Korean pop star Rain has cancelled his concert at Staples Center, Los Angeles, just an hour before the start of the show due to technical difficulties.
Local concert promoter V2B Global is slammed for not preparing the stage properly; according to StarM (Rain’s world tour agency) the light and sound was not working at all, and the stage was not safe for performance.
There are also conflicting reports that the concert was cancelled because of low ticket sales, but StarM has denied the fact, and claimed that they sold more than 60% tickets… a decent figure for a large scale concert.
The audiences will get fully refund starting on Monday. There are reports that the decision caused quite a chaos, but according to CBS… Staples Center’s spokesperson said that Rain’s fans actually reacted calmly.
There are a few reports that Rain has organized a fan meeting later that night and apologized to his fans… I can’t confirm on this though, I can’t find similar reports from major news sources yet.
Rain has to cancel his earlier concert in Hawaii due to other reason… the cancellation of this LA concert has triggered criticism from some local Asian communities, branding it as ‘humiliation’ to Asians.
Personally I think the blame has to be put on both side… the local promoter is surely to be blamed for, but Rain’s world tour agency and his own management agency should have anticipated the issue earlier than that. Shouldn’t they be monitoring the venue from time to time?
I pity those fans that flew all the way from Asia to USA to support Rain’s LA debut. Hope that there was a fan meeting as some reported… at least they got to meet Rain up close.
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July 2nd, 2007 at 7:04 pm
its the promoter who should be responsible for that,my co fans of rain should understand the situation…
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:25 pm
well its raining hardcore in aust !
lol :D
aww, i wish rain come to perth !
July 3rd, 2007 at 12:16 am
rains problem his head is in the clouds, he needs to come back down to earth and realize that he isnt a world star, how sad that he says justin is the american version of him, at least justins ticket prices are resonable the most expensive is like $150, rains are about $300 for great seats, his are even more expensive that the red hot chile peppers, theirs are like $250 for good seats, if rain was such a world star, then he would have been able to sell out even with crazy expensive tickets
July 3rd, 2007 at 1:01 am
cookie… I don’t think Rain ever proclaimed himself the Korean version of Justin or the other way; it’s the press that’s making all the hype.
I do agree that he need to reconsider his priority, he has a couple of good years in Asia, but he has still a lot to achieve in Asia yet… his Asian concerts might achieve good attendance but as far as I could remember, his albums are not that popular in relative terms.
Besides, he starred in a few dramas but the only great success so far is with “Full House.” He is not indispensable by his fans yet.
Not saying that he is a bad artist though… he must have some good qualities to carry him to this level. He just need to show more consistency in things and continue to work hard and improve himself.
July 3rd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Rain, why all this bad thing happen to you?? as your no 1 fans i feel so sad. anyway, wish u all the best. keep on fighting!! (to you COOKIE..don’t judge a book by its cover ok!).
July 5th, 2007 at 12:30 am
Thats ok Rain…… i will keep supporting you no matter what happen!!!!
And for THOSE people who keep bad mouthing you are just too narrow minded.. and too don’t know RAIN worthy…
AND to V2B global if cant promise a good venue or anything better just closed up your organisation.
RAIN just remember all over this world at anywhere, any place always have your fans……. we love you rain
July 22nd, 2007 at 12:32 pm
fighting rain!!!
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
im think the responsible for the situation is the 1 who responsible about it!
March 25th, 2009 at 10:36 am
rain itu so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet banget kayak aku.
aku suka banget ama dia apaladi waktu dia main film bareng song hye go. tapi aku jauh lebih suka lagi kalau dia main film bareng aku yang manis.
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:01 pm
aduwh…..Junh ji Hoon KpaN nie Jumpa fANS di IndoNesia….
Aku ngeFans Bangets Sma KaMU…….
kpan nie Full hOUse seAson 2 Akn di tYAngkan di INdonesIA….
Crtanya Hrus Lbih S
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:04 pm
aduwh…..Junh ji Hoon KpaN nie Jumpa fANS di IndoNesia….
Aku ngeFans Bangets Sma KaMU…….
tLOng donk lAnjutkn FULL HOuse uNTk season k 2…
kpan nie Full hOUse seAson 2 Akn di tYAngkan di INdonesIA….
Crtanya Hrus Lbih SrU dRI FULL HOUSE Ys sbLUMNYA YAA….
Di TunggU yaaa,,,,, Dahhhhhhhh…………^_^
klo dateng k indonesia Jg lpA dTENG K BOGOR yaa Hehe…
Bgor indah Banget LOch bnYK mAKnana khas Bgor,,,n MUdh2n KMU ska yaa…
June 12th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
hai rain, how do you do….!!!!!!!!!!! when you come to indonesia, exactly west Kalimantan province,because i wait you here. i live in singkawang town, i wanna see you come here, and i miss u come here, but i wait you here. do you hear singkawang town ??? here it is many much girls likes you, here this town too as hongkong indonesia, he…..he…..he. sorry my speaks english not good, but i write this, because i love you. see you again, bye……bye…..bye.