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BTS sells out North American, European dates on world tour

Tickets for the North American and European dates of K-pop sensation BTS' upcoming world tour have sold out, the group's agency said Sunday. Big Hit Entertainment said 280,000 tickets for 21 shows i...

Jun 3, 2018
Music
Growing up with BTS

How the seven 20-somethings of BTS became global pop sensation

Jun 1, 2018
Music
Black Pink to ‘Square Up’ with new EP

Black Pink is set to release a new EP titled “Square Up” on June 15, ending the band’s yearlong hiatus. According to YG Entertainment, “Square Up” will be the third part of Black Pink’s “Square” ser...

Jun 1, 2018
Music
NU’EST W confirms June return

NU’EST W is preparing a new album for release this month, its agency said Friday. According to Pledis Entertainment, the K-pop act is currently putting the finishing touches on the album and has dec...

Jun 1, 2018
Music
Ultra Korea finalizes lineup for this year

Ultra Korea has announced the final lineup for this year’s festival, slated to take place on June 8-10 at southern Seoul. A total of 103 acts will be performing at this year’s festival to be held at...

Jun 1, 2018
Music
Nine Inch Nails, Shinoda to headline Incheon Pentaport Rock Fest

American rock band Nine Inch Nails, singer Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and several other renowned musicians will headline the 2018 Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, one of South Korea's longest-runnin...

Jun 1, 2018
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Richard Yongjae O’Neill returns to Ansan with Ditto Fest

When violist Richard Yongjae O'Neill on Wednesday announced the program for the upcoming 11th Ditto Festival in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, a city some 30 kilometers from Seoul, he did so in front of a...

May 31, 2018
Music
‘K-pop Star’ winner Katie to release debut single

Katie, the winner of the audition program “K-pop Star,” heralded the release of her first single Wednesday with teaser images on her social media accounts. Some of the images showed the singer dress...

May 31, 2018
Music
BTS 'deeply touched' by President Moon's tweet celebrating Billboard feat

K-pop superstars BTS thanked President Moon Jae-in on Thursday for celebrating their Billboard Hot 100 performance in his Twitter message, tweeting back, "We are deeply touched." "Wow! We can now fu...

May 31, 2018
Music
Saying rhymes, doing time

Crimes by stars of a popular rap competition program risk tarnishing the genre’s reputation in the country Rapper Jung Sang-soo, who made his name via popular Mnet program “Show Me the Money,” was r...

May 30, 2018
Music
[Album Review] Bolbbalgan4’s toned-down new album is relaxing

Bolbbalgan4 “Red Diary Page.2” Loen Entertainment Bolbbalgan4 has done it again. As if to nix criticisms about its allegedly self-repeating sonic pattern, the singer-songwriting duo have put ou...

May 30, 2018
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Top idol groups to perform at ‘2018 Korea Music Festival’

K-pop fans will be able to watch performances by a host of popular girl groups and boy bands including Twice, SHINee and Wanna One at one venue this August. According to the Korea Management Federat...

May 30, 2018
Music
BTS' 'Fake Love' clinches top 10 spot on Billboard Hot 100 chart

BTS ranked among the top 10 on Billboard’s hottest songs chart. Billboard announced Tuesday that BTS’ new track “Fake Love” took the No. 10 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The chart lists the m...

May 30, 2018
Music
Kim Sun-wook, Guy Braunstein to highlight brilliance of violin in Brahms violin sonatas

Pianist Kim Sun-wook and violinist Guy Braunstein have teamed up to perform Brahms violin sonatas in Korea this week. Braunstein was the youngest person to be appointed concertmaster of the Berlin P...

May 29, 2018
Music
Great Mountains Music Festival & School seeks to reinvent itself

GMMFS forms project orchestra, plans to change name

May 29, 2018
Music

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