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Top K-pop acts at SM concert series next month

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Week-long festival to sizzle with some of South Korea's best-known girl and boy bands.

SHINee, Girls' Generation, TVXQ, Super Junior, f(x) and EXO will all combine forces next month in S.M. Entertainment's first week-long concert series festival.

SMTown Week, will parade the six leading teams of the SM family starting Dec 21 in an eight-day back-to-back solo concert performance series to be held at KINTEX exhibition centre in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. It is expected to attract around 100,000 fans, including those coming from overseas on special travel packages.

The schedule is as follows:

> Dec 21: Opening show by SHINee.

> Dec 22: Girls' Generation.

> Dec 24-25: Back-to-back combined concerts for f(x) and EXO.

> Dec 26-27: TVXQ.

> Dec 28-29: Super Junior to close the festivities.

The nine starlets of Girls' Generation garnered a surprising win at the inaugural YouTube Music Awards ceremony on Monday, beating out big-time stars such as Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, One Direction and even YouTube phenom Psy to walk away with Video of the Year for their hit I Got A Boy.

The TVXQ duo is also expected to give a particularly special performance as the group will celebrate its 10th anniversary at its Dec 26 gig.

Tickets for the upcoming concert series will go on sale online at Gmarket on Tuesday at 8pm. Concert-goers can purchase individual show tickets, an "All" package for all eight performances or "Choice" tickets to select up to four shows.

SMTown Week has been established as a global concert brand that is separate from the agency's SMTown Live concert tours. In the spirit of encouraging more international fans to attend the locally held music festival in South Korea, officials of S.M. Entertainment have put together a special global package that became available for purchase on Thursday. For more information, visit www.smtowntravel.com. – The Korea Herald/Asia News Network

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