{"id":166225,"date":"2026-05-08T07:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=166225"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:37:53","slug":"woodz-apologizes-for-the-controversy-over-the-upcoming-overseas-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/woodz-apologizes-for-the-controversy-over-the-upcoming-overseas-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"WOODZ apologizes for the controversy over the upcoming overseas concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WOODZ<\/strong> and his music agency,<strong> EDAM Entertainment<\/strong>, are currently in the eye of the storm over the controversy of the idol\u2019s overseas schedule. They have addressed the recruitment call for unpaid \u201cvolunteer\u201d staff for the upcoming stops in different cities across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, <strong>an advertisement appeared on an online community recruiting<em> &#8220;volunteers&#8221;<\/em> willing to work as staff during WOODZ&#8217;<em>s &#8216;Archive. 1&#8217;<\/em> tour stop in Berlin, Germany<\/strong>. The post became the last nail in the coffin for the K-Netizens, who concluded EDAM entertainment is taking fans for granted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WOODZ-organizers-want-free-staff-for-his-germany-show-.jpg\" alt=\"WOODZ is currently under fire for underpaying personel \" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WOODZ-organizers-want-free-staff-for-his-germany-show-.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WOODZ-organizers-want-free-staff-for-his-germany-show--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WOODZ-organizers-want-free-staff-for-his-germany-show--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WOODZ-organizers-want-free-staff-for-his-germany-show--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WOODZ-organizers-want-free-staff-for-his-germany-show--1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WOODZ-organizers-want-free-staff-for-his-germany-show--860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though the recruits will be given random tasks such as crowd management, MD sales, food service, etc, along with the benefits of meal coverage and an opportunity to watch the show, there is still a <strong>controversy<\/strong> over the<em> \u201cvolunteers\u201d<\/em> status of the show.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a representative of EDAM Entertainment has clarified about the controversy and released a short but substantial statement to enlighten the fans and K-Netizens who are currently in a<strong> rage mood:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;The truth about the recent incident has been obtained from the local concert organizer. At the time, EDAM Entertainment did not properly confirm the parameters of the recruitment. To address these and other shortcomings caused by WOODZ&#8217;s world tour, we will work closely with the local organizers to take all<strong> necessary measures<\/strong>. We additionally promise to strengthen communication with the local organizers so that they may focus on the safe production of &#8216;Archive.1&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WOODZ and his music agency, EDAM Entertainment, are currently in the eye of the storm over the controversy of the idol\u2019s overseas schedule. They have addressed the recruitment call for unpaid \u201cvolunteer\u201d staff for the upcoming stops in different cities across the globe. Recently, an advertisement appeared on an online community recruiting &#8220;volunteers&#8221; willing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":166226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[3956],"tmauthors":[3735],"class_list":{"0":"post-166225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-woodz"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166229,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166225\/revisions\/166229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166225"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=166225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}