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GFRIEND, aespa and NewJeans are among the artists set to perform at the 39th Golden Disc Awards in January.
South Korea’s Golden Disc Awards has announced the complete line-up for its upcoming 39th ceremony, which will take place over January 4 and 5 at the Mizuho PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Japan. The awards ceremony shared its line-up in two waves on December 3 and 9, comprising a total of 21 acts over the two days.
Day one of the 39th Golden Disc Awards will include performances by popular K-pop girl groups like aespa, NewJeans and (G)I-DLE, along with singer-songwriters like BIBI and Crush. Rookie boy band TWS and the contestants of JTBC’s idol survival programme Project 7 will also take the stage, among others.
The second night will feature a special appearance from former girl group GFRIEND, who are preparing to reunite for their tenth anniversary in January. They will be joined by acts like ZEROBASEONE, ENHYPEN, IVE, as well as rookie groups izna, Nowadays and more.
Day one (January 4)
(G)I-DLE
aespa
BIBI
Crush
Day6
ILLIT
KISS OF LIFE
LE SSERAFIM
NewJeans
Project 7
TWS
Day two (January 5)
ENHYPEN
GFRIEND
IVE
izna
NCT Wish
Nowadays
SEVENTEEN
Tomorrow X Together
(G)I-DLE’s Yuqi
ZEROBASEONE
Day one of the awards ceremony will be hosted by actress Park Eun-bin, who is best known for her lead role in 2023’s Extraordinary Attorney Woo. Meanwhile, the second day will be hosted by baseball player Lee Dae-ho and actor Park Bo-gum.
NewJeans have recently been embroiled in a legal conflict with their former label ADOR. Last week (December 6), the group addressed a lawsuit filed by ADOR in regards to their contracts, saying that “ADOR failed to properly assert that there were no breaches of the exclusive contracts”. Follow the full timeline of events here.
10cc drummer Paul Burgess has announced that he is leaving the band because the demands of touring have become too much for him.
The 75-year-old musician, who also spent time performing with Jethro Tull, Camel, Magna Carta, and The Icicle Works, has chosen to walk away from the legendary rock group after more than five decades.
He shared: “After so many wonderful years with 10cc, I must admit that the rigours of touring are no longer manageable for me as I get older, and I feel it’s time to let go of the long hours in airports and endless travel on buses.
“I’m not planning to stop playing altogether. I will still perform but at a pace that feels right, working alongside old friends and a new group of fellow musicians called The Guilty Men.”
Frontman Graham Gouldman confessed that it will feel unusual to perform without his “longest-running musical associate.”
He explained: “When Paul and I first joined forces in 10cc, we never could have imagined that we’d still be at it after 30 years, let alone 52.
“Paul has been my longest musical partner and it will feel different to turn around and see another drummer, but I completely understand why he no longer wants to sit on a plane for 14 hours or wake up in a new hotel every day for weeks at a time.”
Ben Stone, who has previously played with Mike and The Mechanics and Bonnie Tyler, will be taking over on drums.
Paul, who had several runs with 10cc after joining in 1973, performed his final show with the I’m Not In Love band in Alexandria, Virginia this past September.
The group is set to continue their And Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour in the UK next year.
