SHINee's Taemin to hold his first solo concert in Korea!

[mylovebelt.livejournal.com]

SM Entertainment revealed that his solo concert titled ‘OFF-SICK’ will be held from August 26 to 27 at Olympic Hall in Seoul’s Olympic Park. Ticketing details will be announced at a later date.

He recently completed his first solo concert in Japan to sold out crowds on July 1 and 2 at the Nippon Budokan, but this will be his first in Korea.

Meanwhile, Taemin’s second Japanese mini album “Flame of Love” will be released on July 18.

SOURCE: Soompi + Naver

congrats taemin!!

Comments

[jinkiestabi.livejournal.com]

That was quick, lol. Yay Taeminnie! I'm guessing his comeback will be sometime that month, too. Looking forward to the fancams already.

[volume1995.livejournal.com]

minho and jonghyun are actually going to fight on stage during danger or pyn to see who is the bigger taemin stan

[dorawa.livejournal.com]

Olympic Park is so small! It can only hold 3K. Fans are pissed, tweeting about it with the hashtag #태민_솔로콘서트_올림픽홀_반대 (Against Taemin's Solo Con at Olympic Hall)

[carmine-pink.livejournal.com]

What was SM thinking, Taemin just sold out Nippon Budokan with 14K a day, lol.

[dorawa.livejournal.com]

The Koreans are tweeting about that too lol "He sold 27K in Japan and we get 3K? Wtf is this?" I'm kind of mad too, I would have loved to see him live but there's a bat's chance in hell of getting a ticket with only 3K -____-

[mylovebelt.livejournal.com]

Will not lie but that tag is a little ridiculous to me and then calling them... lol. The one reason they're this mad is probably because Japanese fans got it first and in a bigger venue. Like SM has done questionable things when it comes to SHINee and this is what they lash out at? Ok. It's not like he's the only one that gets this venue. He does deserve a bigger one, but who knows how the planning went and they might have had to keep shinee's group activities in mind with his solo ones.

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

that's what i'm thinking to. i feel like j-shawols getting first notice of the concert set them off and they're branching off of that. but, i agree. like sm has pulled so much shit with shinee and this is the first time that i've seen the outrage get so big that it made it's way to news portals. like i don't remember people being this upset when jjong was booked at an only slightly larger venue for x - inspiration last year, and all the outrage in the past regarding minimal concert dates with swc stuff has only ever resulted in an extra day getting added on.

[mylovebelt.livejournal.com]

the fact that they didn't get mad at shinee not being able to go after all the hard fans did/money they paid to get shinee the award back in december, but get mad at a concert venue that just about everyone gets is ridiculous lmao. it has everything to do with japanese fans/japanese concert, you know kshawols are already angry about how much time they spend in japan, this was probably the shit they needed to finally unleash their anger without looking entitled about them.

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

exaaaaaactly. like their anger / annoyance is reasonable in regards to venue size and not getting first notice when the concert is in korea, but k-shawols have been pissed off about shinee's activities in japan for years now. add on the fact that taemin hasn't had a single event in korea this this / shinee has only had two and ... yeah. it's just ... anger.

i'm just curious if sm will actually do anything about it. like i said below: there's not many venue options. they're either only a tad bit bigger (and would still not be as big as budokan) or they're equal in size / larger to the venue that shinee has performed at in seoul and i kind of ... doubt that sm is gonna give him a venue bigger than shinee, as a whole, has gotten.

[mylovebelt.livejournal.com]

yeah, like part of their anger is justified but it's ridiculously misplaced. SHINee sell out DOMES in Japan and they perform in 15k venues in SK. It's the same thing in regards solo wise. Jonghyun's venue for inspiration was 6k, right? If they were to move Taemin it would probably be at a venue around the same size, and they didn't get angry when Jonghyun was in a place that size or doing more AGIT of like 700 seats when he proved to sell more so... Why they think that he's going to get a venue as big as SHINee seems ridiculous to me. At most they should demand more days.

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

i've always heard conflicting capacity details about the inspiration venue. i know it was at least 4/4.5k but others say that it was closer to 6k. and that'd be a pretty decent size for a first concert ...? especially when you take into account that the venue for inspiration is the biggest that sm has ever given to one of their soloists. but i agree: if they made it a full weekend or even tacked on two concerts for a single day (like jjong did with inspiration) that'd accommodate at least 8k fans. still not enough but it's better than the alternative, i guess. but if they do end up changing the venue to a bigger one ... that better mean that they're going to end up going for bigger venues for their artists all around in the future because it's only fair.

[mylovebelt.livejournal.com]

i don't think they will, and if they do the dates are going to be pushed back. it'd be smart for SM to add another day, or add more concerts the following weekend and plan differently in the future. and i agree with giving bigger venues to their solo artists after this, taeyeon is my no1 and i was surprised but she had the same venue of 3k for only 3 days and i mean it's her.

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

tbh. i'd be surprised if they actually changed the venue - like taeyeon performed at olympic hall for persona earlier this year and i remember sones being pissed about it when the details came out, and then pissed again when the tickets sold fast but sm didn't change anything. (and we all know that taeyeon is more popular than probably all other sm idols.) most of the other venues they could choose from aren't much bigger, and taeyang is booked for jamsil on the same days. beyond that ... all of the venues are either equal in size to or bigger than the one that shinee normally holds their concerts at, so idk.

[carmine-pink.livejournal.com]

Hoping that the concert comes with a real comeback and not just a Korean version of Flame of Love. Even just a mini is fine. Give me another PYN/DD!

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy for him but 3k audience capacity... hmppphhh :(

[arhythmicpulse.livejournal.com]

I assume this means a Korean comeback as well? Will I finally be getting the studio version of All About You that I have been praying for since he performed it at the gayo? And will he finally perform Ace in concert (it wasn't in Budokan con, such blasphemy)? All these questions! Press It will be a pretty tough album to follow tbh, it's a gem.

That concert hall capacity though. He sold out 14K A DAY in Japan, then they cram his Korean fans in a stadium less than 1/3 the size of Budokan? Welp.

[kristinl356.livejournal.com]

Please perform Ace but I would also kill for a performance of Play Me.

[arhythmicpulse.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh how could I have forgotten Play Me! How about Ace + Play Me + One by One + Until Today YAAAAS

[jillyjellly.livejournal.com]

so happy for this bae

i hope it means more music

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

i'm so happy for him! ;; i don't think he has time to have another comeback before the concert date because sm is booked with exo / soshi before then, and he's gonna be busy with stuff in japan + ot5 schedules through the first weekend of august, but.

[mewaqua1.livejournal.com]

super happy for him!! i wonder how much of the song line-up will change bc august is still some time away, he could def do way more kr songs /praying for play me and one by one and most importantly PLS RELEASE ALL ABOUT YOU/ but he must be so busy rn ;-; smtown like every weekend starting sundayi think ?? and also probably doing bits and pieces for shinee ot5 comeback likely soon after sept/oct, these boys are so busy wow, it feels so unlikely for him to do another kr comeback in between the already v busy time with shinee and sm's group comebacks so i'm just hoping he will release all about you as single or something or flame of love kr version to gather some attention for his concert

[mylovebelt.livejournal.com]

I don't think he'll do a Korean comeback. He probably could do what he did last year and release a Korean version of his Japanese single. But if he does it'll be ridiculously close to everything already happening with SM. I think he'll probably have some of his Japanese songs translated into Korean for the concert? Idk but I'm excited to see and I hope he rests well. He's going to be so busy with his own concerts plus shinees concert.

[fritterish.livejournal.com]

Was just readings tweets about the fan complaints regarding the venue. In any case, I'm happy for him! Every time I see articles like this I realize yet again how far he has gone as a performer.