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Ultra Korea finalizes lineup for this year

Ultra Korea has announced the final lineup for this year’s festival, slated to take place on June 8-10 at southern Seoul. A total of 103 acts will be performing at this year’s festival to be held at...

Jun 1, 2018
Music
Nine Inch Nails, Shinoda to headline Incheon Pentaport Rock Fest

American rock band Nine Inch Nails, singer Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and several other renowned musicians will headline the 2018 Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, one of South Korea's longest-runnin...

Jun 1, 2018
Music
Richard Yongjae O’Neill returns to Ansan with Ditto Fest

When violist Richard Yongjae O'Neill on Wednesday announced the program for the upcoming 11th Ditto Festival in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, a city some 30 kilometers from Seoul, he did so in front of a...

May 31, 2018
Music
‘K-pop Star’ winner Katie to release debut single

Katie, the winner of the audition program “K-pop Star,” heralded the release of her first single Wednesday with teaser images on her social media accounts. Some of the images showed the singer dress...

May 31, 2018
Music
BTS 'deeply touched' by President Moon's tweet celebrating Billboard feat

K-pop superstars BTS thanked President Moon Jae-in on Thursday for celebrating their Billboard Hot 100 performance in his Twitter message, tweeting back, "We are deeply touched." "Wow! We can now fu...

May 31, 2018
Music
Saying rhymes, doing time

Crimes by stars of a popular rap competition program risk tarnishing the genre’s reputation in the country Rapper Jung Sang-soo, who made his name via popular Mnet program “Show Me the Money,” was r...

May 30, 2018
Music
[Album Review] Bolbbalgan4’s toned-down new album is relaxing

Bolbbalgan4 “Red Diary Page.2” Loen Entertainment Bolbbalgan4 has done it again. As if to nix criticisms about its allegedly self-repeating sonic pattern, the singer-songwriting duo have put ou...

May 30, 2018
Music
Top idol groups to perform at ‘2018 Korea Music Festival’

K-pop fans will be able to watch performances by a host of popular girl groups and boy bands including Twice, SHINee and Wanna One at one venue this August. According to the Korea Management Federat...

May 30, 2018
Music
BTS' 'Fake Love' clinches top 10 spot on Billboard Hot 100 chart

BTS ranked among the top 10 on Billboard’s hottest songs chart. Billboard announced Tuesday that BTS’ new track “Fake Love” took the No. 10 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The chart lists the m...

May 30, 2018
Music
Kim Sun-wook, Guy Braunstein to highlight brilliance of violin in Brahms violin sonatas

Pianist Kim Sun-wook and violinist Guy Braunstein have teamed up to perform Brahms violin sonatas in Korea this week. Braunstein was the youngest person to be appointed concertmaster of the Berlin P...

May 29, 2018
Music
Great Mountains Music Festival & School seeks to reinvent itself

GMMFS forms project orchestra, plans to change name

May 29, 2018
Music
Niel of Teen Top to get big screen debut in ‘Swag’

Niel of boy band Teen Top will get his first leading role in the upcoming film “Swag,” marking the big screen debut for the K-pop star. The music-themed film will feature the singer as a rich youngs...

May 29, 2018
Music
Kendrick Lamar to hold concert in Seoul

One of the hottest and most influential hip-hop icons of today’s music scene, Kendrick Lamar will visit Korea in July for his first concert in the country. The organizers of the Hyundai Card Super C...

May 29, 2018
Music
Overseas orders of BTS album soar

With K-pop sensation BTS’ unprecedented rise in the global music scene, overseas direct purchases of the group’s album are soaring on Korean online retail sites. BTS’ third and most recent album “Lo...

May 29, 2018
Music
‘Show Me the Money’ star C Jamm arrested for marijuana use

Rapper C Jamm has been arrested and is being investigated for illegal marijuana use, local police said Monday. Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency announced Monday that C Jamm and another man in...

May 29, 2018
Music

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