YG Entertainment has confirmed the last Asian country for Big Bang's "Alive World Tour 2012" to be Hong Kong.
Beside Korea and Japan, Big Bang will hold concerts in 7 Asian countries. After completing their current concerts in Japan, the boys will continue their world tour in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Tour venues and dates haven't been announced yet. Stay tuned for more updates!
YG Entertainment continue to extend the list of the countries for Big Bang's World Tour!
Yesterday, the company announced the next two destinations for Big Bang's World Tour which are Indonesia and Taiwan. Today, YG Entertainment once again delivered a good news to fellow VIPs in Thailand and Singapore !
Malaysia and Philippines are among the 7 Asia countries that are in the list too.
On a side note, they will hold their Alive Tour in Asia, North and South America as well as Europe with a total of 25 cities in 17 countries!
Stay tuned for more information!
I wish I could go when they come to LA. i"m definitely going to see them in my lifetime...it's wonderful that they can be so close to their fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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You might remember when we reported about Big Bang filming a music video for a new song. YG Entertainment has finally revealed what this music video was about on 17th May.
Big Bang kicks off its concerts of its "Aive World Tour 2012" in Japan today, and with that, YG Entertainment announced that Big Bang will release a brand new edition of its 5th mini album, ALIVE. This edition has been titled ALIVE -Monster Edition- and will come out in Japan on 20th June. It will be available in the following 3 types:
As you can see on the tracklists below, ALIVE -Monster Edition- will include the 3 new songs, "Still Alive", "MONSTER" and "Bingle Bingle". The mysterious MV Big Bang shooted in April is for the song, "MONSTER".
DVD tracklist:
･"MONSTER -Ver. 0-" Music Video
･"FANTASTIC BABY -Ver. Final-" Music Video
･"BLUE (KR Ver.)" Music Video
･"BAD BOY (KR Ver.)" Music Video
･"FANTASTIC BABY (KR Ver.)" Music Video
･Making of "ALIVE -MONSTER EDITION-"
Yesterday YG Entertainment brought joy among fellow VIPs in Malaysia as well as Philippines after confirming Big Bang's World Tour in the countries, through their official facebook and twitter account.
Recently, the agency announced another two more lucky countries that will be in the list for Big Bang's Alive Tour which are, Taiwan and Indonesia!
However, the concerts date have not been announced yet. Stay tuned more further information!
YG Entertainment has started the first promotions of Big Bang's "Alive World Tour 2012", and releases more and more information on it one by one.
On 15th May, the agency confirmed through Big Bang's official Facebook page that Big Bang will hold one concert in the Philippines and one in Malaysia. These two countries are listed as the 8th and 9th destination of the "Alive World Tour 2012".
Unfortunately, the concert dates haven't been announced yet.
However, YG Entertainment stated, "[The] list of countries in Asia will be revealed today at 6PM (KST)!"
OSEN reported that Big Bang's T.O.P might join the cast of the upcoming movie "동창생" (Dongchangsaeng/Classmate), playing the role of a good-looking spy.
Officials of YG Entertainment said that the script of the movie was promising and they think positive about T.O.P acting in it, however, they also pointed out, "The cast hasn't been determined yet."
"동창생" (Dongchangsaeng/Classmate) has been produced by Park Shin Woo, who directed the movie of "White Night" in 2009. Its story is based on a high school student becoming a spy in order to protect his younger sister. Their father was a North Korean spy who was falsely accused by South Korean spies in the past.
It is assumed that T.O.P will start filming the movie in July at the earliest.
As you know, Big Bang has kicked off its first-ever world tour entitled "Alive World Tour 2012" this year, starting off with their annual concerts in Seoul, Korea from 2nd to 4th April.
Following Korea, Big Bang's next destination is Japan. The boys will have their first day of the "Alive World Tour 2012" in Japan on 17th May, and they will stay there and perform every weekend until 24th June.
On 15th May, YG Entertainment and Live Nation proudly presented their promotion trailer for Big Bang's world tour which you can watch by clicking on the video below.
Beside that, Big Bang has updated its official Facebook page with a grid displaying the tour dates and number of destinations of the "Alive World Tour 2012".
As you might remember, the band promised to visit 25 cities in 16 countries in Asia, North America, South America and Europe. The grid indicates that, after completing its concerts in Japan, Big Bang will continue its tour by holding concerts in 10 cities in 7 different Asian countries.
Meanwhile, the division of North America, South America, Europe and other countries seems to be unscheduled for now.
Which countries do you wish the boys to visit?
YG has announced that Big Bang will release a Photograph Collection for the 1st time.
The collection, under the name of "Extraordinary 20's", will contain all the moments from last year's trip to England for the MTV EMA World Wide Act, various scenes of the band in Korea and more.
The concept behind this collection is about "Special People's Normal Life" and photographer Hong Jang Hyun worked with the band for this project. The members of the band also took part on the designs of the shots taken in Korea as well.
Some special items like a close-up book, mini Polaroids and numbered cards which provide a link to the making video and interviews with the members.
"Extraordinary 20's" will be released on June 6th and pre-orders will be opened on May 14th until June 5th.
*Japan: Item that will be sold in Japan only include making of "Extraordinary 20's", it doesn't includes photograph collection.
Big Bang's leader G-Dragon has changed his "seaweed hairstyle" into another shocking hairstyle. Might that be a hint at the concept for his upcoming solo album?
On 5th May, G-Dragon attended the show of "God's Kitchen Fusion" at Sheraton Grand Walkerhill in Seoul. There he met German DJ and producer Boys Noize and posed backstage together with him revealing his new red hairstyle. You can take a look at the taken photos in the gallery!
Netizens who saw these photos have been wondering whether G-Dragon's makeover is supposed to hint at his or Big Bang's upcoming activities. Some comments said, "Is it Big Bang's new concept?", "Is it for G-Dragon's solo album?", "Red hair fits him perfectly" and "He looks like Ronald McDonald". What do you think about this change?
Boys Noize was also involved in the production of Big Bang's Japanese song "FEELING".
Translation by: Lucy@forever-gdragon.com
Super Junior, IU, Girls' Generation, C.N. Blue, MBLAQ, After School, F.T. Island, T-ara and Trax are already part of the SHAKE world but the list of artists with this application is increasing day by the day.
Big Bang has finally joined this list and VIPs around the world will be able to play with the music of the band on the background and have a lot of fun.
SHAKE is a game available through the iTunes or Android stores where players can download packages that include some of the hottest tracks of the artists and try to follow the beat of the song while having the music and images of the band as a background.
The next group that will join the list will be SHINee so be ready to be shaken by them.
You can download the Big Bang app on the Android or iTunes stores. Also for more bands you can visit dooub, Inc.'s Facebook page.
During the latest episode of Mnet's "Wide Entertainment News", many interesting untold bits of information about Korea's entertainment industry were revealed.
One of topics discussed during the show included the fact that Big Bang's G-Dragon was a trainee under SM Entertainment before joining YG.
Actually a lot of fans have known about this for a while, however a few extra details were shared.
As VIPs know, G-Dragon joined SM Entertainment with the hopes of becoming a singer. He entered the company when he was just 8 years old and trained with them for 5 years. However, instead of staying with SM Entertainment, G-Dragon switched to YG Entertainment where he was placed in Big Bang. The reason for this switch was not revealed.
Now that this topic has been mentioned again tell us what do you think would have happened to G-Dragon if he stayed with SM.
Big Bang won another victory for the category in "Best Fan"! It wasn't an easy one to compete considering they were nominated against Alessandra Amoroso, Emma, One Direction and Avril Lavigne. Taeyang was overjoyed upon hearing the official results confirmed by MTV Italy that he tweeted the great news to his followers. You can see his tweets in the gallery below.
Check also out the clip below!
Congratulations Big Bang!
Written by: xaosmx@JpopAsia
On 4th May, the E1 All That Skate Spring 2012 took place at the Seoul Songpa-gu Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium. Kim Jin Seo, who is the current figure skating champion in Korea, showcased a hot performance at the event, choosing Big Bang's "FANTASTIC BABY" as his theme song. His performance was one of the most catchy ones and gained many cheers from the audience.
Enjoy watching!
Translation by: ragnarox13@forever-gdragon.com
As we reported Big Bang will be featured on MTV: World Satge.
YG has uploaded a video regarding this special on MTV showing a few of the images that will appear.
The special will be broadcasted through MTV Asia so check if you are lucky enough to be able to watch it.
Are you excited about it?
"[South Korea's] native popular music, universally known as K-pop, is also finding a growing international audience in places such as the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. And in other Asian markets, including Japan, it's already big business", begins Jon Matsumoto his article titled "The K-Pop Explosion" on GRAMMY.com.
He discusses the success of our beloved Kpop, its development, popular bands, strategies and how the Hallyu Wave has exploded throughout the world.
You can read his full article by following this link!
Big Bang is the first Asian artists to headline the MTV World Stage.
May 4th is the date VIPs on Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines can not miss since Big Bang will be featured on the MTV World Stage. The show will include 3 HD performances if its ALIVE Tour in Seoul. During the 30 minutes fans will be able to see live performances of the boys and more!
Previously artists like Lady Gaga, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Kasabian, Linkin Park, Coldplay, Black Eyed Peas, 30 Seconds to Mars, Snoop Dogg, Kid Rock, Green Day, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Katy Perry and more have been part of this show and now Big Bang will join this amazing list.
May 4th
Indonesia: 10:00PM at First Media Ch 220
Singapore: 11:00PM at StarHub TV Ch 533
Malaysia: midnight at Astro Ch 713
Hong Kong: 11:00PM nowTV Ch 554
Philippines: 11:00PM Global Destiny Cable Ch 47, SkyCable Ch 66 and Dream Ch 37
During the broadcast of SBS' Kpop Star, the participants, Park Jimin, Lee Hayi and Baek Ah Yeon, had the great chance to collaborate with GD&TOP, miss A and Girls' Generation's Tiffany and Taeyeon.
Baek Ah Yeon was the first to perform her special stage. She performed "Lady Marmalade" together with Tiffany and Taeyeon.
Next up was Lee Hayi featuring miss A, and they performed miss A's "Bad Girl Good Girl".
Last but not least, Park Jimin had a joint stage together with Big Bang's sub-unit of GD&TOP. They presented GD&TOP's song "Oh Yeah", which originally features 2NE1's Park Bom.
At the end of the show, the jury of Yang Hyun Suk, Park Jin Young and BoA decided to eliminate Baek Ah Yeon, so the finalists are Park Jimin and Lee Hayi.
GD&TOP, Orange Caramel, Rainbow Pixie, Trouble Maker, Pink Sugar, 5Dolls, Super Junior K.R.Y, After School Blue, After School Red and Sistar 19 are just a few names from the "K-pop sub-unit world".
At the beginning, sub-units were created to show different sides of a band and were more common with male idols, but, during the past year, also 3 female sub-units have appeared. These groups, so far, have the same structure: 3 cute girls with at least one of the youngest members of the original band, cute songs, use of new and cute words, flashy outfits and so on.
Check our full article for more details behind this trend!
Overseas netizens discovered a plagiarized song of T.O.P's "Turn it up" by Spanish rapper ALABAMA on YouTube.
ALAMABA's video titled "El Patron" was uploaded last year on November 27th and many of netizens claim the song obviously sound like "Turn it up" and his video received alot of dislikes.
Check out the two videos below and comment what you think about it!
Written by: Style@JpopAsia
GoKpop is back with a new special playlist just for you!
Valentine and White Day are occasions to celebrate the love but the single ones also have a special day.
Black Day, which is celebrated on April 14th, is about going out with your other single friends and celebrate together eating jajangmyeon (noodles with black bean sauce).
Our Black Day playlist includes all type of songs selected by our crew so you can party, remember an old love or just say you don't care about the past and have a new start!
Check the complete list on our full article featuring SISTAR, 2AM, After School Red, Lee Hyori, 2NE1, C.N. Blue, Park Jung Min, Big Bang, Shinhwa, M.I.B, U-KISS, Younha, Girls' Generation, TVXQ and a special performance by Jo Kwon.
![SBS MTV [WORLDSTAGE: BIGBANG] SPOT](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tM3BqRVMAV0/1.jpg)
![[KPOP Star2 120422] 백아연+소녀시대(少女時代) 태연&티파니 - Lady Marmalade Special](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XSlitf7LuAg/1.jpg)
![[KPOP Star2 120422] 이하이&Miss A - Bad Girl Good Girl Special](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xWDTBoug47g/1.jpg)
![[KPOP Star2 120422] 박지민&GD&TOP - OH YEAH Special](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IU-JwInGYiI/1.jpg)
![[M/V] T.O.P - Turn It Up [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AdPnMoxKOWY/1.jpg)
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