HYBE announces ‘2022 Weverse Con’ with TXT, Enhypen, Seventeen as well as Justin Bieber
The label HYBE has announced its second annual New Year's music festival. This time around, alongside K-pop bands from the group, American singer, Justin Bieber will be headlining the event. On December 7 it was reported that HYBE, the label that manages many K-pop groups like BTS, TXT, Enhypen, Seventeen, and many more solo artists will have their second annual New Year's festival in December 31 this year.
Not only does HYBE manage multiple K-pop acts but all thanks to the global merger between HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) and other international labels from Japan and America, artists like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and more also came to be working with HYBE. Following their yearly tradition that started in 2021, HYBE is going to present the second edition of their HYBE Artist Exclusive festival that only focuses on artists managed by the label to show fans a united front from the groups and artists under HYBE.
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'2022 Weverse Con'
The 2022 event will be called, ‘2022 Weverse Con' (New Era) and will be an online as well as an offline event. Unlike 2021, the restrictions surrounding Covid-19 have been reduced and it has become easier for fans to meet idols, HYBE will also have an offline broadcast of the concert. After HYBE’s international merger, the biggest talk of the event has become the presence of singer Justin Bieber who is set to join his labelmates Seventeen, TXT, Enhypen, and more at the '2022 Weverse Con' from HYBE.
The Weverse music festival will be held on December 31 in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) as well as online on Weverse. With their 2022 concert and its title, 'New Era', HYBE is trying to introduce fans to a system that marks the beginning of a new era for all artists as well as their fans who have learned how to endure difficult times like Covid-19 and be together again.
The lineup for the ‘2022 Weverse Con’ will include multiple HYBE artists like Bumzu, DVWN, Enhypen, formis_9, Lee Hyun, Seventeen, TXT (Tomorrow X Together) alongside international sensation, Justin Bieber. Reports claim that the stages performed by the acts will go beyond the music and talk as the show will feature five multi-stages as well as a special stage with a live band and one special tribute stage will also be held following the performances from the 2021 New Year's event.
The '2021 New Year's Eve Live'
Since BTS announced its short break from promotional activities until March 2022, the boy group will not be in attendance at the show. All the details related to the performance can be found on the Weverse Shop here. In the first New Year's festival from HYBE for the year 2021, the label held an online concert broadcast on Weverse, the online fan cafe for all HYBE artists due to the prevailing pandemic.
The show featured artists like Lee Hyun, BTS, TXT, Bumzu, NU’EST, GFriend, Enhypen, Shin Hae Chul as well as special stages by international artists like Halsey, Lauv, and Steve Aoki. The 2021 New Year's Event was called 2021 New Year’s Eve Live (presented by Weverse) and was held on December 31, 2020.
