Big Bang records biggest sales day for UNIQLO

We knew the Big Bang T-shirts for Japanese apparel company UNIQLO were popular when we reported that the T-shirts sold out within 15 minutes of going on sale on February 5th but now an Oricon.jp article states that it was also the best sales day and volume in the history of UNIQLO.

The Harajuku UNIQLO store was decorated with special Big …


G-DRAGON x TOP unit to release first album in Japan

G-DRAGON and TOP, famed members of the hugely successful K-pop group BIGBANG, are set to debut their special unit in Japan early next year. The two just released their 1st album together recently in South Korea, and are looking to do the same in Japan on February 23rd.

The two appeared at the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) just last …


BIGBANG to release their first photo book in Japan

Korean group, BIGBANG will be releasing their first photo book from Japanese publisher Gentosha on September 29th. The photo book is titled “ELECTRIC LOVE TOUR 2010″ and will feature BIGBANG’s photos from their successful concert series, ELECTRIC LOVE TOUR 2010. The photos will include live performances on stage and photographs behind the scenes. The book will also include …


BIGBANG makes an appearance on “The Music Hour”

Popular Korean group, BIGBANG recently made an appearance on the Japanese music variety show, “The Music Hour” on TBS.

“The Music Hour” is a music show originally titled “Utaban” hosted by Masahiro Nakai from SMAP and Takaaki Ishibashi from Tunnels. At the beginning of the show, the various members of BIGBANG introduced themselves with the names of various …


BIG BANG on ‘Sakigake! Ongaku Banzuke Eight’

Korean group BIG BANG made an appearance on Fuji TV’s weekly music ranking show titled “Sakigake! Ongaku Banzuke Eight” on September 1st. In the show, the members of BIG BANG played one of the popular games called Taiko no Tasujin, where they’re judged with a score on who had the best rhythm.

The First match pitted SOL (Taeyang) vs …


BIG BANG’s appearance on NiTele’s “DON!”

Nihon TV’s program “Don!” featured a 10-minute special on Korean boy group BIG BANG on September 1st, airing an exclusive interview with the boys and a detailed introduction of the members with Korean MC Kang TaeYoo.  The interview covered topics such as the members favorite foods, their practice schedules in Japan, interesting differences in the Japanese entertainment industry, and their …


Big Bang makes a guest appearance on Music Station

Popular Korean male group Big Bang made another guest appearance on Asahi TV’s popular music program Music Station. During one segment, Big Bang was interviewed by popular Japanese girl group Perfume. They asked Big Bang which restaurants are good in Korea and they replied that there is a special BBQ place in Korea which has special menu reserved only …


BIGBANG interview on Japanese show “PON!”

Popular Korean group, BIGBANG recently appeared on a Japanese tv show titled “PON!” on NTV for a short interview to advertise the release of their recent single “BEAUTIFUL HANGOVER.”

In the interview, the show questioned the members of BIGBANG if they were familiar with the girl in the picture. The girl in the picture was Shinoda Mariko from …


BIGBANG and FT Island perform at Summer Sonic 2010

Back in May, there were reports stating that BIGBANG would perform at Summer Sonic 2010. Famous Korean band FT Island also performed at this extravagant event.

This event was held on August 7th and August 8th at the Maishima Summer Sonic Osaka Tokusetsu Kaijyou in Osaka and Chiba Marine Stadium in Tokyo. More than 25,000 fans gathered to see …


Big Bang’s performances from the IRIS Saitama Event

Back in June, the boys of Big Bang performed at the IRIS Concert at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Unfortunately for VIP’s, these performances couldn’t be seen… until now.

The station that broadcasts IRIS in Japan, TBS, has recently aired this concert in full and now the VIP’s can watch these performances.

Watch Big Bang perform Gara Gara …


BIGBANG in August issue of Shukan Josei

Korean group BIGBANG’s short interview was published in the August issue of Shukan Josei. They held a short Q & A session with the magazine.

The questions to each members were:
1. What do you eat before you go on the stage?
2. Where is one the spots where you gain your energy from? (We know on the stage from fans are …


BIGBANG’s concert from Mezamashi Live on TV

Popular Korean group BIGBANG recently completed their special concert in Odaiba, Japan called “Mezamashi Live” on July 26th and the recordings of the concert aired on TV on July 29th at 5:00pm.

This was a Fuji Television hosted event where a number of both Japanese and Korean singers perform on different dates from July 17th through August …


BIGBANG pulls 8,000 fans at Mezamashi live

BIGBANG showed up at “Mezamashi live” on the 26th and performed their new song “BEAUTIFUL HANGOVER“, which will be released on August 25th, in front of 8,000 fans.

One of the members, V・I had just recovered from appendicitis, however, he strongly told fans, “I cut my appendix just for this Mezamshi live!”

BIGBANG sang a total of 6 songs, including …


BIGBANG set to release 5th Japanese single “Beautiful Hangover”

Popular Korean group, BIGBANG has announced the release of their 5th Japanese singles album titled “Beautiful Hangover” slated for release on August 25th. There will be two versions of the singles album, a special Limited Edition and a Regular Edition. The Limited Edition comes with D-Lite’s (Daesung) mirror key chain.

8/25 (Wed)BIGBANG 5th Single 「BEAUTIFUL HANGOVER」 Release

【Limited Edition】 CD …


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