K-Cult publishes two very different kinds of page, and they are not held to the same standard. Rather than write one rule that only half the site meets, this page says which is which.
Articles and profiles
News stories, features, and the profile pages for artists, groups and agencies are researched from at least two independent sources whenever a claim is not self-evident, and those sources are listed on the page with the date they were checked. Where a fact rests on a single source, we attribute it to that source rather than imply a corroboration we don’t have.
If a claim can’t be verified, we leave it out. We would rather publish a shorter page than a confident one.
Our early archive
K-Cult launched in January 2026 and this standard was put in place that spring. The 23 articles published before April 2026 carry no source list; of everything published since, 98% lists two sources or more. We would rather say so than let the older pieces imply a discipline they were never held to.
Database records: concerts, tours, festivals, venues and cities
These are listings, not reporting — who is playing, where, and on what date. They are compiled in bulk from tour announcements, ticketing pages and venue schedules, and they are not individually written or individually reviewed. Most carry a single source. Venue and city records are structural: they exist to group concerts together, and many carry no source of their own.
We prefer to say that plainly. In practice it means:
- A record shows a “last verified” date only when it also shows the sources it was verified against. No sources on the page, no date.
- Concert dates and venues change. Always check with the official ticketing page before making plans.
- When a listing is promoted into something we have actually researched, it gets sources and the standard above applies.
Our order of preference
- Primary / official — the artist, agency, label, court, organizer or platform, or an official document.
- The outlet that did the original reporting.
- Reputable secondary media.
- Identifiable official social accounts.
- Aggregators, wikis and fan databases — useful to find a lead, not to establish a fact. Two pages of the same wiki are one source, not two.
Rumors and unverified claims
We may cover a rumor to examine it, but we never present a rumor as fact because a single source mentions it. We separate what can be verified from what cannot, and we say when we’re reporting an unconfirmed claim.
When sources conflict
If a later, more authoritative source contradicts something we published, we update the page and note the change. (Corrections policy)