Shinee is a South Korean boy group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2008. The group consists of five members: Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin. (Photo : Facebook/SHINee World Philippines)
South Korean boy group SHINee have been confirmed as headliners of this year's KCON festival. The five-member boy group - Onew, Minho, Jonghyun, Taemin, and Key - will be the second artist to headline the Los Angeles leg of the annual K-pop convention.
The upcoming event marks SHINee's third performance in the United States since the 14th annual Korea Times Music Festival on May 7. They will join previously announced boy group such as BTS, Block B, CNBLUE, Astro and singer-songwriter Kwon Hyuk aka Dean.
Further, the event is expected to feature a roster of star-studded K-pop girl groups, including I.O.I., Girls' Generation-TTS, Twice, and GFriend, Soompi reported. Presented by Toyota, the two-day KCON LA music festival is set to kick-off on July 30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Staples Center Arena.
KCON, which celebrates its fifth commemoration this year, had also announced the event's special guests that include singer-actor Yim Si-Wan and "A Werewolf Boy" lead actress Park Bo Young. This year's KCON festival promises a host of activities dedicated to Korean pop culture, and "All Things Hallyu."
More artists for the Los Angeles line-up will be announced in the coming weeks amid KCON's weekly live chat at 8/7c. The tickets for the Los Angeles leg will go on sale starting June 3.
Meanwhile, the tickets for the KCON New York leg, which is scheduled for June 24-25 at the Prudential Center, are already on sale. Prices range from $50 to $250 for a single ticket or one-day pass, while $800 for all-access platinum tickets.
KCON New York highlights BTS as a headlining act, along with Ailee, BToB, Seventeen, Crush, and Dynamic Duo for the June 24 event. The four-member girl group MAMAMOO, boy band Day 6 and singer-TV host Eric Nam, are also included in this year's KCON New York concert line-up, Fuse TV has learned
KCON is an annual K-Pop convention held in the United States and Japan, respectively. With an aim to establish a yearly K-pop flagship event, Powerhouse Live along with South Korea's Mnet Media, Koreaboo, and CJ E&M organized the said convention in 2012. From that point forward, the drastic rise of K-pop wave in the U.S. is evident.
As a matter of fact, last year's KCON music festival have drawn more than 90,000 individuals, with a sold-out horde of 28,000 fans and gross sales of $2,055,800 in the U.S. alone. In November 2015, the yearly attendance totals grew to 107,000, with the expansion of the two-day domestic convention and concert in Jeju Island, which was attended by about 17,000 individuals.
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