First Visit to Zepp KL-KLP48 Debut

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On Sunday, August 18, I went to the live music venue Zepp KL for the first time.


I hadn't planned to go.

On Friday, I was shopping at LaLaport BBCC and was about to leave when I saw three young women wearing the same clothes handing out flyers.

The flier I received was for tickets to KLP48's debut concert.


KLP means Kuala Lumpur. KLP48 is the newest team from AKB48 Group.


It seemed like the members of KLP48 were handing them out themselves.

There were still tickets left unsold on Friday evening...

I felt bad for the venue being empty, so I decided to go.

It's in my neighborhood after all.

I got the cheaper of the two types of seats (at the back), and the ticket price was about 10,000 yen.


   
AKB48 Group Live in KL 2024 at Zepp KL on August 18
AKB48 Group Live in KL 2024

The show started at 4pm on Sunday.

About 70% of the seats (or rather, the entire space, since it was all standing room only) were filled, so I guess there was nothing to worry about.

Although it was the KL team's debut performance, it was a show called AKB48 Group Live 2024, and other teams also appeared.

The order of performance was Quad Lips, STU48, JKT48, AKB48, and finally KLP48.


With so many performers and similar performances, the last group left a weak impression.

To be honest, I thought the first group, the four-member Quad Lips, was the best.

Maybe they performed only original songs.

Or maybe it was because the fewer members made the conversation (mainly in English, with some Malaysian) more coherent.

(I later found out that the four members were also members of different teams, JKT, BNK, MNL, and SKE.)


By the way, I estimated the audience to be over 500 people. More than 40% of them seemed to be Japanese.

The show ended around 7:20pm, so the restaurant at LaLaport BBCC must have been doing well.

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