The Korea Herald

Rain fans inundate Yeongdong Boulevard

Oct 10, 2011

K-pop star Rain on Sunday held his last concert before the start of his military service, on Yeongdong Boulevard, Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. Rain joins the army on Oct. 11. The two hour-concert in front of the Korea Electric Power Corporation building was free of charge with seven of Yeongdong Boulevard’s 14 lanes closed for the show, titled “Last of the Best.” Roads around the venue were to...
Seven to hold solo concert in Japan

Oct 9, 2011

Seven K-pop singer Seven (Se7en) will hold a solo concert entitled “Hello Seven in Japan“ in Japan next month upon the release of his upcoming Japanese digital single “Angel.” The concert will take place at Akasaka BLITZ, a music house located in Minato, Tokyo, on Nov. 6. His new single will be officially released on Nov. 8. After making his local debut in 2003, Seven expanded his appeal to Ja...
Rock singer Yim Jae-beom holds solo concert in L.A.

Oct 9, 2011

Rock singer and MBC music show “Nagasu” (I Am a Singer) star Yim Jae-beom charmed some 7,000 audience members in L.A., receiving a standing ovation during his solo concert at the NOKIA theater on Friday. Wearing a hanbok, Yim started off the concert by singing his famous “Nagasu”-hit “Bin Jan” (An Empty Glass). Yim had performed the 1982 trot piece originally sung by Nam Jin, back in May, mesmer...
iTunes great for Apple, but was it for music biz?

Oct 9, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― When Apple rolled out iTunes for the masses in the spring of 2003, the music industry was at a point of transition ― and chaos. Entering the new millennium, albums were enjoying blockbuster sales of several million units for its superstar artists, and profits were booming. Yet the threat of Napster and other forms of illegal downloading threatened to eviscerate those profits as m...
Jackson children make tribute concert a success

Oct 9, 2011

CARDIFF, United Kingdom (AFP) ― Michael Jackson’s three children helped 40,000 fans honor the late pop legend Saturday as the “Michael Forever” show in Wales overcame a troubled build up to end on a high note. There had been doubts over whether the tribute show would go ahead after months of controversy, but the presence of Prince, 14, Paris, 13, and nine-year-old Blanket along with a star line-...
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Oct 7, 2011

George Benson focuses on guitar George Benson “Guitar Man” (Concord Jazz) “Guitar Man” is one of George Benson‘s jazziest and most intimate recordings in years. It returns the spotlight to his guitar virtuosity, which became somewhat overshadowed by his vocals after his 1976 multiplatinum crossover album “Breezin.”’ Benson returns to his roots, when he was one of the most respected jazz guita...
Paris Opera maestro to also head Vienna Symphony

Oct 6, 2011

VIENNA (AFP) ― Philippe Jordan, the youthful conductor of the Paris Opera, will also head the Vienna Symphony Orchestra from the 2014-2015 season, officials said on Wednesday. Jordan, a 36-year-old Swiss, will replace Italian Fabio Luisi at the helm of Vienna’s second-most prestigious ensemble, officials said during a press conference at Vienna’s city hall. Luisi’s contract with the Vienna hous...
Massive outdoor dance party to shake Han River

Oct 5, 2011

Fashion-savvy celebrities set to check out Global Gathering For just one day this Saturday, dance clubs will bring their explosive electronic/techno music to a massive outdoor stage on Hangang Nanji Park where more than 20,000 youngsters are expected to gather to party and dance. Global Gathering Korea 2011 will be held on Oct. 8, bringing in six DJing teams from overseas and 28 teams from Kore...
U.K. songstress Adele bows out of U.S. tour

Oct 5, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Grammy award-winning soul diva Adele has been forced to cancel a planned U.S. tour for a second time due to a hemorrhage in her vocal chord, promoters for the British singer said Tuesday. The “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You” songstress had been set to launch almost a month of 10 sold-out U.S. dates on Oct. 7 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, rescheduled after she bowe...
Freddy Cole’s flawless show wraps up jazz fest on Jaraseom

Oct 4, 2011

He hates to be called “the brother of Nat King Cole” but his show on Monday showed once again that the Cole family knows how to play jazz. Freddy Cole’s raspy, elegant but articulate vocals instantly stopped the audience from wandering around in search of food and drinks at the outdoor stage during the last day of the three-day Jarasum International Jazz Festival, which took place on Jaraseom in...
BIG BANG nominated for MTV Europe Music Awards

Oct 4, 2011

Korean boy band BIG BANG has been nominated for the World Wide Act Asia Pacific award of the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), the group’s agency YG Entertainment announced on Monday. Established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular European music, the EMA this year newly created four non-European categories to recognize artists in Asia, Latin America, North America, Mi...
TVXQ, T-ara top Oricon weekly charts

Oct 4, 2011

Album cover of TVXQ’s “Tone.”(S.M. Entertainment) K-pop group TVXQ and girl group T-ara topped Japan’s Oricon Weekly Charts for the week of Sept. 28. TVXQ’s “Tone” sold more than 205,000 copies in the first week of its release to top the albums chart, while T-ara’s “Bo Peep Bo Peep” sold more than 50,000 copies to be the number one single. Oricon said it was the first time Korean artists have ...
27 pianists from 13 countries compete in Louisiana

Oct 3, 2011

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana (AP) -- A chance to perform in St. Petersburg, Russia and at Carnegie Hall is bringing 27 pianists from 13 countries to compete in Alexandria. The Louisiana International Piano Competition is also a chance for central Louisiana residents to meet and hear musicians from around the world, president David Holcombe told The Town Talk (http://bit.ly/rpNzv4). Countries represente...
Domingo strikes back after scathing review

Oct 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- In Washington, the operatic drama is taking place offstage. Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has slammed a Washington Post music critic who said he had “sabotaged” a recent performance of “Tosca” with his conducting, calling her comments “unconscionable” and unleashing a war of words. The 70-year-old Grammy winner in September conducted several performances of the Puccini work ...
Sumi Jo to visit Pyongyang in May

Sept 30, 2011

Coloratura soprano shares her belief in power of music to help those in need The concert schedule of Grammy-winning South Korean soprano Sumi Jo is extremely tight. Successfully finishing the “Hyundai Capital Invitational Sumi Jo Park Concert” at an outdoor stage in Olympic Park in Seoul last Saturday, she had to fly on Tuesday morning for another concert in Busan, and another in Daegu the next...