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I'm going to explain in detail how to get to each of the 4 main music shows (M!Net’s M!Countdown, KBS’s Music Bank, MBC’s Music Core and SBS’s Inkigayo). This does not account for ‘special’ episodes (sometimes the location or amount of fanseats changes) or explain specifically what you need for each group.

Biggest point to all of this: Get on the group you want to see’s fancafe, level up and get your more specific information there.

When you get to a music show for fan seats you need to find the list of the group you want to get in with (or the sign that will help you get onto the list). Do not, and I mean really DO NOT EVER line up/sign up with two different groups in one day. That is one of the biggest taboos you can make as a fan EVER. Lots of foreign fans have done that just to see more than one group in one day or to have a better chance of getting into the line and it has given the Korean fans an overall bad impression of foreign fans in general.

If the person with the name list is right there: Lucky you! Tell them your name (이름 ireum) and usually either birthday (생일 saengil, in yymmdd (ex. 921107) form) or last 4 digits of your phone number (휴대폰뒷자리 hyudaepon dwitjari).

If you can’t find a person but you found a sign, usually it will say where they are in Korean and you need to go find them, or it will have a phone number that you need to text (and usually send a picture of the sign with your face/hand/etc., it says on the sign) to get on the list. This is why having a Korean phone that is image-sending capable is important, or at least being able to understand Korean. If you are missing either of these or can’t understand the Korean to find the person, if there are any Korean fans around looking at the same time ask them for help or wait for some to show up. My phone can’t send pictures so I usually end up having to call the person, but a lot of times they won’t pick up so I have to get other fans to take a picture for me and send it.

Most groups who have official fanclub members write the official (공식 gongshik) and unofficial (비공식 bigongshik) separately. Make sure you get on the right list.

* NOTE: BAP doesn’t make a list. They start lining up at at 6am and have to stay in line until the fanstaff come. I don’t know of any other groups that do this. Babies seem to be nice and you can leave your bag and run off to grab snacks/coffee/go to the bathroom no problem but it is best to have a friend with you to watch stuff/hold the spot in line.

Once you get on the list usually they will do a name check (출석체크/출첵) to line up right before fanstaff comes, or sometimes even do several checks between writing the list and when fanstaff comes to make sure people don’t leave and go other places. DO NOT MISS THESE. If you miss one or are late they cross you off the list and there is no getting your spot back. Make sure you ask a time when you get yourself on the list if they don’t tell you automatically and make sure you have the right time.

When the fanstaff come (time listed on the fancafe) they will check if you have the things you need to get in with the group. Once they’ve checked/gotten the people who have priority in the right order they will write a number on your wrist and that will be your entry number with the group. The higher your number/the lower your ranking is the less likely you are to get in.

Most guides say you just need the group’s most recent CD. The fact that you need the CD is correct, but it is literally the bare minimum. All groups give priority to registered/paid official fanclub members, and most groups require other items such as proof you’ve leveled up on the fancafe (ex. Tasty, NU’EST), require you to sign up on the cafe beforehand for priority (ex. BAP, B1A4), have printed off proof-of-purchase of the songs (음원구매내역서) on an official Korean site (Melon, M!Net, Soribada, etc…) (ex. almost all groups!), ringtone/callback tone (ex. DBSK, NU’EST during FACE), printed off fanchant from the fancafe (ex. Infinite), or require you to buy official goods (ex. Infinite’s slogan). Those are just examples that I know of, and to know more specifically you NEED to check each group’s fancafe. Most stuff translates easily in Google Translate if you do it sentence/word at a time, the one that doesn’t I wrote up there in Korean.

If you are missing any of the things you need, you will be pushed to the back of the line and be less likely to get in. If you don’t have the CD you can’t even line up except for rare cases (VIXX let’s people with just proof-of-purchase online get in behind people with the CDs). No excuses work. (My friend saw a girl telling BAP fanstaff she hadn’t brought her CD because it was raining that day and she didn’t want to get it wet. This DOES NOT WORK AT ALL.)

Not all groups have prerecordings. Make sure you know if there will be or not and your chances of getting in at each show before going.

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thomaswilmoore.livejournal.com

What a joke.

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mad-nux.livejournal.com

jfc. i'll stick with concerts tyvm

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chibi-rei.livejournal.com

Not surprised. I haven't made it to a music show yet because I'm so damn lazy. I'd have to specifically make a trip to Seoul just for these 'cuz usually I go to hang with friends, so no time for fangirly stuff.

[edit] Okay I forgot I went to a rehearsal for Inkigayo, but that's only because my friend works for SBS and we just got to go in.

Edited Date: 2013-07-10 02:21 pm (UTC)

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vvvanilla.livejournal.com

SMH. This is the part of fandom that turns me off so much.

I only watch shows when YG artists (except Big Bang and 2NE1 since entry is usually exclusively for fanclub members) promote. With YG, they set a period when you can email and they announce that next day if you get in or not. No need to wait for a long time or anything. You also get assigned a number right away so you don't really need to be there so early.

Edited Date: 2013-07-10 02:23 pm (UTC)

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wordwank.livejournal.com

Yeah, I was in Seoul when CL debuted Gizibe and only got into Inki because of the email list and the only way to purchase the single at the time was on iTunes - which basically meant it was possible for foreigners to attend at all, since the Korean online stores and fancafes are impenetrable if you don't have a Korean ID/adequate Korean language skills/access to a Windows computer to install software. It was very very lucky because we'd tried to get in the previous week (I was only in Seoul for two weeks) with a different group who had extremely stringent qualifications and got kept on hold for eight hours until they told us they didnt have room for us and sent us home.

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