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RNS Number : 7058Z  Live Company Group PLC  17 May 2023

17 May 2023

 

LIVE COMPANY GROUP PLC

("LVCG", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

KPOP LUX SPAIN CONCERT UPDATE

 

LVCG is pleased to provide further details on the KPOP Lux Madrid Concert
which is set to take place at the Civitas Metropolitano Stadium on 22 July
2023.

 

KPOP LUX and L.A Rock Entertainment (contracted via a fixed fee to stage the
show) together with SBS present KPOP Lux SBS Super Concert in Madrid and
tickets went on sale on 27(th) April. The first 3 of the seven acts were
announced as ENHYPEN, ATEEZ and IVE and can now reveal the next four artists
as SHINEE, STAYC, CRAVITY AND XIKERS.

 

With tickets already on sale through www.ticketmaster.es
(http://www.ticketmaster.es) the one-day show is expected to draw fans from
all over Europe and to reinforce Spain's place on the K-pop map.

 

Revenue Generation

 

LVCG reminds shareholders that revenue is generated via Ticket sales,
Merchandising, Sponsorship and Streaming. The Company will provide an update
on ticket sales in the coming weeks.

 

Notes to Editors:

 

SHINEE is currently beginning their 15(th) anniversary celebrations.  The
group is also set to release their 8(th) studio album.   The princes of pop,
as they are often referred to, have never performed in Spain before.

 

STAYC is an acronym for "Start to a young culture" and is a six member girl
group formed in November 2020. Their 2023 release of Teddy Bear has reinforced
their popularity as a fourth generation group.

 

CRAVITY is a nine member boy group fromed by Starship Entertainment in 2020.
They were the first rookie artists of 2020 to debut on the Billboard K-POP Hot
100.

 

XIKERS is a rookie group formed by KQ Entertainment that debuted in March this
year with  Minjae, Junmin, Sumin, Jinsik, Hyunwoo, Junghoon, Seeun, Yujun,
Hunter and Yechan.   Within two months they have amassed over 500k monthly
listeners on spotify and 360k followers on Instagram.

 

ENHYPEN is currently one of the top ten K-pop acts in 2023, as they were in
2022, and have won dozens of awards.  They have never performed in Spain and
with 12.2M followers on Instagram their fans (Engines) will be rushing to
Madrid for a glimpse of their idols.

 

ATEEZ is well known to the Spanish K-pop fans having performed earlier this
year in Madrid and also in 2020.  Their popularity and engagement with their
Spanish fanbase make them another must-see act.

 

IVE debuted in December 2021 and has taken the K-pop world by storm.  The
girl group, formed by Starship Entertainment, won Song of the year for their
single Love Dive in 2022 at four different major music awards.  It will be
their first time performing in Spain.

 

 

K-pop has a global following of over 200 million people and the #KpopTwitter
has over 8 billion tweets.  The European fan base in growing at a rapid rate
with festivals, concerts and tours making the music more attractive and
accessible than ever before. Since the KPOP Lux Spain video was released on
social media it has attracted close to 230,000  views.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 Live Company Group Plc                        Tel: 020 7225 2000

 David Ciclitira, Executive Chairman

 Sarah Dees, Chief Operating Officer

 Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser)  Tel: 020 7628 3396

 Roland Cornish/Rosalind Hill Abrahams

 CMC Markets UK Plc                            Tel: 020 3003 8255

 Thomas Smith

 Douglas Crippen

 

 

 

About Live Company Group

 

Live Company Group Plc ("LVCG", the "Company" or the "Group") is a live
events, entertainment and sports events company, that has been trading on AIM
since 2017.

The Group is divided into four divisions:

 

·    BRICKLIVE - consisting of a network of partner-driven fan-based and
touring shows using BRICKLIVE created content worldwide. The Company owns the
rights to BRICKLIVE - an interactive experience built around the creative
ethos of the world's most popular construction toy bricks. The Group is an
independent producer of BRICKLIVE and is not associated with the LEGO Group.

 

·    KPOP -  the company owns the rights to the K.Flex brand and through
its joint venture with the Explorado group KPOP Europa (KPE) is a partner in
and the Executive Producer of K.Flex in Frankfurt.

LVCG also owns the brand KPOP Lux and is the executive producer of KPOP Lux in
Madrid and London. Both of these shows are produced in partnership with SBS -
the Korean television network.

 

·    StART Art Global (SAG) - SAG owns StART Art Fair in London which has
been staged over the last 9 years at the Saatchi Gallery. SAG has licensed the
rights to the StART brand in Korea. The licence includes the right to create
and run StART Art Fair Seoul and various StART+ exhibitions.

SAG has also licensed the right to the StART brand in Japan to Live Company
Japan a joint venture with M Group Holdings Co.

SAG has also licensed the brand to Live Company Korea to create the StART Art
Coin.

 

·    Live Company Sports and Entertainment (LCSE) - LCSE owns LCSE Pty in
South Africa which has a long-term relationship with Pick 'n' Pay and the
Ocean Race.

LVCG is a founder shareholder in E-Movement - the promoter of the Formula E
Race in Cape Town. As part of this relationship E-Movement has retained LCSE
(through E-Movement holdings) as its implementation partner. E-Movement
Holdings a 100% subsidiary of Live Company Group has the right to sell
sponsorship for the Formula E race in Cape Town.

 

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