[?????=?? ??] The LA Times highly praised BIGBANG, who is on a tour in the US, and wrote that BIGBANG “proved why they’ve lasted through this sea change in K-Pop’s place in America.”

On October 5 (local time), The LA Times published an article about BIGBANG’s US tour entitled “BigBang explodes K-Pop convention at the Honda Center.” As part of their tour, BIGBANG held three concerts in Las Vegas, LA, and Anaheim from October 2 to 4.

The LA Times article first introduces BIGBANG as”the established quintet is one of the most successful boy bands going in all of K-Pop today, with a sound that spans American hip-hop, R&B balladry with a local twist, and the high-octane electronic dance music that defines pop the world over” and as a group that “only maybe Adele, Beyonce and Taylor Swift have earned the same, simultaneous caliber of critical praise and concert tickets sold.”

About their US tour, the article says BIGBANG “escalated the craft of live K-Pop…into a sleeker and more adventurous kind of arena spectacular” and that the concert in Anaheim “proved how they used an absence to re-imagine this stalwart group as one of the most inventive, aesthetically visionary acts in its genre.”

It went on to say that K-pop “has long been the lingua franca of pop in Asia, and is no longer a rising curiosity or Internet subculture in the States” and that BIGBANG’s tour “is an incredibly significant moment for K-Pop right now” and that “the BigBang members have done stellar jobs of pushing their music, fashions and places in the public eye to challenging new terrain. “



The article explained that BIGBANG is spearheading K-pop’s global popularity and wrote “If a band like BigBang can keep performing at this caliber of arena dates in America, that old saw of a “crossover” question will be permanently answered.”

The New York Times also wrote about BIGBANG’s US tour saying “the tour comes to the Prudential Center in Newark on Oct. 10 and 11” and that BIGBANG will “Bring ‘Made’ to Newark.”

BIGBANG’s US tour concerts drew 9,000 people in Las Vegas, 14,000 in LA, and 11,000 in Anaheim. The tickets for all the 34,000 seats were sold out. Also, many show business people and celebrities such as Black Eyed Peas, The Fast and the Furious star Sung Kang, Steve Aoki, and American Idol judge Randy Jackson came to concert.

BIGBANG will hold concerts in Mexico City, Mexico on October 7, in New Jersey, US on October 10-11, and in Toronto, Canada on October 13 for their tour.

2015. 10. 6.
Source: http://www.yg-life.com/archives/56687?lang=en

[??????=??? ??] The tickets to BIGBANG’s second tour in North America have all been sold out, proving the group’s huge popularity.

BIGBANG is currently on their “WORLD TOUR MADE”. So far, they have held three concerts in three cities. The first concert was held at the Mandalay Bay Event Center, LA on October 2. Then, BIGBANG held concerts at the Staples Center, LA on October 3 and at the Honda center, Anaheim on October 4. The tickets of some 30,000 seats for these concerts were all sold out.

Three years have passed since BIGBANG’ went on their first tour in North America – “ALIVE GALAXY TOUR”. In 2012, BIGBANG’s concerts were held in four cities of the US and Peru – LA, Anaheim, New Jersey, and Lima. This year, they are held in six cities across three countries – Las Vegas, LA, Anaheim, New Jersey, Toronto (Canada), and Mexico City (Mexico). This shows that BIGBANG has gained more popularity in North and Central America.

With their “ALIVE GALAXY TOUR”, BIGBANG became the first k-pop group to hold an arena tour in North America. BIGBANG is now the first k-pop group to hold a second tour in North America.

When BIGBANG arrived at LAX for this year’s tour, millions of fans came to m. Even after BIGBANG’s concert at the Mandalay Bay Event Center started, fans that didn’t have the tickets refused to go home and stayed around. This demonstrates BIGBANG’s enormous popularity.

Celebrities such as Black Eyed Peas and those in the show business came to see BIGBANG’s concert at the Staples Center. The tickets for BIGBANG’s concert at the Honda center, Anaheim were all sold out and the 10,000 seats were all filled with fans.

BIGBANG sang the songs of their “MADE” series albums such as “BANG BANG BANG”, “IF YOU”, and “LOSER” as well as their old hit songs “BAD BOY” and “FANTASTIC BABY”. The audience sang along with them and gave them a huge response.

Meanwhile, as part of their tour, BIGBANG will be holding concerts in Mexico City, Mexico on October 7, in New Jersey in October 10-11, and in Toronto, Canada on October 13.

2015. 10. 5.
Source: http://www.yg-life.com/archives/56675?lang=en