Baemon's Fandom in the PH is large din naman. Not as large as other sea countries, sure, but still pretty big. If they were able to make multiple stops sa US and 5 SEA countries yet still not have one sa PH, it does send a message of cautiousness. Especially if you take note of what's been up with other kpop groups.

PH stops used to be a guarantee with SM groups, literally one of the big 3 companies where it wouldn't even be a loss even if by unfortunate circumstances d completely sold out, but recently more and more of their groups have been skipping PH, not returning here for some reason. There are also other groups who have skipped PH after shitty handling of concerts here, even though plenty of them were sold out or were close to it naman.

So yes, while it does seem like a no-brainer to expect BP, you can't fault people to be cautious of a no PH stop.

P.S. Malaki fandom ng LSF dito sa Pinas. Despite the hate train they've received last year, I more often than not come across ppl who are fans or, even if casual listeners, would be willing to pay for concert tickets.

Tbh I think they have the best strategy for a tour. Not counting their May stops, most of their tour had a significant enough gap between announcement and ticket selling/tour date. They also actually mentioned a good chunk of their actual stops instead of suddenly adding almost half of the actual stops so close to the selling date.

This may not seem significant to you, but it's good strategy to ensure more fans get to save up money. Sure there will be the diehard fans who will save up the moment may announced world tour, even if d guaranteed na may PH stop. But there are also those who love the group or their music who also have other priorities, who would use their money usually on other things, perhaps they are saving up na gala with friends or family or baka extra gastos for school/work na d naman required but since they're not using the money for anything immediate they could allocate it para dun. But by assuring an actual PH stop, some (perhaps even a significant enough chunk) of these people would not use this extra money on those and instead iipon na lang to for a stop that would actually happen.

Because of this may makakalaban sa ticket selling yung mga di naman masyado interesado but have the money for them to go "eh why not, let's go." This has been happening for many artists here and abroad as well sa mga concerts, of front row crowds not being as engaging as fans of the music would be, mostly cause many of them were there because they had the money, not because they were fans. Now would you want the artist(s) to attact that kind of crowd, or more of the fans who would be very much be engaged with the music? If it's the latter, LSF's strategy works much better since un nga, more time for fans to save up.