K Pop Asia- K Pop Heal the World concert (updated 1st June 2011)

Flight Details
This is the flight details of the 4 bands. It was posted on my twitter and facebook earlier. Infor credit to SG K Wave.
3rd June- T-Ara, T-Max
Flight: KE643, T2
Time: 2pm

3rd June- MBLAQ
Flight: SQ603
Time: 2.15pm

4th June- After School
Flight: SQ603
Time: 2.15pm

Meet-&-Greet session @ Conrad Hotel
Please note that the Meet-&-Greet session has been changed to 7pm. Door opens @ 6pm. No DSLR cameras allowed. For more updates, please refer to K Pop Asia’s FB.

Finally, the complete information is out for one of the concert. I hate writing with incomplete information, so will have to wait awhile till infor is out for Rain’s concert (22 May) and the Korean Music Wave concert (15 July).

K Pop Asia- K Pop Heal the World concert will be held on the 4th June at the Max Pavillion. On 28th April, K Pop Asia, the organiser for K Pop Heal the World Concert, 4 (or 5 depending on how you look at it) Korean bands – T-Ara, T-Max, MBLAQ, After School and Orange Caramel (a sub-group of After School), together woth local artistes Dhani and O School will be performing.

There are 3 categories- Cat 1- S$230 (1,700 tix), Cat 2- S$180 (1,200 tix), Cat 3- S$120 (1,600 tix).

To kickstart the whole thing, the organizer is planning to hold a ticket sale party next Tuesday, 19th April at SCAPE @ 5pm next week. Seems like chaotic nightmare all over again? Maybe not. Still I hope the organizer is well prepared. Queuing starts at 4pm and actual buying starts at 5pm. The organizer promises to give those who show up entertainment (MVs and music- Korean of course) and goodies in the form of Nintendo games and Meet-and-Greet tix. There is also a roving interviewer (not sure from which media) going around, though I’m not sure how that is considered as beneficial to the concert ticket buyers. Hmmm… And for those who do not intend to join in the madness, you can buy the tickets via their own website on the 20th April.

For more information, please refer to either their website or their FB.

Now what I’m really keen to find out is this part, which is posted on their FB:

What is K-Pop Heal the World about?
‘K-Pop Heal the World’ intends to raise awareness on philanthropy with the youth, who should be informed of donation efforts of disasters in not only the recent Japan earthquake, but for all the tragic disasters that have occurred throughout last year including the Pakistan floods, Australian floods, Indonesia tsunami and Mt Merapi eruptions.

There isn’t any other information about how this part is going to be done except for the fact that Mercy Relief donation boxes for the Japan disaster will be placed at the ticket sales launch party next week. It would be great if the above can really be incorporated into the K Pop event as the people attending the concert would be mostly youths. Anyone knows anything about this or if there is anyone from the organizer who is reading this, who would care to enlighten me? (I can be contacted at tiffany@seoulrhythms.com ^^)

Now just a little about the 4 bands

T-Max exploded became well-known almost overnight because of the drama, ‘Boys Over Flowers’. They sang the theme song and Kim Joon, one of the member starred as one of the 4 ‘flower boys’. They also came for the inaugural Sundown Festival in 2009 (which was one explosive event). Since then, T-Max has undergone a couple of changes. One of the original member, Yunhwa is currently in the army and they have 2 new members- Park Hanbi and Joo Chanyang. Their first full album, Born to the Max was released last year.

Here’s an mv from their latest album, starring Oh Ji Ho and Yoon So Yi.

Kim Joon was extremely blond in the mv (which I rather like actually). He is currently starring in the KBS drama, Crime Unit (starring Song Il Kook and Song Ji Hyo).

Sundown Festival 2009 Press conference clip 1
Sundown Festival 2009 Press conference clip 2
Sundown Festival 2009 Press conference clip 3
Sundown Festival 2009 Press conference clip 4
Sundown Festival 2009 Fan meet

T-Ara

T-Ara was orginally a 5 members group and then it expanded and became the present 7 members group of today. Perhaps one of their best well known song was “Bo Peep Bo Peep”. Their title track for their latest album, Temptastic was ‘Yayaya’ (starring my current obsession No Min Woo). Unfortunately, I failed to appreciate both songs. But that’s just me.

‘Why are you being like that?’ (I think this is better)

I believe there will be a new album out soon, perhaps in time for their 4 June concert? I guess one of their most well known member would be Eun Jung for her acting roles, particularly in the hit idol drama, ‘Dream High‘. She was pretty good in there. She will be even busier in the next few months as she has been cast in the popular reality show,’We Got Married‘. Both Eun Jung and Qri of T-Ara will also appear in the KBS saeguk, ‘King Geunchogo’ with Gam Woo Sung. Hmm.. is she going to have any time to rest?

MBLAQ

MBLAQ debuted in 2009 under J Tune (Rain’s agency), although I’m not sure how things are now as J Tune merged with JYP last December. They were highly anticipated as the boys were trained under Rain personally, who also undertook to compose and choreograph some of their tracks. This would not be the first time the 5-members boy band are in Singapore. They were here just 4 months ago in December for the Mnet Ultimate Live concert on the 4th December 10. (I think Singapore seems to have become a new favourite venue judging from the record number of artistes coming) But this time round, they will have new songs to present to their fans as they have just released a new album early this year- BLAQ Style.

MBLAQ’s Stay

MBLAQ also appear in the April issue of Junior. Get a poster of them when you buy the magazine.

After School

After School debuted in 2008 and has since gone through a few changes. Today, it consists of 9 members (same as SNSD), with the las and latest member, E Young joining the group in December last year (Gosh… I hope they don’t add anymore, it’s very difficult to take photos leh).

I guess one of the earliest member of the group to gain recognition would be UEE (if I’m wrong, do let me know) who appeared in the popular drama, ‘You Are Beautiful’, although she wasn’t the good guy, as they say. One of their more well-known single, ‘Bang’ released last year had them performing like a band with drums. I rather like it. The band has just released their first full length album- ‘Virgin’ with ‘Shampoo’ and ‘Let’s Step it Up’as their title tracks. Ás strange as the title sounds, ‘Shampoo’ is actually a rather nice song (and no, the lyrics do not sound anything like a sampoo commercial, it’s actually a love song!). Check out the MVs below. Apparently, the girls received much praise for their tap dancing. Personally, my eyes were on the rather good looking dance instructor. Wahahaha!

After School was part of the Sundown Festival 2010 line up, so it would be their second visit to Singapore.

Orange Caramel

It is not uncommon now for the groups to form sub-groups…for a lot of reasons. Widening the fan base would be one. Orange Caramel consists of the 3 youngest members of the girl group, After School, namely, Nana, Raina and Lizzy. Their image within Orange Caramel is a little different from that of After School. In Orange Caramel, the 3 girls portray a sweet and innocent image…though with the recent single release, that image has changed somewhat. Check out their mv, ‘Bangkok City’ below and see what you think.

Contests:

K Pop Media is giving away a pair concert tickets on their facebook. The prize will be drawn in 3 days’ time.

H-Two-O, the concert’s official drink sponsor, is giving away 3 pairs tickets. Check out their facebook to enter the contest. It ends on the 18th May.

Sarang is not only the official restaurant for Rain’s concert in Singapore, they are also one of the sponsor for K Pop Heal the World concert. They are giving away a pair of concert tickets. Check out the infor on their facebook for information. Contest ends on 24th May 2011.

MTV, the official channel is not only giving away tickets, it is also giving away the much sought-after Meet-and-Greet passes. Just tell them why you deserve to win the ticktes. Check out the contest here. Contest ends on 29th May 2011.

Lastly, the organiser has also announced that the first 500 people who bought the Cat A tickets will attend the Meet-and-Greet session. More details will be out this week.

Stay tuned….