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News: 2NE1 Plans a Michael Jackson Tribute for ‘New Evolution’ Concerts in US

2NE1 Plans a Michael Jackson Tribute for ‘New Evolution’ Concerts in US 

2NE1 the popular girl group flew into New York today arriving at JFK Airport this morning in preparation for their first global tour, “New Evolution,” that includes the group’s debut stops in U.S.

Travis Payne, the renowned choreographer of Michael Jackson’s “THIS IS IT” concert, was revealed by YG last month to be joining Beyonce’s tour band’s leader Divinity Roxx for the first solo tour as an all-female K-Pop group.

Travis Payne mentioned 2NE1 stating, “They are the most amazing girl group that I’ve worked with, there isn’t any that compare (to them), and I’ve never thought that Korean musicians would be this amazing. There are a lot of times that their talent and dedication would move you; working with them, to a certain extent is also another affirmation of my abilities.”

According to Travis Payne, 2NE1 expressed their reverence for Michael Jackson and is helping them complete a tribute to Michael Jackson on stage as part of their performance. He stated it was brave of them to include it as part of their lineup for their performance in America.

The quartet gained momentum last year being crowned “Best New Band in the World” by MTV Iggy based on international fan votes. The group’s smashing hit includes “I Am The Best,” “Ugly” and “I Love You,” the latter of which gained a lot of attention for their bold, stylish transformation.

2NE1 working with a word class team have successfully completed their “New Evolution” concert in Seoul last month, and is now heading to Asia, America and Europe to meet their fans all over the world.

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News: 2NE1 to be First Asian Singer to Appear on ‘Facebook Live’

2NE1 to be First Asian Singer to Appear on ‘Facebook Live’

2NE1 will be the first singer in Asia to be interviewed on Facebook Live.

The group is currently staying in America for the New Jersey and L.A. concerts of its world tour New Evolution, to take place on August 17 and August 24.

In between the two dates, on August 23, the girls will drop by the Facebook main office to appear for 45 minutes on the social network’s live interview program Facebook Live.

Facebook Live has previously featured many influential figures, including President Barack Obama, Madonna, Katy Perry, Maroon 5 and Oprah Winfrey.

2NE1 currently communicates with more than 3 million fans around the world through Facebook.

On the show, the group will talk about how it feels about its first concerts in America and what happened behind the scenes of the performances. The members will also answer questions asked by their fans through Facebook.

During their stay in America, 2NE1 plans to continue on with such promotions in the country through local media outlet interviews.

2NE1’s New Evolution concert held in Seoul near the end of July garnered much praise for its quality and performances, heightening expectations for the group’s U.S. tour.

Travis Payne, choreographer for the late Michael Jackson’s This is It concert, Divinity Roxx, leader of the Beyonce tour band and Jeremy Scott, global fashion designer, pitched in for 2NE1’s world tour. The tour will continue to the end of the year through 10 cities in seven countries, including America and Japan.

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News: YGE Reveals Album Release Plans for Su Pearls, New Girl Group, and 2NE1

YGE Reveals Album Release Plans for Su Pearls, New Girl Group, and 2NE1

YG Entertainment dropped some additional info on their upcoming two girl groups as well as 2NE1’s approximate album release date.

On August 13, YGE spoke with local media Star News and said, “Su Pearls will debut in September, while our other new girl group will debut in October.”

Su Pearls is the four member girl group formed by contestants from SBS “K-Pop Star.” They will replace Park Ji Min with the runner up Lee Ha Yi, since Park Ji Min signed with JYP Entertainment after winning the show, but the other three members, Lee Michelle, Lee Seung Joo, and Lee Jung Mi, will remain the same.

Although they trained together for a very short time, Yang Hyun Suk said he believes Su Pearls are ready to debut in September. Also, he said he wanted to debut the group as early as possible in order to show his appreciation to all the “K-Pop Star” fans.

Shortly after Su Pearls’ debut, YGE will showcase their much anticipated new girl group. No word has come out regarding their group name, but YGE has released the profile of the five members through its official blog, YG-Life, over the last few months. It’s still unclear what the new girl group will look like, but since it’s their first girl group in three and a half years since 2NE1’s debut, fans and the press are eagerly waiting to see them.

“We still can’t reveal the actual number of members, but we’re aiming for an October debut,” YGE told Star News.

The report added YGE is looking to release several more albums before the end of this year, including G-Dragon’s solo album,PSY’s new single, and Epik High’s new album. It also added 2NE1’s new album will come out around October this year.

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News: 2NE1 #1 K-POP Girl Group With The Most Potential To Successfully Break US Market

2NE1 #1 K-POP Girl Group With The Most Potential To Successfully Break US Market

2NE1 and Wonder Girls have been voted the top two girl groups with the most potential to become successful in the US.

According to Internet Education Group SevenEduM who polled 378 select individuals from July 27th to August 9th, 184 people (49%) voted 2NE1 as the Korean girl group with the most potential to make it in the States. Behind 2NE1 was Wonder Girls, receiving votes from 50 individuals (13%).

SevenEduM’s representative Cha Gil Young spoke in regards to 2NE1 saying, “will.i.am who is known to be producing 2NE1′s US debut album visited Korea this past May to stop by YG, and he sat down with CEO Yang Hyun Suk, YG’s main producer Teddy, as well the 2NE1 members to discuss their debut. 2NE1 will also be holding their global tour ‘NEW EVOLUTION‘ and perform in New Jersey, LA, and more. So for a number of reasons, 2NE1 looks as though they can successfully break the US market and I think that is why they were selected as #1.”

He continued, “Wonder Girls are also garnering more attention after the release of their new single “Like Money“, and they are receiving a lot of spotlight in the US media due to their history.”

Trailing behind the Wonder Girls were T-ara, Girls’ Generation, SISTAR, f(x), miss A, KARA, After School, and 4minute.

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News: 2NE1 Will Release A New Single in Japan in September

2NE1, who have recently started going on a world tour, will release a new single in Japan during their concert tour of Japan.

On August 10, YG Entertainment reported, “2NE1 will release a new single during their concert tour of Japan, which will start at the end of this month. While they’re on a world tour, they’ll also promote their new single in Japan.”

Successfully finishing a concert in Seoul on July 28, 2NE1 will hold next concerts in Osaka (from August 31 to September 2), Nagoya (September 7 to 8), Yokohama (September 11 to 12), and Saitama (September 28 to 29).

Because the new single will be released while 2NE1 are on a tour of Japan, it’s expected that it will attract a lot of attention in Japan.

2NE1 recently started going on their first world tour. Starting in Seoul, they’ll go around ten cities in seven countries. Because it’s 2NE1′s first large-scale tour, world-renowned crew and large-scale stages are prepared.

2NE1′s world tour has been planned by the Live Nation, a world-famous production agency, which has planned and managed the world tours of such world-renowned singers as Lady Gaga, Madonna, and U2. 2NE1 are the first Asian female singing group, for which the Live Nation invested in and planned a world tour.

2NE1 have postponed the release of their new domestic single in order to focus on their world tour. They were planning to release a new single three weeks after the release of “I Love You” on July 5, but they changed their plan and decided to release a new album in October instead.

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News: S.E.S BADA Supports 2NE1 At Their World Tour Concert

Wow! Dara, Bom and their connections! O_O I remember watching Dara and Bom sing and dance to SES songs on 2NE1tv, and now they actually invited Bada to their very own concert. ^^ Just wow! ♥

S.E.S BADA Supports 2NE1 At Their World Tour Concert

Singer Bada revealed that she attended 2NE1‘s ‘New Evolution’ World Tour Concert to support them with a picture!

Bada on the 30th, revealed the photo above on her Twitter and wrote, “2NE1 concert. I think it’s meaningful after becoming a senior to support my fellow juniors at their concert. Because I think there’s a lot I can learn from my juniors! Bom, Dara thanks for inviting me~ I had fun at the concert.”

In the picture above, Bada is seen wearing a leopard print hat covering her eyes while smiling into the camera. Also, Bada seemed to have written the words 2NE1 on one arm and Bada on the other. In the background, many of 2NE1‘s fans are seen waving their glow sticks in support of the group.

Internet users who saw the photo commented, “They must have a warm sunbae-hoobae (senior-junior) relationship,” “Both the senior who learns from the junior and the junior who give their senior tickets to their concerts are really pretty,” and “I really want to see the 2NE1 concert too.”

On another note, 2NE1 finished their first concert on the 28th of their ‘New Evolution’ World Tour Concert at the Olympic Park in Seoul. Their tour will consist of 10 cities in 7 different countries.

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News: 2NE1 World Tour Opening Concerts Captivate 20,000 Fans!

2NE1 World Tour Opening Concerts Captivate 20,000 Fans!

Even in the scorching heat outside, 2NE1 sang their hearts out at their concert this weekend.

On July 28 and 29, 2NE1’s powerful energy filled the Seoul Olympic Stadium. 2NE1 is the first K-Pop girl group to have a global tour and their official opening concerts for “New Evolution” took place in Seoul. A total of 20,000 fans attended the concert and sang along to every single song.

The quality of the concert is incomparable especially because of the world famous staff that has prior experience working with top stars like Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Janet Jackson, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez. It is no wonder why fans all over the world have a strong attraction to the idol group 2NE1.

During their concert, 2NE1 appeared on stage and opened the concert with “I Am The Best” and heated up the crowd right from the beginning. Wearing colorful bright neon sweats, 2NE1 members appeared with wild hairstyles showed off powerful and sexy waves and dance moves. The crowd couldn’t help but get off their seats to dance along.

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News: 2NE1 Dara Kisses a Fan During Her Performance!

Can I be this person instead? Because OMG!!! Wanna be kissed by Dara too. T_T Lucky fanboy is lucky!!!

2NE1 Dara Kisses a Fan During Her Performance!

On July 29, 2NE1‘s concert was held at the Seoul Olympic Stadium as a part of their global tour “New Evolution.” During Dara‘s performance, she picked one person from the audience and brought him on stage. While singing the song “Kiss” during her solo performance, she kissed the fan on the cheek.

Before her solo performance, Dara stated, “I’m actually a wild woman. In order to create a sticky performance, I’m going to bring a male audience on stage.”

All the men in the audience were flinging their arms to be picked and Dara stated, “Today, area 4 is calling my name. Since it is a world tour, I will pick that peron. White T-shirt. Come to the stage” and chose a foreign fan.

Shortly after, Dara asked him to sit down on a chair and performed while sitting on his lap and also kissed him on the cheek. There was a lipstick mark on the fan’s cheek and the fans went crazy when they saw it.

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News: 2NE1 cancels upcoming single + announces plan for new album in October

2NE1 cancels upcoming single + announces plan for new album in October

YG Entertainment has just notified allkpop of some changes in upcoming plans. Unfortunately 2NE1‘s upcoming single, which was scheduled to be released on July 28th originally, has been canceled. However! The girls will be returning in October with a new album instead.

According to original plans, 2NE1 had intended to release their second single three weeks after the release of “I Love You” back on July 5th. However, as their ‘New Evolution‘ tour will kick off in Seoul at the end of this week and follow with performances overseas in August and September, it was decided that the double promotions with the tour and music program performances in Korea may take too much toll on the girls. Thus, after an emergency meeting, YG Entertainment has announced that they will be scrapping the new single coming up, and instead focus on a new album release in October.

Although they are aware that some fans may be disappointed with the sudden announcement, they announced that this decision had to be made in order for the girls to focus more on their first world tour and give the producers in the agency more time to produce a higher quality album.

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News: 2NE1 Members Find Singing Easier than Talking

2NE1 Members Find Singing Easier than Talking

While the 2NE1 members were attending the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France, they also shot some amazing photos with fashion magazine, W.

Issued in the August edition of W magazine, the pictorial revealed the 2NE1 members wearing very distinct outfits and unique accessories such as Sandara Park’s giant pom-poms or Minzy′s winged hat.

The magazine also showed some pictures from when 2NE1 was speaking at the Festival in June.

During the interview with W, 2NE1 discussed its newest single I Love You and its upcoming global tour concert, New Evolution, which will take place on July 28 and 29 in Seoul, before moving to the rest of the world.

When told that their performances in Korea were shortened due to their upcoming concert, CL replied, “We were a bit sad, but because the first concert is in Seoul, we were able to feel a bit better. We’re currently really busy, preparing for the concert and our next single, but we’re a lot happier when we’re working rather than just resting.”

W asked, “Choosing between standing on the first comeback stage or talking at the Festival, which one is harder?”

“Talking is definitely harder,” said Sandara Park.

CL added, “At a performance, we’re able to transform into something completely different, but at settings like this one, we have to show ourselves, so it makes us nervous at times.”

The complete interview and pictorial can be found in the August issue of W magazine.

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