Associated album M
A
D
E Dates 11 Mar 2016 – 11 Sep 2016 | Legs 3 Leg 3 | |
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Start date 11 March 2016 (2016-03-11) End date 30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) No. of shows 29 in China
4 Hong Kong
3 Taiwan
2 Macau
1 Malaysia
1 Singapore
1 United States
41 in total | ||
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Made V.I.P Tour is the first Chinese fan meeting tour by South Korean boy band Big Bang, in support of their last albums released, M, A, D and E. The tour gather over 500,000 people in Mainland China alone, breaking Big Bang's own record for Most Attended Tour by a Foreign Language Act of All Time in China. Their event in Luoyang, China that gathered over 45,000 people renews their previous record for Largest Audience Drew by a Foreign Language Act of All Time in China.
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Background
The first dates were announced in February 6, visiting Shanghai, Shenzhen, Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Changsha, Nanchang and Nanjing. In May 2016, the second leg was announced with addition of eight other cities. Starting with Shenyang, Foshan, Nanning, Qingdao, Dalian, Chongqing and Chengdu. For the end of May, six shows were announced in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The tickets for Taiwan were opened for sale in July 9, the sites system experienced a heavy traffic which caused an immediate crash, the selling was postponed to another date. On June 2, it was announced that the show in Shenyang would be postponed indefinitely. Additional show in Jinan was added later, while two shows Dalian were cancelled, later in June 21, they reschedule the 26th show by changing the time of concerts and the venue to Damai Center.
In June 12, two shows were announced in Guangzhou on July 7 & 8. There was no news about the show being scheduled before on July 7 at Jinan. On June 16 the concerts in Qingdao were cancelled, a few days before the concert, due to unavoidable local issue. On June 20, a third show is added in Guangzhou, after the two concerts were sold-out.
On June 16, the Hong Kong tickets were out for sale, all the tickets for three shows were sold out in less than an hour, due to the overwhelming response, a fourth show was added on July 24 at 2.30 PM. At the end of June, a third show was added in Chongqing also in Beijing, and a new show in Luoyang.
On July 7, it was announced that the tour will visit Macau, with two shows in CotaiArena. On August 12, YG announced that the fan meeting will expand to Honolulu, Hawaii. On August 29 & 30, YG announced that Malaysia and Singapore was added to the list of countries that the tour will visit, with the date October 1st and 2nd.
The two shows in Thailand were cancelled on October 13 in respect of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's passing.
The promoters of the tour announced that T.O.P will not be able to attend the concerts in Taiwan, Malaysia & Singapore, due to other schedule.
Set lists
- "Loser"
- "Bang Bang Bang"
- "If You"
- "Bad Boy"
- "Strong Baby" (Seungri)
- "Look at Me, Gwisun" (Daesung)
- "Doom Dada" (T.O.P)
- "Eyes, Nose, Lips" (Taeyang)
- "Crooked" (G-Dragon)
- "Good Boy" (GD X TAEYANG)
- "Sober"
- "Bae Bae"
- "We Like 2 Party"
- "Fantastic Baby"
