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BTS and the art of Twitter Kim Arin | The Korea Herald/Asia News Network BTS is one of the most social media-savvy celebrities around. The band has two Twitter accounts under its name, one managed by the label Big Hit Entertainment ( @BTS_BigHit ) and another operated by the members themselves ( @BTS_twt ). The former, followed by 12.8 million users, is more official in tone, primarily used for announcements, press releases and music videos. The latter, with 16.9 million people following, is more personal, serving mostly as a platform for communication with fans. On the second Twitter account, BTS members do what everybody on Twitter does -- publish messages under 280 characters and uploads selfies and short clips. However, they do it so well that it prompted Bloomberg to say of their social media use as “likely (having) something to do with (BTS’ success in the US)” in its December 2017 piece. According to the Bloomberg report, BTS was retweeted or liked on Twitter ...

Impromptu band plays outside conductor Richard Gill's home as he dies When Richard Gill was in the final hours of his life, his many admirers wanted to say goodbye with music. The renowned Australian conductor, musician and teacher was 76 and had been ill with bowel and colorectal cancer for a year. As the seriousness of his condition became clear, colleague and friend Paul Goodchild, associate principal trumpet in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, decided to gather musicians to play Mr Gill's favourite piece of music - The Dam Busters March - to say goodbye. The call went out on Facebook and Mr Goodchild said he hoped that there would be 15 or 20 people turn up to play on Mr Gill's front lawn on Saturday. But instead there were more than 70, including Mr Gill's colleagues, former students, younger musicians and even the police band, who were reportedly on their way to a concert when they took a detour to pay tribute. Mr Goodchild told the Sydney Morning Herald: ...