RM to attend Seoul festival to mark BTS' 10th anniv.

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- RM, the leader of K-pop superband BTS, will attend the main event of the BTS Festa to celebrate its debut anniversary, the group's agency said Thursday.

The BTS Festa@Yeouido will take place at the Han River Park in Seoul's Yeouido area on June 17 to highlight the two-week-long festival to mark the band's 10th anniversary. The septet celebrates the anniversary on June 13.

According to details of the event announced by BigHit Music on K-pop fan community platform Weverse, RM will communicate in person with fans at the "ARMY Lounge" to be set up at the event's venue at 5 p.m.

The event will be livestreamed on the platform.

There also will be the BTS History Wall, an exhibition of the band's stage costumes, a sculpture created to mark the 10th anniversary and a booth for getting hands-on experience of tattoo stickers, the agency said.

A magnificent fireworks display will be held at 8:30 p.m., accompanied by BTS songs and narration from member Jungkook.

The fireworks display will be livestreamed on Weverse Live, YouTube and TikTok.

Only fans chosen in a lottery can attend the ARMY Rounge program with RM, the agency added.

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