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Korean Award Shows in 2026: the Biggest Ones Have Left the Country
MAMA is in Osaka this November. The Golden Disc Awards go to Hanoi in January, their eighth edition abroad. The one still in Seoul is the Melon Music Awards, on 14 and 15 November, and for the first time it runs two nights.
15 Sep 2026 · 4 min
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Getting Into a Music Show Recording: Fifteen Seats and a Thirty-Minute Window
There is no box office for M Countdown or Music Bank. Each broadcast recruits its own audience through the artist's own channel, and one real 2026 notice asked for a physical album, a printed receipt, and applications inside a half-hour window for fifteen places.
15 Sep 2026 · 4 min
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Buying K-pop Concert Tickets From Outside Korea
Three quarters of the seats are gone before the general sale opens, and a single wrong character in your name can get you turned away at the door. How the platforms, presales and passport checks actually work in 2026.
30 Aug 2026 · 2 min