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| Singer Cho Yong-pil / Courtesy of YPC Company |
By Kim Rahn
K-pop legend Cho Yong-pil will hold concerts in November and December, his first in four years, a concert planning agency said, Monday.
According to Insight Entertainment, Cho ― a living legend in the Korean music industry ― will present the "2022 Cho Yong-pil & the Great Birth Concert" at KSPO Dome in southeastern Seoul's Olympic Park on Nov. 26 and 27 and Dec. 3 and 4.
The Great Birth is a band that has backed Cho for his concerts since 1979.
It will be the first concerts for Cho, 72, since 2018 when he marked the 50th anniversary of his debut. Since then he has planned more shows but was unable to hold them due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"This concert will satisfy the thirst of fans who have long been waiting for Cho's performance," the agency said in a press release. "(While he used to hold concerts in various regions of the country) this time the shows will be held only in Seoul, and fans from all parts of the country are expected to gather at KSPO Dome."
Reservations for tickets will start at 2 p.m. on Wednesday on YES24.
It is also said he will soon release a new single. Cho has released neither a single nor an album since 2013 when he dropped his 19th full-length album "Hello." The lead single of the album, "Bounce," swept domestic music charts on streaming services, recording the third-highest album sales of the year and topping weekly music shows for several weeks at a time when the music scene was dominated by boy bands and girl groups.
Debuting in 1968, he rose to stardom with the 1976 song "Come Back to Busan Harbor," and has maintained the top singer position with dozens of hit songs in various genres, earning the nickname "king of singers."
