With the mad dash to score to j-hope Tour ‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’ in MANILA tickets when they went on sale in late February, many were left disappointed as they were quickly sold out (which is par for the course for any tickets involving BTS). For some lucky ARMYs who missed out, they might yet get the chance to see him up close and in person when he visits Manila in April.

Mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. is offering their subscribers the chance to win tickets to j-hope Tour ‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’ in MANILA on April 12 and 13 at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena.

For prepaid subscribers, they can join the raffle by texting “jhope” to 5858 and subscribing to Power All 99, Power All 149, or Power All 449 plans. For Smart postpaid, new Postpaid Plan 599 and up subscribers who switch during the promo period automatically get 5 raffle entries and users can earn 1 raffle entry for each purchase of Postpaid Data Booster+1GB. Winners will receive a unique code that they need to present to claim their tickets.

Along with this SMS notification with the unique code, they need to present proof of the winning mobile number and proof of identification to claim their tickets at the Smart Store in SM Megamall from April 9 to 12, with a 3 p.m. cut-off on the 12th. Promo period will run until April 2, 2025.

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It was back on January 9, 2025 when j-hope (real name Jung Ho-seok) first hinted at his upcoming first solo tour. The following day, BigHit Music officially announced that the BTS member was going on tour, beginning with three shows at the KSPO Dome, Seoul from February 28 to March 2, 2025. 

j-hope Tour ‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’ in MANILA will also be the first time that a BTS member has returned to the country after the group’s 2017 Wings tour.