U-Kiss to hold first concert in Philippines

U-Kiss will visit the Philippines for the second time on May 29. / Courtesy of NH Media

By Jonathan M. Hicap
Korea Times Correspondent

MANILA ― K-pop boy band U-Kiss will come back to the Philippines again to hold its first ever concert on May 29.

The Manila concert, which will be held at the Araneta Coliseum where Super Junior held the last leg of its Super Show 2 on April 10, will kick off U-Kiss's Asian tour. After the Philippines, the boy band will also visit Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

U-Kiss is currently promoting on various music TV shows the song "Mworago," a cut from the group's latest album "Only One" that was released last February.

The idol group visited the Philippines for the first time last March to hold mall shows and promote its latest album.

According to the group's agency, NH Media, the three-day Philippine promo tour sold about 7,000 copies of its "Only One" album.

Besides the mall shows, U-Kiss also promoted its song "Bingeul Bingeul" (aka "Round and Round") on Philippine TV shows.

The support of Filipino fans helped the song stay on the Philippines' MYX Music Channel charts for more than a month.

"Bingeul Bingeul" peaked at No. 2 on the MYX Music Channel Hit and International Top 20 charts for the period April 25 to May 1.

U-Kiss debuted in the K-pop scene in 2008 with its mini-album "N Generation."

The boy band is composed of Kevin Woo, Shin Dong-ho, Lee Ki-seop, Kim Ki-bum, Kim Eli, Alexander Eusebio and Shin Soo-hyun.

Three English-speaking members of the group -- Kevin, Eli and Alexander -- are hosting Arirang TV's "Pops in Seoul" program.