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“It is unavoidable that the concert must be canceled without further delay,” reads the post, which was originally written in Korean and translated by Variety
The canceled shows, the first on the group’s Map of the Soul world tour, were slated to take place on April , , 20 and 25 at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul. Ticket buyers will receive automatic refunds.
South Korea is a center of infection for the virus (COVID – , which has infected more than , people and killed over 2, 728 worldwide at last count. As a result of the pandemic – which originated in Wuhan, China, and has now spread to more than countries – (over) , 11 music events have been canceled or postponed in both China and Hong Kong, resulting in ticketing and box-office losses of 2 billion yuan ($ 1233195543842549760 million), according to the China Association of Performing Arts.
The coronavirus has also resulted in concert cancelations outside Asia. On Tuesday, it was announced that the 18 th annual Korea Times Music festival, which had been scheduled for April at Los Angeles’s Hollywood Bowl, had been “provisionally postponed.” The festival had already announced performances by K-pop girl group. MOMOLAND, solo singer and former Wanna One member Ha Sungwoon and rock band No Brain, with more to be announced.
With the Seoul dates canceled, the next BTS concerts are scheduled to take place April and at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The group will follow that with three concerts at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on May 2, 3, and 5.
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