Overall experience
Accessibility
Most venues are accessible by public transport (Train). Car hailing app widely used. Most venue sells food/beverages inside and outside.
Ticket purchase
Ticketing website open worldwide, no restriction on payment. Local presale rarely done. However, ticketing website often crashes during sale.
Concert experience
Queue number assigned for most standing zones. Orderly entry into the venue. Digital ticket issued prior to concert day, no ID check.
Concert Venues
Kuala Lumpur
National Stadium Bukit Jalil
Capacity: ~75,000 pax
The biggest venue in Malaysia. Only 2 k-pop acts have performed here as at 2024: BLACKPINK and G-Dragon.
Axiata Arena
Capacity: ~16,000 pax
Located beside National Stadium Bukit Jalil. Preferred venue for dol group from SM and YG.
Mega Star Arena
Capacity: ~5,000 pax
Preferred venue for solo acts , fan-meet and fancon. Ground floor can be set up as seated or standing, 2nd floor is elevated seats.
Zepp KL
Capacity: ~2,000 pax
Indoor venue located inside a shopping mall. Ground are only for standing (historically no seats have been installed on ground), 1st floor and box are assigned seats
HGH Convention Centre
Capacity: ~2,000 pax
Not many concerts are held here, and the hall are mostly used for banquets. Seats can be installed and also made into standing zone
Plenary Hall
Capacity: ~3,000 pax
Theatre style, all seats are elevated. No standing zone. Located conveniently at the KLCC Twin Towers, the icon of Malaysia.
Selangor
Sunway Surf Beach
Capacity: ~2,000 pax
Outdoor venue, located inside a theme park. Not very accessible via public transport and mostly used for festival type concerts.
Stadium Malawati
Capacity: ~13,000 pax
Indoor venue, however not accessible by train or bus. No elevation on ground, can be set up as standing seated. 2nd floor are elevated seats.
Pahang
Genting Arena of Stars
Capacity: ~5,000 pax
The venue caters for fully seated concert, ground floor has no elevation and 2nd floor are elevated. No train serves the area, public transport via Bus which requires prior reservation.
Sabah/Sarawak
Sarawak Stadium
Capacity: ~40,000 pax
Located in East Malaysia, only accessible from capital city Kuala Lumpur via flight. Main usage of the stadium is for football matches and are used for concerts only once a year during Borneo Music Festival (BMF) in which kpop acts are invited. Not accessible via public transport
Organisers
All k-pop concerts in Malaysia will be managed (including ticket sales) by local organisers. Most information will only be communicated by the organisers, not through the official accounts of the artists. Below are the list of known organisers:
- IME Malaysia: Official X account
- Star Planet:
- Pulp Live World
- UnUsUaL Entertainment
Ticketing websites
- Ticket2u
- BookMyShow Malaysia
- TicketMelon
- TicketingTix
