The "2024 Dream Concert World In Japan" was postponed by the organizers due to a strong heat wave and a surge of COVID-19 cases in the country. However, netizens shed new light on the postponement and claimed that the event had allegedly "failed" to sell the show out.
On July 31, Korean netizens established a forum titled, "It's So Funny How Dream Concert Was Cancelled." The author then uploaded screenshots of the event's postponement notice, which was accompanied by an article reporting the event's hype and lineup.
Translation:"Dream Concert Japan, Heating Up The World With K-pop... Final Lineup."
OP then shared:
"Even at the 'Immortal Song' joint concert, they couldn't sell tickets and NewJeans left the lineup. People were up in arms, hoping for Weverse Con to fail, but Weverse Con ended up being successful with a million people in the queue.
Then Dream Concert's ticket sales flopped, and they just canceled it. The host is Kyunghyang Shinmun, which is hilarious. Holding the event inside a dome with extreme heat and COVID cases? There are games scheduled back-to-back on the same day. What's this nonsense?
NewJeans as the headliner? It's funny how they have zero ticket power."
In the comments, K-Netz shared their thoughts regarding OP's claims. Some expressed frustration over the lineup, while others defended NewJeans from the sudden dragging.
"It's obvious that it wouldn't sell with this kind of lineup. It's just, there's only NewJeans who are worth watching, so who would even attend?"
"It's not like NewJeans is the only one attending, so it's hilarious how you're blaming them for the lack of sales. If you're going to see NewJeans, just go to their concert."
"Why even go to Dream Con? People are really blaming NewJeans for everything."
"You'd think that NewJeans are the only performance on August 10 and 11 with this post."
On a different platform, international fans gave their opinions on the postponement and discussion.
"I need K-pop organizers to look around and realize the economy is doodoo everywhere and fans are not made of money to be paying through the nose for events anymore."
"For a second, I thought it's about NCT DREAM and panicked so hard because I got tickets lol, those lineups are so s**t though so no wonder, especially the first day."
"I would have loved to see NewJeans perform, but I'm not paying $400 for a ticket to see them perform only three songs."
"The only day worth going was the second day, and only three artists out of the nine artists are the ones who I would really want to see."
In other news, the organizers for the "2024 Dream Concert World In Japan" released details regarding the event's postponement. Outlets have also reported that Japan has declared a heat wave warning across 38 municipalities.
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