A Huge Misprint On aespa’s Concert Tickets Sparks Criticism From Fans

K-Pop girl group aespa is preparing for its second world tour, 2024 aespa Live Tour—SNYK: Parallel Line, which will start in Seoul on June 29-30.

After Seoul, they will set off to Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, and more to meet with global fans.

However, recently, fans who received their concert tickets for Seoul were confused with the dates.

While the original concert dates for Seoul were June 29 and 30, the tickets received by fans had the dates misprinted with June 28 and 29.

Not long after, Melon Ticket sent out a text message regarding the misprinted tickets.

“Hello, this is Melon Ticket. We are here to inform you about the <2024 aespa LIVE TOUR— SYNK: PARALLEL LINE> tickets. We have confirmed that we misprinted the dates on the card tickets. You will be able to enter the show on the date that you purchased the tickets.

Please understand that we cannot re-send new tickets as the concert date is nearing. We will help with exchanges at the concert location if you want a new ticket. You must return the tickets you received in the mail to exchange tickets. We will work harder to give the best service. Thank you.”

— Melon Ticket

Netizens and fans couldn’t understand why they would not resend the tickets as fans even had to pay a reservation fee of 4,000 KRW ($~2.90 USD) along with the ticket price.

• “Are they crazy.”
• “Do they think the problem is solved with one text message?”
• “It’s not like the concert is tomorrow. They have enough time to send new tickets.”
• “We’ll have to pay attention to the dates before going.”
• “They have two weeks left, just bring new ones.”
• “It’s going to be crazy on the day of the concert.”
• “What will they do when problems start happening at the show? How are they doing business like this.”
• “Two weeks is enough time to print new ones.”

• “This is confusing. Fans are going to have to pay attention to the ticket dates.”
• “Crazy.”
• “It’s not like it’s tomorrow. There’s two weeks left, why can’t they send new ones? Is it because it’s a card ticket? They just scan the tickets before going in. Can’t they just make it so they know which one it is? They usually can resolve this even if you leave your Melon ticket at home.”
• “What are they going to do, so many fans are going to be confused.”
• “They have two weeks left. Why aren’t they sending new ones when it’s their fault?”
• “I saw them printing tickets when they sold additional seats on the day of. They can print tickets easily. Can’t they change the design and send it out? There’s two weeks left.”
• “If there’s two weeks left, they should immediately print new ones.”

What do you think of this? Should they send out new tickets?