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It was billed as the only nightclub appearance by global music hit Psy. In the end it amounted to fans paying up to $3000 to hear one song.
Marquee promoted a red carpet appearance from Psy, followed by a live performance by the South Korean phenomenon designed to cap off the three-day visit that saw him sweep into Sydney on Tuesday to do press interviews and appearances on X Factor and Sunrise.
Tickets started at $130 and the main attraction wasn't due on stage until midnight - on a school night - so this was clearly a concert for dedicated fans.
2UE's Entertainment Rerporter Alice Workman was in attendance and reported that there were "people in booths who paid more than $3000 for table service to hear one song."
The audience, which according to Workman ranged from Korean pop (K-Pop) fans to accountants, was eager to see the South Korean perform. "There was a mixed crowd really excited to hear this one song."
Psy duly took to the stage at 12.15am and delivered his smash hit Gangnam Style to the enthusiastic audience.
"He did the song," Workman reported on air this morning, with Psy receiving "general approval from the crowd.
"Then he spoke a little about how he’s very happy to be in Sydney he’s had a great time, this is the last thing before he went home. And then he left."
Workman reported that though some were really happy just to have seen Psy, "there was general disappointment among the room."
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lol... Deep down they must have know he wasn't going to perform Gangnam Style until he passed out tho...
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Date: 2012-10-19 06:31 am (UTC)I feel gleeful at their disappointment tbh
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Date: 2012-10-19 06:39 am (UTC)it annoys me because I named my animal crossing gangnam wayyy before all the hype, and now I kind of ... can't stand the song 8(
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Date: 2012-10-19 02:56 pm (UTC)yup
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Date: 2012-10-19 06:35 am (UTC)The poster was pretty much clear on that single performance tbh
http://images.kpopstarz.com/data/images/full/2012/10/17/37638-psy.jpg
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Date: 2012-10-19 08:15 am (UTC)Fake news is fake just to get attentin
Date: 2012-10-19 08:18 am (UTC)Re: Fake news is fake just to get attentin
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Date: 2012-10-19 10:49 am (UTC)foreverbroke.
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Date: 2012-10-19 12:58 pm (UTC)edit: Just saw the poster and nvm. PSY's poster totally indicated he was only doing one song. They brought this on themselves. XD
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Date: 2012-10-19 04:07 pm (UTC)"people in booths who paid more than $3000 for table service to hear one song."
dat means these people bought drinks, food, etc also so they got what they paid for. they weren't paying 3000 dollars for psy
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Date: 2012-10-20 03:26 am (UTC)I have no doubt there were quite a lot of B,C and D list 'celebrities' there hoping just to get themselves photographed being there, considering how big Psy is. Anyone else who paid $130 just to hear what was promoted as a LIVE performance of Gangnam Style singular and nothing else deserved all they got, considering he performed a free mini concert on Sunrise for people.
Obviously people learn to need to read, however I am not surprised that the backlash has started, there are any number of so called 'serious' music journalists who absolutely despise Psy, Gangnam Style and by extension KPop, you only have to read their columns where they lament that KPop is shallow and cliched and appeals to the lowest common denominators in popular music.
In other words, we're all lower class bogans, chavs, rednecks and what ever the equivalent in Korea is with bad taste in music.
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Date: 2012-10-20 12:12 pm (UTC)