Rain made Indonesia wild with enthusiasm

Sold out extremely high ticket.. open the possibility of commercial concert.

JITEC Stadium in Jakarta on the 3rd at 8:00pm, Dec. was almost swept away by the audience's shout 'Jeong Ji-Hoon'. When Rain appeared on the stage at 8:20pm, all the audience got up from their seats, the voluntarily arranged seat lines scattered in a moment, and the whole concert hall turned into a huge standing room.

Rain ended his 'Legend of Rainism' in Indonesia, one of Asia tour concerts, in great success. In the concert which started from 8:20 pm on 3rd, Dec. at JITEC, Jakarta, Rain made the audience wild with enthusiasm with such World Star's stage manner, perfect dance and singing.

The concert which has over 6,000 seats was crowded with fans from Indonesia as well as Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and so on and from the beginning of the concert, the fans shouted Rain's name 'Jeong Ji-Hoon' and the concert atmosphere became very excited.

Saying 'apa kabar' which is 'hello' in Indonesian, Rain started his opening stage with "My way" and continued singing his hit songs such as 'How to avoid the Sun' with fabulous dances and the audience repeated his songs with hearty cheers.

Reaching the climax of the concert, water sprayed from the special device installed over the stage and Rain showed his upper body while tearing his shirts and the crowd turned into a fever pitch.

Over 2 hours, he sang about 20 songs and ended his concert with 'Rainism.' His performance was held in Indonesia which held barely Korean singer's concerts because it had rarely affected by Korean wave comparing to East Asia such as China or Hong Kong which was swept by it.

In addition, the ticket price was decided as almost equally expensive like American top stars' ticket prices so many people was worried about that. However he succeeded to gathering the audience and showed the possibility that enables to open Korean singer’s commercial performance.

In this concert, the most expensive VIP ticket price was 3million rupiah (around $313) and each platinum and gold ticket was sold at 2million rupiah (around $210) and 1.5million rupiah (around $156).

The average wage of a local university-graduated employ is 2million rupiah. Given the point that the concert profits of foreign stars or local musicians are affected by sponsors' supports rather than its admission fee, Rain’s successful concert means a lot.

Meanwhile, even after the concert including the encore for two and a half hours was finished, the audience could not left their seats instantly, shouting 'Jeong Ji-Hoon', and more than 500 of his fans were waiting for him in the parking lot and were reluctant to leave him, not leaving the area until late.

Rain who left for Washington DC last November 11th completed his concert in Hong Kong and in Jakarta and is heading for Japan on the 4th to celebrate his Japan official homepage opening. He is expected to return home on Flight KE 704, on 7th, Dec. at 4:30pm, in more than one month.

Source: Osen news & Yonhap news
Translation credit: rain bird@rain-eu.com