Wonder Girls to perform in Malaysia this week

Wonder Girls [JYP Entertainment]

Korean idol group Wonder Girls will perform at a concert in Malaysia this week set to be attended by various global artists including The Earth, Wind and Fire Experience and Hoobastank.

The Wonder Girls' official Twitter account said Tuesday that the five-member group will perform at the "TWIN Towers @live 2011" to be held at the Petronas Twin Tower Fountain Plaza in Kuala Lumpur on April 8, day one of the two-day free concert.

Day one of the show will also feature Hoobastank, Yuna, The Azenders and Bunkface while day 2 will feature The Earth, Wind and Fire Experience, Joe Flizzow, Mizz Nina and Colby O'Donis.

Meanwhile, just last week, the Wonder Girls showed up for a charity concert in Hong Kong sponsored by Jackie Chan titled “Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders” aimed at helping the victims of the Japanese earthquake.

Wonder Girls -- originally composed of Sohee, Yubin, Sun, Yenny and Mimi -- debuted in Korea in 2007 and quickly became one of the most successful pop groups in the country with three consecutive No. 1 singles, "Tell Me", "So Hot", and "Nobody".

At the height of their popularity in Korea however, the girls and producer Park Jin-young surprised everyone by going over the U.S. where they began working as a virtually unknown pop group from Asia.

Their foray into the American pop market turned out to be a risk well taken that the girls scored 45 opening gigs for boy band Jonas Brothers' U.S. summer tour, appeared on several TV shows and made a Billboard chart entry for their debut single "Nobody," which was placed at No. 76 in October 2009.

Last year the girls welcomed new member Lim after former member Mimi announced plans to quit the group to further her studies.

Poster for TWIN Towers @live 2011 Concert

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