SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A large arena in Seoul was rocked with cheers from some 10,000 fans when the sharp intro of “DDU-DU DDU-DU,” the popular title track off girl group BLACKPINK’s first EP album “Square Up,” was played. The song opened the “Black Pink 2018 Tour [In Your Area] Seoul x BC [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop duo TVXQ has drawn the largest number of concertgoers in Japan this year, beating foreign and Japanese artists, its agency SM Entertainment said Monday. According to the agency, the team ranked No. 1 on the list, compiled by Nikkei Entertainment, of performers’ ticket power. The duo’s concerts in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Red Velvet will have concerts in five U.S. cities starting next February, their Seoul-based agency confirmed on Saturday. According to SM Entertainment, Red Velvet will start their U.S. tour in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2019, and will go to Dallas two days later. They will [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will go on its first global tour starting in Seoul this month, its agency, YG Entertainment, said Thursday. After its Seoul concerts on Nov. 10 and 11, the four-member act will perform in Bangkok on Jan. 12 and 13, in Jakarta on Jan. 20, in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated male opera singers of our time, did not fail to delight music lovers during a packed concert at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul on October 26. Marking his seventh concert in the nation, the 77-year-old baritone received a thunderous round of applause [...]
SUWON, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A special concert was held on August 9 at a location on Dokdo, Korea’s Natural Monument No. 336 which has also been designated as a “Natural Preservation Area.” A group of 21 students who held drums, gayageum, violins and other instruments in their hands played the “Arirang Medley.” With [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — In just a few days, Kendrick Lamar, the world renowned hip-hop artist who became the first non-classical and non-jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album “Damn,” will be performing live in South Korea, much to his fans’ delight. According to Hyundai Card, the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — American pop icon and Nobel laureate for literature Bob Dylan will throw a concert in Seoul next month, the organizer said Tuesday. The 77-year-old singer-songwriter’s concert, the first in South Korea in eight years, is set for July 27 at the Gymnastics Area of Olympic Park in southern Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A concert commemorating President Moon Jae-in’s first anniversary in office was held yesterday afternoon at Nokjiwon, the green lawn of the presidential Blue House. Guests included 300 residents and students living in the nearby neighborhoods of Cheongun-dong, Hyoja-dong, Sajik-dong and Samcheon-dong. “It’s been already one year since I came [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Card Co. on Thursday apologized for what is being criticized as a “disrespectful” concert performance by American pop singer Ariana Grande in South Korea. Grande has been bombarded with negative feedback from South Korean fans over her concert held Tuesday at the Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul, [...]