Lee Seung Gi will begin his Asia tour for the first time in 4 years but is not garnering an enthusiastic response.
Starting in May of this year, Lee Seung Gi is scheduled to begin performances for his Asia tour 'The Dreamers Dream - Chapter 2' with performances in Seoul, Tokyo, Manila, and more.
But despite being a top singer with a strong fan base, the singer has been unable to sell out tickets to his concert. One of the concert venues, the 477-seat Link Art Center Payco Hall, is relatively small compared to his previous concerts at the 15,000-seat Olympic Gymnastics Stadium. Unfortunately, despite the small venue, tickets remain unsold.
Not only that, this is the first time in 10 years Lee Seung Gi is having a concert since his 2013 Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium concert. Typically, concerts held after such a lengthy hiatus tend to sell out rapidly. However, Lee Seung Gi's concert tickets have yet to sell out.
As of the morning of April 20, approximately 25 to 40 seats remain available for each performance, with a total of 141 unsold seats out of 1,908 across the four-day event. Even though the general public has been able to reserve tickets since April 6, the weekend shows have not reached full capacity even after two weeks. In some instances, the number of available tickets has increased over time due to cancellations.
However, this doesn't mean there is a slowdown in the industry. In contrast, other performers such as Tei, Jaurim's Yuna Kim, and Kim Tae Yeon sold out all the tickets to their respective concerts within minutes and days of going on sale, demonstrating their strong popularity.
The inability to sell out tickets at a smaller concert venue may indicate a decline in Lee Seung Gi's popularity as an entertainer, a concern given his previous accomplishments as both a singer and actor.
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So, putting it another way, he's sold over 90% of the tickets in less than two weeks.
That's not bad at all, given how long he's been away from singing concerts, and he doesn't have the well oiled machine of an established agency behind him any more, he had to set up his own, so publicity in the right places might be a bit lacking.
He's doing really well, he's the older generation now, he's never going to have youngsters fighting over tickets to go see him any more, and I expect the other tickets will sell by the time the concerts come around.
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