FTIsland sells out upcoming Christmas concert in Japan

FTIsland [FNC Music]

Korean rock band FTIsland has seen their upcoming Christmas concert in Japan sellout, according to their agency FNC Music on Thursday.

FNC said in a press release that all 25,000 tickets for FTIsland's two-day concert "FTISLAND X`mas LIVE ~Winter`s Night~" on December 23 and 24 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama have sold out.

In the meantime, FTIsland moved 40,000 copies of their sixth Japanese single "Distance" to take No. 4 on Oricon's weekly chart after it went on sale on November 30.

"We are extremely happy to see our album do so well and we hope to give a great Christmas show for our fans," the members of FTIsland were quoted as saying.

Composed of members Lee Hong-ki, Song Seung-hyun, Choi Min-han, Lee Jea-jin and Choi Jong-hoon, FTIsland released their first album "Cheerful Sensibility" in 2007.

They expanded their career into Japan in 2008 with single albums “Flower Rock” which was placed at No. 4 on the daily chart and their fourth Japanese single "SATISFACTION," released in late April this year, came in second place with on the weekly singles chart.

Their first full-length album "FIVE TREASURE ISLAND" was the biggest hit, debuting at No. 1 on Oricon’s daily chart, after selling over 37,000 copies during its first week of going on sale and making it the first time in Oricon history for an international male artists’ first full-length release to reach the No. 1 spot on the weekly chart.

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