SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Celebrated soprano Sumi Jo on Monday expressed gratitude for the support and love from her fans throughout her career, which culminated in her receiving a prestigious French cultural award. Last month, she was honored with France’s Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters, the highest rank of the [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — In another potential sign of easing its tacit ban on the South Korean entertainment industry, Chinese authorities have apparently approved a large-scale K-pop concert set to take place in the country this fall, the first of its kind in years. The Korea Entertainment Producers’ Association said Wednesday that its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Gocheok Sky Dome will be the venue of two surprise Seoul concerts by BLACKPINK next month, which makes it the first K-pop girl group ever to perform there, the group’s agency said Thursday. Earlier this month, YG Entertainment said the group will hold two “encore concerts” in the South [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With the revival of the concert and live entertainment industry after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, credit card sales in the concert category have experienced significant growth. KB Kookmin Card conducted an analysis of credit and debit card transactions for online tickets, revealing that online sales of tickets for [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop megastar BTS will headline this year’s “Good Morning America” Summer Concert Series, an annual summer concert hosted by the famous U.S. morning talk show. The vocalist will open the concert on July 14 at New York’s Central Park with “Seven,” his first official solo song set [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A robot will conduct an orchestra for the first time in South Korea during a concert scheduled for late this month, the orchestra said Thursday. The National Orchestra of Korea, a traditional Korean music orchestra under the National Theater of Korea, said it will present the show “Absence” at [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Twice has sold out tickets for an upcoming concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, which will be part of its fifth world tour titled “Ready to Be,” its agency JYP Entertainment said Friday. The global tour is slated to kick off April 15-16 in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Pop star Michael Bolton met fans here this weekend for the first time in nine years with a performance featuring his mega hit songs, its organizer said Sunday. The master singer-songwriter was on the stage at Gocheok Sky Dome on Saturday and Sunday for concerts entitled “Encore, Michael Bolton [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A concert by K-pop boy group NCT 127 in Jakarta ended early on Friday after some excited fans caused chaos to get closer to the stage, a local event agency said. “An unexpected situation occurred at the end of the show,” Dyandra Global Edutainment said on social media on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A BTS concert held in the southeastern port city of Busan on Saturday in support of the city’s bid for the 2030 World Expo has gained a lot of attention in the online sphere. An hour prior to the start of the concert, K-pop fan community platform Weverse was [...]