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The person who brought Bruno Mars and many other famous artists to Korea to hold a concert, expressed regret for missing the opportunity to bring Taylor Swift’s tour to Korean audiences.
According to Xports News, CEO and Vice Chairman of Hyundai Card, Chung Tae Young – a major figure in the Korean performance industry, expressed disappointment at the missed opportunity to bring the pop star to global fame. Bridge Taylor Swift to Korea.
Previously, Chung Tae Young was the one who brought many internationally famous artists to Korea to perform, most recently Bruno Mars.
Recently, Vice President Chung shared a post titled: “Taylor Swift’s concert at Tokyo Dome”.
Accordingly, Chung Tae Young described the atmosphere at Tokyo Dome during the concert: “I observed many different areas at Taylor Swift’s concert venue in Tokyo Dome, to see it being conducted. how.
It was a bustling scene with lots of attendees moving around, as each song had a different stage setup. In particular, this was the first time I witnessed a stage with two bands placed on each side, creating a captivating mirror image effect.
Taylor Swift debuted in 2006. She embarked on her first world tour after releasing her second album “Fearless” in 2009. In February 2011, to celebrate the release of her third album, “Speak Now ”, she also held a concert in Korea at KSPO Dome.
However, at that time, Taylor Swift was not widely recognized in Korea, which made her “Speak Now” tour in Korea the only concert that did not sell out.
Approximately 4,725 people attended Taylor’s concert at the 15,000 capacity KSPO Dome. She went almost unnoticed, even when riding the subway in Seoul, very few people recognized her.
Since then, Taylor Swift has done five world tours, but no follow-up concerts have taken place in Korea.
In particular, “The Eras Tour” was held from March 2023 to December this year, including 52 performances in the US alone, and a total of 151 performances expected worldwide…, but there were no Korea.
In Asia, Taylor Swift successfully held 4 consecutive sold-out concerts at the Tokyo Dome Stadium (Japan) on February 7-10.
Currently, Taylor Swift is having the biggest concerts of her career, welcoming 96,000 audiences each night, in Melbourne (Australia), from February 16-18.
Next, the female artist will hold 4 shows in Sydney (Australia), from February 23-26; and 6 shows at Singapore National Stadium, on March 2-3 and March 7-9. However, Korea is completely absent from the schedule.
The reason for this shortcoming is a number of challenges, such as the ongoing renovations at the Jamsil Olympic Main Stadium – the only venue in the region that can host a concert of such “giant” caliber. ” by Taylor, with a capacity of 70,000 people. In addition, other potential venues such as Gocheok Sky Dome and Seoul World Cup Stadium also cannot be booked.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” is the highest-grossing tour of all time and the first tour in history to surpass the $1 billion mark in revenue.
Notably, when Canada was removed from the list of tour countries, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quoted Swift’s song lyrics on his personal account to attract the tour.
Furthermore, heads of state or parliamentarians from various countries such as Chile, Thailand, Hungary and Argentina actively promoted the tour, demonstrating its global appeal.
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