Let's All Get Tickets for Boyfriend US Showcases

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

K-pop Finally Coming to Chicago! Boy Group BOYFRIEND to Perform in the Windy City and Dallas in March

Want one more thing to celebrate for the New Year? K-pop is finally inching its way into the US. Many fans of the genre often lament the fact that K-pop seems to be so focused in the West and East Coast, often being held in Los Angeles or New York.

But in March, Jazzy Group US, the American arm of Jazzy Group who is known in Malaysia for bringing artists closer to the fans, will be bringing BOYFRIEND to Chicago (March 11th), and Dallas (March 13th).

Starship Entertainment's boy group is known for their striking looks and charismatic personalities. Debuting in 2011, BOYFRIEND made strides both at home in Korea and Japan, and now circling the globe with their first tour in America.

Bestfriends, as their fans are called, will be thrilled to spend precious time with Donghyun, Hyunseong, Jeongmin, Youngmin, Kwangmin and Minwoo. Jazzy Group US promises a memorable showcase. With tickets going on sale on January 7th, fans will want to know all the details to get the best experience. VVIP Ticket Holders (a.k.a Red Zone) will be able to get BOYFRIEND's latest album and bring it to an album-signing session and the high touch session. The next tier still gets a chance to see BOYFRIEND up close with the Yellow Zone purchasers also getting high touch opportunities!


The ticket prices are listed below!

US$230 (Chicago) $220 (Dallas) Red Zone (VVIP) free latest album + album-signing session & hi-touch with Boyfriend

US$160 Yellow Zone (VIP) with hi-touch passes

US$110 Blue Zone

US$90 Orange Zone

Source: Kpopstarz


Best friend & Kpop fans, are you ready?

Log on to www.etix.com for Chicago show or www.axs.com for Dallas show on January 7th, 2014 at 7pm CST for ticket purchase. Get ready!

Remember, VVIP tickets at Riviera Theatre in Chicago IL are assigned seats.

All tickets at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie in Dallas TX are assigned seats.

Hope to see you there!

Source: Jazzy Group US Facebook

Omona, how many people are going to go? I'm going to the Chicago showcase. I hope to see a lot of people there to make this a success. I heard the promoters are testing out the waters here, so if the Boyfriend showcase goes well, we will get more Kpop events in Chicago.

Comments

[angel-9-lives.livejournal.com]

ARGH...not a fan of the group, but I would still go to the Dallas show if I could. too bad I can't throw out $80+ x_x

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Ikr? That is one of my big problems about this. I'm just glad the showcases are around my birthday because I couldn't afford to go otherwise.

[shineebambi.livejournal.com]

jesus 90 dollars for the shitty seats E__E i dont even think i could stomach that much for secret or shinee unless they were good seats

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Ikr? That's the problem when you have a promoter that is just starting out in the US and a relatively unknown group in the US - bad ticket prices and a bad date (the Chicago showcase is on a Tuesday). This leads to another problem of a possible bad turn out, which would mean that the promoters wouldn't want to bring anyone back to Chicago because of the turnout at the Boyfriend showcase. *sig* Why can't everything be perfect?

[shineebambi.livejournal.com]

i mean i know its expensive to bring a group over for two tour dates so i expect to pay more to see them because there is more cost involed and i think a lot of others are willing to pay more cause its really a once maybe twice in a lifetime oppurtunity but even i cant stomach 90dollars for most likely poor seating and a 1 maybe 2 hour concert tops

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Most of the comments on this post are people saying they can't or won't pay this much. That doesn't bode well, and I really fear poor ticket sales. I want Chicago to become an established place to hold Kpop events, and it this rate, at doesn't look like that's going to happen.

[shineebambi.livejournal.com]

i mean i get the first two id never pay that much but hey you have your audience for a meet up and sign plus the best seats but i mean why arent the shitty seats like 40-50 bucks like i would pay 40-50 bucks to see an idol i kinda like i mean push come to shove ill prob give in to see my faves at 90 but ill have nothing left over for merch which is gen the biggest money maker at a concert anyway

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

I totally understand where you're coming from. I think the tickets are SUPER expensive, and the only reason why I can afford to go is because my birthday is in March and the tickets are gifts. I'm thinking that the main target audience can't afford VVIP or VIP tickets even with all the things those include. Plus Boyfriend is a smaller group; what sort of fanbase do they have here? Idk.

[shineebambi.livejournal.com]

right like if this was a second tier intl fandom group that be pushing their luck but theyd make enough for it to probably be profitable and i may joke around about how the twins creep me out but i do like some of their songs but they do not have the intl fanbase for this price to be that high

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Mte. But I did see that Billboard posted about the showcases, so I hope that helps boost ticket sales.

[cairistiona.livejournal.com]

They charged £60 for the UK...like $90 is insane as it is, £60 is around $110??? Why???
I mean I know why but...whyyyyyyyy????

[coteo.livejournal.com]

hell no to those prices. understandable, I guess, but yeah no.

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Ikr? I feel with a date and ticket prices like this, there is no more hope for more Chicago events (by Jazzy Group US at least). I really hope the event is a success. I don't want the Midwest to continue to be forgotten.

[coteo.livejournal.com]

What kind of arenas are they playing at? Wouldn't it make more sense for them to perform in a small arena like the Beacham? Especially considering the dates they are being held, I really don't see them being sold out any time soon.

Though I do hope I'm proved wrong, it's not easy to break into the US as a foreign group.

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

I don't know Beachham. What I do know is that all Boyfriend is doing is holding two showcases and not trying to break into the American music scene. Thank goodness for that. I did a research paper back in 2010 for a sociology class about the "Cultural Diversity of Asians Americans/Asians in the American Music Market," and let me tell you: things weren't pretty back then.





I know the The Riviera is a smaller, intimate venue located in North Chicago in the historic Uptown theater district. I'm not from Dallas, therefore I can't speak about that venue.

[coteo.livejournal.com]

Your research paper sounds pretty interesting, actually.

And I think Beacham is just an orlando venue, which is where I live. Honestly, living in Florida makes it so that I'll probably never see a US showcase, since they are mostly done in Cali or NYC. I'm a college student, I can't splurge that kind of money, and I'd rather go to shows in small venues like the Beacham where the ticket price generally ranges in the 20-30 dollar range.

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

I wished I still had a copy of that paper. You'll be hard pressed to find a Kpop event at that price.

[coteo.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I'm totally aware. Which is why I settle for ninja fancams, and hopefully one day I'll have the opportunity to go to a concert.

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

I've been a fan of Kpop since 2009, and I've been wanting so much to go to a Kpop event. My location and finances have always prevented that.

[cairistiona.livejournal.com]

That was why it was so amazing in London when we had the MBC show for £15; 4minute, EXO-K, Norazo, some other stuff too. £15???? For a K-pop show???? Boyfriend were £60, U-Cube was £90, I mean?????? Bargain!!!

[craver199103.livejournal.com]

Honestly this motherfucking cold front bullshit better end by then or I'm not seeing ANYONE. I don't know. I had to fly to NY to see Infinite so I'd defo like it if more kpop groups acknowlege the non-LA/NY locations of the states. I don't dislike Boyfriend either. I'm considering going.

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

You should go! The waters are being tested in Chicago, meaning we'll get more Kpop events if the Boyfriend showcase goes well. Gosh knows how much I want that.

[iylover.livejournal.com]

They said the same thing about "testing out the waters" when Wonder Girls and 2pm came years ago, and nothing happened since...

And no way in hell would I spend that kind of money on a group I'm not a fan of. I hope the event actually sells. ;/

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

The timing wasn't good when Wonder Girls/2PM came imo. Kpop is TONS more popular since 2009, and there have been many more successful Kpop concerts in the US since then. I don't think there had been many Kpop concerts prior to Wonder Girls/2PM/2AM toured the US. I'm saying testing the waters here based on what I'm hearing from people who are volunteers at the Chicago showcase. I have hopes of this going well, Jazzy Group US getting more established, and Chicago getting better and bigger Kpop events.

[momomoing.livejournal.com]

wow....I only paid <$50 for 2PM/WG tickets in Chicago for the pit and they were way more popular than Boyfriend.

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

They were also at a different venue, which could have played a factor into ticket prices. Maybe Jazzy will learn from this experience and changes prices if they hold another event in Chicago, maybe they won't. I fear it's the latter at this point. :(

[impossibility.livejournal.com]

idk, the low price of the 2pm/wg concert was exactly the thing that sealed the deal for me to go and see them. and i still had to travel from MN.

i wonder if it's because jyp actually had a tour going instead of 2 locations, and went through livenation to play at a lot of house of blues' that kept the price down? jyp obviously lost a lot of money with the tour (all the canceled locations), but i still wish more companies would take a chance like that. having 1 or 2 showcases either on a coast or in the middle of this inconveniently hugeass country is no way to test waters.

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there was a lot more going on with the Wonder Girls tour to make ticket prices lower, a big one being working with Livenation. Jazzy Group US has only done one event with VIXX in the US. If they were a bigger promoter, they could afford to make the prices less by having more coast they could cover themselves.

They're just testing the Chicago waters since there has been only one Kpop concert here.

[zombiechick815.livejournal.com]

I'm still so ticked that the Chicago concert is on a Tuesday. Not that I'm super big into Boyfriend or anything, but I was planning on going to support K-Pop in Chicago. Since it's on a Tuesday I can't afford to miss two days of student teaching TT_TT They should have scheduled this on a weekend!

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

That's the problem when you have a promoter that is just starting out in the US and a relatively unknown group in the US - bad ticket prices and a bad date for the target audience. This leads to another problem of a possible bad turn out, which would mean that the promoters wouldn't want to bring anyone back to Chicago because of the turnout at the Boyfriend showcase.

[leorizanzel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this isn't happening for me. I would LOVE for more K-Pop acts to come to the Midwest, but I can't see spending that ticket money on top of travel costs (I live about 4-5 hours drive from Dallas, even more from Chicago). It's also only one group (a group that I'm not really interested in, either), so I couldn't justify spending that much money at all. The Tuesday thing is also a no for me. This is just bad all around. :/ I wish I could support bringing in more K-Pop groups to this area of the country, but not under such shitty circumstances.

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

I'm just going to link my comment about why the dates and prices for Boyfriend are the way they are. http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/12453109.html?thread=1163846133#t1163846133

[leorizanzel.livejournal.com]

I understand all that and I never said I thought the prices were unjustified/unreasonable for that type of event. I just don't want to pay the prices, especially when I feel like I won't enjoy it. I'm a poor college student, yo; spending a large chunk of money on the off-chance that an act I actually like will come to this area of the country seems more like a crapshoot than anything. Playing the lottery would be cheaper, lol. I love K-Pop and I would love to see my faves live, but broke-ass bitches like me gotta eat.

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Oh I totally feel you on that. If it wasn't for my Mach birthday, there would be no WAY I could afford to go because I work one part-time job while living on my own. I got bills and rent to pay. I have a friend on the East coast who goes to Kpop events there all the time, and she always gets the most expensive tickets while complaining about being broke. I side eye the heck out of her.

[leorizanzel.livejournal.com]

Ugh, we need a support group for all us poor girls that can't go see Oppa in concert because we spent our last dime for his album. :'( Putting in that overtime for that new mini-album and the poster, smh

#BrokeBitchSolidarity

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Amen to that girl! #BrokeBitchSolidarity Should we start an Omona support group? I'd be all over that! Oh, oh, oh! We could make an Omona original for that or something.

[leorizanzel.livejournal.com]

Omona News Exclusive: We are all broke bitches and can only afford the Internet connection required to download Oppa's album illegally via a certain blog whose name shall not be mentioned here.

But yes, I am all for #BrokeBitchSolidarity being a thing. A giant support group for those of us that have to watch as their friends go see Oppa/Unnie live while we sit at home and sob over fancams and pictures. AKA my SMTown NYC experience with my best friend tweeting about it the entire time. /cries forever

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Yes! Let's do this!

[baireoseu.livejournal.com]

i'm going to the dallas show, not sure what tickets i'm gonna get yet

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I'm glad to hear someone else is supporting boyfriend in the US.

[chunsakuma.livejournal.com]

i like boyfriend and i've been to the riv a bunch of times (to see indie bands so idk how it would work for a pop group) but there's no way i'm paying that kind of money tbh ~shrug~

[devilseoul.livejournal.com]

I want to support sooo bad,but my money is a lil funny and that Tuesday is such a bad day.
Prices are reasonable, Date and time is horrible...~sighs~ I hope that everything ends well

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

They're a really cute group and I do want to visit Chicago but hotwhat a hundred bucks for one ticket? 4srsly :(

[aleash1989.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a $90 for the lowest price ticket is quite much. It's sad that's what keeping people from going because I really want this showcase to be a success so that Chicago can get more Kpop events.

[shy-mizuno.livejournal.com]

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[msweetie913.livejournal.com]

ugh. i don't follow them but i would consider going just to support kpop coming to dallas. 70 dollars for the upper deck at Verizon theater though. I paid something like 60 to see Maroon 5 so this is just making it really hard. i'll have to talk t my friend more and see if she's willing to go with me.