It seems like forever ago that SMTOWN held their first New York concert at Madison Square Garden last year. However, fans can look forward to experiencing the concert once again with the special SMTOWN movie coming up.

One of Korea’s largest entertainment companies, SM Entertainment, has recently announced that they will be issuing new shares to its artists. SM Entertainment will be issuing approximately $881,000 worth of new shares. SM Entertainment artists will effectively own a piece of their own company, as they will soon become major shareholders.

After releasing their newest single, "STILL", on March 14th, it was revealed that it immediately topped the Oricon Daily Single Chart with 84,029 copies sold. After a week of sales, the single sold over 139,000 copies. 

The nominees for the ABPBH2011 (in Malaysia language: Anugerah Bintang Popular 2011) Star Awards, Daily News 2011 which will be held in Malaysia at Resort World, Genting.

The profits earned by SM artists like Girls' Generation, Super Junior, and TVXQ have been revealed. According to Financial Supervisory Service Data Analysis, Retrieval and Transfer System, SM Entertainment's March 6th prospectus listed their top five earning artists and further showed their sales relative to each other.

TVXQ's newest single "Still" has snatched away the top spot in the daily single rankings with 84,029 copies sold. Girl groupRainbow's "Gonna Gonna Go!" reached the 6th place.

TVXQ recently released a short version for their upcoming Japanese single "Still", which is set to be released on March 14th. 

Earlier today, it was reported that Gummy was awarded the "K-Pop New Artist" at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards in Japan. Fellow Korean artists TVXQ and T-ara were also recognized in the ceremony and were awarded as "Top Pop Artists". 

TVXQ announced the title of their newest single, "Still," earlier this month. The upcoming song is to be released on March 14th, and the music video is complete and simply waiting for the release date to approach.

Not even a heavy blizzard could stop the Japanese fans from watching TVXQ perform. The duo continued their national Japan tour “TVXQ Live Tour 2012: TONE” on February 18th at the Niigata Toki Messe. 

The idol group TVXQ plans to start their Japan tour on January 18th. Their first stop will be at Yokohama Arena, and they will stop at Nagoya, Fukuoka, Nigata, Sapporo, Hiroshima, Hikui, Osaka, and Saitama. The tour will go through eleven cities and hold twenty-four concerts.

Although TVXQ had originally planed for only twenty concerts, they increased the number at the requests of fans. They added two days with a two concerts at Tokyo Dome and at Osaka's Kyosera dome. More than 45,000 people are expected to come.

The added Tokyo Dome concert will occur in April from the 14th to 15th, while the Osaka concert will occur in April from the 21st to 22nd. The concert at Tokyo dome is planned to have at least 5000 people attending, while the Osaka concert is planned to have the same amount.

Meanwhile, TVXQ recently won by a landslide with their hit song "Why" at NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen in a popularity poll with 42.6%.

Source: Starnews

TVXQ will be holding a TVXQ Asia Tour Fan Party in Shanghai on December 9th of 2011. The location of this special event will be at the Shanghai Benz Cultural Centre. Yunho and Changmin have taken initiative and made an overseas call. They will be reminding their fans to take care about their safety and not to be too concerned with star chasing. They want their fans to have an enjoyable time and go home in good shape.

Star chasing to many fans has been considered incredibly important. Because of this, many things have happened, such as fans not being able to stay collected during events with their favorite artists. Yunho and Changmin would like to remind fans of some events that have happened before such as light sticks and hard objects being thrown at the stage where idols have been performing. This is just a wake up since they are very concerned for themselves as well as fans.

The people behind this event have shifted venues to the stage at Shanghai Benz Cultural Centre to fulfill stage and sound expectations for the fans. Fans are now able to hear great music with a world class sound box. This is a wonderful surprise to many people participating and also the message showed Yunho and Changmin's concern for their fans.

Source: Baidu and tohosomnia

Earlier this week, we reported that idol groups TVXQ, KARA, and Girls' Generation were rumored to receive invitations to Japanese year-end program "Kohaku Uta Gassen", a great honor for both Japanese and Korean artists. Rumors also surfaced of Jang Geunsuk, Supernova, SHINee, and 2PM receiving invitations, heightening the anticipation of many K-Pop fans. 

NHK, the network behind the annual program, released the final lineup on their website on November 30th, confirming that TVXQ will make a third appearance on "Kohaku" and KARA and Girls' Generation their first. In addition, Sankei Sports reported that KARA will collaborate with a young Japanese singer, Ashida Mana, during the program. Due to Japanese laws preventing minors from appearing on television after 9PM, Korean publications are speculating that they will open the show, but this has yet to be confirmed. 

"KARA's devoted fan Ashida Mana begged during the Guest List Press Conference on November 30th, 'I would like to dance with KARA'," the site reported. "Kara's leader Gyuri who was there replied, 'We want to perform with Ashida Mana too'". 

"Kohaku Uta Gassen" will be broadcast in Japan on December 31st. Well-known Japanese artists invited include AKB48, Arashi, and L'Arc~En~Ciel. 

Sources: NHK, Karaholic, Star News, Sankei Sports

TVXQ will soon embark upon their first Japanese concert tour in four years, titled "TVXQ Live Tour 2012~ TONE~." Fans will be able to reacquaint themselves with the beloved group as TVXQ tours the country in promotion of their freshly released album, "TONE." 

Tickets for TVXQ's tour were reportedly sold out within one minute of going on sale. Fans who were unable to purchase tickets resorted to ticket scalpers and auction sites to grab seats, methods where ticket prices hovered at five times the original price, around 50,000 yen (approximately $600 USD) on average. 

The tour was originally planned to include 14 shows. Due to popular demand, six new concert dates have been announced via TVXQ's official website. A complete tour schedule can be found below.

Original Dates:
1/18 – Yokohama – Yokohama Arena
1/19 - Yokohama - Yokohama Arena
1/25 - Nagoya - Japan Kaishi Hall
1/26 - Nagoya - Japan Kaishi Hall 
2/11 - Fukuoka - Fukuoka Marine Messe
2/12 - Fukuoka - Fukuoka Marine Messe 
2/18 - Niigata - Toki Messe at the Niigata Convention Center
2/23 - Sapporo - Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
3/03 – Hiroshima – Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center
3/09 - Fukui - Sun Dome Fukui
3/13 - Osaka - Osaka-Jo Hall
3/14 - Osaka - Osaka-Jo Hall
3/17 - Tokyo - Saitama Super Arena
3/18 - Tokyo - Saitama Super Arena

Additional Dates:
1/27 - Nagoya - Japan Gaishi Sports Plaza 
2/19 - Niigata - Toki Messe at the Niigata Convention Center
2/24 - Sapporo - Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center 
3/04 - Hiroshima - Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center 
3/10 - Fukui - Sun Dome Fukui 
3/20 - Tokyo - Saitama Super Arena

Including the recently added dates, TVXQ will be performing a total of 20 shows. The tour will span through ten cities in the course of three months.

A TVXQ event allowed fans who attended to preview over a minute of the group's upcoming single "Winter Rose" a few days ago. The song itself made its radio debut on Tokyo FM's "Yamada Hisashi Radian Limited F" on November 4th.

Meanwhile, an official preview 43-second has been released trough their official Japanese website. 

TVXQ's winter single "Winter ~ Winter Rose / Duet" will be released on November 30th. 

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TVXQ continues their activities in Japan and will soon be releasing their single "Winter ~ Winter Rose / Duet" on November 30th, in time for the Christmas holidays. The duo initially released their tracklist along with the release date, and the covers were revealed via their Japanese website on November 1st.

They will release a new track called "Winter Rose" in addition to a winter version of their song "Duet" originally found on their recently released Japanese album, "TONE." 

The covers released reflect the upcoming holidays. The CD+DVD version features a red cover surrounded with snowflakes, while the CD+photobook edition features a green cover decorated with snowflakes. 

"Winter ~ Winter Rose / Duet" is set to be released on November 30th.


［CD収録曲］
1. Winter Rose
2. Duet - winter ver. -
3. Winter Rose -Less Vocal-
4. Duet - winter ver. - -Less Vocal- 

［DVD収録内容］
・Duet -Video Clip-
・Duet -Video Clip- (Member Version)
・Off Shot Movie ※Limited Bonus Edition 


［CD+12-Page Photobook］
1. Winter Rose
2. Duet - winter ver. -
3. Winter Rose - reversible ver. -
4. Winter Rose -Less Vocal-
5. Duet - winter ver. - - Less Vocal -
6. Duet - winter ver. - - Member Chorus ver. -