Earlier this week, a local media announced that the YG Entertainment family will be attending the 2012 MBC Music Awards. However, an official of MBC revealed that their appearance on the year-end award show has yet to be confirmed. According to MBC’s official through a phone call interview with “Asia Economy,” “We are still arbitrating on whether… Continue reading YG Family May Not Attend The 2012 MBC Music Awards
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YG Entertainment Releases Official Smartphone Application and Renews Website
YG Entertainment, which created and produced popular acts such as 1TYM, SE7EN, Big Bang and 2NE1, lauched its official Android and iPhone applications today.
YG Family Concert Tour Successfully Ends
The YG Family Concert tour in both Korea and Japan successfully came to an end. This tour was in commemoration of YG’s 15th anniversary and featured the top YG artists such as Jinusean, Big Bang, 2NE1, Se7en, Gummy, Psy, Tablo and more. The YG family toured around Korea and Japan, reaching crowds of 20,000 people and more. Each team/artist showed strong and charismatic performances. Since it was the first joint concert in five years, fans showed a lot of love as well.
Big Bang’s G-Dragon Cherishes his Fan Letters
Earlier this morning, Big Bang was spotted at the Kimpo International Airport on their way to Japan for the “15th Anniversary YG Family Concert.”
YG Family Concert in Japan Expected to Make $26 Million USD
YG Entertainment’s two city concert in Japan expected to pull in more than 30 billion won ($2,600,000 USD) in revenue. YG Entertainment is preparing for their YG Family 15th Anniversary Concert that is to begin this weekend. The YG Family will be performing at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan on January 7 and 8 in front of an anticipated crowd of 80,000. The same is estimated for the shows scheduled for January 21 and 22 at the Super Arena in Saitama. In total 16 million spectators will be in attendance for the two city tour.
Se7en to Comeback in January with New Mini-Album
Se7en will be making his long awaited comeback early next year. Se7en will mark his comeback by releasing a new mini-album on January 18. He recently released a Japanese single and started his overseas promotions. It’s been a while since Se7en held activities in Korea so his comeback is very highly anticipated.
G-Dragon and Daesung Apologize to Fans at YG Family Concert
On December 4, G-Dragon and Daesung spoke for the first time about the unfortunate incidents that happened over the past year. All five Big Bang members performed together for the first time since their “Love Song” promotions earlier this year.
D-2 Until Release of Se7en’s Japanese Digital Single "Angel"
Se7en will restart his Japanese activities. According to YG Entertainment Se7en will release his Japanese digital single “Angel” on November 9. On November 6, Se7en had already held a fan meeting that held nearly 3,000 fans. At the fan meeting, Se7en revealed the song “Angel” which was a thank you to Japanese fans that waited for him. Se7en stated, “I think the last 4 years were long. I believe that it must have felt longer for you fans. I hope that I have more chances to meet with you. In January 2012, I am planning to release a mini-album. I will show you lots of different sides of me, there will be a lot of songs with different styles.”
[Update 10/18] Soompi Twitter Seven-Day Giveaway
Hey Soompiers, we’re back with another Twitter giveaway! This time, we are letting the winners choose the prizes — and there are ten of them! For one week, we will choose one winner everyday to pick from an assortment of K-Pop CDs and DVDs. The first winner gets first pick, then so on until the end of the contest. We will update this article to let you know which prizes are still available.
YG Family Shares "A Shot A Day" With Nikon
Nikon Imaging Korea recently released full images of YG Family members posing for their "A Shot A Day" campaign. Under the campaign, YG family artists will take photos and videos of their life on a day-to-day basis using Nikon cameras. The videos be compiled into an episode and released in the future.