In a Wednesday trial at a Hawaii court, President Lee Seung-su of Click Entertainment, who is battling in court with the singer, said a Rain concert that was canceled cost his company $1.5 million.
He cited damage both financially and in regards to reputation, but that Rain and his aides did not apologize even once, calling such an attitude embarrassing and dishonest.
Chiese News of Rain(Bi)
Click purchased the copyright to the concert slated for June 2007 and argues that Rain and his former agency JYP canceled the show just one month before the concert date, taking $500,000 in copyright fees. Click filed a suit in Hawaii requesting $40 million in compensation.
In the Wednesday trial, a Click spokesman said, “Rain and his 90 group members didn’t properly file for a visa, meaning they had no intent to perform in Hawaii. Rain took issue with the stage facility, but the stage set met all requirements stated in the contract.”
Lawyers for Rain and JYP said, “Click signed a deal not with us but with Revolution Entertainment, which owned the copyright to the concert. The suit should not target us.” During Rain’s world tour, JYP sold the right to Rain’s North America concerts to Revolution.
Rain’s attorney said, “The stage facility didn’t live up to the level of Rain’s performance. He needed huge LED backdrop lights, a waterfall, fireworks, a protruding stage and five elevators. Rain is a fine singer but he needs the appropriate props.”
The Hawaii concert to be held at Aloha Stadium was planned as the first leg of the “Rain’s Coming” North America tour. It was canceled abruptly just days before the even, to the disappointment of Rain’s Hawaiian fans.
CDJapan newsletter made an announcement regarding this album will ON SELL 10th September but the links that they provided suddenly gave an error message with absolutely no info about the album hours later. We thought that it was reliable but eventually decided to wait until Ayumi Hamasaki official site’s confirmation before we put it up so here it is, Ayu present you “A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~”!!!
As the title suggests, this is a compilation album consists of all A-side songs of all singles released to date. It is stressed that the deluxe 3CD+DVD version includes a DVD containing previously unreleased TA (TeamAyu) Limited Live concert as well as a-nation concerts! Also, on Disc-3 track #14, “Who…” features new arrangement known as 10th Anniversary version. Other details very worth mentioning would be the inclusive of a 48-page booklet and special deluxe packaging of the initial pressing release of the 3CD+DVD version on 09.10.08. Details and pre-order links follow.
Announced on Ayu’s official site was her COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary DVD is scheduled to release this 18th June! Details and preorder links as below:
00. starting over
01. talkin’ 2 myself
02. STEP you
03. Ladies Night
04. fated
05. Together When…
06. decision
07. SURREAL
08. Bold & Delicious
09. RAINBOW
10. evolution
11. Boys & Girls
12. glitter
(encore)
13. untitled ~for her~
14. Sotsugyou syashin
15. +
16. Humming 7/4
17. MY ALL
Tenth anniversary countdown live DVD release from Ayumi Hamasaki includes footage of her New Year’s 2007-2008 performance at the National Yoyogi Kyogiba Daiichi Taiikukan. Performing in front of nearly 12,000 fans, Ayumi sings for the first time tracks like “Sotsugyo Shashin (Graduation Photograph),” “Together When . . .” and “untitled -for her-” off of Ayumi’s latest “GUILTY” album on the way to her final track “RAINBOW” and this year’s glorious countdown. This year’s concert an oustanding set with the main stage and three additional special stages as well as six different costume changes. In addition to the main performance, DVD also includes making-of footage and more..
One of Japan’s hottest boy bands, W-inds, have arrived in Viet Nam to take part in the Viet Nam-Japan Music Gala This Peace, We Have Dreamed this weekend.
At a press conference in the capital yesterday, W-inds three members’ Ryohei Chiba, Keita Tachibana, and Ryuichi Ogata said they were very happy to be taking part in the concert, which cheers 35 years of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Japan (September 21). The event will be hosted at the National Convention Centre Ha Noi tonight and the Hoa Binh Theatre in HCM City tomorrow night.
The show will be a good opportunity to bolster ties between the two countries, Goodwill Ambassador to Viet Nam, singer Sugi Ryotaro said. Ryotaro will also perform at the show, along with other Japanese stars including Godai Natsuko, Akikawa Masafumi, Rimi Nastukawa and Shimatani Hitomi.
· Date : Jun. 21-22
· Venue : Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
Big Bang wrapped up the year 2007 with their mega hits “Lies” and “Last Goodbye.” Now they’re back with their first national tour in 2008. In just two years since the group’s debut, Big Bang has performed 10 rounds of live concerts, demonstrating that they have the talent and energy to be called today’s hottest musical group. This is Big Bang’s second nationwide tour, following the one in 2007, but they plan to put on unforgettable performances to show how much they have matured musically since last year. The concert tour will begin in Busan and stop by Gwangju, Wonju, and Daegu before wrapping up in Seoul in June.
TIME: TBA
VENUE: Walt LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA
DATE: Friday, July 25, 2008Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
PRICES: TBA
TO RESERVE TICKETS: Korea Times (LA): 323.692.2000
LOCATION: Haywood, CA (San Francisco area) DATE: Sunday, July 27, 2008
TIME: 7PM VENUE: Chabot College Performing Arts Center, 25555 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward, CA 94545
PRICES: $100, $80, $50
TO PURCHASE TICKETS: TBA
FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www.onegeneration.com/
First of all I had to aplogize for the last minute News of “BIG BAND CONCERT IN BANGKOK”
Kind of busy~ I mean busy like a Bee because of the Earthquake in China, Sichuan. Trying my best to help them. Hope that you guys understand. they are really in BAD SHAPE. Luckily, my friend is all right but not his relative. If you don’t mind please do some Donation, like food, water, or other needed things or even volunteer work because I’m too far from China, so I decided to do Donation on Blog or internet banking. If you are around that area. Please Do Help. THANK U For Everything. Even TVXQ, DBSG, Super Juniors, TAIWAN Artists and Hong Kong Artists are doing what they can to help.
It doesn’t matter where you,
which race you are,
which nation you belong to,
Just Remember: ”As long as you have the Heart and Soul to help that what really matter.”
Now BIG BAND CONCERT IN BANGKOK on June,7 at Bangkok Convention Center in Central World. The ticket is about 500-2000 Baht
