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BTS 'PTD on Stage: Live Viewing': ARMYs crash cinema websites in mad hunt for tickets

ARMYs show the world ‘The Power of BTS’ as they sell out shows for the global livestream of their upcoming Seoul concert

BTS may be breaking international records but their dedicated fandom ARMYs are not far behind. As BTS prepares to headline their comeback concert in March - ‘PTD on Stage - Seoul', fans have found it a struggle to book the tickets for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. BTS announced that the upcoming concert will not only be streamed online but one of the three concert days will also be broadcast for fans all over the world in a theatrical release.

BTS's global fans will be able to visit their local theatres and attend live-streams of the 'Permission to Dance on Stage' concert that will take place in Seoul on March 12. As fans rushed to book tickets for the event, ARMYs from the Philippines took to Twitter to express their horror at the crashing of the SM Cinemas app, apparently due to the surge in traffic. 

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BTS fans crash an entire website

SM Cinemas is the largest theatre chain in the Philippines. BTS fans crashed the entire website as well as their app for hours on end as they rushed to book tickets for the upcoming concert. ARMYs are known to sell out anything that BTS endorses within seconds, which usually results in a mad rush for tickets and merchandise.

On February 26, merely hours after the tickets opened for sale, SM Cinema’s official social media account reported that they had sold out tickets for all shows, in all 300+ cinema halls. Tickets were sold out quickly in several other countries as well, proving the boy group's ‘fan power’.

'Broke ARMYs struggling'

Fans started tweeting out their anguish as one said, "THIS IS SO—". Another recounted, "The app crashed around 11:30pm and lasted about 3 hours. A few people were able to secure their tickets around 3am. At 3:50, we finally secured ours." Another fan said, "Goddamn page crashed so i dont know if i got sm cinema tickets. Somebody tell me," while one joked, "Armys with vip tix stuggling on getting into the website vs broke armys struggling on how they'll watch the concert without any fees."

Many countries reported selling out entire theatre chains as one fan said, "The PTD ON STAGE Live Viewing event is on track to make around 1.7 billion won ($1.4 million) in South Korea’s box office. Tickets are currently sold out at multiplex chains, Megabox and Lotte Cinemas, and most tickets have been sold at CJ CGV." Another wrote, "Kmedia reports the 3 biggest multiplex companies (CGV, Lotte, Megabox) reported that all 36,000 tickets for @BTS_twt‘a PTD live-viewing have sold out. CGV sold out 25k tickets in 39 theaters nationwide; Lotte Cinema sold out 7k tickets in 32 theaters; Megabox sold out 4k in 21 theaters." 

On the other hand, fans from countries that won't have any livestream shows of the concert were furious. An Indian fan wrote, "I was waiting to book tickets and India has so many Armys and why this happened pls explain." A Malaysian fan said, "Imagine the pain when all your neighboring countries have BTS PTD Live Viewing but not your country. It's like they purposely skipped Malaysia."