MANILA - Korean pop legends BIGBANG will be performing in this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, their agency confirmed Friday.
YG Entertainment posted a photo of the lineup for this year's music festival, with BIGBANG performing on April 10 and 17.
Korean hip-hop group Epik High will also perform in Coachella on April 12 and 19.
The group's upcoming performance in Coachella marks the end of their four-year hiatus as the members have fulfilled their military service.
Member T.O.P was discharged in July 2019, followed by G-Dragon in October, and Daesung and Taeyang in November.
BIGBANG was originally a 5-man group but member Seungri left the band and retired from the music industry in March after he was accused of sex bribery.
BIGBANG, which debuted in 2006, often topped the South Korean music charts and gained a huge following before members began to enter mandatory military service in 2017.
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SEOUL - Hundreds of fans of top South Korean boy band SHINee member Jonghyun visited his altar on Tuesday at Asan Medical Centre in Seoul to mourn the death of the singer.
Tearful fans and his fellow singers offered condolences and expressed their sadness at the loss of the K-pop star.
"I feel really sorry that I didn't consider his pain at all, I only thought of him giving me strength," said Jeong Yujin, a 22-year-old South Korean fan.
"I hope Jonghyun is happy wherever he is," said Walatip Kitkan, a 24-year-old Thai fan.
Kim Jong-hyun, 27, was found unconscious next to burning briquettes on a frying pan inside a serviced residence in the South Korean capital Seoul, a police official told Reuters.
"We're always going to miss you. And I'm so sorry this is what you thought and you needed to do, though I'll always love you. And for everyone that couldn't be here, I'm so sorry. But he knows you guys are here with him too," said 26-year-old American fan Natasha Burgard.
Kim spent nearly a decade in his leading role as one of five members of SHINee, one of the most popular boy bands in the country. He also sang as a solo artist.
His death is a blow to the massive worldwide fan base that Korea's K-pop music has attracted in recent years.
Editor's note:
A group in the Philippines is dedicated to addressing those who have suicidal tendencies.
The crisis hotlines of the Natasha Goulbourn Foundation aim to make these individuals feel that someone is ready to listen to them.
These are their hotline numbers:
Information and Crisis Intervention Center
(02) 804-HOPE (4673)
0917-558-HOPE (4673) or (632) 211-4550
0917-852-HOPE (4673) or (632) 964-6876
0917-842-HOPE (4673) or (632) 964-4084
In Touch Crisis Lines:
0917-572-HOPE or (632) 211-1305
(02) 893-7606 (24/7)
(02) 893-7603 (Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm)
Globe (63917) 800.1123 or (632) 506.7314
Sun (63922) 893.8944 or (632) 346.8776
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