BTS fans frustrated over ticketing issues as live US concerts sell out
- BTS are set to perform four shows in Los Angeles during the last week of November and first week of December, kicking off their return to live touring
- But issues ranging from Ticketmaster’s site crashing to the fan verification programme not being validated have left Army fans disappointed
“Due to overwhelming past purchaser & Verified Fan presale demand for BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – LA, all shows are sold out & tickets are not available for the public on sale.”
So tweeted the official Twitter account of US-based event ticketing platform Ticketmaster on Sunday morning regarding the superstar South Korean septet’s first live-audience concerts since the global Covid-19 pandemic began last year.
BTS are set to perform four shows in Los Angeles during the last week of November and first week of December, kicking off their return to live touring. The “On Stage” event is bolstered by an online event, also titled “Permission to Dance”, sharing the same name with the act’s recent summertime single.
The Los Angeles dates will be held at the SoFi Stadium, which can house between 70,000 and 100,000 people.
Despite the four shows being able to host between 280,000 and 400,000 people in all, fans, known collectively as Army, expressed frustration on social media following the announcement due to a variety of ticketing issues.
As Lucy Ford, a UK-based multimedia journalist and K-pop and BTS aficionado tweeted: “real question have you ever sold tickets before”? The question was being asked by those who had been hoping to join BTS at the return of their live events.