How a portly, pony dancing Korean pop musician became as popular as sliced cheese is somewhat of a mystery to me. Luckily, new time contributor Lebogang Mukansi explains how this came to be and what branding lessons we can learn from the meteoric rise and all-encompassing reach of
Gangnam Style.Speaking of breaking records in pop culture,
Breaking Dawn (Part 2) made history as the biggest box-office at cinemas for Friday and Saturday in South Africa ever. Far cry from a twi-hard, Daniel Derksen is relieved to review the fifth and final
Twilight Saga instalment, while theatre film productions,
L'Elisir d'Amore and The Last of the Haussmans get high praise from him.
In other stage news, Eugene Yiga reviews mind-bending mentalist Gilian Gork's production
Beyond the Mind, and experiences many laugh out loud moments at Martin Evan's one man show
FBPK.
Brian Berkman visits the fabulous
Abalone Boutique Hotel in Paternoster, and Rod Baker continues his Mauritius holiday report-back with a review of authentic resort,
La Pirogue.
Check our gallery of the recent album launch by
The Plastics, as well as a few pics from the
Traffic Clothing Summer Fashion Show.
New competitions this week include tickets for the first 2012
Old Mutual Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert featuring Daniel Bedingfield and tickets to see him at LIVE, the venue in Durban this Friday. We will be picking and announcing our lucky
Synergy Live winners later this week so, if you haven't entered yet, do so now... #winning!
Ruth Cooper, production manager (@biz_lounge)
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South African-born rock band Civil Twilight will be returning from Nashville, Tennessee for a national tour of their latest album, "Holy Weather", playing in Joburg on 20 December, Durban on 22 December and Cape Town on 28 December, 2012. 
Metallica are to perform two shows in South Africa next year, on Wednesday, 24 April at the Cape Town Stadium and Saturday, 27 April, 2013 at the Soccer City Complex, FNB Stadium, Joburg. The band have sold 110 million albums worldwide and played to millions of fans the world over. 
