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| From Hype to Headache: G-Dragon Kuala Lumpur Concert Ticket Issues Leave Fans Fed Up |
The chaos around G-Dragon’s (권지용) highly anticipated two-day solo concert in Kuala Lumpur just keeps on giving. While the excitement for his 2025 Malaysia stop is still massive, the mood among fans is a little less than celebratory right now—and it’s all down to how the ticketing drama is being handled.
Let’s rewind a bit. Back in late May, the pre-sale phase for the concert tickets—handled by local organiser Star Planet Malaysia—blew up online after fans claimed that foreign buyers had found ways to bypass the system and grab tickets before local fans even got a shot.
On top of that, screenshots and posts started surfacing showing scalpers openly reselling tickets at inflated prices. As you’d expect, things turned ugly real fast.
Star Planet responded by promising to investigate, cancel any tickets flagged as scalped, and re-release them to the public. While that sounded like a decent solution on paper, fans weren’t exactly buying it—literally or figuratively.
Fast forward to Tuesday, 3rd June, and the organiser finally announced the details. According to their statement, they’ve successfully identified and cancelled tickets involved in scalping.
These tickets—a total of 254 across the two concert dates—are now set to go back on sale on 6th June 2025 (Friday) at 2PM. Here’s how the numbers break down:
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19th July
• VIP: 81
• CAT 1: 23 -
20th July
• VVIP: 6
• VIP: 82
• CAT 1: 34
• CAT 2: 28
The company reiterated their zero-tolerance stance on scalping: “The organiser will continue to monitor all ticket activities, and if any scalping cases are discovered, the same strict measures will be applied without exception.”
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But fans aren’t entirely convinced.
For one, many pointed out that two scalpers alone were seen boasting online about securing over 300 tickets between them—so how are only 254 being re-released? The maths just isn’t mathing.
Others raised eyebrows at the vague language in Star Planet’s Facebook post, which mentioned that “a substantial portion of tickets were indeed purchased by genuine fans”—without explaining who qualifies as “genuine” and whether any industry insiders got priority access.
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And let’s not forget: Axiata Arena seats around 16,000 people, and this is a two-day concert. Why is there so little inventory left, and why were fans struggling so hard to secure tickets in the first place?
Some fans are also calling for the organiser to be more transparent about how many tickets were allocated during each sales phase (fan club pre-sale, public sale, promo bundles, etc.) and to reveal whether any tickets were reserved for sponsors or internal partners.
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While there’s no official comment from G-Dragon’s side—understandable, as this is a promoter-level issue—the frustrations have started to overshadow what should be a momentous solo comeback.
For now, the only certainty is that 254 tickets will be up for grabs this Friday, and they’ll likely be gone within seconds. Fans are hoping Star Planet has ironed out all the previous issues and that no new tricks will be pulled when the ticketing opens.
Let’s just hope things smooth out before GD hits the KL stage in July. The man deserves a full house of loyal fans—not bots and scalpers.