The Korea Herald

Gaga channels Marilyn Monroe at Clinton’s concert

Oct 17, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Lady Gaga enjoyed her “first real Marilyn moment” with former President Bill Clinton. “I always wanted to have one, and I was hoping that it didn’t involve pills and a strand of p...
Government unveils new standards for censoring K-pop songs

Oct 17, 2011

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The government has established new detailed rules for censoring domestic pop songs harmful to minors in order to enhance the objectivity of the process, the Ministry of Gender Equal...
Gaga channels Marilyn Monroe at Clinton’s concert

Oct 17, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lady Gaga enjoyed her “first real Marilyn moment” with former President Bill Clinton. “I always wanted to have one, and I was hoping that it didn’t involve pills and a strand of ...
Oasis ‘sideman’ Noel Gallagher goes solo

Oct 16, 2011

PARIS (AFP) ― Two years after a bitter blow-up with his brother Liam drew the curtain on Britpop sensation Oasis, Noel Gallagher makes the jump from “sideman” to frontman as his solo debut hits shelv...
Calendar

Oct 14, 2011

Classical Music “Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra 2011 Mahler Series III”: Conductor Chung Myung-whun and the Seoul Philharmonic Orcehstra will perform Mahler Symphony No. 6 at the Seoul Arts Center on ...
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Oct 14, 2011

Cellist Yang Sung-won starts anew Trio Owon “Schubert, Dvorak Piano Trios” (Universal Music Korea) Trio Owon, consisting of cellist Yang Sung-won and his long-time colleagues Olivier Charlier on ...
SNSD to release new single in U.S. and beyond

Oct 13, 2011

Hallyu girl group Girls’ Generation will release their latest single “The Boys” in the U.S. and other countries, through Interscope Records, an American record label owned by the Universal Music Grou...
Beyonce admits inspired by Belgian dance moves

Oct 12, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. singing superstar Beyonce acknowledged Tuesday that her latest video was inspired by the work of a Belgian choreographer who has threatened to sue for plagiarism. But the si...
Theme song ‘Dreams Come True’ unveiled for Asia Song Festival

Oct 11, 2011

Two K-pop singers, Donghae of Super Junior and Seohyun of Girls’ Generation, on Monday unveiled the theme song “Dreams Come True” for the upcoming 2011 Asia Song Festival. The one-day festival is to...
Top K-pop star Rain joins Army

Oct 11, 2011

EUIJEONGBU, South Korea (Yonhap) -- South Korean pop singer and actor Rain entered a boot camp on Tuesday amid a barrage of camera flashes from journalists to begin his mandatory military service. R...
Bjork: New album fuses music, tech, and nature

Oct 11, 2011

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- As a child growing up in Iceland, Bjork would compose music in her head as she walked to school. The cadence of her footsteps became the rhythm. The dramatic landscapes of...
Rain fans inundate Yeongdong Boulevard

Oct 10, 2011

K-pop star Rain on Sunday held his last concert before the start of his military service, on Yeongdong Boulevard, Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. Rain joins the army on Oct. 11. The two hour-concert ...
Seven to hold solo concert in Japan

Oct 9, 2011

Seven K-pop singer Seven (Se7en) will hold a solo concert entitled “Hello Seven in Japan“ in Japan next month upon the release of his upcoming Japanese digital single “Angel.” The concert will take...
Rock singer Yim Jae-beom holds solo concert in L.A.

Oct 9, 2011

Rock singer and MBC music show “Nagasu” (I Am a Singer) star Yim Jae-beom charmed some 7,000 audience members in L.A., receiving a standing ovation during his solo concert at the NOKIA theater on Fri...
iTunes great for Apple, but was it for music biz?

Oct 9, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― When Apple rolled out iTunes for the masses in the spring of 2003, the music industry was at a point of transition ― and chaos. Entering the new millennium, albums were enjoying bloc...