Singer Rain to Perform in China
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By Sa Eun-young
Staff Reporter
Korean singer, Rain, 25, will hold a large-scale concert next month in Shanghai.
The show, which was initially planned in April as part of the singer's world tour, "Rain's Coming", had been cancelled due to difficulty in finding a venue and getting authorization for the performance.
The concert will be held on Oct.6 at a stadium that can hold up to 20,000 fans in Shanghai, the country's largest city.
"We were a bit late in starting ticket sales, but so far they have been running smoothly", Rain's world tour organizer Star M Entertainment said.
Despite the Shanghai performance, however, it is yet uncertain whether the star will resume his world tour, which was brought to a halt in the United States. The world tour was suspended in June when the singer, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, had to postpone his scheduled concerts because of a lawsuit filed against using his stage name, Rain, in the U.S.
The lawsuit was later dropped, giving him the green light to use the name, but problems remain with promoters in cancelled areas. The entertainment company said they were still searching for a solution to the dispute.
Rain, a singer-turned-actor, set his music aside for a while as he concentrated on shooting the movie, "Speed Racer", in Berlin, Germany. He plays a supporting role as a rookie car racer in the film directed by the Wachowski brothers, creators of the "Matrix" movie series.
Ahead of the upcoming concert, Rain will delight his Chinese fans with a performance at the closing ceremony of the 2007 Asian Arts Festival in Nantong, Jiangsu Province next Monday. It will be his first performance since returning from filming in Germany.
Staff Reporter
Korean singer, Rain, 25, will hold a large-scale concert next month in Shanghai.
The show, which was initially planned in April as part of the singer's world tour, "Rain's Coming", had been cancelled due to difficulty in finding a venue and getting authorization for the performance.
The concert will be held on Oct.6 at a stadium that can hold up to 20,000 fans in Shanghai, the country's largest city.
"We were a bit late in starting ticket sales, but so far they have been running smoothly", Rain's world tour organizer Star M Entertainment said.
Despite the Shanghai performance, however, it is yet uncertain whether the star will resume his world tour, which was brought to a halt in the United States. The world tour was suspended in June when the singer, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, had to postpone his scheduled concerts because of a lawsuit filed against using his stage name, Rain, in the U.S.
The lawsuit was later dropped, giving him the green light to use the name, but problems remain with promoters in cancelled areas. The entertainment company said they were still searching for a solution to the dispute.
Rain, a singer-turned-actor, set his music aside for a while as he concentrated on shooting the movie, "Speed Racer", in Berlin, Germany. He plays a supporting role as a rookie car racer in the film directed by the Wachowski brothers, creators of the "Matrix" movie series.
Ahead of the upcoming concert, Rain will delight his Chinese fans with a performance at the closing ceremony of the 2007 Asian Arts Festival in Nantong, Jiangsu Province next Monday. It will be his first performance since returning from filming in Germany.
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