FT Island's Asian tour ends with crowds screaming for more

FT Island wowed fans in Malaysia and Singapore over the weekend when they performed at the Max Pavilion in Singapore and Stadium Negara in Malaysia in front of screaming crowds.

The boy band took to the stage and sang hit songs such as "I Hope", "Hello Hello", "Love Love Love" and "Flower Rock".


"It feels so great to perform for our fans in Malaysia and Singapore. We were so happy to meet with them all. Thanks to everyone who came", the band said after the concert.


The five-member band is currently one of the hottest K-pop acts in China, Korea and Japan. Its members won two awards at the 26th annual Golden Disk Awards on Thursday in Osaka, Japan. They were presented with the "Fun & Fearless Musician" award as well as the "Rock" award.


Leader Lee Hong-gi was the host of the show.


The band is set to release an album in early February and will participate in promotional activities nationwide.

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FT Island held Christmas Concert in Taiwan

FT Island held a Christmas concert in Taiwan which was attended by over 9,000 fans, according to the group's agency FNC Music last year December.



A press release by FNC announced that FT Island held their latest concert titled "2010 beautiful journey Live in TAIWAN" in TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei on December 25.

The event was covered by major Taiwanese media outlets including the China Times, The United Daily News, and Apple Daily, since it was the largest concert to be held by a Korean rock band in the country.

During the three-hour long concert, members of FT Island hosted the concert from beginning to end in Chinese, to which the local fans reciprocated by singing along all their songs in Korean.



FT Island has been setting new records in Taiwan with its concerts including the one held on Christmas and a showcase set for February which sold out within an hour, the first time for it to happen in 10 years.

They have also seen their second mini-album "beautiful journey", top G-Music and Five Music's charts for two consecutive weeks back in October and their title track "Love, love, love" also ranked first on ENOME Taiwan Mobile and Fareast Tone Mobile music charts.

The band, composed of Lee Hong-gi, Song Seung-hyun, and Choi Min-hwan, and Choi Jong-hoon-I, has been one of the most popular rock groups in Korea since their debut in June 2007.



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