Wheesung & Lena Park concert in LA

KPOP stars Wheesung & Lena Park are holding a concert in LA this friday. I wish I could be there since I’m a huge Lena fan but 3000 miles is kind of a long commute.

Popseoul has all the details but here’s the gist (plus a way to win tickets):

Date: June 19, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

Venue: Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles

Tickets: $30 – $85

In Person – Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office,111 S Grand Ave

Online – www.ticketmaster.com

Phone – Ticketmaster Phone Charge: 213-365-3500 (English),
213-368-2511 (Korean)

Students and Seniors 50% discount for a pair of tickets in Terrace East and Terrace West sections only. Proper ID required at time of purchase. One pair of tickets per ID, limited tickets available. Can only be purchased at WDCH box office. Offer does not apply to single tickets.

Far East Movement interview w/ Seoulbeats

Seoulbeats brings you an interview with none other than the Far East Movement.  They sat down with Prohgress and picked his brain.

Here’s a sample:

SB: I know you want to raise the Asian-American profile in the US, how do you go about that?
I think a lot of it has to do with us putting in the work that we do. Because when we were younger we didn’t have a lot of Asian-American representation, other than, like, Mr. Miyagi and Bruce Lee . So something like being a musician or an actor or anything like being an entertainer other than, you know, the more typecast roles, is hard and didn’t seem like an achievable goal. It’s really grown a lot in the last few years and it’s not just us doing our music and doing our best to represent our people, but also through supporting other people; which is why we have things like the International Secret Agents concert [with Wong Fu Productions], where we showcase Asian-American talents. And there’s people like, you know, Wong Fu productions and David Choi, who have built these fan bases, and by us being able to create these platforms really helps with that. I think it’s worth noting too, I think that dance, the Asians that are representing in dance are huge right now. With Quest and the JabbawockeeZ, the Jabbawockeez are pretty much as mainstream as you can get.

Chloe Wang feature w/ CRIEnglish

ABC (American Born Chinese) teen pop star Chloe Wang was featured on the CRI English website. It offers great context behind this rising sensation as she embarks on dominating the charts overseas. You can check out more material on her over at MTV Iggy as well.

Interesting to know:

Although Wang’s father is Chinese, the American-born teenager grew up in Chicago and did not begin learning Chinese until March this year.

Source: AmpedAsia