Events: Music Bank Will Be Performed Overseas in 2012

One of the most celebrated Kpop music stage show KBS "Music Bank" is setting out to be the leader of the growing Korean Wave (Hallyu), as they’ve just confirmed that they will be bringing the show to four overseas cities next year.

The hallyu stars will be brought to rest of the world by Music Bank in 2012, starting with  Paris in February, the show will be stopping by Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and finally Buenos Aires, with other cities currently being negotiated. Producers of the show are busy trying to line up artists for the overseas performances.

Previously in July, Music Bank was successfully gather 45,000 people for their ‘Music Bank in Tokyo K-Pop Festival‘, and is the only music program out of the weekly line-up attempting to take their show overseas. After seeing the success of their Tokyo Dome concert, producers of the show promised, They'll continue to support and aid in the spreading of Korean culture all over the world.

As the leading and national broadcasting station, KBS was suspected by some industry officials to use Kpop or hallyu popularity to gain a profit, thus this decision seemed always come with controversy. However, the overseas present of hallyu stars are being anticipating events by many Kpop fans around the world.

Source: Naver