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South Korean K-pop group Big Bang have embarked on fifteen headlining concert tours, two of which have been worldwide, and five others that were in Japan. The group made their headlining debut in December 2006 through their 1st Live Concert "The R.E.A.L". Through their careers, they have been holding concerts as both a group and also as solo artists.
Contents
- 1st Live Concert The REAL
- Want You Tour
- The GREAT
- Global Warning Tour
- Stand Up Tour
- Special Guests
- Big Show 2009
- Big Show 2010
- Electric Love
- Big Show 2011
- Reception
- Love and Hope Tour
- Big Show 2012
- Big Bang in Seoul
- Japan Dome Tour X
- Stage
- Set list
- Main
- Band
- Dancers
- BIGBANG Special Event 2017
- References
The first concert was The R.E.A.L in 2006, successfully ended by gathering 12,000 fans. Next year they went in two tours around South Korea, gathering almost 100,000 fans from eight shows. In 2008 they went on their first Asia tour, visiting, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia, the tour attract over 200,000 fans. In 2009 and 2010, the band went into different tours, gathering around 150,000 fans from South Korean and Japan only. In 2011, after two-year hiatus from music, they released their EP Tonight, they were supposed to support the album with a world tour, but due to multiple members encountered legal issues the tour was cancelled and they only toured Japan and South Korea, with total 152,000 fans in 11 shows. In 2012, the group went in their first world tour, to support their Alive, total 800,000 fans worldwide attended the concert tour from 42 shows, making it one of the largest tour by a Korean act in history. In 2013 and 2014, the members embark their own solo careers, the members G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung went in their own tours and gathering over one million fans from their tours. In the same time the group went in two Japan Dome tours and one Korean Tour, with total 1.5 million fans came to the shows. In 2015, the group released a series of singles under the name Made and went on their second world tour. The tour broke multiple records, and become the largest K-Pop tour in history, gathering 1.5 million fans.
As a group and solo, they have attracted a total of over 7.3 million fans from their tours and fan meetings.
1st Live Concert - The R.E.A.L
The 1st Concert: The Real, also known as the The R.E.A.L, was the debut concert by South Korean K-pop group Big Bang, launched in support of the group's first Korean studio album, Bigbang Vol.1. The concert was recorded for release on CD and DVD.
Want You Tour
The Want You Tour was Big Bang's first national concert tour in Korea, attracting more than 60,000 people over five concerts.
The G.R.E.A.T
The G.R.E.A.T, also known as the BIGBANG is GREAT, was Big Bang's second consecutive year of holding annual Seoul concerts. After the success of their two hit singles "Lies" and "Last Farewell", Big Bang expanded to three concerts from a single concert the previous year. All available tickets sold out in under 10 minutes.
Global Warning Tour
Global Warning Tour was Big Bang's first Asian concert tour, visiting a total of five countries and attracting over 200,000 fans.
Stand Up Tour
Stand Up Tour was Big Bang's first Japanese tour, launched in support of the group's first Japanese studio album, Number 1. The Tokyo concert was released on CD and DVD.
Special Guests
- Teddy
- Taebin
Big Show 2009
2009 Big Show was Big Bang's third annual Seoul concert and first "Big Show". Both concerts were filmed and released on CD and DVD, selling over 60,000 copies.
Big Show 2010
2010 Big Show was Big Bang's fourth annual Seoul concert and second annual Big Show. All three concerts were filmed and released on CD and DVD, selling over 40,000 copies. The tour gathered more than 35,000 fans from 3 shows and over 4 billion won in revenue.
Special Guests
Electric Love
Electric Love Tour was Big Bang's second Japanese tour. Production cost for the whole tour was approximately ¥300 million (roughly 3.3 million US dollars). The tour made Big Bang the fastest idol group to perform in the well-known "Budokan", after only 4 months of their official debut in Japan. The tour was attended by many Japanese celebrities such as Ayaka Nishiwaki, Broadcaster Shiho Watanabe, AKB48’s Umeda Ayaka and Sato Yukari, Morning Musume’s Tanaka Reina, W-inds, model Ittara, Erena Mizusawa, Nakashima Mika, Thelma Aoyama, Matsuura Aya, Akira and Maki-dai of Exile, Eriko Imai of Speed, Koda Kumi, Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Asami, Maeda Atsuko, Kasai Tomomi, Takahashi Minami and some members of SuG.
On April 28, 2010, a DVD of the tour was released, ranking #6 on Oricon's DVD chart, selling over 40,000 copies.
Special Guests
Big Show 2011
2011 Big Show was Big Bang's fifth annual Seoul concert and third annual "Big Show". It marked the end of Big Bang's two-year hiatus as a full group in South Korea. A live album of the concerts was released, charting at #1 on Gaon Chart and #2 on the Japanese Oricon Chart, selling over 50,000 copies.
Reception
The performance was hailed as "sensual and stylish" as well as "luxurious" by Lee Soo-yeon of Newsen while it was called "fresh and bold" by Yonhap News, which also went on to state that "Big Bang has come back brilliantly." Park Young-gun of the Star News also applauded the group for their use of lavish props, calling the performance "compelling" and "explosive" and declaring that "Big Bang has come back stronger than ever." The concert was also broadcast national television, reaching nationwide ratings of 5.7%. Revenues from the concert were reported to be ₩3.2 billion ($2,8 million).
Love and Hope Tour
Love and Hope Tour was Big Bang's third Japanese tour. Launched in support of the group's third Japanese studio album, Big Bang 2, it gathered over 100,000 fans. The tour was previously titled the Love & Pain Tour, but was changed due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Part of the proceeds were donated to disaster relief.
Big Show 2012
2012 Big Show was Big Bang's sixth annual Seoul concert and fourth annual "Big Show". It kicked off of their first world tour, Big Bang Alive Galaxy Tour 2012.
Big Bang+α in Seoul
On November 28, 2013, a new two shows for the tour was announced, under the name of Big Bang+α in Seoul, it will held on Seoul. Both show sold out within second after the release, which led to another show adding due the fans demand.
Japan Dome Tour X
BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2014-2015 “X” was Big Bang's fifth and the second consecutive concert tour in Japan. The tour began on November 15, 2014 in Nagoya, and concluded on January 18, 2015 in Osaka. "DOME TOUR 2014～2015 “X”" made Big Bang the first foreign artist to hold five dome concerts for two consecutive years, they gathered more than one million fans in 2014.
Stage
A total of about 3 billion Japanese Yen (~25.5 million USD) was used to produce the stages. Well known production staff also joined the tour, such as Jamie King, the tour director who previously worked with Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears. Roy Bennett was in control of the stage lighting, while Veneno took charge of the tour videos. The tour utilized a 30-meter center stage, as well as six 50-meter protruding stages, spreading out from the center stage to the audience like the spokes of a wheel. A large number of stage lighting and equipment was imported from countries outside Japan. High-tech equipment, including the LED screens, were set up on the protruding stages, while the multi-cellular speakers ‘MLA,’ presented high quality concerts for the audience.
Set list
This set list is from BIGBANG Japan Dome Tour 2014～2015 [X] (DVD/Blu-ray) - Deluxe Edition.
Main
Band
Dancers
BIGBANG Special Event 2017
On February 14, 2017, it was announced that Big Bang will held a fans meeting in Japan from the end of May to early June. This will be the first event without T.O.P after his enlisting on the February 9, 2017 and the second time they do a fans meeting in the domes after 2016 Special Event -Hajimari No Sayonara-. The event will be around 2 hours, 4 live talk sessions, game corner and live performances.