'SMTown in Beijing' Excites 70,000 Chinese Fans, First Appearance of Tasty as Part of the SM Entertainment Family

Over the weekend SM Entertainment put on an extraordinary show for a reported 70,000 fans in Beijing.

The 'SMTown in Beijing' idol concert included ten of the company's hottest acts and also marked the first time pop duo Tasty performed as a part of their new agency and SM Entertainment subsidiary, Woollim Label.

Other performers for the huge Chinese performance included Girls' Generation, SHINee, Super Junior, TVXQ, EXO, f(x), BoA, Kangta, and Zhang Li Yin.

The show went off without a hitch at the Beijing Olympic Stadium on October 19. Media reports stated a whopping 70,000 attendees filled the stadium and that public transportation systems surrounding the stadium remained open extra hours to handle the excess number of users that night.

Additionally, it was noted that approximately 18,000 people were brought in to manage the event in different capacities, including a shocking number of security personnel meant to keep the idols safe and the fans in line.

The military police force offered up 10,000 officers to aid in the security efforts and an additional 6,000 personal body guards were also hired by SM Entertainment to help protect the singers. It is also estimated that 2,000 volunteers were also brought in to help with security for the SMTown in Beijiing concert.

But it wasn't all just idols and security - in addition to the 46 artists that performed at Saturday's show, 16 dancers and a staff of 190 flew to China for the gigantic show.

The October 19 show was the first time SM Entertainment held a show of this scale in Beijing.

The tour's next stop is Japan where the ten acts will perform the SMTown Live World Tour III in Tokyo Special Edition on October 26 and 27.