Yungblud to hold first concert in Korea in October

English singer-songwriter Yungblud will hold his first concert in Korea in October, concert organizers Private Curve announced Monday. [PRIVATE CURVE]

English singer-songwriter Yungblud will hold his first concert in Korea in October, concert organizers Private Curve announced Monday.

Titled "Yungblud The World Tour: Live in Seoul," the concert will be held at the Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul, on Oct. 29 as a part of the Asian leg of his ongoing world tour.

It will be Yungblud's first solo concert in Korea after his scheduled 2020 concert was canceled due to the Covid pandemic.

The tickets, priced at 99,000 won ($75), will be sold on Yes24 Tickets starting Aug. 21.

Yungblud, whose real name is Dominic Richard Harrison, is a rising alternative rock singer-songwriter born in Doncaster, England. His stage name Yungblud derives from the term young blood, being the youngest artist of his label.

The singer — currently with 6.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify — rose to fame with "11 Minutes," a single released in 2019 in collaboration with the American singer-songwriter Halsey, drummer Travis Barker and Yungblud. The song landed No. 5 on Billboard's rock song chart upon its release, garnering over 220 million streams.

His collaborated single "I Think I'm OKAY," released the same year with American musician Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker, and his EP "the underrated youth" (2019) also saw positive reception, with the EP landing No. 10 on UK Album Chart upon its release.

BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]