Here are some of my thoughts, would be very interested in hearing others.
SM did pretty much everything wrong in terms of their organisation. Venue (too big, too out of the way, leading fans to suspect cancellation), Pricing (too high). They tried to rectify it with a venue move, but that involved tickets not being sold for two weeks and the reallocation process was messy for some. Despite all that, the venue was near enough full and wow, the crowd did London/UK Europe proud!
Every act got a good reception (yes, even Dear Alice), but for me the most notable things were how popular Wish and WayV were. I was expecting Wish’s reception to be on a par with RIIZE, but it was even louder. This I think shows two things, firstly, that Wish have been more successful then anyone was expecting and secondly, that SM’s mishandling of Seunghan had has long-lasting effects on their Western popularity.
Aespa were stars. I’ve read so much negativity on here about their stage presence, they owned the stage completely.
WayV are very, very popular now. I think even among fans, their popularity is underplayed. They dropped hints about a UK tour dates and I can’t see any problem with that selling.
SM have lost a lot of money by not booking NCT127 tour dates in Europe. The most popular act last night. The arena went nuts for them and they did not disappoint. People in my concert group were worried about seeing them without Taeyong and Jaehyun, but they were beyond brilliant and as someone with Yuta as my ult it was amazing to see him front and centre.
Despite the love towards the NCT groups, the reaction when Minho hinted that Shinee may deep breath come to the UK was possibly one of the loudest cheers of the night.
Tl;Dr – SM stop neglecting the UK and Europe in general, there are many, many fans here.
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