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Thursday, March 22, 2012
[News] 2PM’s “Hands Up Asia Tour” Creates 60 Billion Won Worth of Economic Value
2PM's "Hands Up Asia Tour 2011-2012" came to an end on March 11 in Hong Kong. Since September 2011, the tour visited eight countries for 10 total concerts, and sold out all events for a record-high crowd in 2PM's concert tour history.
CJ E&M, the main organizer of this concert tour, said, "Although the base region for K-Pop is the Asian market, there are not a lot of artists who can completely sell out 10 concerts in eight different countries over a six month period."
"The economic impact of this concert tour is estimated to be 60 billion won ($53 million USD). It's not just the album and ticket sales, but sponsorship and corporate marketing, local promotions, and a lot of other factors. Plus, you must take into account that it helped stabilize K-Pop and Hallyu in the region," CJ E&M added.
JYP Entertainment commented on the success of 2PM's world tour by saying, "We are thankful to the fans for helping us achieve this success. It feels good to be able to contribute to the expansion of K-Pop artists to other Asian countries. We'd like to thank our Korean fans for waiting for us during the Asian Tour and we'll return the love by resuming the Korean activities soon."
Source: soompi
[News] KBS’ ‘Dream High’ to be made into a musical in Japan
KBS2 drama series 'Dream High' will be turned into a musical in Japan.
According to a report released by a Japanese entertainment media outlet March 21st, KBS 'Dream High' season 1, which was first broadcast in January of last year, will be turned into a musical in Japan.
The first performance is scheduled to take place at Tokyo's New National Theatre on July 3rd, and the musical will be based off the hit drama series.
The drama 'Dream High' was co-produced by actor Bae Yong Jun of 'Key East' and J.Y. Park of 'JYP Entertainment'. The first season featured miss A's Suzy, 2PM's Taecyeon & Wooyoung, T-ara's Eunjung, IU, along with Kim Soo Hyun, Uhm Ki Joon, Lee Yoon Ji, and more. In Kim Soo Hyun's case, his role in 'Dream High' was a stepping stone towards becoming a top star, seizing a role in 'The Moon That Embraces The Sun' which recently came to an end.
In the musical, the role of 'Song Sam Dong', which was originally played by Kim Soo Hyun, will be taken on by Matsushita Yuya, the youngest person to perform at Michael Jackson's commemoration stage, and the role of 'Jin Gook', originally played by Taecyeon, will played by Mizuta Kouki.
The musical will be put on from July 3rd to the 20th, and tickets will begin selling May 27th.
Source: allkpop