KBS Music Bank asks Real Madrid to take responsibility for cancelled concert

The production team of KBS Music Bank announced that the concert scheduled for October 12 in Madrid, Spain, has been canceled without prior notice. Courtesy of KBS

Music Bank World Tour in Madrid Cancelled Without Notice to KBS

By KTimes

The production team behind KBS’s popular music program “Music Bank” has publicly expressed their dissatisfaction with the sudden cancellation of their concert in Madrid, Spain, and demanded an apology from Real Madrid CF.

The team released an official statement on Friday regarding Real Madrid’s unilateral decision to cancel the concert at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, which was scheduled for October 12.

The cancellation is due to persistent noise complaints from residents living near the stadium, which has led to the suspension of all music events until March next year, according to the stadium administration.

The “Music Bank” team expressed “its deep regret at this unilateral cancellation of the concert” by Real Madrid and made it clear that it could not accept this arbitrary decision imposed without any prior consultation.

“We demand an official explanation and an apology from Real Madrid,” he said.

The club also demanded that Real Madrid “assume full ethical and financial responsibility for the losses suffered by K-pop fans and artists, who invested a considerable amount of time and money to attend the concert.”

The statement also stressed that Real Madrid “must take responsibility for the damage caused to the brand image of the ‘Music Bank World Tour'”, which has been established over the past 15 years with the love and efforts of K-pop fans around the world.

Highlighting what it described as an “unfair action,” the team highlighted the immense disappointment and frustration felt by more than 33,000 K-pop fans from 87 countries who had purchased tickets for the event.

The Music Bank team also appealed for help to reschedule the concert and expressed their willingness to discuss any requests from the Madrid authorities and the Bernabéu stadium.

She also assured that measures would be put in place with local organizers to avoid further complaints from residents near the concert venue.

This article from the Hankook Ilbo, sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.