OH WOW AGAIN ATEEZ IS A SEARCHABLE HASHTAG ON OLIVE YOUNG APP OOOOH AND HERE IS SEONGHWA

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OH WOW AGAIN ATEEZ IS A SEARCHABLE HASHTAG ON OLIVE YOUNG APP OOOOH AND HERE IS SEONGHWA
State of K-Atiny
This article in a Korean newspaper reported that the TOWARDS THE LIGHT : WILL TO POWER tour was getting written up in one US source, Consequence, as the best Live Show and Tour of Kpop in 2024.
Cool. And my experience with ticketing was that the floor seats with sound check access, and first floor, quite close visually to the stage, were FULLY booked by the Ateez Fanclub verified elite by the time general ticketing opened. I also FOUGHT tooth and nail to get my seats (section 31 for Saturday, section 36 for Sunday).
My K-Atiny posting perusal (there's so little of it and much of it is so negative unfortunately) taught me that Yes24 opens up its canceled or unpaid-for reservations (a lot of people choose to do direct bank transfers, and for that they give you a deadline) at midnight the day after general ticketing.
I wanted to see if it was sold out. I can't believe I did this on a work night as a chronically sleep deprived insomniac who sucks at staying asleep but, I actually stayed up to see what tickets would get canceled, either due to actively being canceled or people not making the payment in time. And lo, sections 37 to 30 are still fully booked, but ALL other sections on 2F had up anywhere from 12 to 40 seats open up for both nights. I was perversely relieved to see that the sound-check access and 1F seats were still fully sold out, with no cancellations. Good, even if this means I can't get at those seats.
The thing is, KSPO dome is supposed to be preferred stage for Kpop Idols and their fans because but for sections 24 and 43 on either end of 2F, there are no bad seats with restricted viewing. And yet it hasn't sold out! I am fully a stan now, going from zero to 100 in record time, because I'm pissy at those who canceled LOL.
In 2024, according to one metric, Ateez had the 32nd most number of attendees among all Kpop acts, domestically, for their tour (the opening for this one, for which I am attending the finale), with 2 nights at a different, smaller venue, for a total of 10,845 people.
Full text of article for my own records:
A really fun Seonghwa compilation from a K-Atiny of him being goofy