Xikers’s Tour Cancelled A Day Before The First Concert — Fans Outraged By KQ Entertainment’s Statement
In late December, it was announced that xikers would embark on their first-ever Asia tour. The tour, 2025 xikers WORLD TOUR: TRICKY HOUSE: FIRST ENCOUNTER in Asia, was set to start on January 17 in Bangkok and go on to Kuala Lumpur, Macau, and Jakarta.
However, on January 16, KST, KQ Entertainment announced that the tour would be cancelled. The company named “unavoidable circumstances, including visa-related issues and local conditions” as the cause of the notice.
안녕하세요.
KQ 엔터테인먼트입니다.오는 1월 17일부터 2월 1일까지 진행 예정되어 있던 <2025 xikers WORLD TOUR TRICKY HOUSE : FIRST ENCOUNTER IN ASIA> 공연이 비자 관련 이슈 및 현지 상황 등의 불가피한 문제로 인해 취소되었음을 알려드립니다.
취소에 따른 티켓 환불 관련 내용은…— xikers(싸이커스) (@xikers_official) January 16, 2025
Hello. This is KQ Entertainment.
We regret to inform you that <2025 xikers WORLD TOUR TRICKY HOUSE : FIRST ENCOUNTER IN ASIA>, originally scheduled to take place from January 17th to February 1st, has been canceled due to unavoidable circumstances, including visa-related issues and local conditions. Details regarding ticket refunds will be provided by BoxLive Asia, the event organizer. We sincerely apologize to all the fans who were looking forward to the performance.
We deeply appreciate your understanding and promise to return with an outstanding performance in the future.
Thank you.— KQ Entertainment
As one can imagine, fans with plans of attending the upcoming shows were upset at the late notice cancellation. Many mentioned non-refundable aspects of attending the shows, like accommodations and flights, in their grievances to KQ and BoxLive Entertainment, the tour’s organizer.
bro the first stop of the tour is literally TOMORROW what the hell are you doing announcing this shit now?????? https://t.co/L8jC7m2DUd
— mina (헌터‘s gf) 🩰 riptide's #1 fan | 10KERS RII7E (@gaonloveclub) January 16, 2025
So horrible of you to do this to the fans literally the day before their concert, you know some people travel overseas just for the concerts right? Visa and local conditions as an excuse is a joke. We all know SEA countries don't have any strict visa requirements for entry… https://t.co/na4zxOwky1
— chrono 💜 🧡 (@kimchijeon613) January 16, 2025
asian roadys deserve better this is so horrible and irresponsible. announcing this one day before the bangkok concert & i have friends travelling overseas just to see them bc of the lack of dates and can’t have any of their flights/accoms…. this is so shitty https://t.co/D8DA1AX4v0
— 👁️ra (@wenjeons) January 16, 2025
In addition to anger over the cancellation, many fans criticized KQ Entertainment over the announcement itself. The announcement was shared in Korean, English, and Japanese, and did not include translations into Chinese, Indonesian, Malay or Thai.
Many felt that this was disrespectful, on top of the last minute announcement.
something else that bothers me: xikers asia tour only have 4 locations (thailand, malaysia, indonesia, macau china), and kq doesn't bother to release statement in these four languages despite cancelling the whole thing one day before. https://t.co/xOnVKu0aZu
— AnAn 🇹🇼 (@ananmiyabi630) January 16, 2025
apologise in language for country that affected . not in korean & japan https://t.co/uPrcW2qzza
— 🇵🇸wanijjong's | rest 😴 (@wanihanafi) January 16, 2025
idk why visa issues werent previously addressed instead of. day before tour. a little more transparency would be awesome!!! what the fuck is this, also, not even a translation in, what, all the affected countries? https://t.co/E5oiQ8Ueaj
— lei ! honeyleis *̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ the kpop hasanabi head (@honeyleiss) January 16, 2025
apologize in Indonesian, Malay, Thai and Chinese🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻 https://t.co/YGmtCDuXlT
— 수몽🍀 (@suminsumong) January 16, 2025
According to the announcements, the tour’s promoter will issue refunds for the concert tickets.
