The annual SM Entertainment extravaganza, SMTOWN Live 09 has been confirmed for 16th August at Seoul's Jamshil stadium, starting from 5pm and ending at 10 at night. Other than BoA who is busy in America (no CSJH either), all other artistes under the SM label like TVXQ, Girls' Generation, Super Junior, Zhang Li Yin, SHINee plus special guests (not revealed yet) will be entertaining fans throughout the night. A SM Entertainment representative said, "This is a concert that's highly anticipated by fans in Korea and the whole of Asia. All sorts of interesting performances by each group and individual artistes have been planned and can only be seen at SMTOWN Live 09. In addition, we have also prepared for special guest performers on that day." Pre-orders will begin at 8pm on 23rd July through GMarket ticketing website.