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Beastie Boys return older and sillier

May 12, 2011

Beastie Boys members (from left) Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, Adam “MCA” Yauch and Michael “Mike D” Diamond. (AP-Yonhap News) WEST HOLLYWOOD (AP) ― On a wind-swept balcony at the posh Chateau Marmont ho...
SM stars to perform 2nd Paris concert

May 11, 2011

SM Entertainment said on Wednesday it will hold an additional K-pop concert “SM Town Live World Tour in Paris” on June 11, after hundreds of French K-pop fans rallied in Paris calling for an extra co...
SM to add another K-pop concert in Paris

May 11, 2011

SM Entertainment said on Wednesday it will hold an additional K-pop concert “SM Town Live World Tour in Paris” on June 11, after hundreds of French fans of K-pop rallied in Paris calling for an extra...
Britney Spears subject of biographic comic book

May 11, 2011

In this comic book cover released by Bluewater Productions Inc., an issue of "Fame" featuring singer Britney Spears, is shown. (AP-Yonhap News) PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Britney Spears is no stranger to m...
Marley: Legacy wanes but the cult lives on

May 10, 2011

KINGSTON (AFP) ― Bob Marley’s musical legacy may be waning 30 years after his death as Jamaica’s youth prefers dancehall to reggae, but the singer remains a cult, if highly commercialized, figure. M...
Whitney Houston voluntarily enters rehab

May 10, 2011

Whitney Houston (AP) NEW YORK (AP)- Whitney Houston is back in rehab. A representative for the superstar singer confirmed Monday that Houston is undergoing treatment. Kristen Foster says Houston is...
The Radiators put up last show at New Orleans’ jazz fest

May 9, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― On the final day of this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, fans camped out early Sunday to get a great spot to hear the closing day set of The Radiators ― one of the cit...
Lena Park to show on stage what TV couldn’t

May 8, 2011

Lena Park, also known as Park Jung-hyun, almost always shines more on the stage than on TV entertainment shows, as her strength in vocal and theatrical expressions is more obvious at concert venues. ...
‘The Chorus’ singers on Korea tour

May 4, 2011

Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc, or the Little Singers of Saint Marc, is set to start a tour hoping to give Korean audiences a flavor of the 2004 French hit film “The Chorus”. Founded in 1986, th...
[Herald Interview] Joyce Yang trusts her instincts

May 2, 2011

Korean 24-year-old pianist to hold debut recital at Lincoln Center in N.Y. NEW YORK ― When pianist Joyce Yang was asked last minute to replace a sick Lang Lang three months ago, she had to decide wh...
French fans demand extension of sold-out Korean pop concert

May 2, 2011

Hundreds of French fans rallied in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday to demand an extension of a Korean pop concert after tickets for the event sold out in 15 minutes. Some 300 young peo...
K-Pop Europe concert sell out

May 1, 2011

All tickets for an upcoming concert by top Korean pop groups in Paris sold out in just 15 minutes. The concert organized by SM Entertainment will feature top groups such as Super Junior, Girls’ Gene...
Seoul Art College to hold concert

Apr 28, 2011

The Seoul Art College presents the “Grand Concert” with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Ansan Performing Art Company Choir at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Seoul Arts Center. Since its establishment in...
Robots ready to jam with old-fashioned humans

Apr 28, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― Ajay Kapur and Michael Darling have glimpsed the future. And it looks a little like “The Jetsons” meets “Spinal Tap.” In the not-too-distant future, they say, stadium concerts as we kn...
‘TIME 100’ Rain, “Sting knows me!”

Apr 28, 2011

(Rain) Rain posted a photo on his Twitter account of himself and English musician Sting. The Korean star attended a formal "TIME 100" party in New York. He published a message on Twitter this morni...