This was the group’s first Asian tour.
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It was announced at the end of December xikers they would embark on their first tour of Asia. The tour, 2025 xikers WORLD TOUR: TRICKY HOUSE: FIRST MEETING in Asiait was scheduled to begin on January 17 in Bangkok and continue to Kuala Lumpur, Macau and Jakarta.
However, on January 16, KST, KQ Entertainment announced that the tour would be cancelled. The company cited “unavoidable circumstances, including visa issues and local conditions” as the cause of the notice.
HI.
This is KQ Entertainment.We would like to inform you that the show <2025 xikers WORLD TOUR TRICKY HOUSE: FIRST ENCOUNTER IN ASIA> scheduled from January 17 to February 1 was canceled due to unavoidable issues such as visa issues and local conditions.
Information regarding ticket refunds due to cancellation…
—xikers (@xikers_official) January 16, 2025
HI. This is KQ Entertainment.
We regret to inform you that <2025 xikers WORLD TOUR TRICKY HOUSE: FIRST ENCOUNTER IN ASIA>originally scheduled to take place from January 17 to February 1, was canceled due to unavoidable circumstances, including visa issues and local conditions. Ticket refund details will be provided by BoxLive Asia, the event organiser. We sincerely apologize to all the fans who were eagerly awaiting the show.
We deeply appreciate your understanding and promise to return with outstanding performance in the future.
Thank you.— KQ Entertainment
As you might imagine, fans who had plans to attend upcoming shows were upset by the short-notice cancellation. Many mentioned non-refundable aspects of attending the shows, such as lodging and flights, in their complaints to KQ and BoxLive Entertainment, the tour organizer.
bro, the first stop on the tour is literally TOMORROW, what the hell are you doing announcing this shit now?????? https://t.co/L8jC7m2DUd
— Mina (hunter’s girlfriend) 🩰 #1 Riptide fan | 10KERS RII7E (@gaonloveclub) January 16, 2025
It’s so horrible of you to do something like this to fans literally the day before their concert, you know some people travel abroad just for concerts, right? The visa and local conditions as an excuse are a joke. We all know that SEA countries do not have strict visa requirements for entry… https://t.co/na4zxOwky1
— crono 💜 🧡 (@kimchijeon613) January 16, 2025
Asian roadies deserve better, this is so awful and irresponsible. I’m announcing this a day before the Bangkok concert and I have friends traveling abroad just to see them due to lack of dates and I can’t get any of their flights/accommodations…. this is so gross https://t.co/D8DA1AX4v0
— 👁️ra (@wenjeons) January 16, 2025
In addition to anger over the cancellation, many fans criticized KQ Entertainment for the announcement itself. The announcement was shared in Korean, English and Japanese and did not include translations into Chinese, Indonesian, Malay or Thai.
Many felt this was disrespectful, as well as a last minute announcement.
something else that bothers me: xikers asian tour only has 4 locations (thailand, malaysia, indonesia, macao, china), and kq doesn’t bother to release statements in these four languages despite canceling everything a day before. https://t.co/xOnVKu0aZu
— AnAn 🇹🇼 (@ananmiyabi630) January 16, 2025
apologize in the language of the country concerned. not in korean and japan https://t.co/uPrcW2qzza
— 🇵🇸wanijjong | rest 😴 (@wanihanafi) January 16, 2025
I don’t know why the visa issues weren’t addressed earlier instead of. day before the tour. a little more transparency would be great!!! what the fuck is this, not even a translation in, what, all the affected countries? https://t.co/E5oiQ8Ueaj
– her! honeyleis *̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ the hasanabi head of kpop (@honeyleiss) January 16, 2025
apologize in Indonesian, Malay, Thai and Chinese🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻 https://t.co/YGmtCDuXlT
— 수몽🍀 (@suminsumong) January 16, 2025
According to the announcements, the tour promoter will issue refunds for concert tickets.
