Bruno Mars’ concert attracted hundreds of Korean stars to attend. However, the audience expressed frustration because they thought that these artists were entitled to “special treatment” that made viewers disadvantaged.
Specifically, on June 19, Korean media reported that pop star Bruno Mars touched kimchi fans with his first concert in Korea in 9 years, taking place in 2 days June 17-18.
Bruno Mars’ concert attracted more than 100,000 spectators in 2 performances, filling the Olympic Stadium, Jamsil Sports Complex in Seoul. The area around the stadium was also packed with people throughout the day.
However, after the show ended, a controversy broke out over the fact that the organizers “favored” celebrities with beautiful seats, causing the audience to have limited visibility. Hundreds of artists were seen at Bruno Mars’ concert, especially on June 18.
These include famous faces such as Jennie, Rosé, Lisa (Blackpink), V, RM (BTS), Park Seo Joon, Park Hyung Sik, Song Hye Kyo, Lee Dong Wook, Lee Je Hoon, G-Dragon ( Big Bang), Lee Soo Hyuk, Lim Young Woong, JYPark, Yeri, Seulgi, Wendy (Red Velvet), DO, Kai (EXO), Jung Kyung Ho, Sooyoung (SNSD), LE SSERAFIM, TXT, Taemin (SHINee) ), Donghae, Eunhyuk (Super Junior), 6 members of Seventeen, 12 members of NCT…
On social networks, the audience posted a series of videos and photos showing that many famous people who are actors, singers, idols, sportsmen who came to the concert were led by the manager to the seats in the rows. front seat, right next to the stage.
After being prosecuted, the organizers confirmed that they did not give tickets exclusively to artists: “Artists who come to the concert receive invitations from other celebrities. In many cases, the management company buys tickets and distributes them themselves. replay for the artist. We don’t give away tickets to the stars.”
As one of the Korean stars attending the concert, Song Hye Kyo was also “sacrificed” by netizens. However, she luckily escaped and helped a series of colleagues escape the market thanks to one detail.
It is known that the beauty surnamed Song herself ordered 6 tickets like many other music lovers, she only kept 1 ticket for herself and then gave the remaining 5 tickets to “rumored boyfriend” Jang Ki Yong, 3 actors Park Hyo Joo, Ki Eun Se, Kim Joo Hun and creative director Jennie Jang. In the image of the ticket posted by actress Ki Eun Se, the public easily recognizes Song Hye Kyo’s name right under the ticket’s code line.
From the above information, netizens have removed Song Hye Kyo and the Now, We Are Breaking Up stars from the list of controversial stars who received special treatment at the recent Bruno Mars concert.
Also, GOT7’s Youngjae confirmed on DearU Bubble that he bought concert tickets with his own money.
This is not the first time international stars have caused controversy at concerts in Korea.
Michael Bolton concert in Korea delayed by 2 hours
Previously, this American singer and songwriter held concerts at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul for two days January 14-15.
However, problems arose on the first day of the concert. The production company holding the concert has announced that the concert will begin at 6 p.m. But Michael Bolton didn’t show up until 8pm.
The organizers announced the participation of Korean singers as guests performing in the concert.
It is common to see domestic singers participating as guests on the opening stage of foreign stars’ concerts in Korea. The problem, however, was that the guest performances lasted nearly 100 minutes.
Although the ticket stated that the performance would start at 6 pm, the main performance started at 8 pm, making fans extremely angry. Furthermore, Michael Bolton’s performance lasted only about an hour.
Britney Spears concert: Lip sync controversy
Britney Spears also held her first concert in Korea at Gocheok Sky Dome in 2017.
The once “pop princess” showed off stage enthusiasm and performances that were reminiscent of her golden age.
However, many problems arise. Although Gocheok Dome has a capacity of 30,000, only about 17,000 fans attended the concert.
In addition, there was an incident where some seats were overlapped, causing a delay of about 20 minutes.
Britney Spears performed a medley of hit songs but was said to be lip-syncing, disappointing fans.
Following the incident, Britney Spears expressed her disappointment in an interview:
“It’s funny. Many people think I don’t sing live because I dance too much. This really makes me angry. I actually sang and danced with all my might.”
