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South China Morning Post
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Guess how much? Jimmy O. Yang's Hong Kong tickets resell at up to 140% mark-up
Tickets for a pair of additional shows by Hong Kong-American comedian Jimmy O. Yang were snapped up in less than an hour on Tuesday, with some online resellers offering seats at a mark-up of more than 140 per cent. A Post reporter who visited ticket platform Urbtix at 10am observed that it took more than 30 minutes to get into the queue for sales, with more than 40,000 listed as waiting at one point. All the tickets available were listed as sold out in an hour. Tickets for the two recently added June 15 shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum were priced at HK$380 (US$48.60), HK$580 and HK$780. Yang, who was born in Hong Kong before relocating to the United States in 2000, had earlier announced the two extra shows after the first two on June 13 and 14 also sold out within minutes. A check on the online platform Carousel showed some users reselling tickets for as high as HK$1,400 on Tuesday afternoon.
South China Morning Post
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Cantopop star Nicholas Tse ends run of shows at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium
Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung has wrapped up his four-day run of concerts at Kai Tak Sports Park, attracting tens of thousands of fans and the city's leader, with observers saying such mega-events will boost the city's soft power and economy. Advertisement Tse's previous solo concert in the city was in 2000 at the Hong Kong Coliseum, and the intervening years have not dampened his appeal to fans. Tickets for his 'Evolution Nic Live' series of shows at Kai Tak Stadium sold out within 15 minutes of public release. A source also confirmed city leader John Lee Ka-chiu was invited to the final show on Sunday night. According to Kai Tak Sports Park, the shows from Thursday to Sunday, as well as a K-pop concert on Saturday, attracted an audience of 180,000. Advertisement After the earlier shows, concertgoers were seen streaming out of the stadium while singing Tse's classic tunes as they made their way to the nearby MTR station.
