[News] 100208 FT Island to Perform in Manila

From The Philippine Star (Entertainment section), 8th Feb 2010 Edition: FT Island to perform in Manila Monday, February 8, 2010 Rising South Korean boyband FTIsland (FTI) performs at the Plenary Hall of the Philippine International Convention Centre (PICC) on March 6. SpinManila, Inc., and events and concerts company brings the first all-out live KPop music [...]

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[News] 100209 FT Island, Held a Successful Concert in Thailand with 4,000 Fans

Flowerboy band, FT Island, held a successful solo concert in Thailand last weekend. As part of their Asia tour, FT Island held a concert in Bangkok, Thailand at Indoor Stadium Huamark, on 6th February, 6.30pm (local time). Their concert attracted about 4,000 fans, creating a huge success for their Asia tour. Cheers and applause from [...]

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[News] 100203 FT Island, To Hold Activities in Japan & Korea This Year

5-member idol band, FT Island, will hold activities mainly in Japan and Korea this year. After FT Island completes their 7-countries Asia tour, they will leave for Japan on 15th March and will be staying in Japan till August. They plan to have their comeback in Korea in the second half of the year. Their management company, FnC Music, [...]

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[Article] 10201 F.T Island charms local fans with songs, games and handshakes

From Singapore’s MediaCorpTV: F.T Island charms local fans with songs, games and handshakes Making this their third visit in eight months, I guess the boys from F.T. Island must really love our sunny shores – and their adoring fans in Singapore 31 January 2010 Text: Joanna Goh Photos: Joanna Goh & Lim Wen Ying Videos: [...]

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[News] 100201 FT Island, Brings Their Nationwide Tour To An End

FT Island will round off their nationwide tour with their last performance in Seoul on 21st February. The 5 members of FT Island have held successful concerts in 2009-2010 in cities like Seoul, Bucheon, Jeonju and Busan. Those who have not been able to catch their previous performances, can now catch their last concert of [...]

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[CNA Entertainment News] 90mins with FT Island

From Singapore’s Channel News Asia: Photos: FT Island at fanmeet event in Singapore 90 minutes with FT Island By Liaw Lee Sun, channelnewsasia.com | Posted: 01 February 2010 1255 hrs SINGAPORE: Unlike a concert, a fan meeting – as the name implies – is an event where the idols make it a point to get [...]

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[News] 100124 FT Island, Robbery Incident at Busan Concert

FT Island‘s management company, FnC Music, revealed on the 24th, that a robbery incident took place at FT Island‘s Busan concert yesterday. FnC Music said that, “During FT Island‘s concert, which was held at Busan KBS Hall on 23rd, a robbery incident took place in the room which the dancers were using. Cash, mobile phones, [...]

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[News] 100117 Super Junior, FT Island to Hold Concerts in Manila

From Korea Times, Super Junior, FT Island to Hold Concerts in Manila By Jonathan Hicap Korea Times Correspondent MANILA ― K-pop boy bands FT Island and Super Junior will hold concerts in the Philippines in March and April. First is FT Island‘s Manila 2010 Showcase, which will be held on March 6 at the Philippine [...]

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[Article] Seoul Good! @ SG Teenage Mag

From Singapore’s Teenage magazine, February 2010 edition: (Click to see bigger scan) Seoul Good! Forget mud-stained pants and sweltering heat, it was a night of all things Korean at the first-ever SEOUL’D OUT SUNDOWN FESTIVAL 2009! The Korean wave crashed with style into Fort Canning Park on 12 December 2009, in the form of Seoul’d [...]

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[News] 100107 Lee Hongki, Once Hurt By A Noona He Liked

FT Island‘s Lee Hongki revealed that he was once hurt by a noona (elder sister) he liked. At the recording set of SBS “Intimate Note 3” that is to be aired on 8th January, Lee Hongki revealed that he almost dated a noona last time but ended up getting hurt instead. He frankly revealed that, “There [...]

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[News] 100103 FT Island, Awarded “Male Singer Award” at Korean Entertainment Awards

The 16th Korean Entertainment Awards Ceremony was held at Opera House, Seongnam Arts Centre in Kyunggi-do on 3rd January, 2pm. Group, FT Island, was awarded the Male Singer Award at the ceremony. // Red Carpet Video Update // Credit to lovelyfocus@tistory (upped by sosif1@youtube) // End Update // More pics under the cut..

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[News] 091231 A.N.Jell “Regroups” at the SBS Drama Awards

SBS “You’re Beautiful” idol group A.N.Jell members were reunited. Actors Jang Geunsuk, Park Shinhye, Jung Yonghwa and Lee Hongki attended the “2009 SBS Drama Awards” held on 31st December 2009 at SBS Open Hall. They were reunited as A.N.Jell, the drama idol rock band, and did a 100% live stage at the awards show. Great applause and cheers came from [...]

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[News] 091231 “You’re Beautiful” Lee Hongki Awarded New Star Award at SBS Drama Awards

FT Island‘s Lee Hongki was awarded the New Star Award at the “2009 SBS Drama Awards“. Lee Hongki proudly received the New Star Award at the SBS Drama Awards on 31st December, when MCs Jang Geunsuk, Moon Geunyoung and Park Sunyoung announced his name. Lee Hongki received lots of attention with his role of an idol star in the [...]

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[News] 091231 Lee Hongki, “First Kiss in Middle School, First Love in High School”

FT Island‘s Lee Hongki revealed that his first love was during his high school days, while he had his first kiss when he was still a middle schooler. Lee Hongki participated in the recording of KBS 2TV “Star Golden Bell” recently and he won the poll “Person of the opposite sex that you will be attracted [...]

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[News] 091231 Lee Hongki, “I Like Narsha’s Character But Not Looks”

FT Island‘s Lee Hongki revealed that he likes Brown Eyed Girl Narsha‘s character, but her looks are not his ideal type. In the recently recorded episode of KBS 2TV “Star Golden Bell“, a segment “Love Elimination” (not official name) was specially designed for the idols in the recording studio. Lee Hongki picked Narsha, who is older than him, and the MC [...]

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[Cover Story] Island Escape @ SG Teens Mag

Cover Story From Singapore’s Teens Magazine, January 2010 edition: (Not an actual interview, but just a mashup of various past interviews (and radio interview cuts) that were done in Korean, and translated into English. Some sentences were even blatantly taken from Dramabeans previous translations (copied and pasted word by word) without proper credits to Dramabeans. [...]

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[News] 091224 FT Island, Turns Into A Mature Rockband

Popular idol rockband, FT Island, held their “”FTIsland Last One Man Live in 2009 – So Long, Au Revoir” at Zepp Tokyo, Odaiba on 23rd December. The members posed for the cameras at the press conference. More pictures under the cut..

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[News] 091221 FT Island’s $150 Singapore Fanmeet Tickets Sold Out in 30 Mins

Fresh from their short trip last December 2009 for Singapore’s Sundown Festival – Seoul’d Out Combined Concert, popular 5-member Korean idol band FT Island is planning to visit their fans again at the end of January 2010 in an exclusive Fanmeeting and Fansign event. Tickets sales began last Saturday, 19 December 2009, 1pm local time, [...]

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[Article] 091213 Rock band? Boyband? F.T. Island wants to be both!

From MediacorpTV Singapore, written 13 Dec 2009: They sing and play their own musical instruments. The good-looking quintet from F.T. Island wants to be somewhere in between a rock band and boyband 13 December 2009 Text by Joanna Goh Video shot & edited by Wang Hsin Pei With their charming good looks and mesmerizing voices, [...]

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[Article] 091213 A night of ‘Seoul’d’ Out Success

From MediacorpTV Singapore, written on 13 Dec 2009: Of kimchi and everything nice, The Sundown Seoul’d Out Festival held last night was nothing but a whooping sold out success 13 December 2009 Text by Joanna Goh Video shot & edited by Fiona Lin Photography by Shirley Sim With the Hallyu wave riding strong in Singapore, [...]

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