Associated album Various | Dates 21 Aug 2010 – 23 Oct 2011 | |
Start date 21 August 2010 (2010-08-21) End date 23 October 2011 (2011-10-23) No. of shows 5 in Japan2 in United States2 in France1 in South Korea1 in China11 in total | ||
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SM Town Live '10 World Tour was the 2010–2011 worldwide live concert tour by SM Town. The tour commenced with one show in Seoul in August 2010 and continued onto United States, Japan, China and France.
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Background
SM Town is the name for the artists under Korean record label SM Entertainment. Each year the company organizes their artists to come together and perform on a four to six hours long concert that tours around the world.
Concerts
The first concert in Seoul reportedly lasted for six hours and featured 80 songs by various SM artist, as well as performances by actors Kim Min-jong, Go Ara and Lee Yeon-hee. The Shanghai concert on 11 September 2010 was played to an audience of 25,000 people including performances of 54 songs. It also included a celebration for Kangta's 15th anniversary in the music industry, featuring a special video of his past activities.
The concert at Staples Center in Los Angeles was attended by 15,000 fans. S.M. Entertainment hired 3D movie production specialist Cameron Pace Group (a James Cameron company), who brought in popular live music director Keith Hobelman to capture the evenings performance. The show was shown in theaters in 3D and there was also a Blu-ray DVD format made for the retail level. It was also placed at #10 on US Billboard Boxcore chart, with ticket sales at over USD $1 million. It also mark the first Asian artists to chart in the top 10.
The first two-day Tokyo concert at Yoyogi National Stadium attracted an audience of 24,000. The second leg of the concert in Tokyo was originally scheduled for 9 and 10 April but were postponed till September, out of respect after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March.
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