Block B Makes New York Fans Cheer

Overcoming their pressure for the first performance, the Block B members presented powerful performances. The fans also responded passionately by singing along Block B’s songs. Zico said, “I didn’t expect such an enthusiastic response in New York and I felt very touched. We will do our best for our performances in Washington D.C and Florida as well.” On February 25, 2014, the K-Culture Festival in Germany announced that Block B was scheduled to appear at the September 14 festival in Dusseldorf. Two days later, the concert organizer Jazzy Group US announced that Block B would be touring three U.S. cities - New York, Miami, and Washington D.C. in June. Tickets for the U.S. tour went on sale March 22. On March 26, 2014, Seven Seasons released teaser videos for Block B's upcoming variety show, Five Minutes Before Chaos, which premiered April 10 on MNet. On March 31, Block B held the pre-sales for their first concerts in Korea, "2014 Blockbuster." Ticketing was opened exclusively to the Block B fanclub members, who bought up all the seats for Block B’s first concert in Olympic Park’s Olympic Hall. Block B held their first Korean concerts on May 17 and 18 in Seoul, and May 23 and 24 in Busan. Seven Seasons announced on April 8, 2014, that Block B would be releasing new album titled Jackpot. The video for the album's title track, "Jackpot," was released April 15, while the album itself was scheduled to be released April 17. Although the physical album was released, the digital release and the group's comeback were canceled following the capsizing of a South Korean ferry carrying more than 400 people. Seven Seasons created a YouTube channel in which they uploaded Block B videos. On August 31, 2013, Seven Seasons released U-kwon's teaser video, which featured him jogging through urban Seoul, with the question "Do you wanna B?" at the end. Following that was JaeHyo and P.O.'s teaser released on September 4, showing the two suiting up. That teaser also ended with the question: "Do you wanna B?" On September 17, 2013, Block B announced their pre-released single via Seven Seasons' YouTube channel. The single "Be the Light" featured Taeil's singing voice with a short clip of their MV accompanying it. The full video was released September 22, 2013. The song reached #14 on the Gaon digital chart in the first week of its release. Block B released their next mini-album, Very Good, with five songs, on October 2.  The group also released a video of the title song,along with a "Maximum Close Up Version" on October 7 and a "Dance Like BB Version" on October 15.

It was announced in early January that Block B would make their return with a new mini album titled Welcome to the Block. On January 13 a trailer for the album was released and soon after on January 27, a fifteen second preview of their new single "Nalina" ("Go Crazy") was revealed. A second teaser was also revealed three days later. On February 1, "Nalina" was unveiled to the public and Welcome to the Block was deemed an "all kill" on various music sites, however, two songs from the album ("LOL" and "Did You or Did You Not") were banned as inappropriate for minors by The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) and KBS. In February 2012 Block B came under fire for a mistranslation of a video from an interview that had taken place in Thailand a month earlier. In response, the members issued letters of apology and released a video on their record company's YouTube channel. As result of this incident, leader of Block B, Zico, also shaved his head to demonstrate his remorse. Block B returned in October – eight months after their last comeback with their first full length album, Blockbuster. For this album, the group moved away from their usual hip-hop sound to incorporate many different music styles. Most of the songs on the album were written or produced by the members. The title track "Nillili Mambo" was well received and ranked number 10 on the "Billboard World Albums Chart." Block B released a statement saying, "We’re thankful to everyone who loved us endlessly even after a long wait. We worked hard to prepare for this album, so we hope more people enjoy it together. We’re going to work hard to keep making good music." On November 30 Block B performed for the first time in the MAMA awards at the red carpet pre-show event in the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre with their song "Nillili Mambo." Block B's leader Zico performed for a special hip-hop stage called "Beats Rock The World," along with artistes Dynamic Duo, Double K, Davichi and Loco. Block B has successfully launched a showcase tour in three American cities. Seven Seasons, Block B’s agency, announced on June 25, “Starting with New York showcase on June 22, Block B headed to Washington D.C on 24 and will be performing in Florida on 27. The group will be visiting Taiwan in July to meet with the Chinese speaking fans.” Block B launched a showcase in New York Theatre at Westbury on June 22. The showcase gathered about 1,000 people.

Block B is a South Korean boy group created by Cho PD under his label Brand New Stardom, who after a controversy, moved to a new label Seven Seasons. On April 15, 2011, they made their debut on KBS Music Bank with their promotional single, "Freeze!". The group consists of seven members: Zico (Woo Jiho), Lee Taeil, B-Bomb (Lee Minhyuk), Ahn Jaehyo, U-Kwon (Kim Yukwon), Park Kyung, and P.O (Pyo Jihoon). The members of Block B have dancing, rapping, composing, and singing experience. Block B is short for the term Blockbuster. The group has its roots in hip hop but has branched out into different genres.