BTS announce release date for new album Map of the Soul: Persona

The group added an extra date at London's Wembley Stadium, as part of their 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' tour, after tickets initially sold out in just 90 minutes.

BTS have announced the release date for their new album.

The South Korean boy band will release Map of the Soul: Persona on 12 April, according to the group's management Big Hit Entertainment.

In 2018, BTS had a string of releases: the Korean-language Love Yourself: Tear and compilation set Love Yourself: Answer, alongside the Japanese-language Face Yourself.

Love Yourself: Tear consolidated the group's international appeal, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200, while becoming BTS's highest-charting and first number one album in the US.

The group added an extra date at London's Wembley Stadium, as part of their Love Yourself: Speak Yourself tour, after tickets initially sold out in just 90 minutes.

BTS will now perform at Wembley on both 1 and 2 June. They will also play Paris’s Stade de France on 7 June.

The Love Yourself: Speak Yourself tour kicks off on 4 May at the Rose Bowl Stadium, Los Angeles, California, and will see the group head to Chicago, Brazil and Japan.