Monday, March 11, 2013

[News] Music Bank in Jakarta Ends with its Spectacular Line-up

KBS Music Bank in Jakarta, Indonesia ended with its spectacular line-up, showcase, audience, and overall performances on 9 March 2012. Almost to have ended by midnight, artists from South Korea who was invited – Super Junior, SHINee, 2PM, Teen Top, B2ST, Infinite, Eru, SISTAR shared the international stage with Indonesian singers boyband S4 and soloist Afgan.

Each artists has brought more than 3 songs to perform, along with a collaborative stage between S4, who sang Teen Top‘s “Perfume” and Teen Top to sing “She Is My Girl”.

It is speculated to have housed over 45,000 in-house fans and thousands more outside the perimeters of the venue at Gelora Bung Karno. This event marks the start of the 40th diplomatic anniversary of Korea and Indonesia festival that is scheduled to bring a vast array of celebrations throughout 2013. Because of this political ties, the Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, also attended the show and received tumultous attention from Kyuhyun of Super Junior’s greet: “Thanks for coming, Jokowi-ahjussi!”

Despite the outdoor venue which rain poured in and the confusion of seating zones due to the change, the event is considered to have pulled in nation-wide attention for the ever-growing love of Korean culture in Indonesia.

Source: en.korea

[News] 2PM Gave the Best Fan Service in Music Bank Jakarta

Kapanlagi.com - There were many amazing K-pop artists that performed in Music Bank. But if we have to choose, 2PM is considered the best in fan service.

Starting from the all red lighting on stage, 2PM that performed at 10:30 PM, immediately caused hysterics among fans.

2PM invited everybody to party together when Hands Up blared through Gelora Bung Karno (the venue) and all the audience had their hands up in the air.

Uniquely enough, for approximately five minutes, 2PM also gave fans the chance to take their photos while striking silly poses on cue as they move from one part of the stage to another, covering all angles for fans seated in different areas.

"We're very happy to be back here. It's really hot in here, but you guys are awesome. We love you!" shouted Taecyeon before finishing their performance with their sexy song, 10 Out of 10.

Source: sergeantsic csldaa

To give you an idea of how awesome they were on stage, here's a short compilation of their performance:

The article didn't mention that 2PM also sang an Indonesian nursery rhyme that Chansung performed in What Time Is It - Jakarta a few months back. During the photo session, instead of saying the standard 'one, two, three' or 'hana, dul, set', they said 'satu, dua, tiga', which is in Bahasa.

CREDITS: KapanLagi.com (SOURCE); sashssi@2ONEDAY.com (TRANS)