YG Entertainment updates on new signes Akdong Musican and Bang Yedam + more details on G-Dragon & Taeyang's albums

             

YG Entertainment's Yang Hyunsuk continues to relay a string of posts through the website, YG-Life, and has revealed more news about upcoming debut acts and G-Dragon and Taeyang's comebacks.

Past updates from YG: 2NE1 | YG Girl Group | Kang Seungyoon | Boy Group A and B | G-Dragon

On June 28th, Yang Hyunsuk started the message with an apology for the delayed updates. After recently announcing that the winner of K-Pop Star Season 2's Akdong Musician, signed an exclusive contract with YG Entertainment, it was also confined that the runner-up Bang Yedam also completed negotiating with the agency. 

Akdong Musician are expected to release their debut album by the end of the year, while Bang Yedam will continue training with the agency. 

Meanwhile, Yang Hyunsuk also stated that G-Dragon is set to hold a solo concert on August 31st and September 1st. It will be held at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Arena. The event will serve as an encore for his ongoing world tour and will also exclusively perform new tracks from second album. G-Dragon will be releasing his new album online on August 14th, while its physical release and music show promotions will begin on his birthday on August 18th. 

YG Entertainment also released more information about their new views on music show promotions. After following a once a week appearance on a music program for the past few years, the agency announced that they will be seen more often on television, starting with 2NE1's "Falling in Love" promotions this July. At the moment, they are still discussion if their artists will appear on variety shows or not. 

Last but not the least, Yang Hyunsuk hinted that they are planning to release Taeyang's new album this September. This will be Taeyang's first album release since his last solo three years ago. 

For his next update, Yang Hyunsuk hinted that more details on Taeyang's album and more news on other BIg Bang members. 

[Source : YG Entertainment]