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NSF who won The Kallang Pass gets to skip BTS ticket war
The Straits Times
|June 04, 2026
Full-time national serviceman Thevin Ong knows what it feels like to lose the online ticketing war.
For K-pop girl group Blackpink’s National Stadium concerts in November 2025, the 19-year-old Singaporean spent hours in the queue across three devices, but came away empty-handed. He eventually got to attend one show only because his secondary school friend managed to get a ticket that cost him around $230.
It was the same with American singer Bruno Mars’ concerts at the same venue in 2024. Ong tried, failed and ended up going only because his then-girlfriend had tickets.
But for the BTS concerts at the National Stadium in December, he will not have to go through any of that when pre-sales begin on June 3. All he has to do is send a WhatsApp message.
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