SM Entertainment confirms one more concert for “SM Town Live in Paris”

The efforts of European fans have finally paid off, as SM Entertainment revealed that they will indeed be adding one more concert date for “SM Town Live in Paris“.

“SM Town Live in Paris” will be held for two days at the Le Zenith de Paris on June 10th and 11th. The decision was largely influenced by the fact that the first concert sold out within 15 minutes.

As previously reported, 300 upset fans took to the streets of Paris for a flash mob event that caught the attention of Korean media outlets.

SME representatives stated, “TVXQ, Super Junior, SNSD, and other artists who represent SM’s global power will be performing an additional show in Paris. Through the concerts, we hope to help foster the K-Pop wave in Europe.”

Tickets for this second concert will go on sale starting May 16th through Live Nation and FNAC Spectacles and are expected to be sold out on that day.

Ranking of Korean group debut sales in Japan

Ranking of Korean groups' DEBUT SALES in Japan

This is ranked based on sales in their 1st week of Debut.

01. SNSD "Genie" 44,907
02. MBLAQ "Your Luv" 40,281
03. KARA "Mister" 29,238
04. Beast "Shock" 28,532
05. Big Bang "Heaven" 26,039
06. BoA "ID Peace B" 14,740
07. Supernova "Kimi Dake Wo Zutto" 8,542
08. ZE:A "Love letter/My only wish" 8,273
09. SES "Meguriau Sekai" 7,390
10. Se7en "Hikari" 7,303
11. 4MINUTE "Muzik" 4,241
12. FT Island "One Way" 4,043
13. CN Blue "The Way" 3,353
14. DBSK "Hug" 2,502
15. Cheon Sang Ji Hee (CSJH/ The Grace) "Boomerang" 967

*In my opinion, this is just numbers. They do have difference in terms of debut time. Some of them debuted when K-Pop is not as big as it is now in Japan, and also on how strong their fanbase when they debuted.

So, this is just a reference on how many they sell on their first week after debut.

'Invincible Youth" Sunny's cow greeny gives birth to a calf

Greeny (also known as Pureum), the cow that was in the care of Girls' Generation's Sunny on the variety program 'Invicible Youth', gave birth to a healthy calf last Saturday.

The PD who was in charge of the popular show updated his twitter and said "On May 7th (Saturday), Greeny gave birth to a healthy baby cow. Wanggoo (a familiar presence on the show) assumed the role of a midwife and personally attended to the delivery. He reported the good news himself. Please give Greeny's son a pretty name."

Girls' Generation's Sunny was given the responsibility to take care of Greeny (earning 51% ownership) after winning a game. She showed her special bond with the female cow after she shed tears watching Greeny get pierced with a nose ring for the cow's coming-of-age ceremony. She also prepared special feed for Greeny before she left on her last episode.

Netizens have expressed their excitement with comments like, "Congratulations our Greeny!" and "Greeny would want her calf to be named Sunny!"

Second Concert date added for SM Town Live in Paris

The announcement of the June 10 SMTown Paris concert generated enormous excitement, with tickets selling out within 15 minutes. The cost of the cheapest seats were 56 Euros (~88,000 won) and VIP seats at 111 Euros (~175,000 won), but there were VIP tickets being scalped for 399 Euros (~620,000 won) online on the first day that tickets were being sold.

The high difficulty of purchasing seats for the single concert date caused many European fans to urge SM Entertainment to put on an additional performance. The request by fans for a second concert date culminated in a flash-mob outside the Louvre Museum in Paris attended by over 300 people. As a result of the huge demand, SM Entertainment confirmed a second performance date for June 11. SM Entertainment expects the total two-day attendance number to reach 13,000 fans.

According to KoME France, an official partner of SMTown Live in Paris organiser Korean Connection, the tickets for the second showing will go onsale at 10AM, May 11th. Ticket prices will remain unchanged and will be sold at the same websites which previously offered the tickets for the first showing, such as Live Nation.

Girls' Generation's SooYoung voted first Idol likely to wear Wedding dress!

Netizens chose Girls' Generation's Sooyoung as the most likely to be the first idol to get married and walk down the aisle wearing a wedding dress. DC Inside conducted the poll which asked "Which female idol star would be the first to wear a wedding dress?" Sooyoung came out on top as she received 154 out of the 836 votes for 18.4%. Sooyoung stated before on a variety show "I want to get married soon. I'm young but I want to get married now if possible", creating a hot topic. Her "aegyo that should be locked up" has also been garnering attention from male fans.

Sunny also gathered a few votes in the poll, but did not enter the top three in total votes, as Sunye from Wonder Girls placed second at 16.9%, and Kahi from After School came in third with 15.4% of the votes.