It feels so surreal how the summer of 2022 is booming with so many US tours, and even more surreal that this includes Golden Child! Words cannot describe how ecstatic I am because I really thought that I would be living a life of quarantine forever and that the best days of seeing Golden Child live (and my goal of going to every Golden Child solo concert in Korea) were behind me. I'm really grateful that I can continue living my other goal of going to every Golden Child schedule in the US.
I'm not exactly sure how I want to blog about everything (you can see my real-time updates on my Twitter thread here), but I'll start off this series of posts with an introduction to Golden Child's US tour by Studio PAV, and for future posts, will include logistics for VVIP (every stop was different) along with pictures now that I'm back from traveling.
Timeline (all announcements are based on their Twitter unless otherwise stated):
- April 28th: Studio PAV announced both Golden Child and Brave Girls US tours
- May 5th 10:05AM PT: Studio PAV announced Golden Child's dates and cities (10 stops!)
- May 12th 1PM PT: Studio PAV announced venues
- May 13th 3:12PM PT: Studio PAV announced tiers and ticket sale dates of May 24th 2PM local venue time for Early Access members, May 25th 2PM local venue time for general sales
- May 24th 7AM PT: Studio PAV announced that ticketing is pushed out a day
- May 25th 8:08AM PT: Studio PAV announced the seating chart and concert times for all venues except Nashville
- May 25th 2PM local venue time: Early Access ticket sales for VVIP tier excluding Nashville
- May 26th 2PM local venue time: General ticket sales for all tiers excluding Nashville
- June 3rd 8AM PT: Studio PAV announced the new Nashville venue and Early Access VVIP sales set for 4PM ET on this day, with VVIP general sales starting the following day at 1PM ET
- June 3rd 1PM PT: Early Access VVIP ticket sales open for Nashville
- June 4th 10AM PT: VVIP general sales open for Nashville
- June 6th 10:18AM PT: Studio PAV announced the VVIP signed poster benefit has been upgraded to a fansign (I saw on www.kpoptickets.com that "signed poster" has been removed for VIP, though they didn't explicitly announce this demotion). The poster will be included for the fansign or you can bring an album for them to sign plus receive still the poster unsigned
- June 6th 10:32AM PT: Studio PAV announced VIP and GA tiers are now on sale for Nashville
- June 7th 8:11AM PT: Studio PAV announced Snapshot poses by member, price ($40 USD), limit 60 per member per city, and sales begin tomorrow June 8th at 2PM ET; on their Facebook and Instagram they also state that there are no bundle packages
- June 8th 11AM PT: Snapshot sales open
- June 9th 12:19PM PT: Studio PAV announced the fansign FAQ including letters and small gifts being allowed during the fansign
- June 11th 10:18AM PT: Studio PAV announced concert day schedules
- June 22nd 7:37AM PT: Studio PAV updated the fansign FAQ so that gifts are no longer allowed
Early Access Concert Ticketing:
My concert buddy and I have Early Access memberships and split up ticketing by city for the most part. As ticketing is by local venue time, the schedule was as follows:
- 11AM PT: Atlanta and Philadelphia
- 12PM PT: Minneapolis, Dallas, and Chicago
- 1PM PT: Denver
- 2PM PT: San Jose and LA
- TBD (at the time): Nashville
VVIP (or Studio PAV's highest tier) is always sold directly through www.kpoptickets.com. I prepared ahead of time by emailing PAV to ensure I had the Early Access benefit. It is also important to note that during Early Access ticketing, you can only purchase 2 VVIP tickets per transaction (for example, 1 VVIP for San Jose and 1 VVIP for LA, or 2 VVIP for San Jose), while the limit is 4 VVIP tickets per transaction during general sales.
To order, select your city, the number of VVIP tickets you'd like, add to cart, then enter your name and email address for each ticket, then complete your purchase. Within a few seconds, the Ticket Details section will populate with your queue number. According to PAV's FAQ page, the name and email address listed on the ticket isn't important as long as the concert goer has the e-ticket with the QR code to be scanned at the venue.
I ticketed right as Early Access sales opened and was quite surprised with my queue numbers...
- Atlanta: 1 and 2
- Chicago: 1 and 2
- Minneapolis (same time as Chicago): 11 and 12
- Denver: 1 and 2
- San Jose: 2 and 3
- LA (same time as San Jose): 17
- Nashville: 1 and 2
As for Dallas, I had #26, and for Philly, I had #32.
Snapshot Ticketing:
Snapshot tickets are sold directly through www.kpoptickets.com, and sales opened right at 11AM PT on June 8th for all venues. You first select the city, then use the dropdown to select he member. Each Snapshot ticket is $42 after fees, and there is a limit of 60 Snapshot tickets per member per city. One transaction can have any variation of members and cities, and can also include concert tickets as well. When checking out, you need to include your First Name, Last Name, and Email for each Snapshot ticket.
Within 16 minutes, Jangjun and Bomin sold out in LA. By the end of the first day of sales, LA completely sold out, and some members sold out in San Jose and Chicago. With LA and San Jose being so competitive, I'm relieved I was able to solidify my Snapshot tickets within the first few minutes.
I ticketed right as Snapshot sales drop, planning to get one ticket with each member at every stop. With the help of my brother, we were able to secure this right away. And with how addicting Snapshots are, I may have bought a few more while on the tour...
Final Thoughts:
It still feels surreal that Golden Child really held a US tour AND with so many cities. I'm forever grateful for this entire experience and will try to share it all out in upcoming posts (they'll probably be more like word vomit and less photo centered).
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