{"id":22624,"date":"2020-02-28T12:09:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T08:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=22624"},"modified":"2020-02-28T14:56:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T10:56:11","slug":"the-k-pop-gig-in-dubai-has-not-been-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/coronavirus\/the-k-pop-gig-in-dubai-has-not-been-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"FAKE NEWS: The K-POP Gig In Dubai Has NOT Been Cancelled Due To The COVID-19 Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>K-pop fans, cry no more!<\/p>\n<p>Rumours of KBS\u2019s upcoming &#8216;Music Back in Dubai&#8217; LIVE at Coca-Cola Arena\u00a0as the 15th stop of their world tour, being cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak have been widely circulating online and the rumours have NO truth to them whatsoever (at least for now).<\/p>\n<p>Fans have been sharing news articles and tweets mentioning that the concert &#8211; which is all set to take place on March 21, has been &#8220;cancelled due to the spread of coronavirus and tickets are being refunded according to KBS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) nor Coca-Cola Arena have confirmed these cancellation rumours and for now, the concert (featuring\u00a0performances from Baek Hyun of Exo, Twice, Seventeen, Jus2 of GOT7 and Monsta X), will still be taking place as planned for March.<\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<h2>Fake news alert!!!<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Music Bank world tour in Dubai scheduled for 21st March has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. KBS currently checking on the status of tickets refunds<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4cxwL4tieH\">https:\/\/t.co\/4cxwL4tieH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4nUpONj7hw\">pic.twitter.com\/4nUpONj7hw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Seoul Story (@theseoulstory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theseoulstory\/status\/1233288961650356226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Coca-Cola Arena responded to a\u00a0query on Twitter a few days ago and confirmed that the concert will be &#8220;going ahead as planned&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The performance will be featuring all\u00a0the best of K-pop under one roof!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for your query, all events at Coca-Cola Arena are going ahead as planned. Hope to see you soon!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coca-Cola Arena (@cocacolaarena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cocacolaarena\/status\/1231499678702800896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>KBS\u2019s Music Bank live show will be taking place at Coca-Cola Arena on Saturday, March 21 and the show will later be aired on KBS 2TV<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">\ubba4\uc9c1\ubc45\ud06c in DUBAI\uc5d0\uc11c\ub9cc \ubcfc \uc218 \uc788\ub294<br \/>\uc2a4\ud398\uc15c\u2605\uc2a4\ud14c\uc774\uc9c0<\/p>\n<p>\uc5b4\uc11c \uc640~ 3\uc6d4 21\uc77c\u2665<\/p>\n<p>2020.03.21 (SAT) 5PM<br \/>MUSICBANK in DUBAI <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VilaBJgf4i\">pic.twitter.com\/VilaBJgf4i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ubba4\uc9c1\ubc45\ud06c (Music Bank)\ud83c\udfe6 (@KBSMusicBank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KBSMusicBank\/status\/1231908256903098368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>K-pop fans right now:<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/Esw1Y0I5Nkjg4\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K-pop fans, cry no more! Rumours of KBS\u2019s upcoming &#8216;Music Back in Dubai&#8217; LIVE at Coca-Cola Arena\u00a0as the 15th stop of their world tour, being cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak have been widely circulating online and the rumours have NO truth to them whatsoever (at least for now). 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KBS currently checking on the status of tickets refunds<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4cxwL4tieH\">https:\/\/t.co\/4cxwL4tieH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4nUpONj7hw\">pic.twitter.com\/4nUpONj7hw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Seoul Story (@theseoulstory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theseoulstory\/status\/1233288961650356226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>Coca-Cola Arena responded to a\u00a0query on Twitter a few days ago and confirmed that the concert will be &#8220;going ahead as planned&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The performance will be featuring all\u00a0the best of K-pop under one roof!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for your query, all events at Coca-Cola Arena are going ahead as planned. Hope to see you soon!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coca-Cola Arena (@cocacolaarena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cocacolaarena\/status\/1231499678702800896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>KBS\u2019s Music Bank live show will be taking place at Coca-Cola Arena on Saturday, March 21 and the show will later be aired on KBS 2TV<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">\ubba4\uc9c1\ubc45\ud06c in DUBAI\uc5d0\uc11c\ub9cc \ubcfc \uc218 \uc788\ub294<br \/>\uc2a4\ud398\uc15c\u2605\uc2a4\ud14c\uc774\uc9c0<\/p>\n<p>\uc5b4\uc11c \uc640~ 3\uc6d4 21\uc77c\u2665<\/p>\n<p>2020.03.21 (SAT) 5PM<br \/>MUSICBANK in DUBAI <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VilaBJgf4i\">pic.twitter.com\/VilaBJgf4i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ubba4\uc9c1\ubc45\ud06c (Music Bank)\ud83c\udfe6 (@KBSMusicBank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KBSMusicBank\/status\/1231908256903098368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>K-pop fans right now:<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/Esw1Y0I5Nkjg4\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n"}],"legacy_image":"","legacy_full_image":"","lovin_video_link":false,"lovin_video_link_webm":false,"disable_ads":false,"slots_script_override":"","ad_horizontal_top_desktop":"","ad_vertical_left_desktop":"","ad_vertical_right_desktop":"","ad_horizontal_top_tablet":"","ad_horizontal_bottom_tablet":"","ad_horizontal_mobile_1":"","ad_horizontal_mobile_2":"","ad_horizontal_mobile_3":"","article_ad_infeed_slot":"","ad_square_podcast":"","disable_lovin_hearts":false,"lovin_heart_title":"","show_sponsor":false,"sponsor_image":false,"sponsor_name":"","sponsor_content":"","sponsor_website":"","sponsor_facebook":"","sponsor_twitter":"","sponsor_instagram":"","enable_reveal_feature":false,"reveal_image":false,"legacy_sponsor_name":"","legacy_sponsor_website":"","legacy_sponsor_content":"","legacy_sponsor_image":"","legacy_meta_tags":"","is_guest_user":false,"episode_number":"","embed_code":"","episode_introduction":""},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"Simrin Gupta","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1822"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}