SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE has canceled its Japanese concerts, originally scheduled for mid-April, amid the global COVID-19 outbreak. An announcement on the band’s official Japanese website last week said “Twice World Tour 2019 ‘Twicelights’ in Japan,” scheduled to be held at Tokyo Dome on April 15 and 16, has [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — English-speaking spectators accounted for the largest portion of overseas tickets reserved for domestic concerts over the past two years. Interpark Corp., a leading online ticket and book seller, analyzed big data for tickets sold between Jan. 1, 2018 and Dec. 31, 2019 on its global site, which is operated [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has postponed ticket sales for the European leg of its new world tour, “Map of the Soul Tour,” set for July, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Due to recent events, BTS ‘Map of the Soul Tour – Europe’ ticket sale will be rescheduled,” the British [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Having canceled the inaugural Seoul leg of its new world concert tour series, “Map of the Soul Tour,” K-pop boy band BTS is at risk of having part of the following American leg rolled back amid the ongoing coronavirus spread in the United States. The septet was to kick [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A string of major K-pop concerts have been called off or postponed in Japan as mutual entry restrictions by South Korea and Japan went into force early Monday. South Korea and Japan’s visa waiver programs for nationals from each other were suspended at the start of Monday amid outbreaks [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean art centers and institutions have been canceling their planned performances and concerts as the country is struggling to prevent further coronavirus infections. The Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Seoul said it will postpone or cancel its original shows and productions for one month. But [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The continuing spread of the novel coronavirus is taking a heavy toll on the performing arts, forcing organizers to delay or cancel concerts and other events. Boston Symphony Orchestra, a major American orchestra, was scheduled for its first ever concerts in South Korea on Thursday and Friday as the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — World-renowned bands and musicians will visit South Korea this year to hold concerts for longing enthusiasts here. British rock band Queen is the most anticipated foreign artist visiting Korea in 2020. The “Super Concert 25 QUEEN” will take place at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul on Jan. 18-19 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS created an economic effect worth 1 trillion won (US$860.7 million) with its latest three concerts in Seoul, an academic report showed Monday. The septet finished off its latest world tour, “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself,” with the final leg in Seoul where three evening concerts at [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS’ fan meetings and concerts in South Korea last month created an economic effect worth nearly 500 billion won (US$424.2 million), an academic report showed Wednesday. According to the report by a research team led by Pyun Ju-hyun, a business professor at Seoul’s Korea University, BTS [...]