[News] FT Island “Play! FT Island” 2011 Concert (2DVD + 60P Photobook)

[Release Date] April 24, 2012 [Price] 29,700 Won

[Track Info]

1) Intro 2) Hello Hello 3) I’m Going To Have You 4) Bad Women 5) Until You Return 6) Bing Bing Bing 7) Cool Vs. Pretty 8) Don Quixote’s Song 9) Revolution 10) I Want 11) Flower Rock 12) Let It Go! 13) Haruka 14) Sunshine Girl 15) First Kiss 16) I’m Going to Confess 17) They Said To Stop 18) That Person In Shisadong 19) Marry Me 20) FT Island 21) Troublemaker 22) Primadonna 23) Love Love Love 24) Lovesick 25) I Hope

[News] 120322 FTIsland Holds Successful Fanmeeting in Japan

FTIsland held an official fanmeeting with the theme “Congratulations!” in Japan, at Tokyo Dome City Hall on 19 & 20 March.

This event was originally planned to be held in March last year but was postponed due to the Great East Japan Earthquake.

FTIsland performed songs like “Severely” from their latest Korean mini album “GROWN-UP” and other hits like “Like Birds” live at the event.

During the talk show, they had a cake celebration for Lee Hongki & Choi Jonghun, whose birthdays fall in March, and for Choi Minhwan & Song Seunghyun, who have officially turned into adults this year. Their Japanese fans also sang the congratulatory song in Korean for the boys.

Lee Jaejin recalled their Christmas live concert held at Yokohama Arena last year, “It was the biggest stage we had so far and we had lots of fun.”

Choi Jonghun also commented about their song “Neverland”, which is releasing on 18 April, being chosen as the opening song for WOWOW 20th anniversary commemorative animation “Ozma”, “The music video is excellently done. We’re happy that this song is linked to such a famous animation.” 

The animation “Ozma” that started airing on 16 March, was written by the famous Japanese manga artist Matsumoto Leiji in 1980 and has never been released, gaining interest from public.

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[News] 120319 FTIsland, “We Love Our Fans ‘Severely’”

FTIsland showed their love for fans by holding a fanmeeting after their last performance stage.

About 400 fans attended FTIsland’s fanmeeting after SBS ‘Inkigayo’ on 18 March. On this day, Choi Jonghun personally treated fans to candies, bread and drinks.

Starting from 14 March which is also White Day, FTIsland members took turns to give candies to their fans who came to support them at the music shows, for a period of 5 days. 

With their promotional activities coming to an end, FTIsland said that, “We would like to thank our fans for all the love and support given to us. We love them ‘severely’ too”.

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[News] 120317 Japanese animation Ozma opens today, with the voice of FT Island

The Japanese animation Ozma which became famous for FT Island’s featuring on its opening song is finally broadcasting the first episode on March 16.

Ozma is a late-night program which celebrates the 20th anniversary of Japanese broadcasting station WOWOW. The show does not limit itself in Japan, instead, acquires more viewers in 200 different countries in North America, Europe, and Asia. The opening song “Neverland” is composed by FT Island’s Choi Jong Hun and is known as a rock music with fast beats.

This graphic novel is written by one of the greatest cartoonists in Japan, Matsumoto Reiji. Reiji is famous for his sci-fi works Galaxy Express 999, Space Battleship Yamato, and Space Pirates Captain Herlock. Ozma was written in 1980s and is finally seeing the light on this very day.

In the meantime, FT Island topped the Oricon chart as a foreign artist for the first time in 42 years with its first official album. It also surprised many as the tickets for its exclusive concert held at Yokohama Arena were sold out in less than a minute.

Source: TV Report

[News] 120227 FTIsland Takes Legal Action Against Cosmetic Company For Infringement of Portrait Rights

FTIsland has taken legal action against a cosmetic company for infringement of portrait rights.

According to the Seoul Central District Court on 27th, FTIsland claimed that they were used in cosmetic advertisements without any authorization and requested for a claim of 200 million won from DEREON Cosmetic.

Their complaint stated that, “The model contract with DEREON in Korea had already been concluded last April. But  DEREON continued to use FTIsland as models without authorization in Japan and recently, even in Malaysia and other Asia regions.”

“After the expiry of the contract, they are still using FTIsland as models in the country even in recent cases. We are requesting for a compensation of 200 million won for the infringement of portrait rights.” 

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