[INFO] Baekhyun will be playing in a musical "Singing In The Rain" along with Super Junior Kyuhyun at the Chungmu Art Hall starting from June 5th till Aug 3rd. kukinews.com
EXO member Luhan is venturing into the acting world!
On April 23, Chinese media reported that Luhan was cast in the Chinese movie “Mid-Twenties” (working English title) alongside Wilson Chen and Zi-Shan Yang, among others, and this news was also confirmed with SM Entertainment.
According to the report, “Mid-Twenties” is a fantasy movie about a 70-something-year-old man who suddenly returns to his twenties, and is the Chinese version of the Korean film, “Miss Granny.”
Chinese entertainment news outlet Sina.com reported that Luhan will be playing the grandson of Zi-Shan Yang, who is the female lead for the film. Currently the film is scheduled to crank in on May 20. An agency official said to TVReport that they are currently adjusting EXO’s promotional activities to match with Luhan’s film schedule.
There has been much speculation that comebacks in May have a very real possibility of being postponed all the way until July.
Since April 16th’s Sewol ferry accident, the entire music industry in Korea has been on an unofficial hiatus. With chains of delays in comebacks and the World Cup starting in June, most of the singers planning comebacks in May are planning to postpone their comebacks for July.
One of the difficulties that many rookie groups or not-as-popular-anymore established artists will encounter is the problem of not being able to compete with all the comebacks of currently popular groups coming back around the same time. The speculations state that those with comebacks in May would probably move their dates earliest for June or even July.
Another concern is that many of the songs that were scheduled to coincide with a spring season comeback may experience the limitation of concept and genre because June would be the World Cup season and July is already summer.
Many comebacks that were expected include that of EXO, BLOCK B, INFINITE, BEAST, Wheesung, Fly to the Sky, T-ara’s Jiyeon, Secret’s Hyosung, Gummy, VIXX, and many more.
Even if the music industry comes back to its normal cycle, many feel the pressure to be the first one to take the first in rankings. Thus, it seems like it will take at least two to three more weeks to gear up again.
Source: Osen + Koreaboo
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Samsung Music Puts a Hold on EXO Special Events for Now
With EXO’s comeback postponed, Samsung Music has decided to put a hold on all of its EXO events.
While it successfully hosted EXO’s comeback show on April 15, with the ongoing SEWOL tragedy that occurred on April 16, Samsung Music has decided to put a hold on its EXO special events until further notice.
Samsung Music posted a pop up window on its main website with a message that reads, “We would like to send words of comfort to the victims and families who are experiencing much pain due to an unexpected accident. We sincerely hope that everyone be rescued and returned to their parents.
As we at Samsung Music join the entire nation in desperately hoping that even just one person be rescued until the last moment, we ask for your understanding as we put a temporary hold on all EXO special events and fan signings. We will announce when the events will take place again through the announcements page. For the people who have already entered for the fan signing, your entries will still be valid and will be counted when the event reopens again.
Once again, we express our deepest sorrows to the victims and parents of the SEWOL sinking tragedy, and gather all our strength in praying that all the missing will be rescued.”
Meanwhile, after a passenger ship sunk on April 16, 64 people have been confirmed dead with 238 still missing as of April 21.
EXO ‘Overdose’ Album Release Postponed to Later Time
With the ongoing tragedy of the sunken passenger ship, SEWOL, EXO’s anticipated album Overdose will be released at a later time.
On April 18, SM Entertainment announced through EXO’s homepage, explaining that everyone at SM Entertainment is currently grieving over the recent tragedy of SEWOL, the passenger ship that sunk on April 16. Due to the incident, EXO’s new mini album, Overdose will not be released on April 21 as previously announced.
“This decision was made with mourning for the victims and the hope that all missing people will return safely, so we ask for understanding from all the fans waiting for the album,” said the notice.
SM Entertainment wrote that the new release date of the album will be announced in the near future.
Meanwhile, there have been 28 casualties with 268 people still missing from the sunken ship. mwave.interest.me
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