We’ve just been informed that Big Bang will be holding their very first world tour, titled ‘ALIVE TOUR 2012‘ this year through Live Nation.

Fans will finally have their wishes come true, as the 5-member boy band will make various stops at different cities. Our sources at YG Entertainment have informed us that Big Bang will perform in 25 cities in 16 countries.

From March 2nd to the 4th, Big Bang will open their world tour in the Seoul Olympic Park Gymnastic Stadium. Following these shows, the group will tour 16 countries, 25 cities, in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe.

By working with Live Nation, the tour will be brought to a higher level in terms of the scale of directing. As Live Nation has helped world tours for Madonna and U2, Big Bang is the first Asian singers to earn the help of Live Nation with the joint investment and production team. Live Nation is recently a promotion agent for K-pop singers in 1-2 regions in America and Europe.

Live Nation’s president, Alan Ridgeway, stated, “We are very happy that we are working with YG Entertainment and Big Bang to show [our work] to worldwide K-pop fans. If this performance is a good starting point for the Korea branch we established last December, we expect it to contribute to the K-pop fever expansion.”

It’s been confirmed that the producer Laurieann Gibson will be taking the lead position as director. Laurieann Gibson is a well-known director, choreographer, actress, and creative director. She is known most recently for directing Lady Gaga‘s ‘The Monster Ball Tour’, in addition to choreographing “Poker Face”, “Judas”, and “Telephone”. She has also worked with top stars like Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Beyonce, and Katy Perry.

In addition, stage/lighting designer, Leroy Bennett, will help put in his efforts for the world tour as he has previously worked with Madonna, Paul McCartney, and Eagles. In addition, Ken Van Druten will work as the sound director, who has previosuly helped Eminem, J-Jay, and Linkin Park. The visual contents producing team, Possible Productions, will also join in preparing for Big Bang’s World Tour.

YG Entertainment relayed, “We are in the process of preparing the world’s best concert with the best production team to equal the anticipation of the world fans who are waiting for the first concert they will get to meet Big Bang … With the newly released album and the starting of the worldd tour, you will be able to confirm Big Bang’s maturity and skill.”

More information on the world tour will be released in the future, so stay tuned for more details!

Source: YG Entertainment

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After release of TOP's teaser photo earlier today, YG Entertainment revealed that a shocking and new transformation and concept are expected from the rest of the members.

On the 6th of February, YG Entertainment released the first teaser photo for the group's pending comeback and revealed TOP in bright blue hair while clad in a leather outfit.

While some fans rave on the first photo teaser from Big Bang, YG Entertainment is quick to reveal that the rest of the members' hairstyles will be just as shocking as this transformation.

It was confirmed through OSEN News, as a representative was quoted saying, “The other members have most definitely taken the risk to transform into something just as shocking as TOP has. They have especially put forth a lot of effort in their hair to better surprise their fans.” Further adding that there will be a diverse set of fashion statements for each members which will be seen in the album. Aside from focusing on TOP's masculine concept, the team have also been planning other concepts which is set to be revealed in due time.

Meanwhile, fans' anticipation seem to have increased since the release of the teaser photo and have inquired if "Fantastic Baby" written on the top righthand part of the photo will be Big Bang's title track. YG Entertainment, on the other hand, did not reveal any other information about it.

Source: OSEN

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GD&TOP have announced that their first Japanese single album will only be sold as a limited edition.

On January 11th, YG Entertainment revealed that “Oh Yeah Feat. Bom“, which was originally meant to be released in November of 2011, will now be sold only as a limited edition at the ’15th anniversary YG Family‘ concert.

The first series of concert were held on the 7th and 8th at the Osaka Kyocera Dome, and will soon be making a stop at the Saitama Super Arena on the 21st and 22nd.

Representatives explained, “The album has been released, but GD&TOP has no plans of promoting in Japan this year. As it is our 15th anniversary concert, we decided to put out a limited release for the fans that have given us their love.”

Source + Photos: Star News via Naver
Credit : Allkpop

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Big Bang has just released a video wishing fans a Happy New Year through their YouTube channel.

The video kicked off with G-Dragon‘s greeting, followed by Seungri, Daesung, Taeyang, and T.O.P. The goofy members found a way to incorporate their own names into the greeting.

Check out the video and the translations below!



G-Dragon : “Knock knock. Hello, this is G-Dragon. A new year’s card has arrived for you. I’ve prepared a new year’s greeting. They say 2012 is the year of the dragon ["yong" in Korean], and as you know, my name is Jiyong~ I think next year will be a year that I’ll really look forward to. I pray that next year will be meaningful and filled with good things for all of you. Happy New Year.”

Seungri : “Knock knock knock. Hello, this is Seungri. A new year’s card has arrived for you. I’ve also prepared a new year’s greeting. I will hope this will be a year in which you achieve victory ["seungri" in Korean] in love, victory in your studies, victory in work, and victory in everything that you want. This was Big Bang’s Seungri ringing in the new year, 2012.”

Daesung: “Knock knock. Hello, this is Daesung. A new year’s card has arrived for you. I’ve also prepared a new year’s greeting. Everyone, attain greatness ["daesung" in Korean] this year. Us, Big Bang, are energetically starting off again this year, so let us and all of you attain greatness!Daesung, Daesung, Daesung.”

Taeyang : “Knock knock. Hello, this is Taeyang. A new year’s card has arrived for you. Hello everyone, I, also, have prepared a new year’s greeting. Happy New Year. In 2012, a new sun ["taeyang" in Korean] will rise, and Big Bang’s Taeyang will also rise. I sincerely hope that in 2012, everything you wish for and want will come true. Everyone, fighting!”

T.O.P : “Knock knock. A new year’s card has arrived for you. The first day of 2012 has arrived. I hope that 2012 will be the year that you remember as the ‘top’. Top. You are my t-o-p.”

Video : BIGBANG Official YouTube Channel
Credit : Allkpop

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During this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV kept track of which artists were creating ‘buzz’ on Twitter and with the paparazzi. Not only did Big Bang just win Best Worldwide Act award, but the group proved to be the most tweeted artists throughout the evening, coming in at #1 on the 2011 MTV EMAs Twitter Tracker. They also managed to work their way to #2 in Paparazzi Buzz, a category tracking the number of retweets made for celebrities’ official red carpet photos on Twitter.

MTV asked, “Which EMA stars are you tweeting about? Get the buzz on who’s trending right this second!”, and tonight, that answer was Big Bang. Over the course of the three hours of festivities, Big Bang, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Selena Gomez each battled for overall top spot.

Roughly midway through the event, Big Bang fans were able place the beloved quintet at #1 on the tracker. However, shortly before their victory was announced, Big Bang made it to the #1 position overall where they have stayed since then. It looks the years of practice to get birthday and anniversary tags to trend on Twitter have paid off big for VIPs.

Prior to their win, Big Bang was interviewd by Western media on the red carpet. Taeyang stated, “I grew up with MTV, they were always showing us alot of musiv videos and music information.” When asked who he was most interested in seeing, G-Dragon named Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga.

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Again, Big Bang shows their existence internationally. G-Dragon, TOP, TaeYang, DaeSung, and SeungRi succeed to grab “Worldwide Act” title from MTV European Music Awards 2011.

In that event, which was held in Belfast, Northern Irlandia, Sunday (6/11/2011), Big Bang beats Britney Spears who represents North America, Lena who represents Europte, Abdelfattah Grini who represents Afrika-India-Middle East, and Restart from Latin America.

Big Bang attend the event with complete member. GD and TaeYang also thanked VIP (Big Bang’s fans) for the award was achieved from VIPs’ supports who voted for Big Bang on MTV EMA website.

“It’s amazing, thank you so much,” said GD. He then continued his speech in Korean without translator. “We are Big Bang from Korea, nice to meet you all. This award is very meaningful to us because this is given by our fans. Thank you again VIP. By this chance, I hope Korean music and Big Bang will be known more.”

Big Bang overcame to grab the Worldwide Act title as the representative of Asia Pacific. Previously, they won over other Asia Pacific representatives, namely Agnes Monica (Indonesia), Exile (Japan), Gotye (Australia), Jane Chang (China), Jay Chou (Taiwan), and Sia (Australia).

cr: hot.detik.com
English translation by : @vVIP_6819

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KOREAN MUSIC WAVE 2011 IN MALAYSIA

Date: 24 September 2011 (Sat)

Time: 7pm

Venue: Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

Artiste lineup:

GD&TOP (BIGBANG)

Seungri (BIGBANG)

Park Jung Min

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U-KISS

Teen Top

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Numbered Seating – RM438, RM288

Free Seating – RM138

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