Thursday, April 26, 2012

[NEWS] Big Bang’s Japanese tour set to play in front of 150,000 and gross over $27 million


Big Bang, who made waves earlier this year with their Korean mini-album, is set to embark on a large-scale Japanese tour that is expected to pull in approximately 150,000 people and gross over 31.5 billion Won (~$27 million USD).

On May 17th, Big Bang will launch their tour, which will be take place in major Japanese cities such as Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka, Saitama, and Fukoka, for a total of 13 shows. Each show will be playing to an audience of over 10,000 people, resulting in a total audience of over 150,000.

The tour was originally set for only 10 shows, but it was increased to 13 after pre-sales for the tickets, which were initially exclusive for fan club members, sold out completely. The competition for the tickets are to a point that there are currently an increase in the number of scalpers who are reselling the tickets online at a large price. Overall, the tour is expected to gross over $27 million just through ticket sales, and is expected to make extensive additional earnings through various merchandise and memorabilia.

Following the Japan tour, Big Bang will kick off a large-scale world tour, which is expected to span over 16 countries and 25 cities across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Anticipation for this tour is extremely high, as Big Bang’s promotional visits to Taiwan and Vietnam earlier this year resulted in a huge turnout of fans at the airport.

Source : StarNews (via allkpop)

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[NEWS] G-Dragon’s Hair Gives Him a New Character


G-Dragon didn’t get long hair for nothing; he’s really playing the part.

The user of an online community recently uploaded a series of photos titled, ‘G-Dragon Eating Ramen While Holding Back His Hair’. The photos were from the April 23 broadcast of Japan’s popular late-night program Shabekuri 007 on Nihon TV. On the show, Big Bang appeared with an interpreter, but managed to get around in Japanese without the interpreter’s help.

Near the end of the episode, the producers treated the group to ramen from a famous restaurant in Tokyo, and G-Dragon was caught eating while holding back his long hair or covering his mouth when he talked.

To the show, netizens left reactions such as, ‘G-Dragon explodes with femininity! He looks gentler than a girl. It’s funny and cute at the same time’ and ‘Seungri speaks like a native’.

Seungri, who is known to be the most fluent in Japanese, answered questions in Japanese and also joked along, surprising the MCs. He even successfully used a bit of Japanese humor he was taught by the MCs that day, to roaring laughter from his audience.

The show featured the group dancing a comical dance to Fantastic Baby with the other guests, Taeyang’s moves and T.O.P.’s beat-boxing.

From May 17-18, Big Bang will start on their Big Bang Alive Tour 2012 in Japan at Aichi, and will continue through the Yokohama Arena, Osaka Castle, Saitama’s Super Arena and Fukuoka’s Marine Messe for a 130,000-member audience in total.

Source : Nihon TV,enewsworld.com

[PIC] G-DRAGON SCREENCAP FROM HANBUM TV [120425]





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[PIC] BIGBANG SCAN FROM JAPAN MAGAZINES

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