Source : @xxxibgdrgn
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
[NEWS] Manila Gets VIP Treatment From Big Bang
MANILA, Philippines – Big Bang, one of Korea’s most popular boy bands today, finally held the highly-anticipated Manila leg of their Alive Galaxy Tour last night, and it was undoubtedly one for the books.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock over the last few years, you would know that Kpop has been gaining steady popularity in the country and is at its highest peak today, what with everyone still reeling over the aftereffects of international viral hit “Gangnam Style” by singer PSY who, incidentally, is under the same agency as Big Bang (YG Entertainment). While few and far between and usually with hefty ticket prices, concerts by Kpop stars more often than not end up getting sold out early. It’s no surprise then that the non-Korean music-listening majority would wonder what exactly about “those Koreans” that makes their ardent and usually young fans scrimp on their daily necessities to save and ultimately shell out money worth, say, what a brand new smart phone would cost.
Starting just about 20 minutes late – and when you’re in Manila, that’s already a good thing – the Big Bang concert opened with a visually-stunning AVP of a spaceship hovering over what seemed to be thousands of miles above the Earth’s atmosphere, deploying five space capsules containing band members G-Dragon, TOP, Seungri, Daesung, and Taeyang. The curtain, which also served as the screen, unveiled to reveal these capsules with the members inside them singing a short intro titled “Alive.”
And from there on it was just one high-energy live performance one after the other, with the boys performing their latest releases “Monster,” “Blue,” “Fantastic Baby,” and “Bad Boy,” to name a few. They also treated the audience to some of their older hits, like “Lies,” “Gara Gara Go,” “Love Song,” “Tonight,” and a stripped down version of one of their most popular songs to date, “Day By Day.”
The concert ended more than two hours later with encore performances of “Heaven” and “Last Farewell,” and reprises of “Bad Boy,” and Fantastic Baby,” among others.
What’s always overwhelming about Kpop concerts is the audience turnout. As seen in last night’s event, despite it being held at new Mall of Asia Arena located south of Metro Manila, on a weekday (on a Wednesday no less, which is also known as Baclaran Day, one of the busiest days in Manila), the ridiculously expensive ticket prices, and the inclement weather that decided to make its presence felt that evening, the arena was packed with fans collectively known as VIPs.
And the VIPs, they definitely got their time and money’s worth. Aside from seeing these performers in the flesh, Kpop concerts always have these elaborate production set-ups, and we’re not just talking about the stage design. There are the AVPs that actually tell a story depending on the tour’s theme, pyrotechnic display, and quirky props – in Big Bang’s case, there were a bicycle and a sparkly Segway, to name a few. Completing the whole set-up are the fans. For some reason, “fan unity” is more felt in such concerts, what with them carrying light sticks of a common design and donning outfits and accessories expressing their “affiliations.”
In between performances, Big Bang members would speak to their fans in English and a few Tagalog words they probably picked up from fellow YG artist and former Star Magic actress Sandara Park, or Dara of 2NE1 who, judging from her recent tweets, watched the concert as show of support. With not much of a language barrier – which is already common in Kpop concerts, what with other groups having just one or two members able to speak in English – and perhaps also the group’s “Filipino connection,” Big Bang was able to build rapport with the audience. Members professed their love for the country a number of times, telling the crowd that they're having a grand time and that last night's audience was the best they’ve had so far, and promising to return soon.
In the meantime, VIPs have memories of the first Big Bang concert in Manila to tide them over until then.
Source : mb.com.ph
[PIC] BIGBANG ALIVE GALAXY TOUR 2012 @ Mall Of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines!
Source : BIGBANG's Facebook
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
[NEWS] Big Bang Shows "Monster" Power in Album Sales in Japan, Taiwan
K-pop idol band Big Bang has proved to be the rulers of K-pop.
The group scored the gold status for two of their Japanese singles after selling over 100,000 copies in Japan, according to Recording Industry Associations of Japan [RIAJ] last Friday.
Their latest sales record for "Tell Me Goodbye" and 2012 hit "FANTASTIC BABY" is just another feat for the stars, after gaining the title with "ALIVE"--Japanese edition of Big Bang's fifth mini-album of the same name--earlier this year.
Following the achievement, the five-member band was overjoyed again by shattering the biggest ticket sales record of all time for Korean artists in Taiwan.
The dominant boy group had attracted 20,000 fans for two sold-out shows hosted at the Taipei Arena last weekend and raked in approximately four million U.S. dollars for both shows.
Set to hit Manila’s Moa Arena in Philippines on Wednesday, the K-pop icons will keep themselves busy until early next February with more shows in Malaysia, United States, Peru, Japan, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
Source : kstar10.com
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
[NEWS] G-DRAGON WANTS TO LAUNCH HIS OWN FASHION BRAND IN THE FUTURE
G-Dragon confessed that he wanted to launch his own fashion brand.
G-Dragon had recently collaborated with the accessory brand AMBUSH for AMBUSH x G-DRAGON and in his interview with GQ he stated, “It looked cool for a musician to have his own brand. I want to also have my own fashion line in the future, so I asked Verbal a lot of questions pertaining to that.”
AMBUSH was created by m-flo rapper Verbal and his wife Yoon.
Verbal revealed that he had known G-Dragon before his Big Bang days and said, “G-Dragon bought a lot of AMBUSH products in Japan, but he bought it not only from my art gallery but from another store that sold AMBUSH. I thought that was pretty cool.“
Source : allkpop
[NEWS] G-Dragon Eyeing New Album & Concert Next Spring
K-pop artist G-Dragon is planning another surprise coming in a few months, YG Entertainment C.E.O said last week.
YG chief Yang Hyun-suk revealed in an interview with 10Asia last Thursday that G-Dragon's new album and concert are planned next spring.
“It was G-Dragon's initial plan to drop a full-track record, not a mini-album. As the release date was put off, we had a short time left for promotion. We all felt so bad about this that we've decided to release another G-Dragon's solo album and hold a concert next spring," Yang said, confirming the trendsetter's new project.
"I may set the overall schedule for albums and promotions but I am not the one who makes music. it’s the artists,” he added, apologizing for G-Dragon's short musical activities this year due to the two-month delay of his mini-album.
Expressing his difficulties of supporting the firm's artists’ music works, Yang said the K-pop icon will definitely make up for the lack of his presence on stage as a solo artist this year.
“I never push them or order them to do something with a due date. That’s not how YG does it. That is beyond my ability...... It is the artists, and not me, who are doing music and my job is to make a better environment for them to produce better music,” the C.E.O said in a humble manner.
Source: kstar10.com
[MESSAGE] G-DRAGON UPDATED TWITTER [121023]
Translation : What is happiness? We, Bigbang needs "," I think ..Good memory with good friends..Everybody Good night and Haeng Sho"
Note: Comma(,) can mean "rest" in Korean.
Source : @IBGDRGN,@LueKim
[NEWS] Big Bang arrived in Manila [121022]
The Korean boy band Big Bang has arrived in Manila on Monday.
The K-Pop group, composed of G-Dragon, T.O.P., Taeyang, Daesung and Seungri, is here in Manila for a one-night concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday.
About 400 die-hard fans, mostly teenagers, waited for hours at the airport’s arrival area just to get a glimpse of their idols.
The fans were already satisfied seeing the Korean group onboard several vehicles escorted by bulky security guards. Tagged as one of the most successful Asian acts in the world, the group is expected to sing songs from their newest album “Alive” in their upcoming concert.
Big Bang’s Manila tour titled “Big Bang Alive Galaxy Tour 2012” is mounted by Ovation Productions.
Aside from the Philippines, the K-Pop sensation also performed in Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta and Taipei. Big Bang is also set to hold concerts in Malaysia and Hong Kong.
The group is the voice behind the hit song "Lies," "Hot Issue," "Last Farewell" and "Haru Haru." – with a report from Raoul Esperas
Source : abs-cbnnews.com
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