SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern port city of Busan will be decked up in purple lights, the signature color of K-pop supergroup BTS, before and after its one-day concert there next month, organizers said Monday. Hybe, the entertainment company behind BTS, said on Weverse that it will host “The City” project to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — For many K-pop artists, Olympic Stadium, the country’s largest concert venue with a capacity to house up to 100,000 spectators, including standing seats, is considered “a stage of dreams,” because only a few big names have had their individual concerts there. Most recently, globally popular stars, such as EXO, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The venue of K-pop giant BTS’ upcoming concert in the southern port city of Busan has been changed to Asiad Main Stadium for the convenience of fans coming to see their favorite artists, the band’s agency said Friday. The septet had planned to hold a one-day concert at a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans flocked to “SM Town Live 2022: SMCU EXPRESS,” which was held for the first time in three years at the Tokyo Dome in Japan from Saturday to Monday. The festival, hosted by SM Entertainment, starred BoA, Super Junior, SHINee, Red Velvet, NCT, aespa and other SM artists. Fans [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city, is busy establishing transportation, safety and quarantine measures for an unprecedentedly large audience at the BTS concert there in October, officials said Monday. K-pop superstars BTS recently announced a massive live concert in Busan, 450 km southeast of Seoul, on [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — American pop rock band Maroon 5 will hold a concert in Seoul on Nov. 30, its first in the country since February 2019. The band will perform at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul as part of its world tour, according to its website. Maroon 5 has produced numerous hits, [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment, a K-pop powerhouse, said Thursday will hold the first in-person joint concert of its artists in about five years in August. The concert titled “SMTOWN Live 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @HUMAN CITY_SUWON” will take place at the Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, 35 kilometers south of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT Dream will hold three concerts in Seoul next month, the group’s management agency said Friday. The concerts titled, “The Dream Show2: In a Dream,” will take place at Gocheok Sky Dome in southwestern Seoul on July 29-31, SM Entertainment said. The final, third concert will [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — After two years of cancellations related to the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea’s only golf club charity concert festival will be held again. Seowon Valley, a golf club on the northern outskirts of Seoul, on Wednesday announced that the Seowon Valley Green Concert will take place on May 28. Launched [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will return for a one-day encore concert in Los Angeles as part of its fourth world tour that took it to five U.S. cities, including L.A., in February, the group’s agency said Thursday. The nine-piece group will hold the concert at the 22,000-seat Banc of [...]