Crying Nut → Xdiz ‘Countdown Fantasy 2024-2025’ D-3

The last music festival of 2024 and the year-end heat-up, ‘Countdown Fantasy 2024-2025 (hereinafter referred to as CDF)‘ will be held at KINTEX Hall 5 for two days on December 30th and 31st next week.

On the first day of the festival, December 30th, ‘Xdinary Heroes’ will be the headliners for the first time since their debut, followed by ‘SURL’, ‘Na Sang-hyun‘s Band’, ‘Wawawa’, ‘87dance’, ‘PATZ’, ‘JACKING KONG’, and ‘BØJEONG’ will take to the ‘VIVID PLANET 25’ stage.

First, ‘Xdinary Heroes’ will show off the unstoppable energy of the ‘next-generation K-pop super band’, and will present the audience with an unforgettable year-end party with their full band sound and energetic performance. Another stage, ‘STATION STARDUST’, will feature ‘Peppertones’, ‘Thorn Apple’, ‘May Oil’, ‘ONEWE’, ‘Dragon Pony’, ‘CATCH THE YOUNG’, and ‘Band Kirin’. ‘Peppertones’ plans to spend a special time with fans by decorating the last stage of their 20th debut anniversary splendidly at CDF.

Then, on December 31st, the last day of 2024 and the last day of CDF, ‘VIVID PLANET 25’ will be performed by ‘Touched’, ‘jisokuryClub’, ‘Broccoli You Too’, ‘Ridore’, ‘DASUTT’, ‘OurR’, ‘12BH’.

The band ‘Touched’, which recently released the single ‘Last Day’ and became a true trend, will perform even more powerfully on the last day of 2024. will decorate the highlight of the festival that you can enjoy. Meanwhile, ‘STATION STARDUST’ will be in charge of the countdown event with ‘Crying Nut’, followed by ‘Galaxy Express’, ‘No Brain’, ‘IDIOTAPE’, ‘THE SOLUTIONS’, ‘Toxic’, ‘Snake Chicken Soup’, and ‘New Link’, who will decorate the stage full of band sounds. In particular, the appearance of senior rock bands such as ‘Crying Nut’ and ‘No Brain’ is raising the expectations of many fans.

In addition, in addition to the artists’ stages, CDF also has representative on-site contents such as ‘Sae.Bok.Bat (Happy New Year!)’, ‘Pillow Fight Championship (PFC)’, in addition to ‘I‘ll Give You Old Shoes, New Shoes’, where the winner can buy new shoes on the spot, and ‘Teacher, Would You Like to Play Tag with Me?’, where the winner can win various squid-related products based on the recently released ‘Squid Game 2’.

Meanwhile, this CDF has ‘MPMG MUSIC’, ‘Broccoli You Too’, ‘Snake Chicken Soup’ The artists will be participating in the festival booth. They will be meeting fans directly through various events such as ‘Signing Session’, ‘MD Sales’.

The organizer, ‘Mint Paper’, will provide a service where the audience can conveniently travel to and from the concert venue by operating a paid shuttle bus that departs from KINTEX on the day of the event and travels to various regions, as well as a free shuttle bus that arrives near Hapjeong Station for those who wish to return home after the countdown on the 31st. Other detailed information about the festival can be found on the organizer, Mint Paper’s homepage and the Countdown Fantasy official SNS.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com