Balming Tiger describe themselves as a ‘multi-national alternative K-pop band’ with hip hop influences and a boyband aesthetic. Wednesday 12 June 2019 The Old Blue Last | 38 Great Eastern Street | London EC2A 3ES | www.theoldbluelast.com Doors open: 8:00pm Balming Tiger: 10:00pm Curfew: 11:00pm Tickets £11 from dice.fm Presented by Dark Party. Links: Balming […]
Category: K-Pop, rock and indie
Jambinai play The Garage, Highbury Corner
After their 2018 Meltdown performance, Jambinai return to London this summer headlining The Garage on 6 June. Jambinai Thursday 6 June 2019, from 7pm – 10pm The Garage | 20-22 Highbury Corner | London N5 1RD | thegarage.london Tickets £17 + fees | Buy tickets Creating some of the most innovative sounds in East Asia’s […]
Sunmi’s Warning World Tour comes to Indigo at the O2
Former Wonder Girl Sunmi will be coming to London as part of her Warning World Tour Thursday 30 May 2019 from 19:00-22:00 indigo at The O2 | Peninsula Square | London SE10 0DX Tickets on sale from 3 May 2019 15:00 Check the event’s Facebook page for updates Ticket Prices: P1 VIP High Touch (Golden […]
An introduction to SOKOLLAB – Soho’s K-beauty and K-pop store
Ever wanted to try that BB cream shade, test that exfoliator out, and listen to K-Pop artists at the same time? Now you can, in Soho – the heart of London’s West End. SOKOLLAB’s Victoria Martin introduces her tempting store: SOKOLLAB is the first UK store to specialise in Korean beauty and Kpop. The […]
Drinking Boys & Girls Choir play the Windmill Brixton
Having been supporting Say Sue Me and Otoboke Beaver on their UK, Daegu’s Drinking Boys and Girls Choir get their first UK headline gig. You can find their album Keep Drinking on iTunes, Spotify and elsewhere. Drinking Boys and Girls Choir, Ghost Car + more Monday 6 May 2019, 8:00 pm £5.50adv (more on the […]
Korean bands at Liverpool Sound City
The Liverpool Sound City website is, less than two weeks before the event, a bit light on detail as to the Korean bands attending and exact timing of the gigs. However, based on hearsay, some Facebook posts, a tweet from a record label and creatively joining the dots, the following bands (at least) should be […]
Korean bands at The Great Escape 2019
Brighton’s The Great Escape has now announced the detailed schedule for the 2019 Festival, and if you want to catch four Korean bands at once your best bet is Patterns Upstairs during the day on Saturday 11 May. But there are other appearances too. Here are the details of the four Korean and one UK/ROK […]
BTS tops the UK album charts
BTS is the first Korean band to top the UK album charts, according to the Official Charts Company. Their new EP, Map of The Soul: Persona, released on 12 April, came straight in at number 1, while its lead single Boy With Luv (ft Halsey) narrowly missed a top 10 entry, coming in at number […]
LKL chats with Tiffany Kwok, organiser of the Easter K-pop party at Scala
LKL doesn’t generally post articles about the plethora of all-night K-pop parties that seem to be a regular feature of the London calendar nowadays – and increasingly in other cities too. Why? Well, it’s partly because there are so many of them (we have limited writing hours in the evening and limited storage space at […]
SF9 plays the Shepherds Bush Empire
Billboard’s 2019 K-pop breakout pick, SF9, announces 2019 SF9 USA • EUROPE LIVE TOUR “UNLIMITED” with 10 dates in the United States of America and Europe in support of their comeback album NARCISSUS released on February 20th. 2019 SF9 USA • EUROPE LIVE TOUR “UNLIMITED” was made possible thanks to the overwhelming demand on fan-initiated […]
2019 K-Music showcase @Rich Mix
The KCC brings us the annual K-music showcase, bringing together some of the bands who have come to the UK for the May festivals. 2019 K-Music showcase Tuesday 7 May, 7.30pm Rich Mix | 35-47 Bethnal Green Road | London E1 6LA | richmix.org.uk £9.50 | Buy tickets Discover Korea’s urban music live in London. […]
Say Sue Me + Drinking Boys and Girls Choir UK tour w/ Otoboke Beaver
Busan’s Say Sue Me are returning for another UK tour, joining Japan’s Otoboke Beaver as before. This year they also bring with them Drinking Boys and Girls Choir, a three-piece punk band from Daegu. Tour dates are too many to mention, ranging from 19 April through to 17 May. The London date is 2 May […]
Embodiment, Performativity and Subjectivity: The Best of BTS’s Music Award Show Stages
Winning end-of-year music award shows is important for Korean idols and groups as it helps to cement their importance and popularity not only in Korea but across East and South East Asia. This is demonstrated by the fact that MAMA 2018 – one of the biggest music shows – took place across multiple countries with […]
Seungri’s shame makes it into the FT
It’s not often that you find a K-pop story in the pink pages of the Financial Times. In fact, if you search their site for “BTS” you will simply get a list of articles about the company formerly known as British Telecom. So what brings them to report the ins and outs of Lee Seung-hyun’s, […]
Sam Kim plays the Electric Ballroom
Korean-American singer-songwriter Sam Kim comes to London as part of a European tour. Electric Ballroom | 184 Camden High Street | London NW1 8QP Sunday, 28 April 2019 from 18:00-23:00 Tickets £27.50 – £95 + fees | Buy tickets Check for updates on the event’s Facebook page
Seven O’Clock The Beginning World Tour in London
Tickets are now available for the London performance in Seven O’Clock’s The Beginning world tour. Seven O’Clock is a six member K-pop boy group under Forest Network. They debuted in 2017 and were contestants on the survival reality show Mix Nine. This is their first world tour. The Garage | 20-22 Highbury Corner | London […]
BTS world tour: Love Yourself, Speak Yourself @Wembley Stadium
Tickets go on sale on 1 March for the biggest K-pop event this year. Join BTS at this sensational new stadium show and get ready to enjoy the show as the world’s most in-demand pop band perform live on stage to BTS fans from all over the world. Update 3 March: As a result of […]