SMTown Concert in Seoul

SM Town concert took place at the Seoul Olympic Stadium near Sports Complex station. The concert was supposed to start at 6pm, but it was a little later than that.
It started with a procession of people from around the world walking around the stadium with the SM artists.
The concert lasted about 4.5 hours. I screamed myself hoarse & felt like dying afterwards. I think it was due to dehydration. Outdoor summer concert that lasts over 4 hours without enough water = a very bad idea.
Anyway, it ended around 10:30 & 11 pm by the time we got to the station.
I really enjoyed the concert. However, my one critique would be that there was a little too much Super Junior. Don't get me wrong, I really like them. But even my ELF friends said that the SMTown concert was pretty much Super Show + other SM artists. TVXQ sang about 3 songs, Fx had 3, SNSD had 4~5, Super Junior had about 12 songs.
So, I had hoped for a little more equality between the groups.

 Blurry Changmin & Yunho

 Changmin

SMArt Exhibition

SM Ent. has been really smart in designing things for fans to do & see. They created an exhibit that was set up in Coex Mall.
When you went, you could have "pink" or "silver" access. I think pink was 25,000 won & silver was 50,000 won (about $25 & $50).
You got a couple extra free gifts & didn't have to wait as long for the exhibits.

Anyway, there was a lot of things to do & see in this space. You could look inside an SM van, you could take pictures with cardboard cut outs of your fav artist, & buy special merchandise. They also had rows upon rows of televisions playing SM music videos. 

I think the best exhibit was the Shinee Holographic Theatre Show. That was fantastic.

There was a Fanseum where they displayed different fan art

They had an SM History wall where they went through all the SM groups. They only showed TVXQ as HoMin, which some like & some don't.

 

 There was a 3D dance show with Yunho, Eunhyuk, & a couple of the girls. I forget who.

 You could take a picture with your artist as the backdrop

 A quiz about SM artists. You got a photocard of your favorite artist if you won.

After the SM Exhibit, it was off to SM Town Concert.