'SHINee World' Enraptures 24,000 Japanese Fans

Idol group SHINee's first solo concert i Japan

SHINee announced that they would officially debut in Japan in March next year.

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The first impression of the five-member group "SHINee" in Japan was vivid and strong and that impression is expected to remain until next year. SHINee held their first solo concert in Japan entitled "SHINee World" at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Japan on December 26 at 1 pm and 5 pm consecutively, and gave a strong impression to around 24,000 fans in Japan.

Members of SHINee appeared in the middle of a green wave of cheering tools made by the audience and began their concert by singing the title song of their first album in Korea entitled "The SHINee World", and then they sang around 30 songs from various genres consecutively including "Senorita", "Ring Ding Dong", "LUCIFER", and "Stand By Me" (included in the original soundtrack of the famous drama "Boys over Flowers") sung in Japanese, and the Korean children's song "Island Baby". In particular, SHINee presented grand scale performances by showcasing various performances of singing and dancing in the air using wires and standing on a moving stage. In addition, individual members presented solo performances and drew a loud ovation from the audience. On Yoo sang the opera song "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's opera "Turandot" and Jong Hyun perfectly sang singer Realslow's song entitled "Girls". The announcement made by the leader On Yoo saying, "We have decided to debut in Japan in March, 2011 through EMI Music Japan" produced loud cheering and shouts from the audience. When SHINee sang the last song entitled "ONE", Choi Minho and Key were moved to tears. All the members put their arms around each other's shoulders while singing the last song and expressed their joy and satisfaction about their first successful concert in Japan together.

SHINee said, "When we held fan meetings in Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Nagoya last summer, we promised our fans that we would meet them again in a big concert hall, and we are very happy now because we could keep that promise with our fans by having this concert in this big concert hall".

The tickets for the concert were distributed to the winners from a lottery among applicants who had registered through mobile phones, and more than 100,000 people had applied for the tickets. The surrounding area of the concert hall was busy all day with SHINee's fans waiting to enter the venue and many fans who could not obtain a ticket gathered outside the concert hall.

In addition, SHINee will hold their first solo concert in Korea for two days on January 1 and 2 at the gymnastics hall in Olympic Park.