Sistar’s Hyolyn (Starship Entertainment)

Sistar’s Hyolyn will go on a US club tour in March, including performances at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on Friday.

The artist will participate in the “K-pop Night Out” segment of the SXSW, which is North America’s biggest festival of music and performance art.

According to her agency Starship Entertainment, the 26-year-old will hold concerts at clubs in New York and Los Angeles following the SXSW. Hyolyn’s real name is Kim Hyo-jung. She was born in 1991 and is a member of South Korean girl group Sistar and their subunit Sistar19.

By Joel Lee (joel@heraldcorp.com)