Saturday, March 16, 2013

AKB48 in Singapore from 12 to 14 April 2013


J-pop group AKB48 will perform live in Singapore on April 2013 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre. The Japanese girl group which has 88 members, ranging in age from 13 to mid-20s, will be here for the Tokyo Auto Salon Singapore from 12 to 14 April 2013.

Tickets to the Tokyo Auto Salon Singapore are now available on its Facebook page. Each purchase gives you a chance to redeem limited priority tickets for a special meet-the-fans session over and above the concert.

AKB48 holds the Guinness World Record for being the world's "largest pop group". The idea of AKB48's producer Yasushi Akimoto was to create a girl group that, unlike a regular pop group, which gives occasional concerts and that is mostly seen on TV, would have its own theater and perform there on a daily basis; the fans would always be able to go and see the girls live. Having several teams not only allows the group to reduce the load on its members, since a daily concert at the theater is given by only one team, but also gives AKB48 opportunity to perform in several places and even countries simultaneously.

AKB48 still performs at the theater every day; tickets are now distributed only via a lottery. AKB48 is named after Akihabara (Akiba for short), the area in Tokyo where the group's theater is located.

AKB48 holds the Guinness World Record for being the world's "largest pop group"

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