Rain to perform 3 hit songs for the closing ceremony of 2010 Asian Games.

As it is right at 8:37 am on Saturday morning in China at the time of this posting, Rain has roughly twelve hours to go before he has to hit the stage in Guangzhou after eight in the evening.

Break a leg, JiHoon. Have a good time with the crowd and finish up strong! Good luck!

— Stephe ^@@^

AFP / Yahoo! News Canada / France24 / Yemen Gateway 11/26/2010 —

GUANGZHOU, China — Korean pop sensation Rain will sing and dance at the closing ceremony of the Asian Games as part of a promotion for the 2014 Incheon Asiad, organisers said.

The pop star also known as Jung Ji-Hoon will sing three songs at Saturday’s closing ceremony which will be televised throughout Asia, Lee Dong-Me, an official with the Incheon organising committee of the Asian Games said.

Rain has sold millions of records throughout Asia after bursting on to the pop scene early this decade. He has also performed at Madison Square Garden in New York and at Las Vegas.

The Jakarta Post 11/27/2010 —

GUANGZHOU: Rain, the Korean pop music sensation, will perform three songs at the closing ceremony of the Asian Games on Saturday.

The superstar will perform as part of an exhibition for Incheon, South Korea, which will host the 17th Asian Games in four years, 2014 Asian Games Cultural Event director general Kim Dae Hwa said.

As Asiad’s next host city, Incheon was given 10 minutes at the closing ceremony to show case Korea and the city to Asia, he said.

The Korean performance would open with traditional Arirang folk songs, Taekwondo demonstrations and percussion music, he said. Finally, Korean children and celebrities would sing while holding lanterns to welcome Asia’s athletes to Incheon, Kim said. — JP

Bangkok Post 11/26/2010 —

“Universal Love” is the theme for the closing ceremony of the 16th Asiad.

The ceremony will be held at the boat-shaped stadium at Haixinsha Island in the Pearl River, the same venue for the opening ceremony.

According to organisers, the Universal Love theme aims to spread to the world love and peace.

More than 7,000 Chinese join performances at the closing ceremony directed by Chen Weiya. Rain, the famous South Korean pop singer, will also perform.

The Asian Games flag will be handed over to officials from South Korea’s city of Incheon which will organise the 17th Asiad in 2014.

Tickets for the closing ceremony are from 2,000 to 8,000 yuan (10,000 to 40,000 baht).

Allkpop 11/25/2010 —

Singer Rain has been confirmed to perform a solo act for the ‘2010 Asian Games‘ closing ceremony.

On November 27th, Rain will be perform three of his hit songs at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Guangzhou for the ending stage performance.

What has been gaining the most interest is the fact that Rain will have the stage all to himself, showing the tremendous influence he holds as one of the top representative singers for Asia.

Rain also once stood on stage for the ending ceremony of the ‘2008 Beijing Olympics’ as a Korean representative.

“Rain will be flying to China the morning before the closing ceremony, and will return to Korea the following day,” revealed his representative.

Which three songs do you think he’ll perform for the ‘Asian Games’?

By: Vitalwarning

Source: OSEN via Nate