Fans all over the world trend cities in hopes of SMTOWN tour stops

SM Entertainment's expansion into Europe with the first K-pop concert "SM Town Live in Paris" has triggered an enormous reaction from fans all over the world wanting their own "SM Town Live" concert in their own country and city. In mid-April, SM Entertainment announced "SM Town Live in Paris" at Le Zenith in Paris, France, which holds approximately 6,000 seats in comparison to SM Town LA's venue which held 20,000. Tickets for the Paris concert were sold out in 15 minutes and left many European fans ticketless for this historic concert.

European fans began to protest in attempt to get a chance and a second date to attend the concert. Over a thousand fans responded to Korean Connection's call for the Louvre (Paris) protest on Sunday May 1st, and hundreds of K-pop fans attended to show their love for K-pop music. The Louvre protest attracted local French media, as well as Korean media including Yonhap News, SBS, MBC, and KBS reporters.

According to Korean Connection, additional protests have been planned by fans all across Europe including Bordeaux, Lyon, Toulouse, Nantes, Lille, Marseille, Tour, Strasbourg, Metz, Poitiers, Nimes, Genève, Madrid, Barcelona, and Munich.

As a result of the successful Paris protest, SM Entertainment replied that they will be considering a second additional "SM Town Live in Paris" concert, but must check with their artists' schedules first before confirming the second date.



Earlier this week, SM Entertainment announced plans to enter the Latin America market with an SM Town concert in July. Fans located in South America gave fiery reactions with SM Entertainment revealing their plans and possibilities to visit South American countries such as Brazil and Chile.

The Mexican media has also opened itself up to the K-pop wave. TV Azteca has received lots of love ever since giving their first K-pop coverage on “Venga la Alegria” at the end of April. Because of the positive reaction from K-pop fans in Mexico, “Venga la Alegria” will be showing 90 seconds of K-pop every Wednesday.

A very well known K-pop mixer, DJ Masa (Carlos Brandão) is from Brazil himself. He has gained international fame for his top-notch remixes, including his famous "yearly mashups," in which he takes the hottest songs of the year and mashes them together into one unique sounding song. Masa is known to be a very big fan of Korean K-pop Queen BoA Kwon, and it has been reported that many fans hope that he will someday become the opening act for an SM Town concert, preferably "SM Town Live in Brazil."

K-pop fans all over the world have gotten into a frenzy to get SM Entertainment's attention to get SM Town to perform in their country and city. Over 11,000 fans have "liked" the Facebook page for "SM Town Live in Mexico."

If one were to look up "SM Town Live" on the Facebook's search engine, fans all over the world are requesting for a concert in the following countries and cities: Canada, Toronto (Canada), Brazil, Peru, Thailand, Australia, Colombia, Los Angeles, Philippines, Washington D.C., Mexico, Montréal (Canada), Chile and more.

In addition, K-pop fans have also started trending on Twitter. Koreaboo responded to a tip by fans earlier today that fans have trended #smtownperu. But this was not the only thing trending today! Fans in Mexico and Venezuela have also begun to trend their own hashtags, with some topping the Worldwide trending list: #SMTOWNMEXICO, SMTOWNVENEZUELA, #smtownbrazil, #SMTOWNCHILE, #SMTown11Australia, #SMTownArgentina



K-pop fans' passion and dedication to this movement to get SM Town to visit their country has been truly amazing. Koreaboo hopes that, like us, SM Entertainment will take notice of that same passion and dedication fans have shown as seen in our "SM Town Live" articles, on Koreaboo's Twitter and Facebook, and do their best to make fans happy.

Koreaboo would also like to thank all of the K-pop fans who have sent in tips!

Source: @SNSD_Arg, @nabellalucia, @derpyeon, Orient-Extreme and HatoBrazil

Super Junior crowned the most popular Kpop star by Kpop fans in Mexico

According to a survey, Super Junior is the most popular group amongst international fans. One of Mexico's shows "TV Azteca" recently conducted a survey and asked viewers who their favorite Kpop singer was.

The survey was taken by 31,851 voters. Super Junior took first place with 8,517 votes (25.67%) with TVXQ very close behind in second with 8,365 votes (25.21%). SHINee took third place with 3,831 votes (11.55%), and SNSD are the 4th SM Entertainment artists to finish off the Top 4 by a slim margin in the survey with 3,280 votes (9.89%). SS501 secured 5th place with 3,241 votes (9.77%).

Big Bang, Wonder Girls, 2NE1, BEAST, U-Kiss, FT Island, CNBLUE, 2PM, miss A, and BoA also ranked respectively.

Currently, Super Junior's Chinese unit, Super Junior-M (Siwon, Donghae, Ryeowook, Eunhyuk, Kyuhyun, Sungmin, Zhoumi, Henry) are promoting in mainland China with their latest album. Super Junior will be releasing the Japanese single of their Korean song "Bonamana" on June 8th. However, this Japanese single is not Super Junior's official debut into the Japanese market, but will make their official debut at a later date.

What do you think of the survey? As an international fan, who is your absolute favorite K-artist?

**Note: Korean article says that the TV Azteca is from Spain, but is actually a Mexican show

Source: Sports Chosun

[NEWS] A Special Story told by Masters of Twitter (Donghae)

What’s your attraction to social network system (SNS)?
It’s the fact that I can share information that I learned through the internet with people all over the world. Also, I can express my personal thoughts or feelings freely. The fact that ...I can build relationship with various people is also appealing.

What’s the reason you are Tweeting?
Working as part of Super Junior, I visited many countries in the world. I thought that I wanted to become close to my fans. So I started Twitter. Thanks to Twitter, when I can’t be with my fans, I was able to tell them where I am, what I am doing, and what I’m thinking instantly.

What do you think is the reason that your Twitter account is popular?
I think it’s because Super Junior is loved by many people. I think they take interest in me because I’m one of the members of Super Junior. Also, I think it’s because they look at me favorably for trying to become close with fans.

Who is your best Twitter connection?
My best personal connection is with the member Choi Siwon from my team. Of course, other Super Junior members are important personal connections to me. But since I’m in Taiwan now filming a drama, I’ve been spending a lot of time with him lately. Whenever I become tired, Siwon is by my side encouraging me and I get a lot of help from him.

What do you want to say to fans who use Twitter?
Thank you fans for taking an interest in my Twitter account. I want to repay you for interest and love that you fans have given me. But I always feel sorry for not expressing it more often. I want to repay you your love by working hard. Please give me, Donghae, and Super Junior endless encouragement.

Source: Enews24
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Korean boy band Super Junior arrives in Vietnam

Korean boy band Super Junior will have a live show in Binh Duong Province on May 7 to end their third Asian tour.

Korean boy band Super Junior will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday to prepare for their live show in Binh Duong Province on May 7 to end their third Asian tour.

The performance, expected to attract 7,000-8,000 people, is the last of the band’s 16 shows in 13 Asian cities. The Asian tour aims to promote the boys’ 4th album “Bonamana”.

The concert organizer in Vietnam, Viet Vision Ads, said that because of time limitations, there will be no press conference, but before the concert, the band will grant interviews with some local journalists and hold their rehearsal in the province’s Go Dau-Becamex stadium.

The sound and light system for the performance of more than 30 songs are being brought in from Korea, Malaysia and China.

Tickets for the show, from US$65-150, are available at the Lotte Mart supermarket in Saigon South, Ho Chi Minh City.

Buses will also leave from this venue in District 7 for the concert, organizers said. Concert ticket prices do include the bus fare.

Source: Thanh Nien Daily

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