On December 11th, Cube Entertainment labelmates arrived at the International São Paulo-Guarulhos airport in Brazil to hold the first ever Korean concert in the country.
The groups were greeted by over 300 fans, the same amount that showed up to greet Hyunseung, Kikwang, and HyunA‘s arrival. Photos of the scene were shared through Cube Entertainment’s official Facebook page, showing ecstatic fans filling up the airport to catch glimpses of their favorite stars.
Cube Entertainment will be holding their ‘United Cube Concert‘ on December 13th, which is expected to be as hot their concert in London was earlier, having brought in 3,500 fans.
4minute, B2ST, and G.NA arrived at Heathrow Airport in London on December 4th, where more than 400 fans greeted them with cheers and applause.
All of the Cube Entertainment artists arrived at 5:20pm with the exception of the Trouble Maker team of HyunA & Hyunseung who arrived a day later due to their performance on SBS ‘Inkigayo‘. As soon as the artists stepped out of the gate, the airport turned into chaos and pandemonium.
An insider from Cube Entertainment informed OSEN during a recent phone interview, “The artists arrived at a time much later than actually scheduled, so we were shocked to see that so many fans were still there waiting to see them. The airport security officers did not stop the fans from running towards the artists and due to safety reasons, the Cube Family was unable to give their greeting they had previously prepared.”
Fan videos of the Cube Entertainment artists arriving at the airport have made their way onto Youtube, and are garnering attention from the public. Some fans even held up placards requesting to see a performance by Trouble Maker, less than a week after their debut. A staff member from the airport remarked that they were shocked; this was the first time fans have gathered in such a large number to see Korean artists.
‘United Cube Concert‘ will be held at the O2 Brixton Academy in London at 7:30pm on December 5th. This is the first performance of their World Tour, and their next stop will be in Brazil.
Cube Entertainment has just informed allkpop that a ‘United Cube’ album will be released in Australia!
This international version of the album will be sold in various record stores across six major cities, starting on November 11th.
Although the album has been available for download on iTunes Australia, Cube has decided to offer Australian fans an easier way to get their hands on a physical copy of the album.
‘United Cube’ album contains a compilation of 17 hit tracks from 4minute, B2ST, and G.NA, such as“Hot Issue”, “Muzik”, “Mirror Mirror”, “Shock”, “Breath”, “Fiction”, “Black and White”, “Top Girl”, “Change”, “Bubble Pop”, and more. ‘UCube’s “Fly So High’, which is currently not available for download on iTunes, will also be included.
A representative of Universal Music Australia stated, “In Australia, the level of affection and interest in K-Pop has spread beyond the Asian community and is rapidly spreading among Australian residents. Various media outlets are currently carefully monitoring this new movement… With the strategic partnership between Universal Music and Cube Entertainment, we are very happy to be able to provide the album of the charismatic Cube artists for the first time in the history of Korean-Australian music business.”
In addition, the record shop within the famous World Square in Sydney, will be opening a section in the store specially dedicated to K-Pop.
With Australia as its start, Cube Entertainment plans to release the album in other parts of the world like South America and Europe.
In related news, ‘United Cube Concert’ will be held on December 5th in London, England and on December 13th in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In addition to the rehearsal photos revealed earlier today, B2ST’s Doojoon has returned with additional behind-the-scenes photos of his Cube family from their first Korean concert, ‘United Cube‘.
Check them out below!
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“Hello, I’m B2ST’s leader, Yoon Doojoon.
B2ST, 4minute, G.NA and the other Cube Entertainment family members are all busily rehearsing for the ‘United Cube in Japan’ concert, which opens on August 25th.
The photos I’ve brought with me here today are memories taken from our first concert 10 days ago. It was a fun ‘United Cube’ event, though we had to prepare in the rain. As you can see from the photos I took, it was a concert that was so fun to prepare for. We had no idea how tiring everything was. Everyone’s faces are so full of brightness. While wishing for the success of our Japanese concert, here are the memories of our last concert. Let’s take a trip back to the passionate time of our rehearsal.”
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# They look good together, right?
“G.NA and B2ST’s Hyunseung are posing side by side before our rehearsal. Although they looked tired from all the rehearsals, they both smiled brightly the moment I held up the camera. Don’t they look like light is emitting from their beautiful and handsome faces?”
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# Sohyun in Boots?
“4minute’s Sohyun is making a cute facial expression while in the waiting room. Doesn’t she remind you of the Puss in Boots from ‘Shrek‘? So cute.”
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# Immortal Jiyoon!
“4minute’s Jiyoon is looking at the camera while dressed in her stage outfit. She’s the one who suffered the most because she also had to record for KBS’s ‘Immortal Song 2‘. Although she’s tired, she never lost her bright facial expression.”
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# Yoseob and Junhyung preparing
“This is a picture of Yoseob and Junhyung busily preparing. They grow musically every day, and the results of their efforts definitely shined at the concert. They look just as handsome off stage, right?”
After successfully concluding their first-ever ‘United Cube‘ concert ‘Fantasy Land‘, the artists of Cube Entertainment - B2ST, G.NA, and 4minute – had much to say about their experiences and reflections.
“Even though this concert is only a small start, it is a giant first step so we will perform happily,” said B2ST’s Doojoon. “Although the beginning is weak, the finish will be amazing,” he added.
Kikwang was hosting SBS’s Inkigayo and did not attend the press conference.
For the girls of 4minute, who haven’t held a single concert since their debut in 2009, the ‘United Cube’ concert was a particularly special moment. “After building experience with this collaboration concert, we’d like to show off our improved skills through our own solo concert,” revealed 4minute’s HyunA.
“Our concert’s strong point was that we had separate teams that each showed their own unique performance,” commented 4minute’s Jihyun. “We’d like to go perform at places that our fans want us to be at, such as Germany.”
Although holding a family concert had its benefits, B2ST’s Yoseob also revealed several downsides.“Unlike at our solo concert, it was hard trying to match schedules with 4minute and G.NA,” he said.
G.NA, the concert’s only solo artist, said that she felt pleased to take part in the show. “I’m just happy to be performing with 4minute and B2ST,” she said. “Everyone worked hard to be here. We’ll work even harder for our fans who’ve loved us so much.”
The concert drew an estimated 8,500 people and also guest starred Huh Gak, A Pink, and Mario. After packing up in Seoul, the concert will travel to Tokyo’s Budokan arena on August 25th; the tour was also scheduled to hit up London’s Wimbledon Arena on November 19th, however, due to the recent riots,Cube expressed that they were closely monitoring the situation before finalizing any details.
But foreign K-Pop fans can look forward to other possible Cube concerts outside of London.
“We had concert planning representatives from Paraguay, Russia, and Finland at the Seoul concert,”revealed a Cube representative. “We anticipate good news from them when they return home.”
