By Angela Patricia Suacillo
European K-pop festival K.FLEX has announced that it will cancel its event in London later this month due to the Itaewon tragedy.
In a statement released yesterday (November 4), the music festival’s organisers announced that K.FLEX’s November 20 event at The O2 in London will no longer be pushing through out of respect for the victims of the Itaewon crowd crush tragedy and South Korea’s national mourning period. “It just doesn’t feel right celebrating at a time like this,” the statement read.
K.FLEX’s November 20 show was scheduled to feature performances by AB6IX, PENTAGON and WINNER. Other acts in the line-up for the K-pop music festival included girl groups VIVIZ and Weeekly, as well as rookie acts Billlie and Younite.
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“We know our fans will be disappointed, as are we, but we truly feel it’s the right decision, and our thoughts and prayers remain with those affected,” K.FLEX’s statement reads.