![]() They stopped at the right moments, only to change the mood with the follow-up song in a fantastic way! The setlist even included medleys of some of her hits, so that more songs could be performed, giving each of them its time to shine without becoming too dull or monotone. I was anticipating “ Hurricane Venus” and “ Only One” the most – the latter one even got an extremely nice ballad version which totally moved my fan-heart: – “ Shout It Out” and “ Masayume Chasing” at the concert:Ī very good setlist – it included both old and new songs (many from her latest album “ Kiss My Lips“), so that fans like me, who were only into her older songs, could reminisce the good old times (something that I’ve missed at Koda Kumi’s concert). Medley: Sara / ID Peace B / My Sweetie / Shine We Are! / LISTEN TO MY HEART / Amazing Kiss / Rock With You.Medley: Valenti (Korean ver.) / My Name / Clockwork.Medley: Spark / MOTO / Smash / Bad Drive / BUMP BUMP!. ![]() A number that could’ve made me notice that something is odd, with only so little seats on the first floor map.Īnyways, in the end, I saw BoA for the second time already (the first time at SM Town in Osaka), although my seat was so far away that it felt like watching her from the moon. In that case, our seats would’ve been awesome! Stupid as I can be sometimes, I forgot to look up the venue of the concert to check how many seats there were – which in this case is 3000. It seemed that I missunderstood something, because there was actually only ONE seating map to choose tickets from, so I assumed that the whole audience (I didn’t know the exact seat number back then) was seated at the first floor. Of course, lucky as I was, I bought 3F-tickets without even knowing it, for everything was in Korean. There were three floors on the venue – 1F, 2F and 3F. If I knew that before, I probably wouldn’t have bought them for this price. When we received the tickets, I found out that our seats were bad… really bad. We went to the ticket booth saying “ Yes24“, and I showed them my passport and reservation number, which I found and screenshot somewhere in my Yes24-account – my Korean friend helped me. It was luck that we had bought some inofficial lightsticks before. There were her concert goods displayed in one corner (with even her autograph), and at the counter for merchandise, we found out that almost everything was sold out. The entrance hall was decorated in a nice way, with her posters everywhere. Later, we had some issues with the lightsticks because the battery connection seemed to not be able to withstand all the waving and shaking that Korean (and Japanese) concerts require. We bought two lightsticks for 5000 KRW each, found the main hall easily and were surprised by the little amount of people in front of the hall at that time. I managed to ask them for the price in Korean, and even understood the answer – that is what years of watching Running Man result in. We arrived at the beautiful Sejong Center of the Performing Arts at approximately 2 o’clock.Īt the exit 1 of the station, I found two old ladies sitting on the floor and selling (pretty huge) lightsticks for the concert. ![]() Very nice of the fans!! □Įach ticket was priced 99000 KRW, which is quite expensice for such a small venue, but a normal price for Korean concerts. ![]() I even had to create an account, but thanks to some google research, I found blogs where people explained the whole process using tons of screenshots. It took me over two hours to buy the tickets via Yes24 – this site offers its services in Korean only. It was only thanks to BoA’s and TVXQ’s immense success that Korean pop had developed some kind of mainstream status in Japan and could spread throughout Asia and then, later on, the rest of the world. Also, Japan at that time wasn’t really open for Korean music. This was a huge accomplishment, considering the fact that Utada Hikaru and Ayumi Hamasaki were at their peaks back then. Luckily, I received access to the internet at some point in my youth, googled her up, and found out that she’s a K-Pop artist who just happens to be fluent in Japanese – which helped her break into the Japanese market in the early 2000s. “ Every Heart” and “ The Meaning of Peace” are still two of my favorite Japanese songs, and she even sung the latter one with Koda Kumi!! I’ve been a fan of BoA since 2007, and as ignorant as it may sound, I used to think that she’s Japanese, because I’d listened to only her Japanese songs back then. Finally, BoA live!!! And on top of that, her 15th anniversary since debut.
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