Thousands of revellers gathered at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo on Sunday for the final day of pop culture festival ComplexCon, as excited fans packed in to see headliner NJZ amid legal complications surrounding the K-pop group.

Organisers said the second edition of the three-day festival was expected to draw about 36,000 attendees, while fans voiced excitement about seeing the group formerly known as NewJeans.

“This is NJZ’s first large-scale performance since they left [their former agency Ador], it’s of great significance,” Hongkonger Bon Tsang, 35, said. “Their former employer’s testimony might greatly affect their careers, but we’ll support them no matter what.”

On Friday, a South Korean court ruled in favour of Ador, which had requested a provisional injunction against the five-member group, stipulating it must not pursue further independent activities until a contract dispute had been resolved.

The legal complications initially cast doubt on whether the group would go ahead with the performance on Sunday.

NJZ halted activities last April as the group entered into the legal dispute with Andor over allegations of mistreatment.

Tsang, a photographer, said he was attending the event with his girlfriend to keep up with the latest trends in fashion at the festival’s market, which featured many brands popular in mainland China.