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Feb 22, 2019 Music

BTS launches online archive 'Armypedia' to reach out to fans

Global K-pop phenomenon BTS has launched an online archive, inspired by its dedicated fans around the world, where their fans, known as Army, can get together to record memories from the band's six-year career, the band's management agency said Friday."Armypedia" at www.armypedia.net has gone online and will officially go into operation starting on Monday to gather together BTS fans to collectively record memorable moments of the six years since BTS' debut on June 13, 2013, according to Big Hit

Tickets sell out for BLACKPINK's N. America tour

All 60,000 tickets for South Korean girl group BLACKPINK's first-ever North American tour have sold out, the group's management agency said Friday.The band is set to perform in six cities -- in Los Angeles on April 17, in Chicago on April 24, in Hamilton, Canada, on April 27, in Newark on May 1, in Atlanta on May 5 and in Fort Worth on May 8. (YG Entertainment)Sources say YG Entertainment, the group's management, is considering scheduling additional shows due to the high demand for tickets.BLACK

Feb 22, 2019
Music
For six decades, diva Lee Mi-ja sings with heart

Lee releases new album to celebrate 60 years since debut, hoping to preserve root of Korean pop music

Feb 22, 2019
Music
Haydn’s ‘Creation’ to feature wire, water tank and video mapping

Soprano says experimental production highlights music via visual art

Feb 22, 2019
Music
Taeyeon from Girls' Generation to tour 4 Japanese cities in April

Taeyeon, a member of K-pop girl band Girls' Generation, will go on a Japanese solo concert tour in April that will take her to four major cities there, her management agency said Thursday. (S.M. Entertainment)The tour will kick off in Fukuoka on April 13 and be followed by concerts in Osaka from April 22-23. She will then move to Nagoya to perform on April 27 before wrapping up the tour with performances in Tokyo from May 9-10, according to SM Entertainment.The "Taeyeon Japan Tour 2019 ~Signal~"

Feb 21, 2019
Music
Tiffany Young to release first American EP 'Lips on Lips'

Tiffany Young, a former Korean-American member of K-pop band Girls' Generation, will release her first American EP, "Lips on Lips," on Thursday, her management agency said.The five-track record will hit the American music scene at midnight on Friday, according to Transparent Arts. In South Korea, the album will be available for streaming starting at 2:00 p.m. Thursday. (Tiffany Young Twitter)The record, a package of five songs including "Born Again,"which was previously released last month, delv

Feb 21, 2019
Music
BTS announces another tour of major cities in US, Europe, Japan this year

K-pop boy band BTS will carry out another concert tour of major cities in the United States, Europe and Japan starting in May, the band's management agency announced Wednesday.The "Love Yourself: Speak Yourself" tour, which came after BTS' successful, wider world tour last year, will bring the septet again to eight cities -- Los Angeles, Chicago, East Rutherford, Sao Paulo, London, Paris, Osaka and Shizuoka -- starting in May. A total of 10 concerts will be held in the eight cities, according to

Feb 20, 2019
Music
[Herald Interview] Nobody can imitate our powerfulness: Monsta X

After seeing its biggest stateside success last year, which included its iHeart Radio Jingle Ball tour, Monsta X has returned with the new hard-hitting single “Alligator,” a culmination of its yearlong efforts. And the act confidently said that with the new single it was set to prove that 2019 would be its year for both musical growth and global recognition. “Performing at multiple Jingle Ball events taught us so many things and offered opportunities to connect with global audiences. It was such

Feb 19, 2019
Music
Tongyeong music fest aims to be classical yet innovate

Annual festival in southern coastal city elevates legacy of late composer Yun I-sang

Feb 20, 2019
Music
Red Velvet completes tour of 5 US cities, set to hit Canada next

K-pop girl band Red Velvet wrapped up its tour of five American cities and will set out on a tour of Canadian cities, the band's management agency said Tuesday.The five-piece girl group's latest United States tour started in Los Angeles in the first week of February. The band next performed in Dallas, Miami, Chicago and Newark on Sunday (US time), as part of the ongoing world tour, "Red Velvet 2nd Concert [REDMARE]." (Yonhap)At the last US concert at Newark, the band staged a medley of its hit s

Feb 19, 2019
Music
[K-talk] After 7 years, B.A.P disbands

K-pop boy band B.A.P has disbanded, with all six of the original bandmates leaving its agency. TS Entertainment released an official announcement Monday saying that the agency’s exclusive contracts with Himchan, Daehyun, Youngjae and Jongup have expired. (TS Entertainment)“The B.A.P members’ exclusive contracts with TS Entertainment have ended, and we came to an agreement to go separate ways,” the announcement read. The boy band debuted in 2012 with the single “Warrior.” With hit tracks “1004” a

Feb 19, 2019
Music
BTS attracts 380,000 spectators on Japanese leg of world tour

BTS drew some 380,000 spectators on the Japanese leg of the world concert tour "Love Yourself," which hit four major Japanese cities, the band's management agency said Monday.BTS wrapped up the "Love Yourself ~Japan Edition~" with the final stop at Fukuoka's Yahuoku! Dome held from Feb. 16-17, according to Big Hit Entertainment. (BTS Official Twitter)It was the final stop of BTS' tour of four Japanese cities, which kicked off at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 13 for a two-day run.Following Tokyo, the septet

Feb 18, 2019
Music
BIGBANG's Seungri apologizes over club scandal

K-pop boy band BIGBANG's Seungri went ahead with a planned concert in Seoul on Saturday despite a snowballing scandal centering on a nightclub he was formerly involved in, although he apologized for his controversial stance on the club. Ahead of his solo concert at Olympic Park in southern Seoul, Seungri said he was sorry for causing "disappointment and concerns" to his fans over controversies surrounding Burning Sun, a famous club located in the bustling Gangnam Station area. (YG Entertainment

Feb 17, 2019
Music
Park Bom returns to K-pop stage in March

Park Bom, formerly of the now-disbanded 2NE1, is reportedly set to return to the K-pop scene in March. According to a report from the Star News on Friday, Park will release her new song in March, and is working on a new album. (Park Bom`s Instagram)Park’s upcoming release would be her first in eight years, following her digital single “Don’t Cry” released in April 2011. She debuted as a solo artist with the hit solo album “You and I” in 2009.Park Bom left YG Entertainment after 2NE1 disbanded in

Feb 16, 2019
Music
Momoland's Daisy admits to romantic relationship with iKon's Yun-hyeong

Daisy, a member of K-pop girl band Momoland, admitted Thursday that she is dating Song Yun-hyeong, a member of boy group iKon.An official from Momoland's management agency, MLD Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency "the two have been in a dating relationship with mutual affection for three months," confirming a media report that the two started dating three or four months earlier. (YG Entertainment / MLD Entertainment)YG Entertainment, the music label for iKon, however, played down the report,

Feb 14, 2019
Music

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