With tickets now on sale for KCON 2024 in Los Angeles, the K-pop mega festival and convention has announced a special surprise guest for its lineup, as well as three notable names as hosts.
For his first KCON Los Angeles since first hitting its stage in 2017, NCT 127 has been announced as part of a “special lineup” for the festival, joining stars like ZICO, ENHYPEN, P1Harmony, NMIXX, ACE and more . A graphic announcing the group's participation featured seven members of the group — Johnny, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark, and Haechan — as leader Taeyong began his mandatory military service in South Korea in March, and Taeil was announced as he will be classified as good this year and can start his service from the July performance.
KCON also revealed the three hosts who will have MC duties for its live taping M Countdown, the weekly live performance program on K-pop music channel Mnet, which occasionally goes overseas for live tapings.
Rowoon, actor of Korean drama Rowoon and former member of boy band SF9, will host on Friday, July 26, marking his first appearance at KCON LA since 2019. Solo star Jeon Somi is M Countdown host for Saturday, July 27, to mark her long-awaited return to Los Angeles and first time back at KCON since 2016, when she first appeared with her former girl group, IOI Finally, the top K-drama actress Kim Soo Hyun will be presenting on Sunday, June 28.
Notably, KCON's headliner featuring stars like Kim Soo Hyun and Rowoon marks a shift toward featuring more Korean acts, as was the case in previous iterations throughout the 10s, despite the prominence of K- dramas and Korean cinema, which was arguably becoming more prominent in the post-pandemic years.
tickets for KCON's general sale opened this afternoon, June 10, local time. KCON 2024 Los Angeles takes place at the Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena, LA Convention Center and Gilbert Lindsay Plaza from July 26-28.
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