[NEWS] 100906 SMTOWN LIVE'10 in LA; SM Artists Attract 15,000 Fans to LA Concert, SMTOWN Charms LA

[NEWS] 100906 SM
Artists Attract 15,000 Fans to LA Concert


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The artists of SM Entertainment made their second stop of their
"SMTOWN LIVE '10 WORLD TOUR" in the United States over the weekend,
drawing some 15,000 fans to the Staples Center in Los Angles.

A
total of 44 singers and actors including some of K-pop's biggest names
such as Super Junior, SHINee, and Girl's Generation, performed at the
famed venue on Saturday.

The concert started off with The
Grace's member J-min's rendition of song "Shine," followed by other solo
and group performances by Kangta, BoA, U-know Yunho, Super Junior,
Girls' Generation, SHINee, f(x) TRAX, Kim Jong-min and Lee Yeon-hee.

Sisters
Jessica of Girls' Generation and Krystal of f(x) sang U.S. artist
Ke$ha's hit pop song "Tik Tok" while Kangta and actress Ara also gave a
musical duet performance.

"I am extremely grateful that so many
people have come to fill this arena. Fans should be prepared to
anticipate more than what they have been expecting to see," singer
Kangta said.

Meanwhile, rock duo TRAX sang "Let You Go" and "Oh!
My Goddess," nine-member girl group Girls' Generation took the stage
for their performances of "Kissing You" and "Gee," followed by
songstress BoA, who sang her hit song "My Name."

The highlight
of the show was the performance by idols U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin,
who arrived on stage on wires. The concert also featured dance
performances by Super Junior members Eunhyuk, Donghae, Shindong, SHINee
members Minho, Taemin, Girls' Generations' Hyoyeon, Yoona, Yuri,
Sooyoung and f(x) members Victoria and Luna.

The four hour-long
concert ended with a joint performance of all the artists singing and
dancing to H.O.T's hit song "Hope."

SM's world tour will
continue on into Shanghai on September 11 at the Hongkou Football
Stadium and next January in Tokyo.

SM Entertainment, one of the
most influential entertainment houses in the country alongside YG and
JYP, was founded by former singer Lee Soo-man in 1995.

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Source:
Asia Economic News
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[NEWS]
100906 SMTOWN Charms LA


K-pop
singers, actors and actresses from the SM Entertainment agency in Korea
captivated more than 15,000 fans at the “SM Town Live World Tour”
concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday.

The
blockbuster concert featured some 40 of Korea’s biggest stars, including
BoA, TVXQ, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, f(x), SHINee, Kangta, Ara,
Kim Min-jong and Lee Yeon-hee, who showcased 56 numbers.

BoA,
the 23-year-old global star who recently released her sixth Korean album
“Hurricane Venus,” heated up the stage with “My Name.” SHINee’s Key,
once a member of BoA’s fan club, joined BoA on stage when she sung “I
Did It for Love,” from her first U.S. album.

Girls’ Generation
and Super Junior followed on stage, each showcasing hit numbers like
“Run Devil Run,” “Kissing You” and “Sorry Sorry.”

K-pop
singers, actors and actresses from SM Entertainment perform at the “SM
Town Live World Tour” concert in Staples Center in Los Angeles on
Saturday. (Yonhap News)

Girls’ Generation’s Jessica and her
younger sister Krystal from f(x) co-performed “Tik Tock” by Kesha and
television stars including Kim Min-jong, Lee Yeon-hee and Ara also
appeared on stage for joint performances with the singers.

Top-notch
U.S. pop stars such as Beyonce, Usher, Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga
also performed at the Staples Center.

“It is meaningful that
Korean artists held a show here for the first time. The ticket sales
list showed that only 30 percent of the audience was Korean. It is
notable that non-Koreans took up nearly 70 percent of the audience,”
said an official from SM Entertainment.

“We saw potential for
the success of not only SM artists but Korean artists in the U.S.
market. A U.S. tour concert became a new hope for SM Town,” said Kim
Young-min, president of SM Entertainment.

Started on Aug. 21 in
Seoul, “SM Town Live World Tour” will continue in Shanghai on Sept. 11
then move to Tokyo.

The concerts are being filmed by PACE HD, a
3-D film shooting team which made the movie “Avatar.” Saturday’s concert
marked $1.8 million (2.16 billion won) of ticket sales.


Source: The Korea Herald
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