Reporter : Lucia Hong
Editor : Monica Suk
CNBLUE's leader, vocalist and guitarist Jung Yong-hwa, donned in a plain white tee shirt and jeans, raises his arm up high while singing at Mezamashi Live, in Tokyo on August 28, 2012. [FNC Entertainment]
Korean rock band CNBLUE members Jung Yong-hwa and Lee Jong-hyun have swept their music lovers away at Japan's music festival, Mezamashi Live in Tokyo on August 28. Along with bassist Lee Jung-shin and drummer Kang Min-hyuk, CNBLUE staged the first-ever performance of "Time is Over," the title track off their first full-length Japanese album "CODE NAME BLUE." The quartet excited thousands of fans that were in attendance with their other hit songs "Come on," "Let's Go Crazy," "Voice," "one time" and "In My Head." CNBLUE will stay in the country to promote "CODE NAME BLUE" which dropped Wednesday, and will gear up for their arena tour dubbed "CNBLUE Arena Tour 2012 ～COME ON!!!～" set to kick off in Nagoya on October 2. The boys will run a set in Niigata on October 7, two in Osaka on October 10 and 11 and another one in Hiroshima on October 13.After holding the Shizuoka leg on October 16, CNBLUE will wrap things up in Saitama on October 20.CNBLUE's guitarist and vocalist Lee Jong-hyun, donned in a gray t-shirt and jeans, strums his guitar and sings at Mezamashi Live in Tokyo on August 28, 2012. [FNC Entertainment]
Fans raise their hands up high as CNBLUE members Lee Jung-shin (left), Kang Min-hyuk (second to left), Jung Yong-hwa (second to right) and Lee Jong-hyun (right) rock out at Mezamashi Live in Tokyo on August 28, 2012. [FNC Entertainment]
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