Avoiding trouble will only make it worse.
Rain is being called to Hawaii on November 4th 2008. But the trip is not to show off his English skills.
ESL student is being called to testify in front of a federal court for the abrupt cancellation of his concert last year in June 2007. Local promoter, Click Entertainment, is suing Rain and demanding that Rain and his organizers, JYP Entertainment and Star M pay more than 4 million USD for the Aloha Stadium fiasco.
Rain and his previous management have avoided the call to court in Korea. And now faced with a court date in Hawaii., they will likely push to postpone the appearance. If granted, that would buy an extra 2-3 months. But, why postpone? Magic Feet should just be a man and take responsibility for his actions. Because, no matter how you slice it, Rain has to go to court anyways. So a few more months is not going to make the pain any less.
Rain’s current management company, J-tunes is washing their hands of any responsibility.
Last year, Rain also abruptly cancelled his concerts in Atlanta, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
I think Rain is doing just fine. He’s only pathetic when he tries to speak perfect English with an American accent. Rain, relax…no one expects you to speak like a native American. You wouldn’t want to if you knew most Americans have such vocabulary. Serviceable English is enough. Can a kind soul pass this message to him? He badly needs it if he doesn’t want to make a fool of himself in the West.
I think Rain is doing just fine. He’s only pathetic when he tries to speak perfect English with an American accent. Rain, relax…no one expects you to speak like a native American. You wouldn’t want to if you knew most Americans have such limited vocabulary. Serviceable English is enough. Can a kind soul pass this message to him? He badly needs it if he doesn’t want to make a fool of himself in the West.
seriously.. when i went to staples center and found that he wasnt going to appear i was like why the f did i even go… and he didnt even come out to apologize.. i was like waiting for people to sue him… gosh i really hated him for doing that and i still hate him…
thats what you get for cancelling concerts !
lame… y r they calling him now when it was over a year ago -0-;;
ommmiggosh… nooooo rain….
this IS old news.
I thought this thing was resolved! oh well, I guess not. :\
wat happen to the old
rain i use to like??
best wishes to him!
soju, you wanna why they are still dragging Rain’s name even if star m and jyp already paid? of course you do. you’re a sucker for everything Rain.
It’s because they’re after the money.
The report said that more than 1 million USD was spent to organize the concert. Yes, maybe that could be 2 million, but that couldn’t be 4 million. THEY’RE JUST AFTER THE MONEY. Just like that band who sued him for the name RAIN.
Funny also that you said the 2 companies already paid – so, does that mean that they were not responsible? So, you’re saying that if Rain pays up, he’s no longer responsible for it?
Get your anti-statements straight.
he deserves it…i know people who bought their tickets and never got refunded for it. this dude ALWAYS cancels on his concerts…MONEY CHEATING WHORE!
Poor Rain. I wonder if he had any say on whether or not it was to be cancelled.
It’s wrong to do that to the fans though, especially after they paid and all that “WOOO. I get to see Rain! blah blah blah.”
Down the drainnnnn
i say he just pay it or negotiate it, cos for god’s sake, 4 mill is like pocket change to this boy, hes got more than that worth of cars in his garage
@choo
supposedly, click-e already sued and got their investment back from jyp and star m. something along the lines of breach of contract, don’t you know. because, you see, click-e put up their own capital to sponsor the concert, in good faith that dRain would actually show up and perform according to their contract.
but when you have a contract and someone breaks it, shouldn’t someone sue? click-e not only lost out on their initial investment to sponsor the concert in hawaii, but they also lost out on revenue that they could have collected had dRain performed as per the contract.
of course its all for the money. people don’t go into business to lose money. that would be assinine. but business has to be fair. if you’re under contract to produce something, then you’d better produce it or it’s a breach of contract.
how do you figure that jyp and star m are no longer responsible and that dRain won’t be responsible once he pays up? if someone settles out of court, or a judgement was awarded to them, then they are admitting their guilt or were found to be responsible.
now, mind you. dRain hasn’t been convicted of any wrongdoing. Yet. that’s why he needs to show up in hawaii for the court appearance. it would be interesting to see how it all plays out. whether or not the judge in the case will rule in his favor or not.
get my anti statements straight? i’d say they are. you just don’t understand the legal process.
wat is 4 million 4 rain??
cmon, he can just ASK THE CLOUD to donate some money….
prob solve!
You know he’ll control the jurors’ minds with chicken and vegetables, you know?
wow…goodluck magic feet
I thought it was 2 million.
http://bizbites.honadvblogs.com/2008/07/10/rain-and-aerosmith/
Rain is coming to town in November. But the return trip might not be in the type of venue that the K-Pop star envisioned for his Honolulu debut.
Rain, who had a supporting role in the summer flop Speed Racer, will have to testify in the federal court trial stemming from the abrupt cancelation of his Aloha Stadium concert last year.
Local promoter, Click Entertainment, is suing Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, over the failed concert. U.S. District Judge David Ezra recently ordered Rain’s Korean handlers — JYP Entertainment Co. and Star M Entertainment — to pay Click more than $2 million for the Aloha Stadium fiasco.
Attorney Eric Seitz, who represents Click, said he deposed Rain in South Korea last year but the singer did not answer any substantial questions.
It’ll be interesting to see if Rain can dance his way out of questioning this time — especially if he under oath and in front of a seasoned federal judge.
When he came to Australia, one of my mother’s friends was an organizer or something. The tickets were too high priced for anyone to buy them – especially for some Korean singer than hardly anyone, other than the Koreans, had heard of. And only a fraction of those Koreans actually liked Rain.
The tickets, in the end, were given out for free after a small amount had been sold. That organizer ended up losing 1.3 million dollars.
OMG not just that he also cancelled in Canada Toronto, last minutes. I was excited to go but than i was so pissed off i dont even care about him anymore!!
it’s time he accepts responsibility for the concert fiasco.
he should just pay it and let it go. he has the money for it. its already a scandal him paying for is not going to make it any bigger than it already is. what is he thinking? if he avoids it everyone will ignore it with him and it will magically disappear? no no rainy it doesnt work that way. i’m sure he is going to put it off especially with his new album coming out in about a month. 2-3 months is all he needs to do promotions and interviews for the new album and make at least two music videos. you can put him down as “pinky” all you want but he isnt a totally idiot. everyone makes mistake and this a HUGE mistake that he is making worse by letting it linger like this. though i love rain to death in the end he is a typical celebrity: deny any responsibility to anything bad to keep a good image no matter what. too bad
Good Luck to Click Entertainment!! They will be the only one who get the money back!
Rain was paid before the concerts – for nothing – so he has the money!
@fyi:Most of the fault goes to StarM
Isn´t StarM also stockholder with J-tune Entertainment? I thought I read about this fact in the beginning of J-Tune.
@soju
Who were the parties to the “contract” you’re talking about? Isn’t it the management and the buyers? Yeah Rain might have taken part to the breach but he can’t be solely liable for that..
Are you some legal counsel for Click-E?
rain also canceled his concert in toronto canada.
@soju
oops..correction.. I meant the local promoters and the management are the parties to that contract…not Rain and Click-E..
$2 million … not that much for rain…. he earned more than $25 million in 2007.. but this’s not his “fighting”.. but his old management which is JYP and StarM.
So..popseoul… once again… you didn’t doing ur homework !!!
so stupid and lazy !!!
Generally, due to heavy caseloads the courts have to handle, legal suits have the ability to show up much later, or when u least expect them to.
I don’t find this old news, I just think it is a continuation of the unresolved and unpleasant business
I am sitting on the fence this time because I am a fan – though part of me feels he shld refund some money as a gesture of goodwill. A friend concurs.
I hope the outcome will not set a precedent for other concert promoters to come forward and claim damages from Star M and him. The last thing he needs now (troubled career aside) are more legal suits.
Ummmmm….isn’t it the fault of JYP and the other management company. I would think Rain wouldn’t have to pay anything since he was not the organizer or manager at the time. By the way, is the CEO of J-Tune really 33 and is marrying a 22 yr old girl? Is that true?
well..guess Rain and Se7en are BOTH flops in America…why the hell you wanna come to America when in Asia..you are doing amazingly well??? please…stay somewhere where peopl appreciate who you are….Americans won’t appreciate other artists besides their own….RAIN!! COME BACK TO KOREA WHERE YOU’LL SHINE THE BEST!! FORGET AMERICA!!!
@hmmm…: Se7en didn’t fail when hasn’t officially debut yet. Why are you going offtopic? Another idiot on the internet.
Anyway, I hope the lawsuits end smoothly. Can’t have this hanging over Rain’s head forever :\
@chuchu
Yes that’s true..
He is being sued for canceling the concert in the states? But what about the concert he canceled in Toronto, Ontario? I don’t care that much since even if it was free, I wouldn’t have gone. However, I know people who brought tickets for it and I am not even sure if they even got any refund. All I know it was a last minute cancellation for some dumb and illogical reason (that is, if there was any real reasons at all). Well, I guess that is what you get if you annoy fans and those in the entertainment business. If he was smart, he should have gone to court and finish all the papers. The longer he drags it on, the more he has to pay.
Toronto was canceled due to some stage/fireworks problem [press release].. but others say not enough tickets were sold. And some people still didn’t get their tickets refunded from there (as well for the LA fiasco.. depending which vendor they brought from).
I thought that all his concerts were cancelled due to him being unable to use his stage name, until that case was settled, remeber he was being taken to court by some group that calimed they had the name Rain first; am i wrong?
i know that rain’s english is bad, there is only one reason, to improve, learn english, this scope what is trying to say, is RAIN ENGLISH IS BAD,
we all know that although rain’s voice is good, esp. when it comes to dance,
Missing location in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
I’m still awaiting refund on my ticket to his cancelled concert. According to local promotor, ticket money was wired to Star M and when the concert was cancelled, nothing was returned. Despite the claim to “full refunds” on posters, consumers are left with rain-checks [excuse the pun] until the lawsuit is won.
KDRrama girl,
The name lawsuit was a smokescreen for the ruckus created. They went ahead and sold tickets for an event they were not sure would proceed or not. That constitutes fraud to some. Which has a broad definition.
wtf!!!!that is jyp’s fault!!!!!go rain…aja aja fightin
rain is 27..yea..and i think he is acheving his goals and dream…other korean actor or singer did not go this far to america ..because they chickened out…and they r scared but i think rain is really brave and…talented to come here to america….welll i agree that he should cut his hair and loose the glasses and he will look totally cute and number1 star but y r u lookin at outside people …yes he ll be cute with his new hair cut …but talent and how nice and brave..is all that matters…and rain is CUTE AND HANDSOME…….!!!i hate jyp …because they look at the face first….talent first please..!!!!!!!!!rain is so fine and cute!!!!!i dont get jyp…i hate jyp ..that they dont c rain’s hard work….he must have been crushed and it must have been hard for him….but he never give up!!!!!!!!those people who think he dosent act his age …u people r dumb……and ur the one whose childish….his 27 and he made it to america!that is big!!!!!! and does people who tell crap about him …then ur weried and got no sense..
i m not sayin these things because i m bi’s fan but i m sayin these thing because…i dont get those people who use to say i love bi and now there like bi needs anew hair cut..y did he go to america….or talkin bout how bad his english is….he just came to americs with no english training…..u should be seeing the hard and how hard his tryin….instead of ..insultin how bad at english he is…………..i love bi and always will……does people who dont like bi….dont deserve to look at news about him!!!!!!ily bi!!!!keep up the hard works!!!!!u rock..i look forward to ur new album and new song……
p.s-if fans keep on talkin bout ur hair i think it’s not bad idea to cut it!!!!!!even though u still look good!!!
and fighting!dont give up…
god will be with u!!!!
cancelled tours, that’s why he left JYP kekekeke…
The reason/s must be valid enough to cancel that much shows.
Before they have decided to do the cancellations, i believe they had a lot of thinking for that,weighing the pros & cons. Now the hard part is, the explanation. But as long as it can be well justified, things will be cleared out. Unfortunately, every action has its consequences- Rain is getting much of the weight- ‘coz it is his name that’s on the front line. He & the company ,just have to bear with it though.
Well, eventually, it will pass and things will go back into normal.
this is old news. way old news. but how the hell did that make it to federal courts?
what is he singing
umm it wasnt abrupt. didn’t some old ass band try to sue him for using the name rain, which was the band’s name? he had to get the thing settle before having a concert or else he would have to pay more.
Awww, this is sad.. it’s okay rain!
hey come on i think that rain is a good dancer good singer and good actor so wad if he cant really speak good american english do u ppl noe how to speak korea or other language it doesnt matter if he make fool of himself at least he tries not like those ppl who don even try and straight away says he or she could not do it no one is perfect in this world okay repect him pls everyone if he sees this he is going to be sad if u doesnt like him THAN JUST IGNORE HIM u don have to post bad comment about him right “palki” and some others do u think u are better than if u are than come challenge him i bet u dont even know how to dance or sing
actually i do care about looks and his body but after i went to kind of check on him on the google i knew his background some of his things and i started to kind of like him and support him haha he is a great person in my eyes he is really cool and great=D SUPPORT HIM PLS =D