER
Cyrano, Massimo Cantini Parrini
Dune, Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West
The French Dispatch, Milena Canonero
Nightmare Alley, Luis Sequeira

Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story – WINNER
Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ann Dowd, Mass
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Lashana Lynch – WINNER
Ariana DeBose
Harris Dickinson
Millicent Simmonds
Kodi Smit-Mcphee

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel (writer/director) [Also written by Boaz Yakin] – WINNER
After Love, Aleem Khan (writer/director)
Boiling Point, James Cummings (writer), Hester Ruoff (producer) [also written by Philip Barantini and produced by Bart Ruspoli]
Keyboard Fantasies, Posy Dixon (writer/director), Liv Proctor (producer)
Passing, Rebecca Hall (writer/director)

Casting
West Side Story, Cindy Tolan – WINNER
Boiling Point, Carolyn Mcleod
Dune, Francine Maisler
The Hand Of God, Massimo Appolloni, Annamaria Sambucco
King Richard, Rich Delia, Avy Kaufman

Make Up & Hair
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh – WINNER
Cruella, Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne
Cyrano, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Siân Miller
Dune, Love Larson, Donald Mowat
House Of Gucci, Frederic Aspiras, Jane Carboni, Giuliano Mariana, Sarah Nicole Tanno

Original Score
Dune, Hans Zimmer – WINNER
Being The Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton
Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
The French Dispatch, Alexandre Desplat
The Power Of The Dog, Jonny Greenwood

Sound
Dune, Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett – WINNER
Last Night In Soho, Colin Nicolson, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, Dan Morgan
No Time To Die, James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
A Quiet Place Part II, Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van Der Ryn
West Side Story, Brian Chumney, Tod Maitland, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom

Editing
No Time To Die, Tom Cross, Elliot Graham – WINNER
Belfast, Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Dune, Joe Walker
Licorice Pizza, Andy Jurgensen
Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Joshua L. Pearson

Cinematography
Dune, Greig Fraser – WINNER
Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen
No Time To Die, Linus Sandgren
The Power Of The Dog, Ari Wegner
The Tragedy Of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel

Special Visual Effects
Dune, Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer – WINNER
Free Guy, Swen Gillberg, Brian Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Daniel Sudick
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre, Alessandro Ongaro
The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Debenham, Hew J Evans, Dan Glass, J. D. Schwaim
No Time To Die, Mark Bokowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green, Charlie Noble

British Short Film
The Black Cop, Cherish Oteka – WINNER
Femme, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams
The Palace, Jo Prichard
Stuffed, Theo Rhys, Joss Holden-Rea
Three Meetings Of The Extraordinary Committee, Michael Woodward, Max Barron, Daniel Wheldon

British Short Animation
Do Not Feed The Pigeons, Jordi Morera – WINNER
Affairs Of The Art, Joanna Quinn, Les Mills
Night Of The Living Dread, Ida Melum, Danielle Goff, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

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Fans Choose Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa’s ‘Sweetest Pie’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa‘s “Sweetest Pie” tops this week’s new music poll.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 11) on Billboard, choosing the pair’s collaborative track as their favorite new music release of the past week.

“Sweetest Pie,” which arrived this week alongside a trippy music video from the superstar duo, brought in more than 67% of the vote. “Oh, it’s the ride of your life/ Hold on ’cause I might just give you a bite/ Of the sweetest pie,” Lipa sings in the chorus.

Lil Durk‘s latest project, his new 7220 album, came in second on the poll, with more than 17% of the vote.

See the final results of this week’s new music release poll below.

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Katy Perry Reacts to Winning in ‘Dark Horse’ Copyright Appeal at Vegas Show

Katy Perry took the latest news about her appeal over a “Dark Horse” copyright case to Vegas.

“So just be sure… before you take me to court, ’cause I’m a Scorpio, b—-!” she shouted out to the crowd Friday night (March 11), according to a concert video making its rounds on social media on Saturday.

Perry is in the midst of the March leg of dates of her Play Las Vegas residency at The Theatre at Resorts World resort and casino.

On Thursday, a federal appeals court refused to reinstate a $2.8 million copyright infringement verdict against Perry over her 2013 single “Dark Horse,” ruling that the two songs named share only basic musical “building blocks.”

Back in 2014, rapper Marcus Gray had sued Perry, accusing her of ripping off his song “Joyful Noise.” Jurors awarded him the verdict, but a judge overturned that verdict in 2020 on the grounds that the “ostinato” Perry allegedly copied was too simple for copyright protection.

On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld that decision, by a 3-to-0 vote.

“The portion of the ‘Joyful Noise’ ostinato that overlaps with the ‘Dark Horse’ ostinato consists of a manifestly conventional arrangement of musical building blocks,” said the appeals court. “Allowing a copyright over this material would essentially amount to allowing an improper monopoly over two-note pitch sequences or even the minor scale itself.”

Below, check out a clip of Perry’s onstage reaction that was uploaded by a fan who attended the show.

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SXSW: Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto Hit the Red Carpet for ‘WeCrashed’ Premiere

“Jared, it’s so nice to meet you,” Anne Hathaway says to her co-star Jared Leto, as if they were meeting for the first time.

The Oscar winners were on stage at the Paramount Theater at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, to present the premiere of their new limited series, WeCrashed, the story of charismatic WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann and his wife, Rebekah Neumann, who propelled the co-working start-up to a global value of $47 billion before it all came tumbling down.

Hathaway’s line was playing off the fact that Leto reportedly stayed deep in character while filming and that she didn’t properly “meet” the actor until after production concluded

“He just became Adam Neumann,” said Lee Eisenberg, who was creator and showrunner along with Drew Crevello, to ET Online. “The cameras started rolling, and we started referring to him as Adam.” It wasn’t until filming wrapped that the actor “became Jared again.”

“I’d never made a film or done any kind of acting that was based on a story that was so fresh,” Leto told the SXSW audience. “So the fact it was so relevant and recent was great. We were just buried in [source] material, which I love. I love the research process. I love preparation. It’s my favorite part — second to the last day of the job.”

For Hathaway, she had less public material to go on for crafting her take on her character and tried to set aside some of the more simplistic takes. “This seems like a human being, and a human being is a mixture of traits that are admirable, and we also all have things that we’re working on,” she said. “I just tried to infuse her with that every day and just say she didn’t do everything right all the time, and nobody ever has in all the time that all human beings have been alive. So, ‘sweetness’ was the word that really opened her up for me.”

The festival screened the romantic and compelling first episode that launched the story with Adam’s early days as a struggling entrepreneur, meeting Rebekah and his business partner, Miguel McKelvey (Kyle Marvin), and coming up with the concept for WeWork.

At one point, the panel’s moderator asked Leto a detailed question about his work developing Neumann’s Israeli accent. The actor replied, “That is such a long question. I’m just thinking about how f—ing great it is that we’re all in the same room together. We’re in this beautiful theater — that’s so cool. Yeah, that’s my answer.”

The eight-episode limited series premieres March 18 on AppleTV+.

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

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Famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville Up For Sale

The downtown Nashville record store that was opened by Opry legend Ernest Tubb in 1947 and has been a landmark in country music for decades will close as the building is being put up for sale.

The owners of the Ernest Tubb Record Shop said in a statement on Friday (March 11) they were heartbroken that the store, which has been in its current location on Broadway since 1951, will close in the spring. The building and store is owned by the Honky Tonk Circus, LLC and the David McCormick Company, Inc.

“Our goal has always been to protect, promote and preserve the great history of the record shop and building. That desire remains as strong today as ever,” the owners said in a statement. “However, due to changes in circumstances out of our control, it’s now clear the best way forward is to sell the business and the real estate.”

The record store was the original home of the Midnite Jamboree, a late-night radio show that aired after the Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast and would feature artists who crossed the street from the Ryman Auditorium to the record shop to keep playing in front of a live audience. It often featured up-and-coming new artists showcasing their songs and the shop was well-known for stocking a wide variety of country records.

The store, which is next to several of Nashville’s famed honky-tonk clubs, was an institution often photographed, with its huge guitar hanging out front with the neck pointed upward and a revolving sign. In its heyday, the store had 100,000 mail-order customers and even expanded to multiple stores in other cities. But the city’s historic downtown area has drastically changed in recent years with many buildings being replaced with celebrity-themed bars, restaurants and other tourist-centered attractions.

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Hailey Bieber Reveals She Was Hospitalized for Blood Clot to Brain: ‘Home Now and Doing Well’

Hailey Bieber is opening up about a recent health scare that landed her in the hospital.

The 25-year-old model, who is married to pop star Justin Bieber, took to social media on Saturday (March 12) to reveal that she was hospitalized earlier this week after experiencing stroke-like symptoms caused by a small blood clot.

“On Thursday morning, I was sitting at breakfast with my husband when I started having stroke like symptoms and was taken to the hospital,” Bieber wrote on her Instagram Story. “They found I had suffered a very small blood clot to my brain, which caused a small lack of oxygen, but my body had passed it on its own and I recovered completely within a few hours.”

She added, “Although this was definitely one of the scariest moments I’ve ever been through, I’m home now and doing well, and I’m so grateful and thankful to all the amazing doctors and nurses who took care of me!”

Bieber’s message follows her superstar husband’s recovery from COVID-19 in February, which caused him to postpone his concert at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on Feb. 20.

Earlier this month, the model wished her husband of three years a happy 28th birthday on Instagram.

“Happy birthday my baby… there are a lot of amazing and beautiful things about this life, but the most beautiful part is that I get to live it with you. I love you.. here’s to 28,” she captioned a series of photos of the couple, plus an adorable throwback picture of baby JB.

See Bieber’s health scare statement on her Instagram Story here.

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5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (March 12)

From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.

Latin female hitmakers share best advice

Billboard Latin kicked off Women’s History Month with an industry mentorship dinner — courtesy of WhatsApp — as part of their new campaign, “Escúchanos. Míranos.” The intimate event brought together more than 50 emerging Latin female talents and established artists. During the dinner, Billboard asked industry leads to share their best career advice and discuss the women who opened doors for them. Click here to read inspirational quotes from singer-songwriter Erika Vidrio, renowned artist Claudia Brant, newcomer Giulia Be and many more.  

Bizarrap teams up with the NBA

Argentine producer Bizarrap has been making headlines with his latest music session featuring Residente. But in the midst of the madness, Biza is on his way to making history as the first Spanish-speaking artist to be part of the NBA 2K with his very own “My Player,” an avatar of the producer. The NBA 2K videogame will also feature music from three of Bizarrap’s sessions: Eladio Carrión, Snow Tha Product and Morad. “I imagined playing NBA 2K and which ones I would like to listen to be more amped up. I chose those three and there is one more that is not [included] yet because it hasn’t come out yet,” Bizarrap said about the process of choosing which three rap sessions would be featured.

Lupita D’Alessio’s special award

Mexican songstress Lupita D’Alessio is set to receive the Legend Award during the seventh edition of the Latin American Music Awards. The special honor is presented to artists who have endured the test of time and “who at the very mention of their name conjures a vivid and vibrant image,” according to a statement. D’Alessio (born Guadalupe Contreras Ramos) has serenaded fans for five decades with such anthemic ballads as “Mudanzas,” “Acariciamo” and “Que Ganas de No Verte Nunca Más.”

The 67-year-old artist will be awarded during the ceremony, set to take place on April 21 and broadcast live from the Michelob ULTRA Arena at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas beginning at 7 p.m. ET.

Sebastián Yatra on Billboard‘s cover

Sebastián Yatra graces one of Billboard‘s SXSW special covers where he talks all things “Dos Oruguitas,” becoming a bonafide pop star, his upcoming Dharma Tour and singing in English. “I always had in my mind that at some point in my life, I was going to sing in English and have a more global career, so I was preparing myself,” he said in the interview. “It’s like building a big city: If you don’t plan it well, the roads are tiny and the access doesn’t work. I wanted to lay the foundation so that people could pronounce my name easily.”

The Colombian star will perform at Samsung + Billboard Present THE STAGE at SXSW on March 19. Get tickets here.

No. 1 hits by Latinas 

Billboard has compiled a list of all the women who earned a No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart in the past decade. The chart ranks the most popular Latin songs of the week, blending airplay, streaming and digital sales data. In 2012, icons Gloria Estefan and Paulina Rubio reached No. 1 on the coveted chart. The former debuted and peaked at No. 1 with “Hotel Nacional” and the latter with “Me Gustas Tanto.”

For over four years, women’s representation was scarce on the top of the Latin charts until Shakira’s “Chantaje” in collaboration with Maluma debuted and peaked at No. 1 on the chart dated Nov. 19, 2016, where it ruled for 11 weeks. See the other songs that have topped the list here.

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How to Watch BTS’ Seoul Concert in Theaters

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While BTS has returned to the stage this week for a three-show run in Seoul, those who can’t make it out to Seoul can still get in on the action.

The K-pop superstars performed the first of the BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul shows on Thursday (March 10) and will continue the rest on March 12 and 13 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in front of a live audience. The March 10 and March 13 dates will be streamed live online for members of the ARMY unable to attend the shows in-person, while the March 12 performance will be broadcast in cinemas across the world for “Live Viewing” events.

Trafalgar Releasing will host two Saturday screenings of BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul at approximately 700 screens in the U.S. and Canada and an additional 3,000 screens worldwide. Despite the title, some of these “Live Viewing” experiences, including those in North America, will not be live and instead be tape-delayed due to the time difference. Tickets are priced at $35. (Check out if your local theaters are participating in the broadcasts here.)

The screenings will commence 15 minutes earlier than the actual concert show time for a more seamless experience. They will only be available in Korean, with no subtitles in other languages. Fans may be able to still bring their ARMY BOMB official light stick to feel like they’re right there in Seoul depending on the theaters’ guidelines.


Buy tickets here.

Last fall, BTS hosted a mini-residency at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, where tickets for all four nights sold out immediately and notched the biggest ever Billboard Boxscore in California. According to Billboard Boxscore, the 2021 SoFi Stadium run grossed a mammoth $33.3 million with 214,000 tickets sold. It’s the largest gross for a run of shows at a single venue since 2012, when Roger Waters earned $38 million over nine shows at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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