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BTS cancel Seoul concerts as South Korea coronavirus cases pass 2,000

K-pop megastars BTS today cancelled four Seoul concerts due in April as the number of novel coronavirus cases in South Korea passed 2,000.The seven-piece boy band – currently one of the biggest acts in the world – had scheduled four gigs at the capital’s Olympic Stadium to promote their new album, Map of the Soul: 7.More than 200,000 fans were expected to attend, their agency Big Hit Entertainment said, with “a number of global production companies and a large group of expert international crew…

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