BIGBANG Nov. 8 and 2ne1 Aug. 17 , both at Prudential Center, Newark. This was the year K-pop arrived — not in the form of “Gangnam Style,” which was everywhere and yet completely evanescent — but in these arena shows, which were full of thousands of young, paying fans eager to see the girls of 2ne1 and the boys of BIGBANG, groups with zero American hits between them, but rabid American followings all the same.
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