SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop superband BTS’ upcoming concerts in Seoul will be broadcast live in movie theaters in six Asian countries, the band’s management agency said Wednesday. With three days of concerts in the band’s home country, set for Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, BTS will wrap up its latest globe-trotting concert [...]
RIYADH, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The strong religious culture in Saudi Arabia couldn’t stop abaya-covered fans from springing up in their seats to dance as K-pop superband BTS performed its latest mega hit, “Boy With Luv,” in the country’s capital, Riyadh, Friday evening. Religious restraints and Islamic doctrine melted away as the K-pop septet [...]
RIYADH, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Major landmarks in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, were lit up in purple late Thursday as the city welcomed global K-pop act BTS and its upcoming concert here. The septet arrived in Riyadh early Thursday for their historic “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” concert in the Middle Eastern city’s King [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The organizer of the Busan One Asia Festival (BOF), a major annual K-pop concert in the city of Busan, on Wednesday announced the final lineup of its 2019 event, which includes Super Junior, NU’EST and Kang Daniel. BOF 2019 is scheduled to run from Oct. 19-25 at Busan’s Hwamyeong [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan OneAsia Festival (BOF), a major annual K-pop concert in the second-biggest South Korean city of Busan, will kick off next month with a star-studded lineup. The BOF 2019 will run from Oct. 19-25 at the outdoor stage of Busan’s Hwamyung Park, Haeundae Beach and Busan Cinema Center [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — One late summer night, well-known Mozart music fills the neoclassical manor of Seokjojeon at Deoksu Palace, one of the five royal palaces in central Seoul. At the majestic, elegant entrance hall with ivory colored walls and pillars decorated with gilted plum flower patterns, arched windows and rococo-style fireplaces, three [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS will perform solo concert in Saudi Arabia in October, becoming the first non-Saudi Arabian artists to perform at a stadium in the country, its management agency has said. BTS announced the Saudi Arabian leg of their ongoing “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” world tour on Sunday, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS’ four concerts in Japan this month drew a total of 210,000 fans, making the Japanese leg of the band’s world tour a solid success despite worsening trade and diplomatic rows between South Korea and Japan. On Saturday and Sunday, the Korean septet rocked Shizuoka’s 50,000-seat [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band BTS’ four rounds of sensational fan meetings and concerts in the band’s home country of South Korea dazzled hundreds of thousands of avid fans over the past two weeks. But the events were shadowed by nagging complaints by ticket holders who were denied entry to the concerts [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of BTS fans caused a commotion on Saturday after the production company in charge of the South Korean boy band’s first fan meeting concert in Busan denied entry to a number of fans. The fan meeting took place at Busan’s Asiad Auxiliary Stadium, where more than 100 [...]