BTS fans were not going to take the latest government protocols on Covid in South Korea sitting down, despite a ban on standing, as well as singing and shouting.
A gig in their home country is always going to be a big draw, but the seven-piece boy band have found that their concerts have been severely reduced in capacity.
Instead of 70,000 seeing them in Seoul, there were just 15,000 allowed to attend, and a whole load of restrictions on those who were there.
In a statement before the show, BTS' management company Big Hit Music said, "Cheering loudly, yelling, chanting and standing up during 'BTS Permission To Dance On Stage – Seoul' is strictly prohibited according to government guidelines."
So fans took to clapping as a way of showing their appreciation to the supergroup.
Luckily for those at the gig, there wasn't going to be any cases of sore palms from overenthusiastic clapping as every fan was given a "clapper", which they could use as much as possible.
The band was then treated to synchronised clapping during their songs and a raucous amount of clapper use in celebration of each track.
The gig on Thursday was the first time the K-pop boy band had performed in their home country since the start of the global pandemic.
BTS are scheduled to play twice more with fans expected to embrace the "clappers" as a way of expressing their love and support without transgressing the strict Covid rules.
Big Hit Music did have a warning for fans, especially with social distancing.
In their statement, they added: "Seating for the in-person performance will comply with spacing guidelines mandated by local government performance venue Covid-19 control measures.
“The event may be changed or cancelled depending on the social distancing level.”
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