Jamsil Stadium is being prepared for a JYJ performance this Nov 27th (Korean time). Some pics have surfaced showing its progress. Check ’em out if you haven’t already!
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Day: November 25, 2010
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New SM and AVEX ties Reveal a Possible Reason Why JYJ was Blocked in Japan
The reason for AVEX’s behavior a few months ago towards JYJ (Jaejoong, Yoochun, Junsu) may have been revealed in a new official statement from the company. AVEX’s (Japan) renewed ties to SM (Korea) seem to be antithetical to supporting to JYJ. It does appear to some observers that AVEX made the calculated business decision to block JYJ’s rise in Japan in exchange for getting to represent other SM artists.
The ultimatum from SM to AVEX may have been to either get the trio to give in, or to drop them completely. The obvious penalty for continuing to support JYJ would have been that AVEX could lose out on the opportunity to represent other SM artists in Japan.
According to the translated statement released in Japan, AVEX “will be executing exclusive contracts of Super Junior and f(x)”, along with continuing to be the agency of choice for BoA and J-Min. Also included in that list of AVEX-managed artists is “Tohoshinki”. But this won’t be the Tohoshinki you’re used to. This new “Tohoshinki” will only include Yunho and Changmin, apparently. All of these groups, in case you still haven’t gotten it, are artists controlled… uh, owned… no, uh, signed to SM in Korea.