Pulling all the stops with 21 of today’s hottest South Korean performers, the 18th annual Dream Concert 2012 was held on May 12. Bigger and better than ever, this year’s concert had an audience of over 35,000 fans.
The show, hosted by 2PM’s Taecyeon, KARA’s Seungyeon and ZE:A’s Siwan showcased everyone from Girls’ Generation’s Taetiseo sub-group to heavy hitter TVXQ. The rest of the setlist included performances by 2PM and 2AM, SECRET, SISTAR, MBLAQ, Beast, 4minute, Infinite, Boyfriend, T-Ara, Ailee, KARA, B1A4, ZE:A , Davinchi, Teen Top, Rania, A-Pink and EXO-K. This mega concert is South Korea’s way of celebrating music and inspiring youth to pursue their own dreams of stardom, with proceeds being donated to charity to help under-priveledged youth. And this year’s concert did not disappoint. Highlights included EXO-K’s spiffy (and suited up) homage to Super Junior’s “Sorry Sorry,” Davichi being accompanied by a female orchestra as they sang “Don’t Say Goodbye” and MBLAQ’s explosive performance of “It’s War” — complete with pyrotechnics. One of the best entrances of the night would be that of Teen Top who popped onto the stage trampoline style, while the best exit goes to TVXQ who ended the night with the ever riveting single, “Rising Sun.”
While packing so many artists into the World Cup Stadium in Seoul might seem like an impossible feat, South Korea takes the tradition in stride. This year’s concert was a mega success, so we can only imagine what next year will bring.
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