ATEEZ's Wooyoung unable to attend 'Festival Mawazine' in Morocco due to heat hives

On June 15 KST, ATEEZ’s label KQ Entertainment announced member Wooyoung’s absence from the upcoming ‘Festival Mawazine’ in Morocco.

According to the label, the ATEEZ member recently began experiencing severe heat hives.

You can read KQ Entertainment’s full announcement below. 

“Hello, this is KQ Entertainment.

We would like to notify you that member Wooyoung will not be able to attend ‘Festival Mawazine’ in Morocco, where ATEEZ is scheduled to perform on June 23. 

Earlier in April, while preparing for ATEEZ’s ‘Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’ performance, Wooyoung experienced an unspecified allergic reaction for the first time. During practices and performances, he broke out in hives, and so to receive an accurate diagnosis, he underwent three medical expert visits and was finally diagnosed with cholinergic urticaria, or heat hives.

Afterward, similar symptoms resurfaced frequently when Wooyoung was exposed to strong sunlight while performing rigorous choreography, and throughout ATEEZ’s ongoing album promotions and practices for the upcoming festival, minor symptoms persisted. As a result, Wooyoung has been limiting strenuous exercise and rigorous choreography practice as to focus on treatment and recovery. 

Considering the health of our artist as our topmost priority, we have decided that ATEEZ’s performance at ‘Festival Mawazine’ will take place with 7-members, excluding Wooyoung. During that time, Wooyoung will receive focused treatment, so that he can resume his schedules so long as they do not require overexertion and he can continue to receive treatment. 

We apologize to the fans who must have been surprised by the sudden news, and we ask for your understanding, as the decision was reached after much consideration for the artist’s health.”

Meanwhile, ATEEZ will be performing on the main stage of ‘Mawazine’, OLM SOUISSI, on June 23 as the first ever K-Pop act to make an appearance at the international music festival.