SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The phenomenally successful one-year concert journey by K-pop band BTS proved to be an emphatic yes to years of lingering questions over whether K-pop could crack the mainstream of American pop culture and beyond. With a finale concert in Seoul on Tuesday, the seven-member boy band brought its “Love [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop super band BTS’ six-month world tour is expected to generate aggregate sales of 200 billion won (around US$170.50 million), with more than a cumulative 1 million fans entertained by its 20 concerts, data available from the band’s management agency said Friday. The latest world concert tour, “Love [...]
LOS ANGELES, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 60,000 fans cheered ecstatically in unison as members of K-pop boy band BTS cried out “Rose Bowl, make some noise,” to open up their fresh world tour at the outdoor Rose Bowl athletic stadium in Pasadena, California, on Saturday. The densely packed stadium roared and shook throughout [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean pop group BTS was to begin its world tour at a 90,000-seat stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday night (local time). The septet was to perform before sold-out crowds at the Rose Bowl Stadium on Saturday and Sunday, according to its management agency. The “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” stadium [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS will carry out another concert tour of major cities in the United States, Europe and Japan starting in May, the band’s management agency announced Wednesday. The “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” tour, which came after BTS’ successful, wider world tour last year, will bring the septet [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will go on its first global tour starting in Seoul this month, its agency, YG Entertainment, said Thursday. After its Seoul concerts on Nov. 10 and 11, the four-member act will perform in Bangkok on Jan. 12 and 13, in Jakarta on Jan. 20, in [...]
LONDON, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — About 20,000 European fans of different skin colors, nationalities and ages enthusiastically sang the Korean-language lyrics of a BTS song when the massively popular K-pop boy band hit London’s O2 Area on Wednesday (local time). Many top global stars such as Coldplay, Madonna, Beyonce, Adele and Ed Sheeran have [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Music Bank, a popular K-pop program on South Korea’s major TV network KBS, will hold its 12th world live-concert tour in Chile in March, the broadcaster said Friday. The show last visited Chile in 2012. Actor Park Bo-gum, who has emceed the 2015 and 2016 tour, will be the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) - Actor-singer Rain will make a world tour stop in Hong Kong this weekend, his management agency said Thursday. R.A.I.N. Company said he will perform before a sold-out crowd in Hong Kong as part of his world tour, titled The Squall, on Saturday. Rain launched his seventh global tour last November [...]