As the first member of BlackPink to organize a global fan meeting tour after 8 years of working, Lisa is facing the risk of tickets not selling out.
Fan meeting of Lisa tickets never sold out
According to Kbizoom , only 15% of tickets were sold after the first day the female idol opened for sale in Singapore.
In Indonesia, which has a large fan base and is considered Lisa's second home, less than half of the tickets were sold after three days of going on sale. CNN Indonesia even reported on the issue, calling the fan meeting “exorbitantly priced.” The lowest ticket class was $117, while the highest was $378.
As of October 31, on Ticketmaster, there are still many empty seats for Lisa's fan meeting in Singapore. Ticket prices range from $168-$348, excluding taxes and other services, totaling up to 15%.
In total, this added cost means fans have to pay anywhere from $135 to $445 for the cheapest tickets for a fan meeting.
The high ticket prices have led to controversy over Lisa's company's "fake prices", not properly evaluating the idol's influence, making it impossible to fill the stands. "Are the organizers and Lisa being too self-centered? Don't they look at other idols?" - a critic commented.
Indonesian audiences commented: "How can Lisa's fanmeeting ticket be more expensive than Ed Sheeran's most expensive concert ticket?", "Do the people who organized this event have the brains to set the price like that? This is just a fan meeting, not a concert. Lisa's solo songs are not many and the most expensive is almost 445 USD"...
One comment attracted more than 20,000 likes, sarcastically saying that the price was too high for just listening to Lisa sing a few songs and lip-sync.
In comparison, Suga (BTS) has a much better record of selling out tickets. Even compared to other female solo artists like Taeyeon and IU, Lisa's ticket sales are significantly lower.
Big Ground Entertainment - the company that organized Lisa's fan meeting - said the listed price was an agreement between them and Lisa, and was adjusted according to the fan meeting concept.
“With the scale of the production, the grand stage, LED lights unlike most Kpop fan meetings, stage technology, some imported from Singapore, and a concert-grade sound system, this will be an unforgettable event for fans.
Because the stage conditions and event concept are different from general fan meetings, the audience capacity is limited to suit the scale" - the unit representative said about the reason for the high ticket price.
BTC must reduce ticket prices by 35%.
Faced with this situation, Lisa's fans in Indonesia have petitioned, claiming that the new production unit is having difficulty promoting the fan meeting, leading to the event not selling out.
The location also makes public transport difficult to access, and fans say ticket prices are much higher than the average Indonesian worker's salary.
“We hope the company can consider changing the organizer, finding a more accessible location and reducing ticket prices so that more fans can attend,” Lisa’s fan group sent a message to LLOUD, the management company founded by Lisa.
Based on the newly released list, the most expensive ticket price has dropped about 35%, from $378 to $246. The cheapest ticket has been reduced by about 27%, from $117 to $85.
The organizers guarantee that the latest ticket prices will apply to all fans, including those who have already purchased tickets. Therefore, they will refund the difference in ticket price, including taxes and platform fees.
In September, Lisa announced an Asian fan meeting tour scheduled to take place in mid-November. The event series is called “Fan Meetup”.
According to the announced schedule, Lisa's fan meeting tour will stop in five cities across Asia. The tour will start on November 11 in Singapore, then continue to Bangkok (Thailand), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kaohsiung (Taiwan, China) and end in Hong Kong (China) on November 19.
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