[OSEN=선미경 기자] iKON is to hold their second solo concert today(Jan.30) and tomorrow(Jan.31).
In September last year, iKON held their first solo concert at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium, demonstrating they had great ticket power unlike a rookie. Only four months have passed since their debut, and now iKON is holding a second solo concert at the same venue. This is unprecedented for a rookie and has surprised those in the music industry. All the 13,000 tickets to their first solo concert were sold almost as soon as the ticket sale began. When the ticket sale for their second concert took place on January 6-7, they proved they still had the same ticket power by selling all the tickets to their concerts. iKON will start with the Seoul concert and then hold a concert in Daegu on February 27 and in Busan on March 5. They will perform the title tracks of their recently-released album “DUMB & DUMBER” and “WHAT’S WRONG” along with their other hit songs. It will be a chance to see how much they have grown as artists. iKON debuted last September by releasing “MY TYPE”. Since then, iKON has topped major online music charts with high quality songs in various genres such as “RHYTYM TA”, “APOLOGY” and “DUMB & DUMBER”. Recently, iKON has even taken the no.1 spot of Mnet’s M Countdown chart for three weeks in a row with “DUMB & DUMBER”. Furthermore, they have won awards at the 2015 Melon Music Awards, MAMA, the Seoul Music Awards, and the Golden Disk Awards. They were indeed the hottest rookie of the year 2015. They proved themselves a “monster rookie” again by topping Japan’s Oricon charts on January 13 upon their debut in Japan. Drawing upon their popularity in Japan, iKON will start a Japan Arena Concert tour holding 14 concerts in five cities including Fukuoka and Tokyo. The tour will begin next month and is expected to draw 146,000 people. iKON’s second solo concert “iKONCERT 2016 SHOWTIME TOUR” will be held today and tomorrow at 6 PM at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium. YG-LIFE
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[NEWS] iKON Achieves a Triple Crown Becoming No.1 on M Countdown for Three Consecutive Weeks1/28/2016 iKON & GFRIEND THANKED THEIR FANS AFTER WINNING NEW RISING STAR AWARD AT 30TH GOLDEN DISK AWARDS1/24/2016 iKON and GFriend receive the New Rising Star Award in Digital Music at the 30th Golden Disk Awards.
On January 20, iKON and GFriend won the New Rising Star Award in Digital Music at the 30th Golden Disk Awards, which took place at Grand Peace Palace, Kyunghee University. Jo Jung-suk presented the award and, after receiving, GFriend said, “Thank you to the CEO of our label, staff, and the fans. Thank you very much.” For their acceptance speech, iKON said, “It’s a great honor. We will do our best to live up to the expectations. We would like to thank Mr. YANG HYUN SUK, the staff, and iKONIC.” The 30th Golden Disk Awards is held on January 20-21. It represents the 30-year history of Korean pop and, this year’s award ceremony will feature a number of eye-catching performances. Top K-pop stars will perform at the ceremony, and the ceremony will be broadcasted live on Naver V App. The performances of award winners are definitely something that you shouldn’t miss. All the popular singers of the previous year perform, making the audience go wild. This year, musicians that boast a wide fans base such as BIGBANG, SHINee, Beast, Bangtan Boys, f(x), Apink, Vixx, EXO, Girls’ Generation, CNBLUE, EXID, Red Velvet, and AOA will put on performances. The presenters as top stars as the musicians. Top class actors such as Hwang Jeong-um, Jo Jung-suk, Kang Sora, Park Hye-jin as well as fashinistas such as Han Chae-young, Jang Yun-ju, Son Tae-young, Chae Jung-an attended the ceremony to celebrate the opening of the 30th Golden Disk Awards. Source: OSEN Via: YG-Life iKON’s album released on the 13 took No.1 on Oricon daily chart
iKON dominated the top place on Oricon chart upon their debut in Japan. iKON’s debut album “WELCOME BACK” released in Japan on the 13 this month recorded 53,000 sales, taking No.1 on Oricon’s daily album chart on the day of its release. Notably, iKON has taken No.1 on Oricon chart in Japan upon their debut in the country, even though the team made their official debut in Korea only some 100 days ago. The record shows how big popularity iKON is enjoying in Japan. iKON’s debut album released in Japan includes Japanese version of hit songs such as “MY TYPE”, and “RHYTHM TA”, “AIRPLANE” that swept top ranks on music charts of Korea, as well as Japanese version of “CLIMAX”, “JUST ANOTHER BOY”, and “SINOSIJAK”. As such, iKON is proving their reputation as a “monstrous rookie”, taking top places on charts not only in Korea but also in Japan upon their official debut. iKON will hold special events for more active communication with fans on the 22 at Tokyo Toyos PIT and on the 23 at Osaka Tojima River Forum. Then, iKON will begin full-fledged promotion in Japan by carrying out a variety of media promotion activities. Plus, iKON will hold Japan Arena concert tour next month. Total 14 concerts will be held in five cities including Fukuoka and Tokyo, to entertain total 146,000 fans. Meanwhile, iKON will meet Korean fans by holding their second concert “iKON - iKONCERT 2016 'SHOWTIME TOUR” on January 30 and 31 at Gymnastics Arena of Olympic Park in Seoul. Fas have big anticipation for iKON’s second concert, since the concert will present performances of iKON’s new songs released since their debut concert in October last year, as well as much improved style of iKON. iKON’s second concert is drawing a big attention already, recording sell-out of all the tickets upon the opening of the ticket sale. YG-LIFE The combination of iKON’s B.I and JINHWAN, those handsome guys and cute doggies was just “perfect”.
The two boasted new appeals in “Mari & Me” show, to the extent that many people even feel sorry about why they have not appeared in TV shows so far. B.I and JINHWAN took care of pets of other people for two days, working as pet-sitter “Mari’s dad” in JTBC’s “Mari & Me” show. The two joined “Mari & Me” last week. They were given a mission to take care of Pomeranian family Leo, Laia, and Lina with another “Mari dad” Eun Ji-won. B.I and JINHWAN in “Mari & Me” show were so different from themselves on the stage. They showed off cute appeals in “Mari & Me”, differently from their charisma shown when singing. JINHWAN who dreams to build an animal shelter someday and B.I who loves animals so much have experience of having dogs in their homes. The two with three dogs were witty, clumsy, and so friendly and innocent at the same time. “Mari & Me” show aired on the 6 this month was like a special episode for B.I and JINHWAN. The two showed off lovely appeals. Those two “Mari dads” prepared natural food for the Pomeranian family. They boiled and chopped fresh vegetables and meat, made balls with it without putting any seasoning, and then poured salmon powder on it. B.I said, “This is good enough for people as well”, and JINHWAN came to B.I. JINHWAN smelled the fresh doggie food and said, “It looks really delicious”. B.I first tried the food he prepared for the Pomeranian family and said it did not taste good. However, JINHWAN did not give up and tasted the doggie food, too, to say “Oh, it’s not a food for human beings”. After spending a night with the Pomeranian family, B.I woke up in early morning by the sound of the Pomeranian family’s barking, and he went on to conduct the sound of dogs’ barking to wake up JINHWAN and Eun Ji-won. Surprisingly, the Pomeranian family barked even louder to B.I’s conducting. B.I and JINHWAN boasted their cute and innocent appeals when they took the dogs for a walk with Eun Ji-won. Laia was diagnosed with obesity, so she needed exercise. So, the three “Mari dads” ran with the dogs. KIM JINHWAN ran with Leo and stopped for a while to drink water. He poured water in the cap of the bottle and gave it to Leo so friendly, saying “You take one sip and then I take one sip”. At the birthday party for ferret Jin-dol, B.I lost a game and had to write his name with his hips. Then, JINHWAN was picked as the one to sing Cool’s “All for You” as a birthday gift for Jin-dol. His tender voice created perfect harmony with Seo In-guk’s voice, well-demonstrating his friendly and lovely character. B.I and JINHWAN who are showing off their new appeals in “Mari & Me” show. As expected, the combination and harmony between the two boys and dogs was perfect. Fans are paying keen attention to what kind of new appeals the two will display with Dalmatian and crossbred dogs in the next week’s episode. Source: OSEN Via YGLIFE iKON turned their charm factor up on M!Countdown comeback for the 1st time.
On Mnet’s M Countdown aired on January 7, iKON sang “WHAT’S WRONG?” and “DUMB & DUMBER”. iKON enthralled the audience with their free spirit and strong charisma. Their performance was so effortless that they didn’t seem like a rookie, and they received a huge response from the audience. “DUMB & DUMBER” was inspired by the movie “Dumb & Dumber”, and the message of the song is to play hard and crazy as if you are dumb. “WHAT’S WRONG?” is a song about a guy who fights often with his girlfriend over small things but can’t understand his girlfriend. Meanwhile, iKON, Lovelyz, Dal Shabet, Lucky J, UP10TION, Lee Yae Jun, Park Si-hwan, Royal Pirates, LABOUM, Halo, Rose, Anda, B.I.G, Road Boyz, Flash, CocoSori appeared on M Countdown on January 7. Source: YGLIFE iKON PUTS ON UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE OF “DUMB & DUMBER” AND “WHAT’S WRONG?” ON M COUNTDOWN1/7/2016 iKON puts on one of the greatest performances ever.
On Mnet’s M Countdown aired on January 7, iKON sang “WHAT’S WRONG?” and “DUMB & DUMBER”. First, iKON performed “WHAT’S WRONG?” on the stage in funky costumes and with a groove. Then, they sang “DUMB & DUMBER” and turned on their mischievous side. They owned the stage with their playful faces and precise dance moves. Meanwhile, iKON, Lovelyz, Dal Shabet, Lucky J, UP10TION, Lee Yae Jun, Park Si-hwan, Royal Pirates, LABOUM, Halo, Rose, Anda, B.I.G, Road Boyz, Flash, CocoSori appeared on M Countdown on January 7. Source: YG LIFE YG's boygroup iKON is a rookie but their ticket power does not match that of a rookie.
The ticket sale for iKON’s solo concert, which is titled iKONCERT 2016 SHOWTIME TOUR IN SEOUL, began at 8 PM on January 7, and all the tickets for 10,000 seats were sold out in exactly 10 minutes. The same thing happened the day before. No idol group has had such a large ticket power and held a concert in such a big venue. Not even a year has passed since iKON’s debut, but they have already held a debut showcase at the Olympic Gymnastics Stadium. Their solo concert will also take place there. Cho Yong-pil, PSY, god, and Sung Si-kyung held their end-of-the-year concerts at the same place last year. Only the singers that have huge ticket powers can hold concerts at the Olympic Gymnastics Stadium. It is very rare for a rookie like iKON to hold their first solo concert at such a big stadium, but iKON has already had two concerts and sold 20,000 tickets in just 20 minutes. Upon debut, iKON gained unusually huge popularity. They have topped all the charts with their debut single “MY TYPE” and won against seasoned singers and took the No.1 spot with “RHYTHM TA” and “APOLOGY”. Their recently released single “DUMB & DUMBER” is climbing up the charts rapidly and was pitted against PSY’s new song for the No.1 spot of Mnet’s M Countdown charts on January 7. iKON’s huge popularity made iKON win awards. They won the rookie of the year awards at the 2015 Melon Music Awards and 2015 MAMA. They were also nominated for the rookie award at the Golden Disk Awards. iKON’s solo concert iKONCERT 2016 SHOWTIME TOUR IN SEOUL will be held at 6 PM on January 30 and 31 at the Olympic Gymnastics Stadium. Source: YGLIFE [ARTICLE] Park Ji Sung to Meet “Running Man” Cast, iKON, and Song Joong Ki on the Soccer Field1/5/2016 Korea’s national soccer representative, Park Ji Sung, has been announced as an upcoming guest on the popular SBS show “Running Man!” Not only will Park Ji Sung be getting his own special episode, but he is slated to face up against a variety of celebrities on the soccer field. The producers revealed that they’re currently discussing the filming with the popular soccer star, and they’re planning to have the player meet with other celebrities on the soccer field sometime in January. The match will take place in China in Shanghai’s House Stadium, at the same venue the upcoming 2016 Asian Smile Cup in China will be held. Besides the regular “Running Man” cast members, actor Song Joong Ki; soccer players: Jeon Hyuk Sik, Lee Dong Guk, Kim Dong Jin, Kim Jae Seong, Lee Chang Su, Lee Chung Seong, Jang Hyun Su, Jeong Dae Se, Ji So Yeon, and Han Guk Yeong. In addition, rookie group iKON will be taking part in the filming as special guests. They currently scheduled to put on a performance at the event. According to the producers, the writers haven’t yet fully planned out the concept for the special episode yet, and are still working and debating over the details of the filming. SOOMPI |
iKON Philippines is the First Philippine based fanclub for YG's upcoming boy group. Formerly known as WIN Team B Philippines (Founded last October 2013)
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