Monday, June 27, 2011

'SM Town Live in Tokyo Special' will be planned to be held for up to 150 thousand fans


Artists from SM Entertainment plans to hold a concert in Japan on 2, 3, and 4 September 2011. The concert is titled ‘SM TOWN LIVE in TOKYO SPECIAL’ will be planned to be held for up to 150 thousand fans.

In a press statement from SM Entertainment, which released on Thursday (23/06/2011), ‘SM TOWN LIVE in TOKYO SPECIAL’ will initially be held for 2 days. However, due to high demand, eventually BC held a concert that it becomes an additional 3 days.

SM Entertainment SM TOWN actually planning concerts in Japan will be held on 9 and 10 April. But then canceled because of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March. Similarly, as reported by Reuters on Thursday (06/23/2011).

This grand concert will be held at the Tokyo Dome, Japan and presenting TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, and F (X). Prior to Japan, they have visited Seoul, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai, and finally Paris in the carpet ‘SM TOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR 2011’.

Late in January 2011 and then, SM TOWN has visited Japan and perform at Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan. At that time, they were watched by 24,000 pairs of eyes.

No problem for SNSD to survive on an unoccupied island


Among other stars, SNSD have the best survival rate if they were to be left on an unoccupied island.

On KBS 2TV ‘Entertainment Weekly’ aired on June 25th, a survey to find out stars who could survive on an unoccupied island was conducted.

From the result of the survey, SNSD were placed at no.1 and there was a valid reason for it. Since they received lots of love from the soldiers, the girls have the support of the soldiers at their disposal.

On the other hand, Lee SooGeun from KBS 2TV’s ‘Happy Sunday – 1 Night 2 Days’ took the no.2 spot. Lee SooGeun through his role in ’1 Night 2 Days’, gave a deep impression that he is someone who could thrive well in the wilderness.

Actor, Jung JaeYoung who starred in the movie ‘Castaway On The Moon’ (2009) came in 3rd. No HongChul came in 4th for his role in MBC’s ‘Infinity Challenge’ while Park YeJin who made an appearance on SBS ‘Family Outing’ came in 5th. Kim TaeWon and Yoo SeYoon were ranked 6th and 7th respectively.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

SNSD performs “The Great Escape” & “Mr. Taxi” at MTV’s Video Music Aid Japan

On June 25th, SNSD performed “The Great Escape” and “Mr. Taxi” on MTV’s Video Music Aid Japan stage! Check out the video below!

SNSD performs at VMAJ

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The girls performed "The Great Escape" and "Mr. Taxi" at Video Music Aid Japan. The girls are stunningly beautiful in their performance.

Check out their performance.

SNSD's outfits @ MTV Video Music AID Japan revealed


SNSD will perform on the show later today,for the time,take a look at the outfits the girls wear at the red carpet,the girls look gorgeous in those black + pink outfits,agree?

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Preview for All About Girls’ Generation “Paradise in Phuket” DVD released

Back in February, SM Entertainment released their photo book, All About Girls’ Generation “Paradise in Phuket”.

Now, the girls are set to release a DVD containing special footage from their trip to Phuket. The entire package will span across 6 DVD’s and totals a whopping 715 minutes! In addition, the package will contain a special music video for ‘ECHO‘ along with interviews, solo MV’s for ‘Hoot‘, various past performances and a special behind the scenes look for various album jacket photo sessions along with music video recordings.

The release date is June 30th but you can check out the preview for it below!

For those of you who want HD, a Blu-Ray version is set to be released but no release date has been given.

'I Want to Be Like Girls' Generation' Fever Spreads in Japan


Nippon TV's popular information show "ZIP!" recently reported on the "I want to be like Girls' Generation" fever that is currently spreading throughout the country of Japan. It was broadcast in the morning of the program's June 22nd episode.

The show featured different people who have been influenced by the 9 members, including an elementary school student who proudly said "I want to be Girls' Generation's 10th member". Japanese female fans of different age groups gave interesting and similar comments like "I'm on a diet to become like Girls' Generation", "I want to be like Girls' Generation" and even pointed out that "They are perfect in dancing, singing and everything else."

An elementary school girl, in particular, caught the attention of many when she said "I want to be a singer like Girls' Generation" and proceeded to spend millions of yen to convert one of the rooms in her house into a dance room.

A dance academy that focuses on learning Girls' Generation's choreography also attested to the girls' growing popularity. The academy has had over 1,000 people join to take lessons since the girls debuted in Japan last fall. The session consists of four 90-minute lessons to officially master a song's choreography.

In addition, a nail art shop run by Koreans has been experiencing a surge in orders with people asking to have their nails done like the girls. People would make special requests like "Please make my nails like Sooyoung's in Girls' Generation's "Hoot" album jacket."

The girls are currently riding the wave of their success and are receiving immense love from people in Japan. The Korean girl group has achieved milestones on the Oricon chartswith profits of approximately 34.7 billion won, and will continue their Japanese activities as planned.