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Blackpink to hold 'THE VIRTUAL' concert in hit game PUBG

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Blackpink during its online concert last January 31, 2021. Photo: Twitter/@BLACKPINK" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/entertainment/02/08/blackpink.jpg"/><figcaption>Blackpink during its online concert last January 31, 2021. <em>Photo: Twitter/@BLACKPINK</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>Top Korean girl group Blackpink is set to hold a virtual concert through the hit game PlayerUnknown&#x27;s Battlegrounds&#x27; (PUBG) platform, the game announced Tuesday. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#x27;BLACKPINK X PUBG MOBILE 2022 IN-GAME CONCERT: [THE VIRTUAL]&#x27; Coming soon!<br/><br/>North &amp; South America:22nd-23rd and 29th-30th July<br/>Rest of the World: 23rd-24th and 30th-31st July <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLACKPINKxPUBGM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BLACKPINKxPUBGM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLACKPINK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BLACKPINK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PUBGMOBILE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PUBGMOBILE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/THEVIRTUAL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#THEVIRTUAL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/INGAMECONCERT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#INGAMECONCERT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BLACKPINK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BLACKPINK</a> <a href="https://t.co/anHLiGioVy">pic.twitter.com/anHLiGioVy</a></p>— PUBG MOBILE (@PUBGMOBILE) <a href="https://twitter.com/PUBGMOBILE/status/1546646597320298496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>This comes ahead of the group&#x27;s comeback slated for August. </p><p>PUBG said the concert will be held from July 22 to 23 and July 29 in North and South America. </p><p>In the rest of the world, the concert will be held from July 23 to 24, and July 30 to 31. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/03/19/recap-blackpink-sparks-revolution-in-manila">RECAP: Blackpink sparks revolution in Manila</a></li></ul><p>To receive in-game concert tickets, fans may download the game before July 15, and a &quot;concert resource pack&quot; may be downloaded the next day. </p><p>Blackpink&#x27;s management company YG Entertainment earlier announced that the top K-pop girl group is at the &quot;final stage of recording its album&quot; set to come out on August. </p><p>Their last whole-group project was the band&#x27;s first full-length album “The Album,” which was released in October 2020 and sold over a million copies. </p>

To receive in-game concert tickets, fans may download the game before July 15, and a 'concert resource pack' may be downloaded the next day. 