The organizers of the “2024 Dream Concert World In Japan”made the decision to postpone the event due to a combination of a severe heat wave and a rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. However, some netizens brought attention to the postponement, suggesting that the event may have faced difficulties in selling out.
Korean netizens created a discussion forum on July 31 entitled, “The Hilarious Cancellation of Dream Concert.”The original poster shared screenshots of the announcement postponing the event, along with an article featuring the event’s excitement and lineup.
Translation: “Dream Concert Japan, Heating Up The World With K-pop… Final Lineup.”
The original poster (OP) subsequently posted:
“Even at the ‘Immortal Song’ joint concert, they couldn’t sell tickets and NewJeans left the lineup. People were up in arms, hoping for Weverse Con to fail, but Weverse Con ended up being successful with a million people in the queue.
Then Dream Concert’s ticket sales flopped, and they just canceled it. The host is Kyunghyang Shinmun, which is hilarious. Holding the event inside a dome with extreme heat and COVID cases? There are games scheduled back-to-back on the same day. What’s this nonsense?
NewJeans as the headliner? It’s funny how they have zero ticket power.”
K-Netz shared their thoughts on the OP’s claims in the comments. Some were frustrated with the lineup, while others came to the defense of NewJeans against the sudden criticism.
“It’s obvious that it wouldn’t sell with this kind of lineup. It’s just, there’s only NewJeans who are worth watching, so who would even attend?”
“It’s not like NewJeans is the only one attending, so it’s hilarious how you’re blaming them for the lack of sales. If you’re going to see NewJeans, just go to their concert.”
“Why even go to Dream Con? People are really blaming NewJeans for everything.”
“You’d think that NewJeans are the only performance on August 10 and 11 with this post.”
International fans expressed their opinions on the postponement and discussion on a separate platform.
“I need K-pop organizers to look around and realize the economy is doodoo everywhere and fans are not made of money to be paying through the nose for events anymore.”
“For a second, I thought it’s about NCT DREAM and panicked so hard because I got tickets lol, those lineups are so s**t though so no wonder, especially the first day.”
“I would have loved to see NewJeans perform, but I’m not paying $400 for a ticket to see them perform only three songs.”
“The only day worth going was the second day, and only three artists out of the nine artists are the ones who I would really want to see.”
The organizers of the “2024 Dream Concert World In Japan”have announced details regarding the postponement of the event. Additionally, reports have stated that Japan has issued a heat wave warning for 38 municipalities.
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