K-Pop Big 5 Concert in Germany on May 4th 2019 (with EXID, Ailee, Astro, Stray Kids and KARD)

[juhli.livejournal.com]

There's going to be a K-pop concert in Germany soon, called BIG 5 CONCERT with EXID, Ailee, Astro, Stray Kids and Kard. It got announced a while ago but I haven't seen a post for it here yet.

Venue: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC HALL, Dusseldorf
Date: Saturday, May 4th 2019
Artists: EXID, Ailee, Stray Kids, Astro and Kard

Ticket sale on eventim and tickettoaster.

The lower ticket prices are sold out, these categories are still available:

VVIP (Standing): 300,00 € (exclusive fees and taxes)(FIVE & LIVE EVENT only with KARD, ASTRO, AILEE, EXID // 4 signed poster + 4 photo cards (called photo tickets) // Early Bird - 1. Entry)

VIP (Standing): 250,00 € (exclusive fees and taxes)(FIVE & LIVE EVENT with ONE of the 3 artists (Ailee, KARD, EXID) of your choice // 1 signed poster + 1 photo card (called photo ticket) // Early Bird - 2. Entry)*Stray Kids is not a part of the FIVE & LIVE

GOLD (Standing): 166,00 € (exclusive fees and taxes)(1 Random Photo Card of one of 5 Artists (incl. Stray Kids, ASTRO, Ailee, EXID, KARD))

SILVER (Sitting): 143,42 € (inclusive fees and taxes) ->through eventim

Source: KBCGermany Facebook

Comments

[nekobot.livejournal.com]

Wow this is super short notice, I can't help but be extremely suspicious about these festival type shows by unknown organisers seeing how many got cancelled or scammed people by disappearing and leaving them out of pocket. It looks like a cool line-up so great if it goes without a hitch but everyone considering going: please make sure you buy your ticket in a way that can easily get you a refund if you don't get what has been advertised!

[nekokonneko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there was a similar one back in 2014 that was (incidentally) also to be held in Düsseldorf and one of the parties ran off with people's money and left the other holding the bag. Ticket refunds were given but of course travel/lodging expenses couldn't be refunded so this is probably only an acceptable risk for someone with easy access to the city.

[nekobot.livejournal.com]

Yeah exactly, that was the one I was thinking of! There was also a festival in Rotterdam (I think?) where everyone did get their ticket refunds when it got cancelled but it's people that come in from other countries that lose out the most. They always have random names like K-pop Super Concert or Korean Hallyu Mega Event or whatever.

It sucks that these things fly under the radar so easily because it's so blatantly illegal to withhold funds when they don't deliver what they promise and sometimes it'll be the exact same people hiding behind a new name or company trying to pull the same stunt a few years later. Thinking of how long it takes to apply for working visa's for all the artists alone makes it super sketchy when events are put up at such short notice. I can already predict that if this goes through soon they'll be putting out calls for "volunteers". The K-pop event scene has always been rife with scammers and I wonder if now that we're getting more concerts it'll be better monitored or if it'll just get even worse.

[juhli.livejournal.com]

They announced the concert a while ago, but the promo outside of their facebook and some german sites was *räusper* very low-key, so many people didnt know about this concert.


I think it's legit since all the Korean agencies added the concert to their artists schedules. And the official Korean Cultural Center Brussels also promoted the concert on their FB. I was suspicious too, but the organiser/German promoter has been keeping people updated through the whole process and gives quick feedback, so I decided to go for it. (by buying tickets through eventim)

[nekobot.livejournal.com]

I hope it all turns out okay and that you have a great time! And yeah if you buy via eventim you should be safe anyway. Just so you know I'm not judging anyone wanting to buy tickets for this, just the seedy promoters and the general state of Korean events that has caused this situation where fans have to do research and constantly feel like they're taking risks just because it has turned into a breeding ground for scammers (and of course the groups who deserve to have properly promoted events that run smoothly).

[nekokonneko.livejournal.com]

I'd still be careful. The last one in Düsseldorf had the idols make greeting videos for the event and seemed very legit too.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Kard are coming to Germany 😱

But yikes at the ticket prices