Cho Shin Sung wraps up Japan tour in success

Korean idol group Cho Shin Sung successfully wrapped up their concerts in Japan last week, according to a press release by their agency on Wednesday.

The boy band kicked off their Japan tour titled "Xmas Live Tour 2009" with two fan meetings in Osaka on December 20, hosted by Universal Studios Japan and attended by some 1,000 fans. They went on to perform in Nagoya two days later and in Tokyo on Christmas Eve. Each concert reportedly attracted 4,500 fans.

"We were very happy to spend Christmas with our fans," the group was quoted as saying. "We didn't get much sleep over the past month or so and we were exhausted rehearsing for the concert. But as soon as we heard the fans cheering as we went up on stage, all the fatigue we had felt disappeared. We thank you again for giving us so much love."

The group performed numerous songs including Oricon top ten hits "Kimi Dake Wo Zutto", "Hikari", "Superstar Reborn" and other tracks from their latest album "hana", such as "My Destiny", "Feel It" and "Promise". The members even sang Christmas carols and prepared a dance medley routine.

Cho Shin Sung, which means "Supernova" in English, is a six-member boy band who debuted in 2007. They had two chart-toppers this year, "T.T.L (Time To Love)" and "T.T.L Listen 2", both of which were collaborations with girl band T-ara.

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr