Fans flocked to catch the final leg of Blackpink\u2019s world tour in Hong Kong, with shops reporting a boost of around 30 per cent in business from concertgoers.<\/p>\n
Kai Tak Sports Park turned into a pink-dotted sea of fans on Saturday, as attendees in matching outfits or waving the band\u2019s signature light sticks filled the venue and nearby shopping centres.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels more familiar watching [Blackpink] at home. The atmosphere here is great,\u201d 29-year-old Matt Chan said.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s show marked the first of three concerts by the South Korean girl group in Hong Kong, the final stop on their Deadline world tour that began last July.<\/p>\n
As early as Friday, the complex was already awash with the group\u2019s signature pink hue, with lights illuminating buildings while giant posters and rows of flags adorned the area.<\/p>\n
Many of Saturday\u2019s concertgoers were mainland Chinese fans who had travelled to the city to see their idols, with some saying they planned to stay a few extra days in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
Flora Hu, 11, flew in from Beijing with her mother, classmate Ruby Tao and Tao\u2019s mother to see Blackpink perform live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans flocked to catch the final leg of Blackpink\u2019s world tour in Hong Kong, with shops reporting a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[1793,7450,148960,148957,148962,18,117,4202,19,17,79905,148959,112300,148963,6605,148961,337,5,37336,148964,21351,148958],"class_list":{"0":"post-302016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-beijing","9":"tag-blackpink","10":"tag-blackpink-gelato","11":"tag-dalian","12":"tag-deadline-world-tour","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-hong-kong","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-jennie","19":"tag-kai-tak-mall","20":"tag-kai-tak-sports-park","21":"tag-liaoning-province","22":"tag-lisa","23":"tag-matt-chan","24":"tag-music","25":"tag-news","26":"tag-rose","27":"tag-ruby-tao","28":"tag-scmp","29":"tag-yvonne-chan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115952434774333460","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}