Girls' Generation is once again demonstrating its diverse fanbase as fans from all over the world gathered in South Korea to attend the girls' second solo concert, the 2011 GIRLS' GENERATION TOUR. 

Domestic fans along with overseas fans from countries like the United States, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong made up the 10,000 audience who filled up the stadium to watch the girls perform live for their second concert day earlier today. A fan from Boston, known as Eddie, smiled brightly and commented, "Seeing Girls' Generation directly made my heart seem to stop and tremble, I'm looking forward to them staging a comeback".

The girls seemed to have known about the presence of international fans, as they tried to speak in other languages like English and Chinese to allow the audience to better understand them. Media crew from all over the world also joined in and participated in covering the concert, ranging from the China CCTW and Reuters to the Taiwan and Singapore press.

Even though this marks the first Girls' Generation concert in South Korea for the year 2011, their skills have noticeably improved when compared to their first solo concert. The members commented that "We held a Japan Arena Tour and performed 14 times in the country, so we've grown a lot and will show you our polished skills." Covering 32 songs within three hours at each concert for the Japan tour, it became apparent that the girls would naturally improve with experience.

Throughout the concert, Girls' Generation showed off their intense choreography and ran all over the stadium energetically to interact with the fans. Despite this, the girls still managed to sing most of their songs live, further impressing the audience present. The girls commanded attention from the opening stage where they emerged in striking outfits and intense expressions. They appeared in the middle of the stage with their song "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)", projecting an image and aura that would lead fans to a realm of fantasy. 

The girls sang Japanese songs like "I'm in Love with the Hero" and Korean hit songs like "Hoot". They also presented elaborate stages like standing on moving boats on stage as they sang "My Child". The girls also did not disappoint with their overall image as they changed outfits periodically and yet still managing to keep the momentum going. 

With nine different members and colors, Girls' Generation also took advantage of the moment to highlight each member's brimming talents. Each of the girls took on different English songs to present their different strengths. Jessica left the audience breathless as she sang her rendition of "Almost" while playing the piano, while tallest member Sooyoung sang and danced to popular song "Sway". Seohyun, on the other hand, received applause after her surprising tap dance showcase. 

The concert as a whole moved fluidly and at a fast pace. The crowd sang together with the members especially during the more popular songs, and did fan chants to cheer the girls on. A college student from Suwon said, "The fans from different countries are all equally loved and I'm proud of Girls' Generation. K-Pop these days is very popular overseas that even we who are here can feel the heat." 

The highlight of the day, however, would have to be the special event initiated and organized by the fans themselves. They arranged for everyone in the audience to hold a small banner which said "We missed you" and to hold it up after the girls finished singing their song "Complete". The image of an integrated audience who held up the white paper in harmony brought tears to both fans and the girls alike. It was clear that the connection holding them together was not many-faceted, but rather one filled with pure love and understanding towards one another. Some of the members and parts of the audience could not stop crying even as the concert progressed. 

The concert also saw the attendance of massive stars like Super Junior members, Jung Ryeowon, Kim Soohyun, Kim Ahjoong and Park Minyoung. Park Seungil, an ex-professional basketball player who suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease and who shares a special relationship with the members was present as well. Girls' Generation's family members also came to show their support. 

The nine members of Girls' Generation held a press conference prior to the start of the concert to talk about topics like their popularity overseas. The second concert day has officially ended, and the second solo concert has managed to gather a total of 20,000 fans for the past two days. The girls will release more news about their overseas concerts in the coming future. 

You can view more press photos of the second solo concert here. Stay tuned for updates!

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SNSD revealed the reasons for shedding tears at the first ’2011 Girls’ Generation Tour’ yesterday.

On July 23rd, SNSD kicked off the ’2011 Girls’ Generation Tour’ at Olympic Park Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul and in the midst of their performances, tears were seen rolling down their cheeks.

At the press conference for the tour on July 24th at the same venue, YoonA revealed, “During the concert, the fans prepared a surprise event for us where they showed us banners with the message ‘보고 싶었어 (We missed you)’. Upon seeing the event prepared for us by the fans, we were touched and moved to tears”.

She added, “Since it has been a long time, we have to show our best appearance to everyone and we felt very thankful for the event that the fans have prepared for us. We will be working harder and it feels good to be able to enjoy the moments together with the fans”.

Sunny said, “Many overseas fans came to yesterday’s concert. It was awesome and with their presence, we seemed to be able to enjoy our own performances. We hope we could see more of this in the future”.

On flashmob projects carried out by overseas fans, Sooyoung commented, “After hearing about Hallyu boom in foreign countries and witnessed flashmobs, the phrase i could think of is ‘Indeed, music is universal’. We are thankful and really want to perform in front of them soon. Honestly, it seems like that’s the only way to reward the overseas fans. Hopefully, together with the juniors and seniors of SM Town, we would be able to perform overseas again soon.

The girls also explained the reasons behind the abundance of love they received from overseas fans. Among the reasons mentioned was the combination of each member’s unique characters and the performances that enables SNSD to deliver good performances to the fans.

Taeyeon then talked about the most memorable fan she encountered. She revealed, “While performing in France for SM Town concert, I saw a man with ‘YoonA’ written in Hangul on his arm. The image of that man stays in my memory till now. It’s amazing that overseas fans show interest not only in our music but also the Korean language”.

Yuri, Sooyoung and Tiffany also expressed their gratitude to the fans from Taiwan and Singapore who came to Korea to watch the girls.

Yuri said, “I heard about Taiwanese fans coming to Korea through articles on a newspaper. The title says, “It Was Like A Dream Coming to SNSD’s Country’. We are thankful that they even came over for our concert and so, we would like to present a lively performance in front of them and let them feel the energy”.

Sooyoung added, “During the concert yesterday, I saw many fans carrying cards with the message ‘I’m from Taiwan’. From the stage, I was moved to see fans from overseas. I was thankful and the memory of the touching moments we experienced during the concert in Taiwan last year are still fresh in my mind. Since it was a really a memorable concert, I want to go there again through this Asia tour”.

Tiffany then said, “We would like to thank the Singaporean fans who came to watch us live. If there’s a chance, we would like to have a concert in Singapore”.

The performance itinery for ’2011 Girls’ Generation Tour’ is almost similar to the 14-concerts ’1st Japan Arena Tour’ which was held in 6 major cities in Japan from May 31st to July 18th.

For the 2nd solo tour, SNSD performed more than 30 songs, including hit songs such as ‘Gee’, Run Devil Run’, ‘Tell Me Your Wish’, ‘Hoot’ and songs from 1st Japanese Album namely ‘The Great Escape’, ‘Bad Girl’, etc. SNSD also performed the Korean version of ‘Mr. Taxi’ and ‘Let It Rain’ during the concert in Seoul on July 23rd.

Former professional basketball coach, Park SeungIl who is suffering from Lou Gehrig’s Disease also went to SNSD’s concert to give his support to his dear friend, Sooyoung.

SNSD will have another concert at the Seoul Olympic Park Stadium on July 24th before moving on to other venues for this edition of their Asian tour.

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Girls’ Generation held their first ever solo concert titled “Girls’ Generation the 1st Asia Tour: Into The New World” in Seoul on the 19th of December, 2009 and it ended in Taipei on the 17th of October, 2010. 2 months later, SM Entertainment released the Live Album of “Into The New World” by Girls’ Generation on the 30th of December 2010, giving fans a wonderful end to a year. Now, nearly 2 years after the first concert, SM Entertainment has finally announced their plans to release the DVD of Girls’ Generation’s concert. 

The DVD will contain 2 CDs with a total of 44 performances in them. In addition, there will be never-before-seen footages from the concert rehearsals, dressing-rooms, and personal interviews with each of the members. The 1st CD will be 89 minutes long, and the 2nd will be 129 minutes. Also, the DVD will contain Korean, Japanese and Chinese subtitles, and it will come along with a "Live in Concert Special Colour Photobook", as well as a one of a kind, limited edition poster. This DVD will officially be released on the 17th of August, and it will cost 29, 700 KRW. Below is the track list.

CD 1:
01.NINE ANGELS
02.소원을 말해봐 (GENIE)_ROCK TRONIC REMIX VER.
03.SHOW! SHOW! SHOW!
04.소녀시대 (Girls' Generation)
05.BEGINNING
06.멤버소개 (Member's Introduction)
07.IT'S FANTASTIC
08.ETUDE
09.OOH LA-LA!
10.KISSING YOU
11.1년 後 [ONE YEAR LATER]_제시카, 온유 (Jessica, Onew)
12.좋은 사람 있으면 소개시켜줘 [윤아] feat.이특, 신동 (Yoona Ft. Leeteuk and Shindong)
13.SUNNY [써니] (Sunny)
14.UMBRELLA [티파니] (Tiffany)
15.HUSH HUSH; HUSH HUSH [태연] (Taeyeon)
16.CHOCOLATE LOVE 
17.HONEY (소원)
18.DEAR. MOM 
19.영원히 너와 꿈꾸고 싶다 (FOREVER)
20.사랑은 선율을 타고 (DAY BY DAY)
21.동화 (MY CHILD)

CD 2:
- Making of the concert
- Behind-The-Scenes such as Concert rehearsals, dressing-rooms, and interviews with individual members. 
22. BARBIE GIRL [제시카] FEAT.KEY (SHINee) (Jessica Ft. Key)
23. SANTA BABY [수영] (Sooyoung)
24. 라벨: 모음곡 「거울」제 4 곡 「어릿광대의 아침노래」[서현] (Seohyun)
25. SIXTEEN GOING ON SEVENTEEN [서현] (Seohyun)
26. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
27. OVER THE RAINBOW
28. HYOYEON DANCE
29. 1, 2 STEP [유리] FEAT.AMBER (f(x)) (Yuri Ft. Amber)
30. BEAUTIFUL GIRLS FEAT.유영진 (Yoo Youngjin)
31. 다시 만난 세계 (Into the new world)
32. 웃자 (BE HAPPY)
33. 힘 내! (WAY TO GO)
34. Gee 
35. TOUCH THE SKY
36. 냉면 (차가운 니 얼굴) FEAT.소녀시대 (Naengmyun Ft. Girls' Generation)
37. 하하하송 (HaHaHaSong)
38. 멘트 (Talk)
39. COMPLETE
40. BABY BABY
41. Oh!
42. CLOSING MENT

Bonus Tracks:
43. 카라멜 커피 (TALK TO ME)_제시카, 티파니 (Jessica, Tiffany)
44. BARBIE GIRL [제시카] feat.희철 (SUPERJUNIOR) (Jessica Ft. Heechul)

Make sure to support Girls' Generation by purchasing their DVD! You can do so here.


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The fact that SNSD made in-flight announcements during their flight back to Seoul from Jeju became a hot topic recently.

Recently, a post named “Things that happened on the plane when SNSD came back from Jeju” was posted on an online community portal site.

According to the tweet of a flight attendant on July 20th, SNSD members who just finished their schedules in Jeju, imitated the flight attendant as she made an in-flight announcement, because they found it interesting. The flight attendant then noted down the words and uploaded it through her tweet.

Also, it was said that as the plan is implemented, Tiffany and Sooyoung were the first to do the introductions and guiding information in both English and Korean, followed by all SNSD members making in-flight announcements.

In response to this, netizens commented “I also want to hear the announcement”, “There’s nothing they can’t do”, “Until now they’re still like 17 years old girls”, “I also want to enjoy the comfort for an hour” and “Really, those who take the plan are very blessed”, etc.

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Many were surprised that the girls performed a Korean version as SM Entertainment gave no hints about making one. Fans were given a special treat, and the girls also sang some of their Japanese songs like you-aholic. The girls also left UFO messages informing fans that they were looking forward to the start of the concert. Keep yourself updated by constantly checking the YouTube and Facebook pages!

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This is their 'Mr Taxi' (Korean Version)  performance in the Girls' Generation Tour Concert 2011, the video features them singing 'Mr Taxi' the Japan Version, they are performing in their white clothes and they looked beautiful and sound great! This video was posted on Youtube by SMTOWN's youtube channel. They were stunning in their performance! If you notice, Sunny has a brand new hairstyle.
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“In order to watch SNSD’s concert, I started working in a currency changer as a part-time worker to save money. Since I’ll be able to see SNSD right in front of me…”, said Julian Cervantes, a 21 years old American college student who could not hide his excitement. Natasha, who came together with him from Chicago, was as happy as him. She said, “My iPod is full of SNSD songs. Now I can hear them live!”. John Toss from New Mexico who sat right beside them added, “I finally ate the real Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi stew).”

These 103 American SNSD fans who met one another on SNSD’s International fan-site “Soshified”, found a common interest and came to Korea on their own. The group of young people staying in Seoul from the 21st to 26th are planning to watch SNSD’s concert, MBC “Music core”, and KBS 2TV’s “Immortal Song”. Cervantes, Natasha and Toss met one another at Seoul’s downtown.

The three Americans started talking about their love for K-pop once they met. They have been looking forward to the Korea trip so much that they requested to attend these music programs from the Los Angeles branch of Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) when they were still in America since the tickets cannot be obtained easily. Cervantes became a K-pop fan 2 years ago after listening to SNSD’s “Gee” by chance. He said, “The fast and joyful beats really caught my attention. Until now, I bought all of f(x), Kara and other K-pop groups’ albums, and spent about 5000 dollars (5.26 million Won). Being a SNSD Taeyeon and Sunny’s fan, Toss said “Now, American Idols seem to have ‘gone further away’ from us. As we watched reality programs like “Invincible Youth” and “Running man”, Korean idols seem more ‘human’ to us, which is great.”

As they get to know more Korean idols like T-ara, IU and Big Bang, they started mixing Korean phrases like “Gwaenchanayo (it’s ok)” and “Jogeum-yo (a little)” in their conversations. Cervantes who has been learning the Korean language for a year said, “While we became more interested in Korean idols, we started to pay attention to Korean culture”. Natasha also got more familiar with Korean cultures through her room mate at their dorm. She is currently learning Korean on her own through mobile applications.

Toss who was born in New Mexico, makes Korean food on his own. He said, “Because we don’t have Korean restaurant there, I obtain the recipe from the internet and started making kimchi on my own a few months ago.” Cervantes on the other hand, travels all the way to the Korean town just to eat Jjinbbang, Patbbang (Korean steamed buns) and Bibimpab (Korean mixed dish).

Julian, Natasha and John added, “We only saw Korean culture and food through TV programs. It’s really hard to believe that we can actually experience them now.” Before going back to America, they have another wish and that is to get SNSD members’ autographs when they head down to the Seoul Olympic Park Stadium today.

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The Korea Baseball Organization presented their "Legend All Star Best 10" players for the 30th anniversary of pro baseball in Korea last month. Lee Mansoo, Han Daehwa, Jang Hyojo, Kim Jaebak, Lee soonchul, Sun Dongyeol, Yang Joonhyuk, Kim Kitae, Jang Jonghoon and Park Jungtae were chosen as this year’s top 10 legendary players representing Korea. 

When asked which girl group they wanted as their team ambassador, 4 out of the 10 players picked Girls’ Generation. Wonder Girls came in second with 2 votes, while 2NE1, KARA, and Secret came in with 1 vote each. Strangely, one of the players responded with a “Withdrawal” as he could not make a decision. This means that out of the 9 votes, Girls’ Generation won 4 of them. 

The present coach of the LG Minor League Team, Kim Kitae, explained that the reason why he chose Girls’ Generation was because his child is a huge fan. 


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Girls' Generation's second solo concert will be shown worldwide through Facebook.

On the 22nd, Girls' Generation's management announced that various photos of Girls' Generation's second solo concert, 2011 GIRLS' GENERATION TOUR, will be revealed through SM Town and Girls' Generation's official Facebook pages.

Along with the photos, videos of the performances and ones from press conferences will be uploaded, allowing fans from all over the world that are not able to attend to be able to enjoy it as well.

The opening of Girls' Generation's official Facebook page on the 22nd is expected to gain much interest by giving international fans a channel to communicate more easily.

Meanwhile, Girls' Generation's second concert tour, 2011 GIRLS' GENERATION TOUR, will start on the 23rd and 24th at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.

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