Beenzino's US tour dates announced

[jeliza]

12/4 - Seattle - Showbox Sodo
12/5 - San Francisco - The Fcctory
12/9 Dallas - Granada Theater
12/11 Boston - Royale
12/12 New York - Stage 48

Tickets have 5 tiers from $55 for General Admission up to $185 for the fanciest VIP+Meet and Greet.

The tour is being run by Platinum Shows, who have a produced a lot of shows of US artists in the US and have launched "Platinum K Shows" to branch out into doing kpop shows in the U.S.

Sources: Platinum K Shows

Who's going? Anyone go to the Illionaire Canada Tour shows in September?

Comments

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

I went to the TO date. It was a decent concert. I lol @ the encore beinv longer than the "actual" show. The most interesting was watching fanboys stan Beenzino's gf.
Truthfully, BZ was the worst performer. Mainly because the other 2 we're turnt and gave a LOT of fanservice (TQ gave away his jacket, so he's forever the best).

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

Pricing for Kpop shows is so borked. It get that he's gotta fly all the way over here with an entourage, but he's an indie act so the tickets should have been, like, $40 - $60, same as what it costs to see artists with similar cult fanbases who fly over from the UK.

For instance I was thinking about going to the "90s Kpop Legends" show at Madison Sq Garden theater on Halloween, but tickets *started* at over $150 which is just way too much. And that's a dance show with a lot of different acts, so you could even kind of justify it.

[jeliza]

Yeah, I don't really get the prices either. I checked for what other concerts at Showbox Sodo are going for, and, well:

Dir en Grey, the gods of Japanese metal, are playing the same place in Seattle tomorrow, and the tickets start at $26.50. (and I am so sad I didn't know until just now, and have no way to manage going.)

L7 is the following night for $30, though I admit my reaction to that was "L7 are still together?"

Waka Flocka Flame (!) tickets start at $20, and a lot more people know about him then Beenzino.

[love-keiko.livejournal.com]

ITA. but i think because of rabid fanbase they're just expecting ppl to fork up the cash?

but $55 for general admission is ridiculous. especially at stage 48---like fo real? i've seen bigger artists than beenzino at similar venues for less than that.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

Idol groups have rabid fanbases who pay up because they don't know when the group will ever come back to their country, but does Beenzino have that kind of fanbase? Especially if this is his second US tour?

It just doesn't make sense that the tickets would be that much.

[hebk.livejournal.com]

yeah this pricing is ridic.
last year his tickets were 20$, at least for the la date

[waves-of-light.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard of the kpop legends show so I googled, and damn $150 to start?!? I wonder if the LA show will be that expensive too

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

There were some for $103 second-hand, so maybe the issue was that all the cheap seats got bought up by scalpers... there were TONS of empty seats last time I checked, but $150 was the cheapest you could buy directly from the venue... the tickets when up to like, $385, which really does seem ridiculous, even for Madison Square Garden.

[waves-of-light.livejournal.com]

i think that's a lot too. cause like, i know these groups probably hardly ever tour so it's a big thing for their fans, but they're prolly just going to be on stage for a couple of songs. personally, that's the main reason why i've never done kcon. i would rather pay all that money to see my favs do a full concert rather than some groups that i'm only kinda interested in do three songs.

[fashionxxavenue.livejournal.com]

eh even his show in seoul was ₩66,000 so $55 is actually a better deal, and they didnt even give us the option for meet & greet

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

Yeah but you can't just transfer the Seoul prices over to the US as if the markets were exactly the same... just cause that's what it costs to see Beenzino in Korea doesn't mean that's what it should cost to see him elsewhere.

[fashionxxavenue.livejournal.com]

yeah but 66,000 is a cheap concert in seoul lol, so i understand them thinking they want to at least make some profit considering they have to fly all their crew and shit over there. Hell i paid 100,000 to see jonghyun and he didnt perform nearly as many songs. I mean if you think 55 is too much then its simple, dont go~

[fashionxxavenue.livejournal.com]

i went to his show yesterday and he was really fantastic. Break is so much fun live (he performed it 2x in a row lol). His gf and her family were sitting near me and she looked so damn bored the whole show.

[lesth.livejournal.com]

Oh lucky you ;;
Lol each times were the same version?

I don't really get the hype about his gf, she's not Candice Swanepoel or something...

[fashionxxavenue.livejournal.com]

yeah it was the same version twice lol I'm not sure why, he said something between the songs and my friend was trying to translate for me during the show but she said he speaks unusually fast and couldn't understand everything lol

[lesth.livejournal.com]

That's fun; I can't wait to see cams :D

[lesth.livejournal.com]

I wish I could make the trip, but then it would be damn expensive...

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

I paid $22 for 3rd level seats to see Prince. Who are you even?

[fashionxxavenue.livejournal.com]

is that possible?? i wanted to see him before but seats were all like 250

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

Saw him in April and those were the cheapest available bought the second they went on sale. The next price level was $150