Wednesday, September 19, 2012

SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore




SAMSUNG PRESENTS SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore on 23 Nov 2012
SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore will see a star-studded line-up of K-pop groups
such as Super Junior, Girls’ Generation and BoA in a massive $5 million production
concert

A limited 18,000 tickets from $168 to $268 will be available from 29 Sep 2012 – 1 Oct 2012 for priority
booking; and 2 Oct 2012 onwards for public sale

19 Sep 2012 (Singapore) – Combining a star-studded line up of K-pop acts and a massive S$5 million
production value; SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore is set to be the must-watch concert of the
year. Concert-goers will be spoilt for choice when a powerful line-up of artistes from SM Entertainment
such as SUPER JUNIOR, GIRLS’ GENERATION and BoA arrive on our shores for what promises to
be a spectacular feast for the senses.

Despite the mammoth production value, tickets will however remain affordable to the masses with a variety
of 4 ticket categories – Cat 1 (VIP) S$268, Cat 2 (Moshpit) S$238, Cat 3 S$218, Cat 4 S$168 –
available from 29 Sep 2012 (10.00am) to 1 Oct 2012 (11.59pm) for a 3-day priority booking
period for Samsung and OCBC Card customers; and 2 Oct 2012 (12.01am) onwards for public
sale. This will also be the first time audiences will be able to set foot on the Marina Bay floating platform at
the mosh pit zones.

*[Please refer to Appendix A for full ticketing details]
SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore will bring fans of various K-pop groups together for the first
time, in a multi-act mega concert that has been touted as the mother of all K-pop concerts. With a slew of
solid acts of varied music styles and genres, SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore will present the
perfect opportunity for K-pop fans as well as the K-pop uninitiated to fully experience the K-pop
phenomena that has rocked the world with its widespread popularity and rapidly growing international
influence.

With the incredible influence that SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore holds, audiences are
expected to come from countries around the region such as Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and Australia.
Official travel partner Konsortium will also start offering special travel packages for fans around the region
to travel to Singapore to catch the concert.

“The growing popularity of K-pop music and culture across the world or more popularly known as “Hallyu”
has brought many diverse communities together and Samsung is happy to be one of the key drivers behind
this celebration of cultural diversity. Samsung is proud to present the widely popular and iconic SMTOWN
Live Tour III in Singapore, to delight fans and most importantly, our loyal customers who will get to receive
limited edition memorabilia and stand more chances to win concert tickets,” says Ms Irene Ng, Vice
President, Marketing, Samsung Asia Pte Ltd.

The biggest concert ever to be staged in Singapore, the Singapore stop for SMTOWN Live World
Tour III will also be the first time that the concert is performed on a floating stage, and a
special programme will be put together to incorporate the unique staging of the show.

SMTOWN, the world tour with performances by various artistes from one of South Korea’s biggest
entertainment agencies, SM Entertainment, has become a massively popular concert tour that has been
staged in prestigious international arenas such as Madison Square Garden, New York to 15,000 in the
audience and Zenith de Paris in France to 14,000 in the audience. To date, over half a million people across
the globe have attended an SMTOWN concert since the first tour started in 2008.

SMTOWN Live World Tour III has been performed in 2012 at Anaheim, United States; Hsinchu, Taiwan;
Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, Korea. SMTOWN Live Tour III in Singapore will be the concert tour’s sixth stop
and is expected to attract audiences from Singapore and around the region.

SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore is presented by Samsung with Official Card
OCBC Cards, Official Travel Partner Konsortium, and proudly organised by Running Into
The Sun.