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SEOUL, October 16 (Yonhap) -- BTS's "Yet To Come in Busan" at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium on October 15 which was held to support the city's bid to host the 2030 World Expo was a huge success not only the concert but also through the screen and online.
The number of views of the online live streaming of this concert done through the fan community Weverse reached 49.07 million according to the agency Big Hit Music on October 26.
The TV channel JTBC, which broadcast this concert live, recorded an audience rating of 3.3%, which is unusual for a single singer's solo concert broadcast.
BTS sang their hit songs such as "Dynamite," "Butter," and "Spring Day," and performed their "Run BTS" dance stage for the first time, and 50,000 audiences went crazy.
In addition to the Busan Asiad Main Stadium, 10,000 people enjoyed the concert at the outdoor parking lot of the Busan International Passenger Terminal and 2,000 at the Haeundae special stage which was streamed live.
Various side events held in Busan to commemorate the concert were also successful.
The BTS exhibition "2022 BTS EXHIBITION: Proof" held in Seoul and Busan attracted around 20,000 people until the previous day. It was found that two-thirds of the visitors of the special exhibition were foreign guests.
10,000 people visited the Busan branch of the official product sales store which sells products made with the theme of Busan. Two-thirds of the people who used the hotel package made in the theme of BTS were found out to be foreign guests.
Big Hit Music said, "The number of hashtags related to BTS' Busan concert and 'The City' (HYBE's event that provides various entertainment before and after the concert) reached 9.3 million the previous day. The number of mentions surpassed 200,000, which is about 45 times the number of mentions last year.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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