ZE:A to hold first ever fan meeting next week

Korean boy band ZE:A [Star Empire Entertainment]

Korean idols ZE:A will hold their first-ever fan meeting since making their debut last year, according to their agency Star Empire Entertainment on Wednesday.

The nine-member boy band will meet and greet their fans at the AX Hall in Seoul, South Korea on February 20.

"The boys will perform as a group and also take the stage for solo performances," a PR official from Star Empire told 10Asia over the phone. "They will also reveal two or three tracks from their upcoming first full-length album."

ZE:A (Children of Empire) made their debut in January of last year with their title track "Mazeltov" from their first mini-album "Nativity" and followed it up with "Leap for Detonation" and "Level Up."

The group branched out into the music market in Japan after performing on music program "SEOUL TRAIN," which introduces K-pop artists to local fans, in early March 2010.

The boys signed with Japanese entertainment company IMX in July to manage their career in the country and placed at No. 3 on Oricon's daily singles chart with their first Japanese album "ZE:A!" and held a sold-out concert in the country last month.

They were also cast as the male leads in the film titled "RONIN POP," a Japan-Korea collaboration telling of the power struggle between youths during the aftermath of a nuclear war.

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