SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop agencies are struggling to find available concert halls amid an industry-wide recovery from the pandemic. Industry sources said that major concert venues like the Jamsil Sports Complex and Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul have been fully booked until the end of this year. “Baseball stadiums rarely see reservations [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop diva IU, the star of Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first Korean-language film “Broker,” will return as a singer this fall. She will hold “The Golden Hour” concerts on Sept. 17 and 18 at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in southern Seoul, her agency, EDAM Entertainment said Thursday. It marks [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Las Vegas is going to turn into a city of BTS with the start of the K-pop supergroup’s four sold-out concerts this weekend. The septet will hold four “Permission to Dance on Stage – Las Vegas” shows on Friday-Saturday and April 15-16 (U.S. time) at Allegiant Stadium, about a [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — From a dazzling fountain water show to a club party, BTS fans will have lots of attractions and events to enjoy before and during the band’s live concerts in Las Vegas next month. Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind BTS, said Wednesday it has been preparing various sub-events for fans [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Olympic Stadium again turned into a festival of purple lights from ARMY bombs on Thursday as the K-pop supergroup BTS returned to the stage for its first live concert in front of fans at home since 2019. The show was the first of the group’s three concerts [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — All tickets for K-pop supergroup BTS’ upcoming Seoul concerts were sold out on the first day of sales as were those for the group’s Las Vegas shows earlier, sources in the music scene said Friday. The sources said tickets for all three “Permission To Dance On Stage – Seoul” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Tickets to remotely watch the upcoming BTS concert at movie theaters have nearly sold out, reflecting the high fan interest in the group’s first in-person concert in Seoul in two years, officials said Friday. Some 36,000 tickets for “live viewing” of the K-pop superstars’ concert on March 12 at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ upcoming concerts in Seoul will draw up to 45,000 fans in total to become the largest live music events in South Korea since the start of the pandemic. The culture ministry has allowed the group to invite 15,000 spectators to each of its three in-person concerts [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group TWICE will hold two concerts at Tokyo Dome on April 23-24 as part of its ongoing world tour, the group’s management agency said Monday. They will become the group’s first performances in Japan since 2019, when it performed in seven big cities in the country [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With travel restrictions eased under the “living with COVID-19″ scheme, big-name K-pop stars are heading overseas to hold live concerts with foreign fans that have not been held for nearly two years. Superband BTS is at the forefront of the move, scheduled to throw a series of live in-person [...]