An X user, who donned a hijab, claimed that she was told to remove her outerwear by the security team despite her telling them that she couldn’t do so due to the nature of her inner top.
“Can I just say the security team from yesterday [Dec 28] was so rude? I was clearly [a] hijabi and I told her I wasn’t able to remove my outerwear as my inner was a sleeveless top. The aunty insisted on it and I had to insist back that I wasn’t able to. A bit more and I would have fought her.”
Another user also claimed that security team threatened to cut the wristbands of those who did not comply with their instructions.
LONG ADS
Attendees have also taken issue with the long ads played between each artiste’s set, with many saying that the time could have been used to accommodate artistes who had their performances cut short due to the interruptions.
One user wrote: “Following the K-pop acts, attendees were subjected to 20 minutes of ads before Lala Hsu’s set, which could have otherwise been used for the K-pop group’s performance. It appeared that the ads’ airtime was more important than the concertgoer’s enjoyment of the full K-pop performance.”
CANCELLED PERFORMANCES AND POOR COMMUNICATION
The problems extended to the second day of Yuewen Music Festival on Dec 29, which saw a shortened performance from Thai singer Nanon and Pentagon members Kino and Wooseok cancelling their performance entirely due to the rain.