SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Taemin, a member of K-pop boy band SHINee, will join the military next month to fulfill his mandatory service, his agency said Tuesday. The 27-year-old singer is set to enlist on May 31, according to SM Entertainment. The agency did not elaborate further on the venue and schedule of [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band SHINee’s livestream concert held on Sunday attracted some 130,000 fans from 120 countries, its agency said Monday. Fans from countries like the United States, Japan and Italy joined the online concert “Beyond Live – SHINEE: SHINee World” streamed worldwide via Naver V Live on Sunday, according [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band SHINee will hold its first-ever online concert next month after coming back from a two-year hiatus, the group’s management agency said Saturday. The concert, titled “Beyond LIVE – SHINee: SHINee World,” will be livestreamed on April 4 on V Live, a streaming platform of the country’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SHINee is back. Like the line that opens SHINee’s hit tracks like “Sherlock” and “Dream Girl,” the second-generation K-pop act is back with a new full album after two years and six months — a hiatus prompted by the enlistment of three of its members. The boy band known [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop boy band SHINee’s member Key will begin the mandatory 21-month military service in early March as a member of the military band, his management agency SM Entertainment said Friday. The 28-year-old, whose real name is Kim Ki-bum, “will join the military on March 4, having recently got [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Onew, the lead vocalist and eldest member of K-pop boy band SHINee, joined the armed forces on Monday to fulfill his mandatory military service, taking a hiatus from his long K-pop career. “I come to a temporary break,” Onew, whose real name is Lee Jin-ki, said in a hand-written [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Key, a member of K-pop boy band SHINee, will debut as a solo artist next month with his first solo release, his management agency said Tuesday. The 27-year-old will drop “Forever Yours” on major local music stores Nov. 6, according to SM Entertainment. He will deliver a full-length solo [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Onew, a member of K-pop boy band SHINee, has been cleared of a sexual harassment allegation that has dogged him since August of last year, his agency said Friday. SM Entertainment said Onew, whose real name is Lee Jin-ki, was cleared of his sexual harassment allegation by the prosecution [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Red Velvet, Seventeen and other musicians will participate in the annual Dream Concert, a K-pop collaboration event, next month, organizers said Friday. The 24th edition will be staged at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul on May 12, the Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association said. The association announced a lineup [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean K-pop boy band Shinee’s hit song “Lucifer” is making an appearance on U.S. TV show “Lucifer” on FOX. Billboard reported on January 30 that the idol group’s tune is played in a scene from the show’s third season where Lucifer (Tom Ellis) is engaging in a fight [...]