
Sho Sakurai is still expected to come to Taiwan to host an event on the 25th as originally planned.
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As Typhoon Qiangpit hit Taiwan, the Taipei City Government announced that classes would be suspended on October 24, causing music events originally scheduled to be held at the Taipei Arena to be affected.
Typhoon Qiangbi is approaching, and the "MUSIC EXPO LIVE 2026 in TAIPEI" will be held at the Arena for two consecutive days starting tomorrow (24th). In response to Taipei City's announcement of the suspension of classes and classes, the first day's performance has been confirmed to be cancelled. It is reported that if there are no changes, Sakurai Sho will still come to Taiwan as originally planned to host the activities on the next day (25th).
MUSIC EXPO has assembled a total of 8 groups of performers, and even the host is Sakurai Sho, a member of the heavenly group "Arashi". It is reported that most of the performers are expected to fly to Taiwan on the 23rd and 24th. Unfortunately, due to Typhoon Qianbi, the flight was canceled and they were unable to fly to Taiwan smoothly, so the itinerary had to be adjusted.
On the first day, the performances of guests AiNA THE END, FRUITS ZIPPER, Hearts2Hearts and King & Prince were cancelled, and the Taiwan debut of SM's popular new girl group Hearts2Hearts was cancelled.
Kuanhong Arts issued an announcement to the media earlier today, announcing that due to the impact of Typhoon Qiangbi, "MUSIC EXPO LIVE 2026 in TAIPEI, originally scheduled to be held at 18:00 on October 24 (Saturday) at the Taipei Arena, was announced by the Taipei City Government. Classes will be suspended on October 24th (Saturday), so the performance will be cancelled. Please follow the refund procedures (refund fees will be waived). Please check the official community of Kuanhong Arts for details.
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