South Korean boy group Super Junior will meet and greet their Filipino fans instead later this afternoon, August 6 after coming up with the decision of postponing their Manila concert in light of the death of the father of its member Eun Hyuk.
"First of all, after many long discussions between the promoter and the Super Junior members, we both agreed that it would be difficult to properly hold [#SS9inManila] as scheduled,” the group said in a statement.
"However, the group wanted to meet and greet the fans who came to [Manila] to attend the concert, so we’d like to ask everyone with tickets to enter the concert venue on time," it added.
Details on the tickets and schedules would be announced soon, the statement said.
— SUPER JUNIOR (@SJofficial) August 6, 2022
Members Leeteuk, Yesung, Shindong, Donghae, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun arrived in Manila on Friday night. Fans were quick to notice the absence of member Eunhyuk on the flight.
Hours later, the group announced that Eunhyuk’s father had passed away and that he was not able to depart for Manila. The group requested to give Eunhyuk privacy.
Prior to this, member Siwon sit out of the Manila concert after he tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week.
The group last visited Manila in December 2019 for their SUPER SHOW 8 concert.
Super Junior recently returned with their 11th full-length album “The Road : Keep on Going” with the title track “Mango” last month.
