SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean companies are turning to ‘BTS marketing’ for the world-famous boy band’s concerts in Los Angeles. Samsung Electronics Co. and AmorePacific Corp. have set up company booths along the side of SoFi Stadium in the U.S. city where the concerts will take place and have held various promotions and [...]
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS held its first in-person concert in two years in Los Angeles on Saturday, drawing about 50,000 American fans. Saturday’s concert at SoFi Stadium in the U.S. city marked the septet’s first non-virtual concert since 2019, when the group performed in Seoul. Tens of thousands of fans [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — In line with eased social distancing rules, a mass K-pop concert will be held in person here next month for the first time since the new coronavirus pandemic broke out early last year, organizers said Wednesday. “Together Again, K-pop Concert” will kick off at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of people sitting together to listen and dance to music has become an unthinkable scene since the new coronavirus hit South Korea early last year. But that rare occasion came to life over the weekend as music enthusiasts gathered for the country’s first mass outdoor concert held at [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS is set to appear as the first performer on a summer concert series hosted by the popular American TV show “Good Morning America.” The seven-piece act is among a lineup of more than 20 musicians who will be performing at this year’s series that will run [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastar BTS is set to appear in a year-end concert organized by its agency, Big Hit Entertainment, the agency-label announced Thursday. Big Hit Entertainment, which also runs a namesake label, said the seven-member act will be included in the lineup for the “2021 New Year’s Eve Live presented [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ upcoming Seoul concert in October will be held virtually only, according to the band’s management agency Friday, canceling the in-person element that was planned together. The Oct. 10-11 Seoul concert, “BTS Map Of The Soul ON:E,” was announced in August as an in-person show with government-mandated [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, the management agency-label of K-pop giant BTS, said Thursday that the plan for an in-person BTS concert announced for fall has come under uncertainty as sporadic cluster infections across the country continue to pile up. In an announcement on Weverse, the company’s mobile fan community-commerce platform, [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Super Junior on Friday indefinitely put off its Japanese concerts after the neighboring country announced a plan to introduce quarantine measures for travelers from South Korea. Tokyo has announced that travelers coming from South Korea and China will be asked to stay at designated facilities for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS on Friday canceled the inaugural Seoul leg of its new world tour set to kick off in April as its home country is struggling to contain mass outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. The band’s management agency broke the news through its mobile fan platform, Weverse. [...]