Published : Nov. 10, 2014 - 19:21
The revived legendary ’90s rock band N.E.X.T will put on a special memorial concert performance next month in honor of the late leading man Shin Hae-chul, KCA Entertainment officials said in a statement.
The original members of N.E.X.T are tentatively scheduled to perform at Korea University’s Hwajung Gymnasium on New Year’s Eve and is slated to play both the band’s and Shin’s past hits as well as one or two never-before-heard singles that the fallen singer was working on before he passed.
Rocker Shin Hae-chul died on Oct. 27. from cardiac arrest at age 46. (Yonhap)
Shin died four months after releasing his “Reboot Myself Part 1” comeback EP in June, his first album in nearly six years. He and his N.E.X.T bandmates were planning on a grand comeback sometime in the near future.
“We are currently adding the finishing touches to a couple tracks,” said the KCA announcement. “The songs are not entirely complete. However, we do have (Shin’s) vocal recordings and we are in the process of selecting N.E.X.T’s 10 new singles.”
Shin, who died of a heart attack on Oct. 27, was the main vocalist for heavy metal rock band N.E.X.T for four years from its debut in 1993 until 1997. The band members parted ways after releasing their fourth studio album.
Shin went on with his successful solo music career until the members of N.E.X.T. decided to reunite after seven years and released its fifth studio album, “The Return of N.E.X.T.” After the reunion, the band released two more full studio albums along with another single, “I Want It All (Demo 0.7),” in September.
The death of the national rock icon has been riddled with controversy, with Shin’s immediate family members ordering a full autopsy to determine the exact causes that led to the 46-year-old’s death. The rocker’s family suspects that malpractice by the doctors who performed Shin’s abdominal surgery weeks before his death caused the singer’s heart to fail.
Shin died with more than 30 albums to his credit.
By Julie Jackson (juliejackson@heraldcorp.com)