US EditionMexico’s President Joins ARMY Fan Base in BTS Concert Push
Mexico's president cited about 1 million fans seeking tickets for only 150,000 available, urging South Korea to increase BTS shows amid ticket resale issues.
- On Jan 26, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum asked South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung to arrange more BTS concerts, saying `Everyone wants to go` in a diplomatic letter.
- Facing around 1 million potential buyers, only 150,000 tickets exist for the three shows at GNP Seguros Stadium, Mexico City, from May 7 to May 10.
- Ticketmaster, owned by Live Nation Entertainment, reports face-value tickets sold from 1,800 to 17,800 pesos while resale listings reached 11,300 to 92,100 pesos.
- Mexico's consumer watchdog launched a probe into Ticketmaster and sanctioned StubHub and Viagogo for `abusive and disloyal practices`, pledging to develop new guidelines for ticket sales.
- BTS will release 'Arirang' in March and perform in Mexico City from May 7 to 10, after a 2022 hiatus.
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“, , ” (Blood, sweat and tears) BTSThe priorities are not in Chinese. They are in Korean. In fact, they should be in Spanish... and in oil. But good. Yesterday, while the country was dawning with news finally recognized by the government itself —Mexico will stop sending oil to Cuba — the 4T presidency decided to explain, from the morning, that it had sent a letter to the Prime Minister of South Korea. The reason? Asking for his intervention to o…
The k-pop band is so popular that President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote to the president of South Korea for more dates
The return of the South Korean group of K-pop BTS to Mexico provoked one of the biggest recent controversies in the entertainment industry, combining massive demand, failures in ticket sales, allegations of resale and, finally, direct intervention by the Mexican government, which even resorted to diplomatic channels to request more concerts in the country.
Ticket sales for K-pop megastars' Mexico shows devolve into chaos
Ticket sales for three BTS concerts scheduled for Mexico City in May devolved into chaos late last week, triggering government sanctions and even a presidential plea for more shows by the globally loved K-pop group. In less than 40 minutes, tickets for the Korean pop group’s May 7, 9 and 10 dates at 65,000-seat Estadio GNP Seguros — named the top concert stadium in the world last year — were gone. A 24-year-old BTS fan tried last week to earn mo…
Claudia Sheinbaum Steps Into the BTS Frenzy, Asks South Korea for More Concerts After Sellouts and High Ticket Prices in México
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that she has formally sent a letter to South Korea's president asking for additional concert dates from global K-pop sensation BTS after ticket demand in Mexico far outpaced supply.
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