[K-enter] BTS Jin set to kick off first solo world tour at Goyang in June

Time for some K-entertainment news with Bella Kim.

Today we start off with BTS Jin. He has some exciting news for his fans?

Jin announced the dates for his first-ever solo world tour.

According to the poster he shared on Weverse, a global fandom platform, Jin will kick off his solo tour "#RUNSEOKJIN_ EP.TOUR" at the Goyang Sports Complex auxiliary stadium from June 18th to 19th.

Jin will then perform 18 shows across nine cities, including Osaka in Japan, Dallas in the U.S., London in the UK, and Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Jin's solo tour title, "#RUNSEOKJIN_ EP.TOUR," contains the meaning of heading out to meet BTS fans, 'ARMYs,' and is also a spinoff from Jin's YouTube channel entertainment program title "Run, Jin."

In the upcoming tour, Jin will fill the stage with variety of performances.

Jin will show off his new tracks on the tour from his upcoming second mini-album, "Echo" that will drop on May 16th.

Very exciting for ARMYs around the globe.

Next we are going to stay on the topic of tours, but this time let's look at a foreign artist visiting Korea to perform?

British rock band Coldplay kicked off their Korean concert of the "Music of the Spheres" tour on Wednesday at the Goyang Sports Complex Main Stadium.

This marks the band's second visit to Korea, last coming here 8 years ago back in 2017.

With 50-thousand audience members for each of the six days of concerts, the band is set to perform for a total of 300-thousand fans. And guess what? All six shows are sold out!

Not only that. Coldplay also broke records as this is the biggest scale of concerts in Korea ever held by any foreign artist.

Each concert will go on for about two and a half hours, unfolding in four themed sections-Planets, Moons, Stars and Home.

Coldplay's performances in Goyang will go on until April 25th.

I unfortunately wasn't able to get my hands on any tickets. I heard there's also a special guest for their shows in Korea?

Girl group TWICE is their special guest for all six shows in Korea. And what's even more exciting is that Coldplay and TWICE released a collaboration single TODAY, that's Friday Korea time.

It's actually a re-make of Coldplay's "WE PRAY," but this time, it includes verses in Korean.

TWICE said about the collaboration that (quote), "We believe that 'WE PRAY' is a song about overcoming hardships together and sharing a message of peace and hope. We're especially proud that each of us recorded our lines in Korean, allowing us to deliver our heartfelt emotions in our own language."

Coldplay and TWICE performed the new release of "WE PRAY" for the very first time at the first round of Coldplay's concert on Wednesday.

Great music with such a meaningful message. Thank you Bella for today's stories.

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