The Time Out London blog team

Just when we thought 2026’s gig calendar couldn’t get any bigger, K-pop royalty BTS have announced a world tour. And better yet, the 70+ date tour includes two dates here in London. The group’s world’s tour will kick off in Goyang, South Korea in April and last all the way through to 2027. The shows will be BTS’s first headline performances as a group since the Permission To Dance On Stage Tour of 2021-22 and all stops on the upcoming tour will feature an immersive set-up with 360-degree, in-the-round stage design. The group’s London dates are in July 2026. Keen to experience the likes of ‘Dynamite’, ‘Butter’ and ‘Blood Sweat & Tears’ in a live setting? Of course you are. Here’s what you need to know to make sure you get BTS tickets for their London shows this summer. RECOMMENDED: The 20 best major music tours coming to the UK in 2026. When are BTS going on tour in 2026? The group’s world tour kicks off this coming April and will last all the way through to March 2027, with further 2027 dates still to be confirmed for Japan, the Middle East and more. What London tour dates have been announced so far? BTS have initially announced two London dates, which are both at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in July. Monday July 6 2026 Tuesday July 7 2026 When do BTS tickets go on sale? General sale starts next week. General sale goes live 1pm on Saturday January 24. You’ll be able to get tickets on Ticketmaster here. Presale details If you want a chance to get tickets before general sale...

Some sad news: our January will not be brightened by Battersea Power Station’s annual winter Light Festival this year. The event is officially not returning as the London landmark turns its attention to other events in 2026.  The Grade II*-listed power station has hosted the free lights festival every year since 2020, with the event dating back to before the art deco building was re-opened as a shopping and cultural destination. Last year’s light installations included a massive spider made up of 80 smaller spiders, a mechanical cyborg and a gigantic, partially unravelled ball of yarn (pictured above).  The power station team said the light trail would not return so they could focus on bringing new events to the landmark instead, such as a pop-up planetarium that will open at the end of January. In February, a blockbuster exhibition on the Egyptians will arrive in Battersea; Ramses and the Pharaoh’s Gold finally opens at the power station after embarking on a five-year-long world tour.   A spokesperson for Battersea Power Station said: ‘After five successful years of hosting the Light Festival at Battersea Power Station, we have decided to evolve our events programme to deliver a variety of new and exciting visitor experiences, and therefore we will not be hosting the Light Festival in its previous format for 2026. ‘We are focused on bringing an exciting line-up of new events, cultural and art partnerships throughout the year and as part of this will be bringing back the...

In what really is a huge deal, the Bayeux Tapestry is returning to the UK for the first time in almost a millennium this year. The event is such a big deal, in fact, that Time Out has named it as the number one thing to do in Britain in 2026.  The medieval masterpiece was last on English soil 900 years ago, when it was made. Most historians agree that the artwork was embroidered in Canterbury in Kent, despite it being named after the Normandy town where it has resided since its creation.  The 70-metre-long tapestry will be displayed in the British Museum from September 2026 until July 2027, with exact details of the exhibition and how to get tickets still to come.  Telling the story of the 1066 Battle of Hastings between the Normans and Anglo-Saxons, most famously the Bayeux Tapestry depicts the moment an arrow hit King Harold II right in the eye.  Photograph: Shutterstock Britain has tried to borrow the work three times in the past century – in 1931, 1953 and 1966 – but none of the requests were approved. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Brits will finally be able to cast their eyes over what Nicholas Cullinan, the director of the British Museum, called ‘one of the most important and unique cultural artefacts in the world’. He added: ‘It is hard to overstate the significance of this extraordinary opportunity of displaying it at the British Museum and we are profoundly grateful to everyone involved. ‘This will be the first time the Bayeux tapestry has been in...