[Info] FT Island 2010 Manila Showcase – Overseas Fan Package Details

Info regarding the Manila Showcase has been shared earlier in the blog. Here are a few other details regarding the Overseas Fan Package, from SpinManila, Inc.: 2010 FT ISLAND MANILA SHOWCASE Overseas Fan Package ************************* Package 1 Single Room Package (Total for 1 (ONE) person) => Php 29,500 per person (about SGD 896 / USD [...]

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[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] 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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[Info] Ticket Sales Open 1st Feb for FT Island’s Manila Showcase, Mar 2010

SpinManila Inc and Fangirlasia.com, present (in cooperation with DatzEntertainment & FnC Music) FT Island’s 2010 Manila Showcase Date, Time: Saturday, 6 March 2010, 6pm Venue: Philippine International Convention Centre (PICC) Plenary Hall (MAP) Ticket Reservations: www.ftislandmanila.com (Ticket Reservations start today, 18 Jan 10, for non-fanclub members) Ticket Sales: ww.ftislandmanila.com and www.fangirlasia.com (Ticket Sale starts Monday, [...]

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[Info] Ticket Sales Open Today for FT Island’s 1st Hongkong Showcase, Feb 2010

2010 FT Island’s 1st Hongkong Showcase Date: Wednesday, 17 February 2010 Venue: Rotunda 3 Hall, 6/F, Hongkong International Trade & Exhibition Centre (HITEC) (MAP) Ticketing: HK Ticketing (Ticket Sales start today, 11 Jan 10) Ticket Price: HK$700 (Free Seating) (Seating Map 1, Map 2) Tickets are available at HK Ticketing and its outlets. Call 31 [...]

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[InfoRoundUp] FT Island’s 2010 Asian Activities (+ SG Fanmeeting, Jan 2010)

Now that everything is more or less confirmed from all parties, we can compile the Asian activities roundup for FT Island in 2010. (Good to know these things earlier, so we can plan our travelling expenses, yes? =P)

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[Info] FT Island’s Taiwan Showcase in February 2010

Another good news for overseas FT Island overseas fans: FT Island is going to hold a showcase in Taiwan next year. [The showcase was initially planned this year (for their 2009 Asian Tour), but it got postponed to next year instead.] I’m proud of them. They’re really spreading their wings wide, at least in Asia [...]

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[Article] FT Island. Cool Music, Great Vocals @ KoZine Aug 09

From KOZINE, August 2009 edition: FT Island Cool music… great vocals… FT ISLAND 라이브 쇼케이스 by Clarissa Kim & Lydia Soh June 27 – The five talented Korean lads rocked the rafters of the Dragonfly at St.James Power Station where they played to over 900 screaming fans. Lee Hongki, Song Seunghyun, Choi Jonghun, Lee Jaejin [...]

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[Article] Crazy about K-pop (frm SG Straits Times)

From Singapore’s Straits Times Life! section, Friday 24 July 2009 edition: Click images to view larger, original-size scans CRAZY ABOUT K-POP by Jocelyn Lee Korean pop music is a big hit here, with devoted fans falling for its boybands and girl groups. Secretary Stephanie Loh, 35, took a week’s leave from work just to follow [...]

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[News] 090717 Singapore Danced To The Live Stage

EXCLUSIVE!  FT Island’s Singapore Promotion, Live! FT Island started their Asia tour promotion. FT Island had their promotion in Singapore for a period of 3 days 2 nights, starting 25th June. Singapore was their first Asia tour destination and fans were very passionate wherever FT Island was. Fans were seen holding the band’s support flag, [...]

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[Article] FT Island @ SG Teenage Mag

From Singapore’s Teenage magazine, August 2009 edition: (Click to see bigger scan) Treasure Hunt In a rare performance here, Korean pop-rockers FT Island brought the house down! Despite the staggering ticket price ($100 for an hour-long showcase), 900 die-hard fans showed up at Dragonfly St. James Powerhouse on 27 June, to witness the K-pop phenomenon, [...]

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[Article] Priceless Treasures @ SG Teens Mag

From Singapore’s Teens Magazine, August 2009 edition: (click to see bigger scan) Priceless Treasures Meet the five treasures of Korean pop, FT Island. (by Hyemun) Ask K-pop fans to list their favourite Korean groups, and you’ll probably get answers like “Super Junior”, “Dong Bang Shin Ki” or “SS501″. And one name that has been added [...]

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[News] 090703 ‘We’re Not About Looks’

From The New Paper: Korean pop band FT Island works hard to prove they’re more than just pretty faces. The band only made its debut two years ago. And all its members are aged between 16 and 19. But when Korean male quintet FT Island – which stands for Five Treasure Island – performed at [...]

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[News] 090630 FT Island Regrets – Lack of Schooling Memories

From Singapore’s WanBao: FT Island Regrets – Lack of School Memories Sacrificing studies for their singing career, Korean boy band, FT Island, debuted in their teens and missed out the wonderful school memories. FT Island consists of the following 5 members – Choi Jonghoon, Lee Hongki, Song Seunghyun, Lee Jaejin and Choi Minhwan. They were invited [...]

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090627 FT Island @ Telok Ayer Street Photoshoot

Actually, the photoshoot was done after the showcase. But I’ll post this one first, coz I need more time messing around with my showcase videos. After the showcase ended (with overwhelming success, I might add, despite some technical faults here and there), the boys went back to the hotel first to change and check out. [...]

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090626 FT Island @ Play (Singapore Flyer & Sentosa)

The boys had a rather full schedule on Friday 26 June. After fanmeet, they went for lunch at sponsor restaurant, Manna Korean Restaurant at Telok Ayer Street. After lunch, the boys were treated to a ride with a view, on the Singapore Flyer. Took a fancam and a couple of pictures….. Fancam Hongki was being [...]

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090626 FT Island’s Singapore Showcase Press Conference

From Straits Times’ RazorTV (There are 7 parts from the report) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 =================================================================================== Pictures from the presscon are coming up real soon…. will update this post accordingly. But here are the pictures of the Merlion dolls we gave to the boys during [...]

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090625 FT Island Arrival @ Singapore Changi Airport

The boys reached Singapore on 25th June 2009 (Thursday) 9:20pm-ish Singapore time, by Korean Airline. Their arrival was welcomed warmly (probably too warm, some might say… heh), by hundreds of Singapore K-Pop fan(girl)s, all of whom were eager to get a closer look at the FT Island boys. The boys finally came out after some [...]

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[News] 090629 Island Bring House Down

From Straits Times, Life!: Island Bring House Down Korean pop rock sensation F.T. Island brought the house down when they performed at Dragonfly Mandopop Club at St James Power Station on Saturday afternoon. For one hour, the five-member band played high-energy fast tracks such as Bad Woman and Primadonna to a full-house crowd of more [...]

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[Caps] 090627 FT Island @ Singapore Showcase (Encore)

Was doing some caps for a friend last night, so might as well share it here ^___^ These were from the Encore performance in Singapore Showcase on 27th June 2009. They sang FT Island and Until You Return (너 올떄까지). Click on each sequence to see actual size. Fancams: 090629 FT Island – “FT ISLAND” [...]

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