Odds of getting Jody Chiang return tour tickets under 10%: Promoter

Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) Fans of Taiwanese singer Jody Chiang (江蕙) will have a 7.6 percent chance of getting tickets to any of her 20 concerts on her first tour since she retired 10 years ago, tour organizer KHAM Inc. said in a statement Sunday.

The promoter said people have registered to buy 2,605,368 tickets in an upcoming computerized draw to decide who can gain admission to the concerts, but only around 200,000 tickets will be available for the 20 performances, KHAM said.

Chiang's 2025 tour will feature eight concerts at Kaohsiung Arena from July 11-26 and 12 concerts at Taipei Arena from Aug. 8 to Sept. 1, KHAM said on Dec. 18.

According to KHAM's ticketing service, the registration period began at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday and closed at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday.

Each member could register to buy up to 12 tickets -- up to four tickets for each of one to three dates of their choice -- for the first draw, with the results to be announced at noon on Tuesday.

If after the first draw there are tickets that have not been paid for by draw winners before noon on Jan. 9, those tickets will be put into a second draw for members who registered but did not get tickets in the first draw, KHAM said.

Results of the second draw will be announced at noon on Jan. 13, and winners need to pay for the tickets allocated to them by noon on Jan. 15, according to KHAM.

Chiang, 63, first came out of retirement on Oct. 5 to perform at a National Day event. In early September, she released a statement explaining her long absence from the stage, saying she needed medication because of health issues even before embarking on her 25-concert farewell tour in July 2015.

Only describing her illness as "very serious," Chiang said she underwent long hospital stays, surgeries, chemotherapy, the loss of her singing voice, a heavy loss of blood, a pulmonary embolism, and several life and death moments, before regaining her health.

"I'm a Taiwanese woman who sings with my life. Singing is the only thing I know how to do since I was nine," Chiang said in the statement.

"Life is short, I want to seize the moment and be myself. I'm picking up the microphone again to sing for my devoted fans."

Following her Oct. 5 performance, Chiang also appeared as a guest during two of singer-songwriter Jay Chou's (周杰倫) four concerts at Taipei Dome held Dec. 5 to 8.