TVXQ Strictly Guarded

[locofruitcake.livejournal.com]

「The 60th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen Rehearsal」 (29th、NHK Hall)

Korea's popular group Tohoshinki, who is attending Kouhaku Uta Gassen for the second consecutive time in two years, also attended the rehearsals held on the 29th. In the midst of disbanding rumours, their rehearsal was not revealed to the press. The 5 members were unable to respond to interviews, and the mood was one of high alert.

On the Internet, fans have been expressing their worries - "This might be the last Kouhaku Uta Gassen where you can see all 5 of them together." In the midst of that, the 5 members of Tohoshinki participated in the rehearsal held at NHK Hall, at 7pm, which was after the "interview period".

Press coverage at the venue ended at 6pm. During the rehearsal, at the time when the press was shut out of the venue, an official from AVEX warded the queries of the media and only explained that "it was due to their schedules". In the end, their stage was not revealed, the members could not meet the press, and there was a tense mood all around.

Tohoshinki will be attending the TBS 「Japan Record Awards」 on the 30th and TBS 「Countdown TV」 on the 31st. There has been no announcement for any schedule that will take place from 1 January onwards. The members arrived in Japan a few days ago, but AVEX declined to disclose whether they came together, as well as other similar queries.

Rumours of disbanding emerged in July when the 3 members, Jejung, Junsu and Yuchun, came into conflict with their management company over their exclusive contracts. They attracted a lot of overseas attention when the 5 of them did not perform together in Korea even once, after the outbreak of the conflict, but continued to appear on Japanese television. However, in the middle of this month, an event that was planned to be held in Japan in January (10 performaces) was suddenly cancelled, and the fan's worries about their disbandment grew even more.

It has not been decided yet, as to whether or not they will be having promotions for the remaining contract they still have with 「Oronamin C Drink」, their new single 「BREAK OUT!」 which will be released on 27 January, and their 'Best Album' which will be released on 17 February.

The fans' wish for the New Year is "peaceful settlement". They'll be keeping a close watch on whether or not the year-end performances will be their last.

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Comments

[rawrbby.livejournal.com]

last performance my fangirl butt. get your shyt together SM.

[hanimomo.livejournal.com]

UGH I JUST WANT TO ARGHHHH



I do not feel sadness, I can only feel fangirly rage.

[jaejoongxyuno07.livejournal.com]

YunJae!
D:
TVXQ FIGHTING FOREVER!

[jaejoongxyuno07.livejournal.com]

Whatever happens...
I will support them, no matter what.

<3

IM SICK OF THIS SHIT

[hanimomo.livejournal.com]

No way in hell will they disband that easily. BROTHERHOOD~

Re: IM SICK OF THIS SHIT

[jaejoongxyuno07.livejournal.com]

agreed!

[hospitalise.livejournal.com]

this hurts :(

[aunts.livejournal.com]

:[

[breathe-ai.livejournal.com]

What the hell is even happening now? They're at a stalemate, they're still in court, they're still negotiating, they're waiting for someone to die, they're waiting for Cassies to build spaceships and abduct them all into the 4th dimension? Which is it?

[hanimomo.livejournal.com]

All of the above?

[awesomeful.livejournal.com]

I'm tired of seeing those 'disbanding' rumors that were mentioned, they're not disbanding; that would be ridiculous, IMO. And it probably doesn't help them at all to know that people think they are.
I would quite like for SM to stop being ridiculous and just for this all to be fixed, soon.

[locofruitcake.livejournal.com]

It's not that ridiculous. Lol.

I highly doubt anything will be fixed soon, since they will be going to court again to get their profit divisions fixed.

[lastclasshero.livejournal.com]

lol actually the point of this post is probably to make us feel worse lmao.

[bepo-chan.livejournal.com]

there's no way that this is their last kohaku together. at the rate their popularity is going, it's probably going to be a yearly tradition of theirs in japan. kinda like how SMAP is practically a shoe-in with the invites, singing sekai no hitotsu dake no hana for the nth time or whatever.

[cherjae.livejournal.com]

IA.
as much as i love tt song... i just.. 0__o seeing it.

[honeydice.livejournal.com]

I hope the next thing i read about dbsk is that everything will be okay; SM DECIDED TO GIVE THE BOYS $; SUCHUNJAEMINHO GETS TOGETHER TO PROMOTE BREAK OUT; DBSK TO HAVE THEIR 5JIB PROMOTIONS IN 2010; That's all.

[hanimomo.livejournal.com]

That would be glorious.
If it was made into an April Fools' joke though, I'm gonna cut a bitch.

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

Even if they are suing SM they could still choose to continue their activities. They have that right now but they don't seem to be using it wisely. I dunno...

[locofruitcake.livejournal.com]

SM is not allowing them to perform as TVXQ. So, they are literally 'frozen'.

They did continue with their independent activities, like Junsu's Mozart and the Charity Fanmeet that the 3 of them did~

[lastclasshero.livejournal.com]

The only thing this info does is to make us feel worse lmao.

[caughtmedead.livejournal.com]

I so agree w you bb. There are always words like disband, dispute, blah blah blah in most dbsk posts these days. All the negativity. ):

[beautifiers.livejournal.com]

um i'm pretty sure with a new single and a best of album prepared they're gonna be pimping that shit out. that's kind of how the jpop music industry works? you have a product, you whore it out. unless you're hikaru utada.

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

LOL AT THE UTADA STATEMENT.

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

So how about SME you give those damn documents for court that you have been sitting on for god knows how long and which you were ordered to give like months ago, so that the court can finally make a decision about the contract.

[xiao_tian_jelly.livejournal.com]

give the financial documents in and reveal to the world they're money-greed douchebags? i don't think so. xD

[omgcats.livejournal.com]

Sooo ... nothing's changed, then? Okay.

TVXQ HWAITING.

[machfive.livejournal.com]

this is breaking my little heart.

what they should do is disband and throw SME for a loop, and then a week later they reunite under their own label and make music and have concerts and have fun without worrying about slave contracts and psycho managers.

[locofruitcake.livejournal.com]

lmao, omg woo~

i am so easily distracted

MISSING THIS SO MUCH

[onthethruway01.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com)

Re: MISSING THIS SO MUCH

[machfive.livejournal.com]

i didn't know jaejoong had a tattoo

[hp-eternalglory.livejournal.com]

dbsk ♥
(http://img686.imageshack.us/i/dbskbow.gif/)

[locofruitcake.livejournal.com]

OK, favourtite gif of the year.
saving, ty♥

[incisively.livejournal.com]

This just needs to end, it's been going on for too long. It's so ridiculous that each side is adding to the stalemate, when they could just get it over with if they'd get together and talk.

[locofruitcake.livejournal.com]

they did go into talks/mediation & what not, but they couldn't come to an agreement i guess :x

ugh ...

[pandatablo.livejournal.com]

Re: ugh ...

[miyumiyuxxx.livejournal.com]

lol riri

[yumenii.livejournal.com]

As if they would disband this easily.

(http://tinypic.com)

NOT HAPPENING, YOU GUYS.

[am3thyst.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I love this gif. I miss the boys being together, happy, and smiling as 5. ;___:

[blooberrie.livejournal.com]

CRYING SM WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO BUTTHURT

whatever.

[beauty0fparting.livejournal.com]

Re: whatever.

[guu-dammit.livejournal.com]

disappointed, much? XD

[nimco.livejournal.com]

I thought Avex had more control over them in Japan?
They won't release songs and not let them get promoted,
they need their cash too unless DBSK are coming to an end.

[blooberrie.livejournal.com]

Avex does no doubt. But there's no way SM would go into a deal without retaining some ofvtheir control.

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I love them, and will always support them, but seriously, I'm done with all this drama.

(http://tinypic.com)

My DBSK only exists up until Tokyo Dome. After that, I assume they all got in a car crash and are all currently in a coma or have amnesia.

[gingerloop.livejournal.com]

My DBSK only exists up until Tokyo Dome. After that, I assume they all got in a car crash and are all currently in a coma or have amnesia.
-hugs- ;_;