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Pop star Rain is now the target of much scrutiny after his abruptly aborted world tour.
Alreadywell established in the Korean community as part of the hallyu or theKorean Wave movement with numerous fans in Asia, he is currently tryingto break into the U.S. market. Click Entertainment, the local promotioncompany for his canceled Hawaii concert, is currently suing Rain andhis Korean promoters, JYP Entertainment, Star M Entertainment andRevolution Entertainment, for racketeering and fraud. ClickEntertainment is seeking costs for more than $1 million damagesincluding the $500,000 deposit paid to Revolution and the costs ofproducing the concert, renting the Aloha Stadium, arranging forequipment and issuing and selling tickets.
To explain theirside of the story, Star M Entertainment held a press conferenceWednesday. Lee In-kwang, the president of Star M Entertainment, whichwas in charge of Rain's world tour, said that the L.A. Staples Centerconcert went wrong because of numerous faults with the stage. Heexplained that the reason for the cancellation and postponing of theU.S. concerts was due to a combination of the local promoters violatingtheir contract, breach of faith, and legal issues with Rain's name. Leehowever acknowledged Star M Entertainment's fault in hiring the wronglocal promoters, nevertheless he called the local promoters to account.Lee said, ``the reason for canceling the North American concerts wasthe local promoters' lack of preparation and contract violations.拻
Rain's``Rain's Coming拻 world tour opened on Dec. 15, 2006 at Jamsil Stadiumin Seoul and was scheduled for the following countries: Hong Kong,Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan, Taiwan,Australia, United States and Canada. His tour was noted for havingtalented producers and stage designers (Jamie King and Roy Bennett) whohave worked on tours of other famous artists such as Madonna and U2.However, it was a decided failure in America, with the majority ofconcerts being canceled most notably his LA one which was canceled twohours before scheduled time.
Rain is currently filming his Hollywood debut film, ``Speed Racer拻 in Germany.
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Never ever defame Rain anymore!, Sunday July 22, 2007 Korea
No more calumnies to Rain!
"You cannot defame our Rain just like that!"
Afamous Korean music producer voiced out when being interviewed abouthis opinion on the cancellation of Rain's LA concert, "If he falls,then it's more difficult for the second and third Rain to stand out!"We can sense the trembles from the producer's voice.
Yi Denglong(pinyin), the music representative from DR music handled Rain'sdevelopment plan in China since 2004, including other overseas concertsat China, Thailand and other countries in year 2006. But now, he is thethird party which is irrelevant to Rain and StarM, the main organiserof Rain's world tour. However, we should treat the comments from aprofessional music producer as an advice, and Mr Yi has talked aboutsomething rare.
"My story may be quite surprising. I wouldlike to tell you about Rain's personality and many Hallyu stars will beinvolved. 'Where did you go shopping?' 'Did you go for the massage?'These are the common questions among others. But singer Rain, he neverwastes his time... His mind is only about the show in 24 hours. Once,it was very late when they reached hotel, but Rain still practiced withhis dancers in their room. I can't describe how impressed I was. On theother hand, if it's overseas performance, he himself got ready and cameout at 8.30am although the departure time from hotel is 9am. He sat inthe empty car waiting for everyone. He is the RAIN who always beprepared earlier than anyone."
Mr Yi also mentioned about thejoint concert with Rain in Dec 2004. "It was a hoax, the local promotersuddenly disappeared. Rain didn't get any payment nor air ticket, buthe still stood there to perform without receiving a single cent. Hesaid money is not that important and in fact he convinced us to carryon the show. I guess he must cry over this cancellation (LA concert)."
MrYi indicated that the major victims in this incident is neither concertpromoter nor StarM and his previous agency, but they are RAIN himself,the audience and Hallyu!
"Now the domestic music market isdying, it's hard to find a super star like Rain in short period.Moreover, anti-Hallyu phenomenon is spreading in Asia where they arelooking for the replacement to overtake Korean singers. It is a hardtime for us now. Therefire, Rain is the hope of Korean music producers,he is the dream of Korean singers and because of him, he is the Hallyu.So you can imagine how tired he is!"
Talking about thedisputes in USA, Mr Yi said that Rain did nothing wrong, "If problemsoccur on the stage, that is singer's fault. However, if the singer isunable to stand on the stage , it's the mistake of production team andorganiser as they were not well-prepared."
"Speaking frankly,Rain can't have such large scale tour concerts without the financialsupport from big company like StarM. Well by right, StarM should behighly appraised. Yet the communication problems with local organisersand even mistakes can occur in local performances. Now, it's not theright time to find out who is the victim or who should be responsible,the key point is: they have to learn how to chance the right chance."
Mr Yi suggested that it would be good if everything goes back to the beginning.
Allthe passions of Rain should go back to the origin. It will be betterthat Rain can put in more efforts and time when presenting to theoverseas fans, and he should learn to control the commercial elementsstamped on him. For those who are looking forward to his success shallkeep on supporting him. And so, all the things are clear.
RegardingKorean Air gave up their sponsorship with Rain, Mr Yi was verydisappointed. "The sponsorship was much more significant compared towhat the government and tourism board have done. It provided a verystrong support to Hallyu culture. With the supports from airlines,these singers and artists are able to fly to all corners of the worldand form a strong network of Korean culture. If there's a chance, Ihope Korean Air can assist Rain again."
Mr Yi still couldremember the scene where about 40k audience rushed to see Rain in theperformance, the screams and cheers seemed surrounding his ears.
"Iwas touched and I couldn't hold my tears, that was Rain's charisma andit showed the power of our culture. The world tour has gathered morethan 250,000 audience from different countries and now, we should showour support to Rain who is fighting alone and not even has a goodsleep. The media, the fans and the organisers should not discussfurther about the losses, but they should encourage Rain to go back tohis origin and stand up again. He is walking alone on a undevelopedroute, it's getting tougher for him. Rain is a friend who doesn't askfor money or anything, he is a friend who will stand up immediatelywhen he feels our warm and kind hearts So we must do that."
Source: Sportskhan
Chi translation by Rain_No1@Baidu RAIN bar
Eng translation by jjbug@rain-malaysia |
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Originally posted by errasazza at 23-7-2007 10:29 AM 
Never ever defame Rain anymore!, Sunday July 22, 2007 Korea
No more calumnies to Rain!
"You cannot defame our Rain just like that!"
Afamous Korean music producer voiced out when being ...
owhhh..OPPA RAIN sedih plak archer bace...
ANYWAY...kami kat cnie pon menyokongmu...don't give up:victory: :flower: |
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no matter what happen Rain...................we will alwiz support U....aja aja fighting.................. |
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@archer n pia...
sama2la kita doakan utk Rain... |
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July 24, 2007
Rain to Make it on His Own? New Office and Good Luck Ritual Held
AfterRain抯 contract ended with his previous management company, JYP, alleyes were on Rain as he followed another direction with an unknownoffice somewhere in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, and has captivated theinterests of the entertainment industry as he held a good luck ritualceremony on the past 20th.
Rumors of large entertainmentmanagement companies to spend tens of billions of Korean won on Rainbegan receiving even more attention when the world began to expect himto create his own entertainment company. Still, the official companyname and questions if Rain is to personally participate in the businesshimself is left to be answered sometime in mid-August.
Ofcourse, Rain抯 decision is still not 100% certain. Rain recentlyexplained, 揑 prepared an office to continue on with my work,temporarily. The good luck ritual was held because business was notgoing as planned. |
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Rain World Tour Concert in Thailand 070603
* Similar to his Tokyo concert, it was a smashing success attracting around 15,000 fans.
Credits : Newsen + PopSeoul +KpopKingdom |
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30.07.07 'Full House' Season 2 is going to be produced
Season 2 of popular KBS drama 'Full House' is in the process of full-scale production.
ParkChang Shik of Kim Jong Hak Production stated on the 30th, "To makeseason 2 of 'Full House', writer Jo Jong Hwa is already in a fullyear's work and at present has successfully completed the script untilthe 3rd episode. We are also considering oversea locations."
Thescript and the casting of the main characters will be approached atthis latter half of the year and the shooting and broadcasting of theshow will happen next year. The director is as yet undecided.
Mr.Park said "The 'Full House' drama in 2004 received great love from manyviewers and it was so successful as to receive offers from Chinese andSouth-eastern Asian countries to broadcast it on their televisionnetworks." and "If 'Full House' season 2 is just produced well thenthere is a high possibility that there will be great success not onlyin Korea but in Asia." It is yet unknown whether Rain and Song Hae Kyo,the main characters in the first season of this drama will be cast.
TheKBS drama 'Full House' that aired in 2004 in August was a modern lovestory based on a sweet comic story and acted out by Rain (Young Jae)with Song Hae Kyo (Ji Eun) who were received as an extremely beautifulcouple.
source: NATE news
translation: [email protected] |
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Rain begins his one-man journey, Aug 2 2007, Tuesday ,Korea
Twomonths ago, Rain registered himself as the director in RainyEntertainment. The chairman of the board is his father. This 'one-man'style enterprise is indeed very eye-catching.
After actor Bae Youngjun, singer Rain is also working on 'one-man style enterprise' and this fact is recently revealed.
Theinfo was verified. Rain changed his registration on June 29 and a shareholding company, i.e. Rainy Entertainment was set up and Rain is thedirector. Based on the exclusive info received by Sportshankok, RainyEntertainment is an entertainment enterprise which was registered with50 million Won.
Whereas about the business properties, the record shows:
- album producing and marketing
- musical publication
- artist related entertainment issues, etc.
SinceRain is the director, the company was registered with a name related tohis nick. Therefore, this company is predicted to be related to Rain'sentertainment career, the management is either directly or indirectly.
AlthoughRain is the director, it's not sure he will participate in the companymanagement. The person incharge of Rainy Entertainment said, "Theregistration is meant to build an agency, so this is only a small partof the whole big picture."
So coincident that Rain voiced outin July 31 that he would end his shareholder relationship with WHITEWORLD, in which he is the biggest shareholder. And hence, people aregetting curious about Rain's role in Rainy Entertainment. The personincharge commented regarding this issue, "There are rumours usingRain's name to affect the stock situation. Rain stands with the smallinvestors and considered they might experience losses because of this,that's why he quickly requested to sell out his shares in WHITE."
RainyEntertainment recently gained the copyright of "RAIN" from hisex-agency, JYPE. Since the setup of entertainment agency and throughits career planning, it is said Rain is getting ready for his Korea andoverseas activities.
"It's not the right time yet to revealthe concrete conditions. However, the copyright issue is perfectlysolved because of the unique relationship between JYP and Rain."
Itis predicted that Rain's future planning can be quite close to Bae'sone-man enterprise. Bae owns 4.2 million (33.3%) shares of a listedcompany called Key East and he is the biggest shareholder. The currentstock situation is not so well but the daily value is worth up to 568hundred million.
Well since Rainy Entertainment was setup,will Rain be another Bae Youngjun, who will increase the value of hiscompany by getting it listed in stock market and therefore be anotherking in music industry? Let's see.
At this point of time, Rainfocuses on Wachowski brothers' movie <Speed Racer>. He will beback to Korea in the mid of August.
Source: Hankooki
Chi translation by lovebi_rain@Baidu RAIN bar
Eng translation by jjbug@rain-malaysia |
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July 19th, 2007
Promoters of Rain’s World Tour Speak Up
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Lee In-kwang, president of Star M Entertainment, the Korean promoter
of K-pop superstar Rain, explains how his U.S. tour was cancelled in a press conference
held at the Imperial Hotel, southern Seoul, Wednesday. / Yonhap
By April Choi
Korea Times Intern
Pop star Rain is now the target of much scrutiny after his abruptly aborted world tour.
Already well established in the Korean community as part of the hallyu or the Korean Wave movement with numerous fans in Asia, he is currently trying to break into the U.S. market. Click Entertainment, the local promotion company for his canceled Hawaii concert, is currently suing Rain and his Korean promoters, JYP Entertainment, Star M Entertainment and Revolution Entertainment, for racketeering and fraud. Click Entertainment is seeking costs for more than $1 million damages including the $500,000 deposit paid to Revolution and the costs of producing the concert, renting the Aloha Stadium, arranging for equipment and issuing and selling tickets.
To explain their side of the story, Star M Entertainment held a press conference Wednesday. Lee In-kwang, the president of Star M Entertainment, which was in charge of Rain's world tour, said that the L.A. Staples Center concert went wrong because of numerous faults with the stage. He explained that the reason for the cancellation and postponing of the U.S. concerts was due to a combination of the local promoters violating their contract, breach of faith, and legal issues with Rain's name. Lee however acknowledged Star M Entertainment's fault in hiring the wrong local promoters, nevertheless he called the local promoters to account. Lee said, ``the reason for canceling the North American concerts was the local promoters' lack of preparation and contract violations.’’
Rain's ``Rain's Coming’’ world tour opened on Dec. 15, 2006 at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul and was scheduled for the following countries: Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, United States and Canada. His tour was noted for having talented producers and stage designers (Jamie King and Roy Bennett) who have worked on tours of other famous artists such as Madonna and U2. However, it was a decided failure in America, with the majority of concerts being canceled most notably his LA one which was canceled two hours before scheduled time.
Rain is currently filming his Hollywood debut film, ``Speed Racer’’ in Germany.
Source: Korea Times
Credit: kpopkingdom.com |
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Top star RAIN is the most wanted guy in love relationship
Amovie website called Movielink carried out online survey among 2619adults between August 1-6: As if you were in the movie, 'Just you, onlylove you... If you can only fall in love with one person in your life,who will that be?'. Rain won with 49% support rate (1054 votes) andranked NO.1!
As a singer-and-actor artist, Rain is currentlyfilming Wachowski brothers' movie <Speed Racer>. This surveyagain proved he is still the most popular artist.
NO.2 Jang Donggun (23%, 706 votes)
NO.3 Kang Dongwun (20%, 614 votes)...
Source: Daum
Chi translation by lovebi_rain@Baidu RAIN bar
Eng translation by jjbug@rain-malaysia
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