INFINITE celebrates 1st official fan meeting with 2,000 INSPIRITS

INFINITE speaks to reporters ahead of their first official fan meeting held in Seoul, South Korea on August 17, 2011. [Chae Ki-won/10Asia]

Some 2,000 fans attended seven-member boy band INFINITE’s inauguration ceremony of their fan club INSPIRIT.The boys kicked off the fan meeting titled "INFINITE & INSPIRIT 1st FAN MEETING” held in Seoul on August 17 with a video composed of various clips from their official debut till recently and then appeared on stage for songs "Come Back Again" and dance hit "Before the Dawn (BTD)." After their performance, the boys held a question and answer session where they took turns revealing stories about each other followed by a surprise birthday party for member Sung-yeol, whose birthday is on August 27. "We are extremely happy that so many fans have shown up for our fan club celebration and it feels great that we were able to meet our INSPIRIT family in Korea before starting our upcoming activities in Japan," INFINITE leader Sung-kyu said. He went onto say, "We plan on promoting 'Be Mine' till the end of this month before we fly to Japan for our concert in September and prepare for the release of the Japanese version of 'Before the Dawn' which will go on sale in October." Meanwhile, Woo-hyun explained they will release the repackaged version of their first full-length album "OVER THE TOP" before heading to Japan. The celebration continued with various performances including members Dong-woo and Hoya singing their duet track "Crying," Sung-kyu's performance of "Because," Sung-yeol, L and Sung-jong dancing to "Bangkok City" by girl group Orange Caramel and wrapping up with Woo-hyun's ballad "Time." The group then revealed a video thanking their fans for their love and support and graced the stage once again with back-to-back performance of their songs "She's Back" and "Nothing's Over" and encore performances of "Voice of My Heart" and "Amazing." Making their debut in April 2010 through Mnet's reality TV show "INFINITE! You are the One," the boys are currently busy promoting title track "Be Mine" from "OVER THE TOP" on various televised music and entertainment programs. ※ Any copying, republication or redistribution of 10Asia's content is expressly prohibited without prior consent of 10Asia. Copyright infringement is subject to criminal and civil penalties.10 아시아 Reporter : Lucia Hong luciahong@10 아시아 Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@<ⓒ즐거움의 공장 "10 아시아" (10.asiae.co.kr) 무단전재 배포금지>