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Posted by kurumi0 pt Monday, May 21, 2012

FT ISLAND celebrates their 2nd major label debut anniversary

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In celebration of the recent release of their second album "20 [twenty]", FT ISLAND held two lives at ZEPP TOKYO on May 19th and Osaka's Dojima River Forum on May 20th, gathering together approximately 10,000 fans selected from a lottery.

When lead vocalist Hong Ki began the show by greeting the crowd with a cheerful "Long time no see, everyone!", the audience heated up. The band played five songs from their new album "20 [twenty]" which had never been performed before, including the song penned by members Seung Hyun and Min Hwan about how they picture themselves on stage, "WANNA GO", "STAY", and the Korean version of the tune they released in Japan in 2011, "SATISFACTION".

"Since the average age of FT ISLAND right now is 20, the album '20 [twenty]' is an album we'd like to use to show you the music we're doing right now and how we are [as 20 year olds], so� we titled it '20 [twenty]'," explained bassist Jae Jin. This time, the release of the album overlapped with their Korean releases, making the time for recording the songs a bit tight.

During the Q&A corner of the event, the members revealed what they would like to do if they had time to have a vacation in Japan. Jong Hun responded, "I love reptiles, so I'd love to go to a zoo or aquarium." Hong Ki replied, "I love winter, so I'd want to go to Sapporo and get in an open air bath," causing Min Hwan to pitch in, "I want to get in an open air bath in Sapporo with Hong Ki." Jae Jin simply commented that he would like to drive around in the countryside, while Seung Hyun stated, "We went there for a live once, but I'd like to go to Fujikyu Highland."

FT ISLAND also did a small giveaway for their fans, in which they raffled off personal items like T-shirts, jeans, drum sticks, hats, and glasses to lucky fans in the audience. Afterwards, the band ended the one-hour event with a message to their fans. "Thank you for coming today. It's been two years since we made our major debut on May 19th. We've gotten here really quickly. We'll still be doing our very best from here on, so please remember us and treat us well. Our second album is an album we made with everything we had. Please listen to it a lot and please look forward to our summer tour."

The band will be touring Japan from June 24th until July 8th on their "FT ISLAND Summer Tour 2012 ~RUN! RUN! RUN!~" tour, visiting places such as Fukui, Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo.

Check out some photos from the events!

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Source + Photos: Barks

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