Linggo, Oktubre 21, 2012

Dream Kpop Fantasy Concert Information + Ticket Sales


Korean Media Holdings, one of Korea’s largest media content providers, and Gangnam dance academy DM School are collaborating on a multi-act event called “K-POP Fantasy Concert”, and DM School has confirmed that Girls’ Generation will be performing in the concert.
The “K-POP Fantasy Concert” will be held on January 19th, 2013 in Mall of Asia Open Grounds, Manila, Philippines. The artists who will perform alongside Girls' Generation are EXO-K, EXO-M, Infinite, U-Kiss, Tasty and Tahiti.
“K-POP Fantasy Concert” is a push by KMH to expand its operations overseas in light of K-Pop’s growing popularity in Southeast Asia. KMH is hoping that this event could spearhead future concerts or tours in this region.
This concert also marks the first time Girls’ Generation will be making an appearance in the Philippines and comes at a time when SM Entertainment is continuing to promote in Southeast Asia with events like SMTOWN in Jakarta and Singapore.

Tickets will go on sale starting on October 15th and can be purchased via SM TicketsTicketNet, and TicketWorld

To see the locations of SM Ticketing Outlets for personal purchase, see this link.

To order tickets via Pulp Live World Shop, click here.

Ticket Details:

CATCH THE EARLY BIRD RATE!

20% DISCOUNT FROM OCT 15 - NOV 15, 2012.
(FOR GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE SECTIONS ONLY)



Area

Type

SM Tickets

Ticketnet

TicketWorld

SVIP (Mosh pit)

Standing

11, 370

11, 370

11, 370

VIP Diamond

Seated

11, 370 

11, 370 

11, 370 

VIP Platinum

Standing

9, 310

9, 305

9, 310

Gold

Standing

6, 210

6, 205

6, 210

Silver

Standing

3, 110

3, 100

3, 110

Bronze

Standing

1, 040

1, 035

1, 040

MORE INFORMATIONS:

MOA is located at the very end of EDSA.
To view more options on how to get there, click here.

Frequently Asked Questions ( English) can be found here.
Frequently Asked Questions (Filipino) can be found here.
You can also get updates through your email address by subscribing here.
If you still have concerns, please contact KMH.

PROMO!




Win a DREAM KPOP FANTASY CONCERT ticket! 


Come as your favorite comic book character, a monster, a pop culture icon, an inanimate object or even as a K-pop idol! The winner of the BEST COSTUME of the night will win.

Only registered guests are eligible to win the prizes. Please email your full names, age and contact number to philkpopcomm@gmail.com with the subject title: Kpop Night 5

Let's go party! (via Philippine Kpop Convention)


More promos on how to get free tickets are still to be updated. Just visit SoshiSite9 to see updated informations.

Also, you can check out the press photos of the pre-selling event of tickets for Kpop Fantasy Concert last October 14 at Megamall Event Center.


Official Website:
Dream Kpop Fantasy Concert


Video Teasers:






Credits: Official Website of Dream Kpop Fantasy Concert

Martes, Oktubre 2, 2012

Girls’ Generation Featured in New Yorker Magazine



FACTORY GIRLS

Cultural technology and the making of K-pop.

BY 



ABSTRACT: ANNALS OF MUSIC about K-pop, the musical phenomenon which is sweeping Asia and may yet come to the West. Over the last two decades, South Korea, a country of around fifty million, has somehow figured out how to make pop hits for more than a billion and a half other Asians in countries like Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Thailand, contributing two billion dollars a year to Korea’s economy. K-pop’s success is based on a template created in the nineties by Lee Soo-man; Lee devised a system in which musicians are recruited as young teenagers, rigorously trained as singers and dancers, sometimes taught acting and even foreign languages, and often put together in groups which are unusually large by Western standards. (Girls’ Generation, one of the most popular bands, has nine members.) Musically, the songs tend to sound like typical global pop hits, but K-pop is distinguished by its attitude; where Western pop stars sing about sex, drinking, and clubbing, K-pop stars steer away from those topics. At this point, the creation of K-pop bands is almost an assembly-line process: Lee talks about South Korea’s ability to use “cultural technology” to create hit music. For today’s K-pop producers, the goal is expansion abroad. One band, EXO, records songs in both Korean and Mandarin. Writer talks with an executive at the American record label Interscope about his efforts to popularize K-pop in the U.S., and joins him at a performance in Anaheim, California.