Big Bang's latest ranking on Daum

Recently the Korean media announced the latest Daum ranking of the Korean idol groups. At the second place is still Big Bang. Big Bang's Japanese activities are coming to an end soon and they will be having their official Korean comeback. It is believed that Big Bang's comeback will set off a new trend. 

1: TVXQ : 768,690
2: Big Bang : 353,856
3: Girls' Generation : 304,440
4: SS501 : 248,505 
5: Super Junior: 23694
6: 2PM : 212294
7: SHINee : 123,848
8: BEAST : 121,689
9: Wonder Girls : 106,042
10: FT Island : 101,582
11: 2NE1 : 98,393
12: MBLAQ : 82,759
13: f(x) : 65,115
14: 2AM : 59,545
15: Kara : 55,632


thanks to Lolli哦买噶 @ baidu
translated by Miseremei @ Big Bang Haven
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Suju’s Yesung expresses his disappointment about criticism towards idol groups not being able to sing

Super Junior’s Yesung recently revealed his thoughts regarding articles comparing the singing abilities between idol groups and ‘Superstar K2‘ contestants.

During a press conference for the musical ‘Spam-a-lot’ held on October 1st, Yesung said, “I read an article about idol group members having no singing abilities when compared to the contestants of Superstar K2 and I couldn’t believe it.”

He continued, “Some people have this flimsy prejudice against idols, that since we’re idols we can’t do things like this. Even if we’re idols, there are still people who work hard.

“There were also biased views against idols in the musical world. When I first did the musical ‘Namhan Fortress’, I wanted to destroy that image.”

Yesung participated in the Korean original musical ‘Namhan Fortress‘ last year, and since then many other male idol group members have been following his footsteps, challenging themselves in the musical world as well.

Yesung emphasized, “I have pride that I was the first ever idol group member to participate in a musical. I find 1 hour of practicing for a musical with other actors better than 100 hours of acting class.”

Meanwhile, the comical musical ‘Spam-a-lot’ is about King Arthur on his way to find the Holy Grail and will wrap up promotions on January 2nd 2011.

Source + Photo: Edaily
Credit: ALLKPOP

Xiah Junsu dishes on his upcoming musical

Xiah Junsu is the first ever idol to prepare a musical concert with his own name headlining it.
Perhaps such is the reason why he’s working harder than ever preparing for his four day musical, set to begin on October 7th. Junsu will be working alongside musical stars such as Seo Bumseok, Min Young Ki, Shin Young Sook, and others.
Already having received the rookie award for “Mozart!” at the Musical Awards, Junsu became widely known for his strong concentration skills and the amount of effort he puts into his rehearsals.
In a recent meeting at his rehearsal hall, Junsu met with reporters and honestly confessed his thoughts regarding his first ever self named concert.
“Thank you for your interest. The pressure of being alone is bigger than ever, being the first concert under my name. This performance was only possible with the support of the director and producers. We’ve aready been rehearsing together for three months now so the level of synchronization with the other actors is as great as ever. We’re all working hard and I believe that we’ll be able to show everyone a great concert.”
The concert seats a 10,000 member audience and began production last May.

“I released a single in Japan in May and this will be the first time I’m performing one of the songs in Korea. The song holds a message of my feelings for my fans.” Junsu’s “Intoxication” is considered one of the highlights of his musical, being the first ever performance Korea

Co-producer Yoo Heesung revealed, “‘Mozart!’ was sold out in February and was successfully completed. Junsu’s concert will be like a galla in style where the actors will be able to connect with the audience more as opposed to singing a few songs and going off stage. Levay also fell in love with Kim Junsu’s performance after watching him and has expressed that he would love to produce songs together. He also said that he will be writing a song specifically for Kim Junsu.”
Sylvester Levay is a world famous composer, also having worked on “Mozart!” alongside playwright Michael Kunze.


One member of the musical revealed, “Kim Junsu never misses a day of rehearsal. None of us anticipated too much since he is a famous idol star but he has exceeded all of our expectations. He works very hard.”

With so much effort being put into his musical, what meaning does it hold to him? Junsu replied, “A musical is a medium that gives me bravery and strength. It’s not just a stage that allows me to sing and act. It’s not something that I can just lightly accomplish, but rather something that I want to consistently work on into my future.”

The interview concluded with a question on TVXQ and whether he kept in contact with the members. Junsu simply replied, “Each individual member is working hard on his activities. Just watching each other work feels like support in itself.”

Source + Photos: World Journal
Credit: ALLKPOP

BEAST to hold first concert in December

BEAST [Cube Entertainment]

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Boy band BEAST will be holding their first-ever concert in December, according to their agency Cube Entertainment on Friday.

An official at Cube met with Asia Economic Daily today, saying that the six-member group will hold a concert at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul on December 12.

"The concert will be of the scale of Rain's concerts and since it's their first concert, they are looking forward to it a lot," the official explained.

He added that other artists from Cube, such as 4minute, will also make appearances at the upcoming show.

"Our dream was to receive the award for best new artists and holding our own concert so we're honored to finally be achieving that dream... We'll be spending the busiest days since our debut," the boys were quoted as saying.

BEAST, who made their debut a year ago, released their third mini-album "Mastermind" yesterday which they will promote on the small screen starting today through a comeback performance on KBS music show "Music Bank."

Reporter : Park Kun-ouc kun1112@
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@

CREDITS: 10Asia (SOURCE) totaltrainwreck @B2STRISING (CREDIT)

Kpop takes over the list of trends on twitter

Today is definitely a day worth noting down in the history of K-pop. Another episode of Music Bank has just ended and we got to see lots of amazing performances. With artists like 2NE1, SHINee, FT Island, B2ST and BoA, the impact of today's episode was great.

SHINee returned today after a long period of promotions of their title track Lucifer. They performed their track Hello and received lots of love and support from fans in the audience and fans online. Even before their actual performance, fans began trending #helloshinee and what do you know? It's trending strongly at second spot now!

Trending at number 4 is B2ST. They made their comeback just today with Mastermind and Soom, hence the trend '#soomastermind. Fans around the world greatly anticipated their comeback on Music Bank and well, it seems like the boys of B2ST didn't fail to impress.

Other noticeable trends on the top ten trends worldwide on twitter right now are: Music Bank, JYJ, Sistar, Mubank and B2ST in that order. If all these Kpop idols were on twitter right now and could see the list of trends, they'd be so happy and proud of all you fans! Good job everyone.

Some tweeters commented:
- This is the best twitter day of my twitter life because of the beautiful trending list! LOVE KPOP! :D 1st Oct :)
- 7/10 KPOP RELATED <3 HELLO AT THE TOP.. ><

JYJ-“The Beginning” in Singapore Details

Note: This seating plan and its measurements may subject to changes in the event of an increase in the number of fans attending







Pre-booking of tickets will start on 4 OCT, MONDAY via our portal at www.quest-id.com. Time to be advised. The floor plan will be posted soon.

(Ticket prices)
...
VIP @ S$248
*includes a handshake and photograph session in group of 5, and a pre-autographed poster (only 60 seats available for Singapore fans and 40 seats available for international fans. Each fan is entitled to purchase ONE TICKET only)

CAT A @ S$168
CAT B @ S$138
CAT C @ S$98
CAT D @ S$68
(for CAT A-D tickets, fans can purchase up to a maximum of FOUR TICKETS only)

*We have a tracking system in placed to monitor duplicate orders using the same name and NRIC number. Duplicate booking will be rejected.

There is NO SELECTION of seats. All categories will be based on a first-come-first-serve basis.

This is how the ticket pre-booking will be done:

1. Go to www.quest-id.com
2. Register as a free member (you can register now and you must provide your full name as in your NRIC/Passport, NRIC/Passport number and other details as required in the registration form)
3. Click on the JYJ Ticket Pre-booking tab
4. Select your choice of ticket
5. Upon confirmation, you will receive an email confirmation with your ticket number and other collection details

After your pre-booking is done, you don't have to worry about your ticket reservation once you have received the confirmation. We will be arranging a ticket pick-up day (between 6-8 Oct, time and venue to be confirmed) for you to make payment and collect your ticket.

***For international fans only, we will make arranging for you to TT (telegraphic transfer) the payment to us.

We DO NOT accept any credit cards. Payment is CASH terms only.

IMPORTANT:
1. On the day of ticket collection, you MUST print and bring along the copy of the ticket confirmation together with your NRIC/Passport. You MUST come in person and all the details MUST match or we will not entertain the collection.

2. Due to the high number of fans coming to collect the tickets and make payment, we will not entertain any requests for change of tickets, etc.

3. Please bring exact amount for the payment.


Other queries, please email to jyj@quest-id.com.




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Hope HOMIN are there too.. ^^

SHINee poses cutely at Music Bank backstage

After saying "HELLO" cutely on Music Bank, SHINee also poses a cute image of them at the backstage.

SHINee Fans really can't resist their cute-ness this time.




Hello, hello~ :-)

오늘 뮤직뱅크 사전녹화에 참여해 주신 여러분 !!
너무 감사 드리구요~
일요일에도 많은 참여 부탁드립니다. ^^

[Translations]
Today a lot of you participated in Music Bank Pre-recording !!
Thank you so much~
Come join us on Sunday too. ^^




Source: shinee smtown
Translations: SHINing_SHINee



Oh Gee... HELLO~ HELLO~ SHINee.. You guys know what? You guys are fricking awesome today... Komawo for make the great performance... as u guys smile.. SHAWOLS will smile too ^^

SHINee HOT COMEBACK AT MUSIC BANK !! "HELLO"

* SPECIAL PICTURE *

Video as tagged
Picture credits ; http://www.facebook.com/arqylaloveminho

BEAST SOOM MV are watch over 100 000 in just 1 day.

With BEAST SOOM MV just release yesterday, the MV was watch over 100 000 in just 1 day! Not just that it also at Most Popular at YouTube. It looks like B2UTY really support BEAST comeback and hope they amazed people who watch Music Bank today.

The caption was take at 1636 (GMT +8).

Source: YouTube

Changmin Spotted At Onew's Musical

Changmin is spotted at Onew's "Rock Of Ages" musical.

Fans caught him at the musical and was really excited and happy.

There is a picture of him at Onew's Musical (below).

There were also fans happily saying, "he's supporting Onew.", "SME artistes are sure close".
Also, there was a video taken of Changmin watching Onew's musical.

Credits: Forever_SHINee & lovelymax @ YT



YEah... Changmin always supporting his beloved dongsaeng .. Onew.. >< ... Kyaa.. I hope I was there .. to see them two ..