Were you actually here for this one?
Cause just reading about it doesn’t do it justice at all!
I was there last night and it was an absolute clusterfuck - the WORST concert experience I’ve had.
I’d like to clarify before going further though: THE VENUE STAFF AND THE ARTISTS WERE FANTASTIC. PERFORMANCE WAS AWESOME. VENUE STAFF WAS CHILL AS FUCK.
Hallyu Entertainment - the company that Siva got to promote in Phoenix - completely fucked this up.
VIP were supposed to get the following:
The only thing out of that list that we actually are getting is Meet and Greet.
The after party is most likely not happening. I am writing this as I am about to get ready to go to the meet and greet. The reason I believe the after party won’t happen “officially” is because the venue H1ghr were supposed to be booked in was never booked for the after party AND performance by Hallyu.
We did not receive a signed poster. Their merch dude had no clue what we were talking about.
Exclusive entry for a grand total of five minutes. GA was let in immediately after VIP was let in. Some of the GA folks got closer than the VIPs because the VIPs were still trying to get 21+ bracelets for drinks.
Soundcheck was not performed. We were supposed to get in for a soundcheck and we did NOT get a soundcheck. We were supposed to get in at 8pm for the soundcheck. It was delayed. The promoter came out and promised we’d be in by 9:30pm and that there’d definitely be a soundcheck. We got in at ten and our “exclusive entry” only lasted five minutes.
Basically, GA got everything VIP did for $100 less. If GA wanted to get M&G, they actually added that as an option later on. So, if you purchased your M&G ticket ahead of time, you ended up paying more than $70 than those who did GA and then the after party ticket.
THE PROMOTER DID NOT RESEARCH THE VENUE. Cops came and shut it down at 2:15am. The promoter cut off Sik-K in the middle of his set and told H1ghr to leave.
If you guys wanna roast anyone - roast Hallyu Entertainment on Facebook. They fucked this event up and they fucked up the event GRACE had a couple months ago here in AZ as well.
They are an incompetent company and it’s absolutely disgraceful that they tried to lump this all on Siva.
With that said, I will definitely go to another Hallyu hosted concert again because I will screenshot all their promises, save all their emails, and then initiate a chargeback after the concert. So, I’ll get my money back, get a free concert, and screw over Hallyu in the process.
I encourage you all to do the same to this scummy company.
EDIT: Also we got there at 7:50pm for our soundcheck at 8:00pm. We finally got in at 10:00pm. Concert didn’t start until 11:30pm. We got kicked out at 2:30pm. We spent nearly EIGHT HOURS on our feet. The last time I did that for a concert was at Neck Deep last January, but I got to see four openers and then Neck Deep themselves. All we got was a DJ who just played the hottest hits in K-Pop RN.