'Winner' to open for Big Bang's Japanese dome tour

Article: YG's new idol group 'Winner' earns a special feature on six major Japanese newspapers

Source: Newsen via Nate

1. [+486, -242] Big Bang had to crawl from the bottom up to get to where they are in Japan now... how could you put a group of trainees who haven't even debuted yet on Big Bang's opening stage? YG, this isn't the first time you've stuck your artists as package deals with Big Bang. Starting with 2NE1 to Kim Jennie, is Big Bang just a promotional group for YG rookies? This is their first dome tour... are you really going to do this? Please stop promoting your rookies in this manner. This isn't Winner's fault obviously, but the fault of the goddamn company. An opening is an extremely important aspect of a concert, it baffles me how you think Winner can take that spot. Please come up with a way to promote Winner on your own instead of using Big Bang.

2. [+435, -138] Do well, Winner!!!!!!!

3. [+383, -135] Do well, Winner!!!!!!!!!

4. [+288, -247] I don't care about Winner debuting in Japan or anything but why are they the opening for Big Bang's dome tour? ㅡㅡ Big Bang worked so hard to get to where they are now... two years of underground effort, performing on stages too small to fit all five of them, promising their fans that they'll meet them on the dome one day. This is their second dome stage, a meaningful stage for both the group and fans, and you're really going to put Winner on that? Are you joking? Screw off YG, Big Bang has done enough for you for the past five years with promoting 2NE1. Big Bang is not a vehicle for you to let your rookies ride. Let your rookies promote themselves.

5. [+73, -21] Why does a rookie have to stand on Big Bang's dome tour opening?? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I can already see what Yang Hyun Suk is thinking with the group putting out a Japanese version album.. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ not even a guest but opening stage... ;;;;;;;;;

6. [+67, -16] Big Bang climbed up to this stage one step at a time through pure effort... and a rookie who hasn't even performed in Korea once... is going to stand on that same stage without any effort. I really wonder how YG would've survived without Big Bang... Every rookie has been sold as a package deal with Big Bang~~ ㅋㅋ

7. [+65, -9] Win fans have nothing to lose obviously since they get a free ride on the efforts of Big Bang, who achieved all of this from the bottom up. Why does this group think they deserve such a big reward from Big Bang? A team is not at all at the level of performing on such a stage, they haven't even debuted yet?

8. [+61, -14] When Big Bang were rookies, the only senior stage they ever performed on were as backdancers for Se7en... Big Bang has had to cater to all of YG's rookies since, with female featurings on all of their albums and now even rookie male groups standing on their concert openings. I felt so refreshed when Taeyang said on the 'Win' broadcast, "Why is it that they only call us for things like this?"

9. [+59, -5] How could YG even dare to touch Big Bang's concert? Do they not know what that opening means to Big Bang and their fans? YG has no consideration at all

10. [+45, -8] It's not just one opening, they'll be the opening for every dome tour. This is not a YG concert but a Big Bang specific concert. When 2008 first won an award in Japan, YG put in 2NE1 to perform after Big Bang when they had not even debuted yet. Just thinking about it now fu*king pisses me off still.

11. [+39, -4] Big Bang becomes another rookie vehicle for 2NE1, Kim Jennie, and now Winner

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