After seven years, K-pop group SHINee’s Onew returned to the Philippines for his first solo show. Onew held his “Guess!” fan meeting in Manila on July 4 at the New Frontier Theater. Minutes before the fan meeting, Onew greeted members of the Philippine media in a photo-call inside the venue.
SHINee's Onew greets members of the Philippine media before his fan meeting at the New Frontier Theater on July 6 (Jonathan Hicap) This was Onew’s first solo tour since debuting in 2008. The last time Onew was in Manila was when SHINee performed at the “One K 2017 Global Peace Concert” in Manila held on March 2, 2017. SHINee became the first K-pop group to hold a show in the Philippines.
A year after their debut, SHINee held their first-ever performance in the Philippines during the Philippines-Korea Friendship Festival held on Nov. 27, 2009 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). They performed along with Korean rap duo Mighty Mouth, jazz group Winterplay and Filipino band Brownman Revival.
Since then, Manila gradually rose to become a major market for K-pop shows. Fan meeting As Onew stepped on the stage at his Manila fan meeting, screams filled the venue. He performed “Circle” and “Sign.
” “Kamusta kayo? (How are you?) I really missed you guys. Your energy is just amazing. I’m getting surprised every time,” he greeted the crowd.
About naming his fan meeting “Guess!,” Onew said “The point is to guess what I am going to do next. But at the same tim.
