(April 3, 2013, Hong Kong) – “King of Korean Pop” G-Dragon will be holding “G-DRAGON 2013 WORLD TOUR: ONE OF A KIND in HONG KONG” on May 17 and 18 (Friday & Saturday) at the AsiaWorld-Arena. G-Dragon, together with an internationally renowned production team, will be presenting a world-class concert well blended with their innovative ideas and visions to the Hong Kong audience.
Priority booking for the tickets to “G-DRAGON 2013 WORLD TOUR: ONE OF A KIND in HONG KONG” will be available exclusively to Citibank Cardholders. Priority booking for Citibank I.T Visa Cardholders will begin from 10:00AM to 11:59PM on April 10 (Wednesday). Citibank I.T Visa Cardholders could continue the priority booking from 10:00AM on April 11 (Thursday). Other Citibank proprietary Cardholders will begin from 10:00AM on April 11 (Thursday). All priority booking services will end at 11:59PM on April 12 (Friday) or while priority booking tickets last. Priority booking will be available via Hong Kong Ticketing (online booking: www.hkticketing.com; purchase hotline: 31 288 288).
Public sales will begin at 10:00AM on April 15 (Monday) at Hong Kong Ticketing (online booking: www.hkticketing.com; purchase hotline: 31 288 288).
Tickets of “G-DRAGON 2013 WORLD TOUR: ONE OF A KIND in HONG KONG” are priced at:
- HK$1,580 (standing zone)
- HK$1,480 (numbered seats)
- HK$1,180 (standing zone or numbered seats)
- HK$980 (numbered seats)
- HK$780 (numbered seats)
- HK$480 (numbered seats).
Ms. Maggie Ng, Head of Cards and Unsecured Lending, Citibank Global Consumer Banking, said, ‘We are so delighted to be able to support and provide priority booking service for G-Dragon’s first world tour in Hong Kong to our Cardholders. G-Dragon, one of the most talented artists in the world in this era, perfectly embodies our brand’s image with his dynamic and energetic style. We embrace G-Dragon’s boundless creativity and wish we could enlighten our esteemed Cardholders with this invaluable gift. We believe G-Dragon’s first concert in Hong Kong will be the most spectacular and exceptional concert experience to our customers in 2013.”
“G-DRAGON 2013 WORLD TOUR: ONE OF A KIND”, G-Dragon’s first solo world tour, will be supported by a team of global talents. Travis Payne, who has previously worked with Michael Jackson and G-Dragon’s label-mate 2NE1, will be the tour director. Travis Payne has also teamed up with globally-renowned stage designer Michael Cotton, who previously was in charge of the stage design for Super Bowl, Olympics and many world-class concerts, to custom design and produce a perfect stage for G-Dragon to perform at his best. The concert will also feature the same band which performed in “BIGBANG ALIVE GALAXY TOUR”. Gil Smith II, the music director of Britney Spears, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and many other big names, will be leading his fellow band members to collaborate with G-Dragon once again.
G-Dragon is now working closely with the world-class production team, contributing ideas from rundown to stage, costumes and choreography design and overseeing every detail of the concert. He will kick-off the tour in Seoul on March 30 & 31 and will continue his tour in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore, etc.
G-Dragon has been performing prominently since his solo debut in 2009. His 2 solo albums “Heartbreaker” and “One of a Kind”, swept all Korean music charts and set the record of the best-selling album in Korea. Also, as the leader and mastermind of BIGBANG, G-Dragon has contributed much to the success of the group by creating numerous hits, including ‘Fantastic Baby’, ‘Bad Boy’, ‘Monster’ and ‘Tonight’, etc. Furthermore, he has an unrivaled passion to music, style and performance which motivate him to challenge his own limit constantly and evolved as the trend-setter of this era widely worshipped by numerous teenagers and fashionistas.
Citibank is the exclusive priority booking service provider of “G-DRAGON 2013 WORLD TOUR: ONE OF A KIND in HONG KONG”. The event is also sponsored by Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel, InterContinental Hong Kong, KOYO JEANS, The Langham Place, LIDS, she.com and SOGO. It is also fully supported by AsiaWorld-Expo. Commercial Radio 2 and Channel [V] are the media partners.
ELF ASIA and JUNA INTERNATIONAL are the lead promoters of “G-DRAGON 2013 WORLD TOUR: ONE OF A KIND in HONG KONG”. LIVE NATION is the joint promoter of the concert.
