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Korean Music Festival 2008 - Part 3

25/08/2008 2008-08-25 12:00:00 KoME Author: Jess

Korean Music Festival 2008 - Part 3

Part 3 of KoME's look at the Korean Music Festival 2008, which took place at the Hollywood Bowl


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After the intermission, the second half of the show kicked off. The center of the stage turned around, revealing M (Lee Minwoo) standing there with his dancers. Standing on the platform, the crowd went wild. "What's up, L.A.! Are you ready? Come on!" Throwing himself into dance, Stomp sounded through the speakers. With fast footwork, stomping and clapping, the backdrop screens displayed the letter M while the center screen zoomed in on the live footage. The dancers picked M up as he posed in the air. As The M Style started, M walked down the runway, shaking his hips. Putting on a hat for a dance break, the audience went crazy as he showcased his dance moves. Running down the runway as the song was ending, M shouted "Hey L.A.! Say Oh! Say Oh yeah! Say M!" An overwhelming "M!" resonated through the audience. "Whoa!" The song ended and M took a short talk break.

As bump began to play, M shouted "Let's get this party started! Ok let's go!" Breaking into dance he chanted "Put your hands up! Come on!" as he paced the stage. "Say Lala! Say lalala!" Dancers joined him onstage as he began to sing. Throwing his whole body into the chorus, the fans screamed. M pulled back his white half-jacket, showing a white tank top underneath. As the audience went wild, M and his dancers broke into a dance sequence where his dancers threw him into the air and he landed on stage in perfect timing with the music. Pulling off his jacket and flinging it to the stage floor, another dance segment began. As if the volume of his fans' shrieks wasn't loud enough, as the song came to an end, M grabbed the neck of his tank with both hands and ripped it in half dramatically, pulling it off his body. Finishing out his set shirtless at the end of the runway, M had set the energy level high for the next performer.

"Hello!" SG Wannabe called as they came out onstage. The three stood under the bright red illuminated lighting structure, smiling as the crowd went wild. Bobbing their heads to the music, "Lalala" made the crowd cheer so loud it was hard to hear over the cries of the audience. The three members stood in the center of the stage, grasping at their chest as they sang the song. During the chorus, the cheering turned into the lyrics with the audience singing loudly as music notes danced across the backdrop screens. Waving to the audience, the guys walked down the runway, finishing up the song there. Walking back to the center of the stage, they continued their performance before taking a moment to introduce themselves and ask if the audience was having a good time before introducing Ock Joo Hyun who would be singing A Midsummers Day Dream with them. The audience went crazy as the song began but then the music abruptly stopped. Smiling onstage, SG Wannabe looked around and laughed, waving and making faces to make the audience scream louder while they waited for the music to come back on. Ock Joo Hyun's voice sounded through the speakers while SG Wannabe clapped their hands together, getting the audience to follow suit. Ock Joo Hyun's high voice blended beautifully with the low voices of SG Wannabe. After the song was over, the four took a bow, saying thank you, and walked off stage.

Son Ho Young kept with the pace of the second half and had the audience on their feet. Wearing a black suit with the jacket trimmed in gold, he waved his arm in the air, telling everyone to do the same as he sang I cry. Walking down the runway, a sea of glow sticks waved back and forth as he belted out powerful notes. Bowing as the song ended, he walked back to the center of the stage and introduced himself. Just then, a dancer ran out to hand him water while he talked to the crowd. "Thank you!" he shouted at the dancer, causing the audience to laugh. After brief talk, Son Ho Young invited the dancers to come out onstage. As they got in their positions, one handed Son Ho Young a hat that he put on for the next number, Sarangeun Ibyeoreul Derigo Oda. Taking off the hat as he danced, he pressed it to his chest as the song ended. After the song was over, he shouted "Stand up! Everyone stand up!" Walking down the runway, Son Ho Young took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and went right into the rap part of g.o.d.'s medley and shouted "Put your hands up!" Nearing the song's end, he jumped up and down on the stage a couple times and immediately dove to the stage floor, rolling around on his back just to jump to his feet and start jumping up and down again. "Jump!" he yelled. Following suit, the audience jumped and cheered, waving their hands in the air. Bowing after the song finished, with a single "Thank you!" he left the stage.

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