Kim Jong Un'S Brother Spotted At Eric Clapton Gig In London Kim Jong Un'S Brother Spotted At Eric Clapton Gig In London Kim Jong Un'S Brother Spotted At Eric Clapton Gig In London The older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Chul, has been spotted enjoying an Eric Clapton show in London this week. Has Kim Jong-un's older brother been enjoying his favourite musician at London's Albert Hall? Japanese reporters believe they spotted brother of North Korean dictator at Eric Clapton concert because he's a massive fan Kim Jong-un's older rock-obsessed brother has been spotted in London for an Eric Clapton concert at the Royal Albert Hall, it emerged today. Kim Jong-chol, 33, overlooked as the next leader of North Korea by his father Kim Jong-il because he was 'too girly', is said to be obsessed with the musician and has seen him all over the world. He was seen arriving with his girlfriend at the London concert on Monday night - and it is the first time he has been seen since his brother took power in 2011. Jong-chol is the playboy head of the North Korean 'brat pack', and is known for enjoying a jetset lifestyle including trips to casinos in China and a love of designer goods. With a fashionable haircut and wearing an expensive leather jacket, T-shirt and sunglasses, Jong-chol did not appear to have a security team with him, according to a Japanese broadcaster. He has seen Clapton in Asia and across Europe in the past decade, and even invited him to play in Pyongyang. Tickets for the Albert Hall gig cost between £100 and £288 and Jong-chol may have been among those enjoying a seat in a box with unlimited beer and wine, canapés and a hot buffet. Clapton's sell-out gigs in London are to mark his seventieth birthday. According to reports Jong-chol then stayed in the Chelsea Harbour Hotel where rooms can cost up to £2,100 per night. The North Korean is said to be obsessed with the former Yardbirds and Cream guitarists, and is known to sing, sway and chant along with other fans at his gigs. In 2011, while North Koreans were celebrating the birthday of their leader Kim Jong-Il, his middle son was in Singapore watching Clapton, 70. Jong-chol is one of Kim Jong-il's three sons, and the country's leader Jong-un is the youngest. He was an early favourite to succeed his father but has since lost out to his younger sibling. He is said to be the leader of North Korea's 'brat pack', sons of the country's elite who are known to love western influences. The 33-year-old enjoys worldwide travel and is known to enjoy trips to Macau - China's Las Vegas - and has been seen gambling and buying designer clothes. It is said that he and his friends have the freedom to do what they like because they have no political ambitions and it has been alleged that they also raise funds for the country through drugs and black market profiteering. The eldest of the three Jong-il children is also known for his playboy lifestyle. Kim Jong Nam, who is in his early forties, has previously said his younger brother's regime will 'not last long'. After he was overlooked for the job he described the succession of power to Kim Jong Un as 'a joke to the outside world' in an email published yesterday by South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper. And he said his half brother would be 'just a nominal figure', adding: 'The members of the power elite will be the ones in actual power.' Kim Jong Nam has a love of casinos and western culture. He is believed to have fallen out of favour with his father after he was caught trying to enter Japan on a fake passport in 2001, claiming he wanted to visit Disney's Tokyo resort. He told the newspaper: 'Because I was educated in the West, I was able to enjoy freedom from early age, and I still love being free. 'The reason I visit Macau so often is because it's the most free and liberal place near China, where my family lives.'

• published: 22 May 2015
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