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SM Town wraps up Live Tour III

By Korea Herald

Published : Nov. 26, 2012 - 19:54

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The biggest names in the S.M. Entertainment family wrapped up the last leg of the SM Town Live Tour III performing in front of 23,000 glow stick-waving fans in Thailand on Sunday.

K-pop idols Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, BoA, TVXQ, Kang Ta, SHINee, f(x), EXO and other guest stars participated in the annual SM Town world concert tour, performing 51 songs during the four-hour concert marathon event in Bangkok.

The SM artists gathered and performed their traditional dance-off parade, dancing to BoA’s “No. 1,” TVXQ’s “Keep Your Head Down,” Super Junior’s “Sorry Sorry,” Girls’ Generation’s “Gee,” SHINee’s “Lucifer,” f(x)’s “Electric shock” and other classic and newer hits. During the night, duo TVXQ also performed their follow-up single to “Catch Me,” “Humanoids.”

On Friday, the stars performed in Singapore at the Float on Marina Bay, the world’s largest floating stage, attracting 26,000 fans. This marked SMTown’s first official concert in Singapore.

The 2012 tour initially kicked off in the U.S., with the first concert leg being held in Anaheim, California, in May and later heading back to Asia, performing in Hsinchu, Taiwan; Tokyo; Seoul; Jakarta; Singapore; and finally ending in Bangkok. On Sept. 22, the SM gang held a concert at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, where 50,000 K-pop fans flocked to get a glimpse of their favorite Korean stars. This was the first time that the SMTown tour was held in Indonesia and was the country’s largest K-Pop concert event.

By Julie Jackson (juliejackson@heraldcorp.com)