TVXQ! members Max Changmin (left) and U-Know Yunho (right) listen to a reporter's question at the press conference held before their second night of "TVXQ! LIVE WORLD TOUR 'Catch Me,'in SEOUL," which took place at Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, on November 18, 2012. [Chae Ki-won/ 10Asia]

Top K-pop group TVXQ! is set to mark themselves as the first Asian artist to have concert tour at five famed concert halls in Japan, SM Entertainment said Wednesday.

The dance duo has confirmed to show off their top-class performance in the country's all the five prestigious concert halls--Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Yahoo! Japan Dome in Hukuoka, Sapporo Dome in Sapporo and Nagoya Dome in Nagoya--next Spring.

Embarking at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on April 27, the group will follow the privileged track which only a handful of Japanese artists could have fulfilled, such as SMAP, Glay, B’z, Mr. Children and MISIA.

“We’re very glad that ‘the five dome tour’ came true as we have always dreamed of since our debut. We are to prepare our best music and performance and your support and interest would be appreciated,” the members was quoted as saying.

Now the “Catch Me” singers are to become the fourth foreign artist who has enough ticket power to attract at least 30,000 audiences a show, following American pop artists Bon Jovi, Eagles and Billy Joel.

Proving their solid status as the country’s favorite K-pop artist, the duo attracted about 550,000 people during a series of their concert tour "TVXQ! LIVE TOUR 2012~ TONE~," held there for four months this year.

Meanwhile, the singers are dropping the sixth repackaged album “Humanoids” in local music market on November 26, which lists their follow-up track of the same name and another new tune “Here I Stand.”

Their next Japanese single will hit the stores on January 26, including Japanese version of "Catch Me" and a new song "I Know."


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