SHINee Taemin’s “EPHEMERAL GAZE” world tour sold out all its stops in the United States. But the most notable achievement was his venue at the Kia Forum, which seats approximately 18,000, selling out concert tickets in just 15 minutes!
On December 13, tickets went on sale for the US leg of Taemin’s solo tour, which included venues at the King’s Theater (New York), the Chicago Theater (Chicago), the Smart Financial Center (Houston), the Paramount Theater (Oakland) and the Kia Forum. (Los Angeles).
〖Taemin World Tour ✦ Ephemeral Look〗#TAEMIN sold over 70,000 tickets in less than two weeks with rapid sellouts in Latin America, Europe and the United States for his world tour. 🌎
Today it easily sold out 17,000 tickets at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles in 15 minutes.🔥#TAEMIN… pic.twitter.com/8Hs5yT1Bzi
— Taemin Global (@TaeminGlobal) December 13, 2024
In less than 20 minutes, all stages were declared sold out, garnering immense praise from Shawols (SHINee fandom) and the K-pop community.
What was even more impressive was the rapid sell-out of tickets in just 15 minutes for the Kia Forum stop, which has a capacity of 17,505 seats, Taemin’s largest concert hall so far.
It’s also worth noting that the “WANT” hitmaker sold over 70,000 tickets for his stops in LATAM, Europe and the United States in less than two weeks.
Following this monumental feat, fans celebrated on social media and praised Taemin for his ticket-selling power as a solo artist.
TAEMIN HAS SOLD OUT THE KIA FORUM IN LA, HIS LARGEST VENUE!!!!
— cindy 🌥️ (@unravelingsky) December 13, 2024
Meanwhile, some also criticized Taemin’s former label SM Entertainment and those who allegedly doubted the singer.
wdym taemin sold out of the forum in 15 minutes with a capacity of 17k… fuck everyone who underestimates him, INCLUDING his company
— noah ☆ SEE TAEMIN (@taemlovi) December 13, 2024
I hope every asshole on the tour who underestimated Taemin’s worth steps on some real sharp LEGO
— Stacy (NOT StayC) (@stacynam) December 14, 2024
To the people who doubted the power of Lee Taemin (THE IDOL OF IDOLS- Hailing from THE House of SHINEE) – suck it 😭
Over 30,000 people fight for tickets and the show is completely sold out in an hour and a half. 😭
And NO we didn’t have any 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/T4CEtlkiKv
— A pinch of K-Pop🎫 (@adashofkpop) December 13, 2024
It’s crazy! they underestimated how many fans want to see taemin, as if he could have easily sold out the arena
— SM (@smol_hrtbrkr_) December 13, 2024
Taemin’s “Ephemeral Gaze” world tour kicked off from August 31 to September 1 in Incheon, with its final stop in 2024 in Manila last November.
The world tour will continue in Macau starting January 4, 2025 and conclude in March in Paris.
