^ Take a close look at the picture above – that could be your next favorite artist. (Isn’t that an eerie picture?)

At first I thought that singer Kim Jang Hoon slipped on the wet stage due to the rain falling during the concert. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Kim Jang Hoon collapsed due to overwork and exhaustion. He got only 1 hour of sleep the night before because of his intense preparation for the upcoming “West Coast Festival” concert to help victims of the oil spill that happened last year.

Kim Jang Hoon was immediately taken to the emergency room. The concert continued with performances from other artists – Yoon Do Hyun, No Brain, DJ Doc, Super Junior, and Jang Nara.

Singer Kim Jang Hoon had a special concert to help out and encourage volunteers and workers cleaning out at oil spill in the west coast called “West Coast Festival” on 28th June. The concert started at 7.30 pm and at about 9.35pm when he was performing the song “Champion”, he fell down in the middle of the stage.

Staff had ran up the stage to help him up as he was unable to get up on his own. He was immediately sent to the neighbourhood hospital in an ambulance, and had only recovered consciousness in the ambulance on the way. He is right now resting in the hospital.

A phone interview done with Kim Jang Hoon‘s representative on 29th June morning, it was said that Kim Jang Hoon had fell due to exhaustion from overwork – he had not more than 1 hour of sleep in the preparation of his concert.

Fortunately, he did not suffer from any major injury in this incident.

Translation credit: sookyung

After the concert, the rest of the performers rushed to the hospital to visit Kim Jang Hoon, including members of Super Junior.

Whether this incident is due to Jang Hoon’s selfless ambition to help the needy or to a ridiculously busy schedule, this is yet another case of overwork and exploitation of a star. Korean pop stars are dropping like flies and no one seems to care that this hazardous situation needs to be rectified. Will it take some star’s life to end this madness? I hope not. But I sure don’t want to see anyone, especially my favorite artists, collapse on stage due to exhaustion. Get better, Kim Jang Hoon.

Fancam of the incident:

Credit: busanyoungdo

 

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