Huge Japanese pop group SMAP will perform in the Expo Culture Center on June 13.

Free tickets can be reserved free at the center on the day for the 1pm concert. More details will be available at www.expo2010.cn.

The current members of SMAP, which stands for Sports Music Assemble People, are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki and Shingo Katori.

SMAP, considered a Japanese idol's band because of the huge profile of its members, released its first CD "Can't Stop LOVING" in 1991 and has since released more than 40 singles and 20 albums.

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中新网4月27日电 据“共同社”消息，上海世博会事务协调局26日宣布，日本超级人气组合SMAP全部5名成员将于6月13日在世博会场举办名为“SMAP放歌世博乐迷会”的活动。据SMAP所属的杰尼斯事务所称，这将是该组合自1988年成立以来首次一起出国演出。

该活动的举办场所“世博文化中心”能容纳1.8万人。据悉，入场免费，只需当天在世博会场所设的预约机器上预约即可。因考虑到SMAP在中国也拥有超高人气，届时粉丝们将蜂拥而至，世博事务协调局称，希望能在安全上确保万无一失。

SMAP就此发表评论称：“此次我们能获得参加上海世博这一盛事的机会，感到很光荣。我们将全心投入演出。”上海世博事务协调局则充满期待地称，希望SMAP能与中国和各国歌迷一起共襄世博盛举。

该事务协调局还计划在世博期间，邀请欧美当红歌手和美国著名管弦乐队费城乐队前来举办音乐会等文化活动。