Tiffany of Girls’ Generation will kick off her first solo concert as the sixth singer of S.M. Entertainment’s concert series “The Agit,” the singer’s agency announced Monday. 　“The Agit” -- inviting fans to the artists’ hideout -- began last October with a solo concert by SHINee’s Jonghyun. This was followed by solo concerts from Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation and Kyuhyun and Ryeowook of Super Junior. Another Super Junior member, Yesung, is scheduled to hold concerts from June 3-5 and 17-19. Promo

Girl group AOA returned Monday with a powerful summer tune and a tearful press conference.　As the press showcase for the group’s new album “Good Luck” began at a concert hall in eastern Seoul, a teary-eyed Ji-min apologized for a recent controversy. She and Seol-hyun were heavily criticized when they were unable to identify the picture of a famous Korean historical figure on a TV show last week.　“I’m sorry that a regrettable incident happened right before our comeback. I’m very sorry,” she said.

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Singer-songwriter Baek A-yeon is set to mark her return, a year after her last single “Shouldn’t Have,” the singer’s agency JYP Entertainment announced Monday.　Baek uploaded a teaser image accompanied with the words “2015. 05 Shouldn’t Have/ 2016. 05 So So/ BAEK A YEON” on her official Facebook page at midnight on Sunday, announcing her return in May. Teaser image of Baek A-yeon’s upcoming digital single “So So” (JYP Entertainment)　In the teaser image, Baek has her head resting on a desk in a ro

K-pop boy band JYJ’s Junsu will release the new song “..Is You” at midnight on May 19, the singer’s agency C-JeS Entertainment announced Monday. 　The new song will be included in the singer’s fourth full-length studio album “Xignature,” scheduled for release at the end of May, added the agency.　The singer also unveiled the upcoming song’s lyrics on the group’s official Facebook on the same day.   A promotional image shows the lyrics to JYJ Junsu’s “..Is You.” (C-JeS Entertainment)　The song is a

STOCKHOLM (AP)—Ukraine’s Jamala was crowned the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday for a melancholic tune about the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities.　Susana Jamaladinova, who uses the stage name Jamala, received the highest score of 534 points for her song “1944,” after votes from juries and TV viewers across Europe were tallied following performances Saturday night by the 26 finalists at Stockholm’s Globe Arena.　Australia’s Dami Im was second with 51

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Taeyeon of K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation will kick off her first solo concert tour in July. 　She will begin the tour with performances at the Olympic Park Stadium in Seoul from July 9-10, and in Busan in August, according to local news reports. 　In April, the singer had canceled her solo concert “Taeyeon, Butterfly Kiss” which had been scheduled to take place at the Olympic Park Stadium. In March, the singer’s agency SM Entertainment had announced the delay, saying, “We’ve postponed the con

LYNN, Massachusetts (AP) -- A newspaper publisher is asking the Rolling Stones to return to town 50 years after they cut short a show during a thunderstorm, leading fans to rampage.　Ted Grant, publisher of the Daily Item in Lynn, said in an open letter published Tuesday that “a lot has changed” since the band was last in town, on June 24, 1966, and he wants the British rockers to finish the set that ended when they left the stage during a storm at the Manning Bowl stadium. Angry fans broke throu