The American rapper, comedian and TV personality Nick Cannon will DJ live at the electro lounge Boombar in Itaewon on Saturday.The multi-entertainer is best known as a former Nickelodeon star, the host of the hit TV audition program “America’s Got Talent” and the husband of R&B icon Mariah Carey. He first gained fame in the entertainment industry as a teen for his role on the show “All That” and as the host of “The Nick Cannon Show” and “Wild ‘N Out” on Nickelodeon, a top entertainment channel f

Seoul to host global music conference

A joint concert of several K-pop artists will be held in the United States early next month, a South Korean television station hosting the event said Tuesday.The “2012 SBS K-pop Super Concert in America” will take place at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, a 15,000-seat outdoor theater, in Irvine, California, on Nov. 10, SBS said.Some of South Korea‘s leading K-pop bands, including Girls’ Generation, 2NE1, KARA, BEAST and Sistar as well as American YouTube star Karmin, will perform, it said. (Y

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Psy fans can expect new moves following the comical horse dance with Psy’s soon-to-be released bilingual track. In a recent interview with CNN, the “international singer” announced that his next single will be half in Korean and half in English. There had been a lot of debate about whether or not Psy’s next song would in Korean or in English. It was reported that his agency, YG Entertainment, suggested he keep his songs in Korean, but Psy later announced that he was planning to produce a song in

South Korean K-pop group Wonder Girls and legendary U.S. singer Stevie Wonder performed together at the U.N. Headquarters in New York during the “2012 U.N. Day Concert: A Message for Peace” on Oct. 24. The two-hour concert was organized in celebration of the 67th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Organization.The five-member girl group performed its English single, “Like Money” and also partnered with Stevie Wonder for his song, “What the World Needs Now is Love.” Other reno

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Britney Spears’ ex-manager described from the witness stand Wednesday a scene of domestic warfare, saying the superstar’s father chased him around a kitchen, punched him and threatened his life.Sam Lutfi, who is suing Spears’ parents for defamation, testified while they watched from across the courtroom.He denied accusations made in a book by Lynne Spears that he was a Svengali who became the gatekeeper of her daughter’s world, locking her parents out of her life.He contends he was a benevolent

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual “Ars Nova” concerts are a welcome treat for fans of contemporary classical music in Korea which suffers from a dearth of contemporary classical music performances.Marking the seventh year of “Ars Nova,” SPO is exploring an unfamiliar yet intriguing world of “balance amid imbalance” under the theme of “Ars Nova Ⅲ&Ⅳ―Hungary.” There will be two concerts, each with a different program, for this year’s edition ― the first at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 1 at the Chamber H

Pop rock group CNBLUE has wrapped up its first arena tour in Japan, having attracted a combined 100,000 screaming fans. The “Come On” tour took the boys to six cities in Japan where they performed a total of nine concerts. The group’s final shows were held at Saitama Super Arena on Oct. 20 and 21 where they performed many of their hit songs including “Have a Good Night,” “Wake Up,” “Blue Sky,” “Tear Drops in the Rain,” “Time is Over” and their Japanese debut single “In My Head.”“We were surprise