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South Koreanboy bandBig 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". Throughout their careers, they have held concerts both as a group and as solo artists. In 2008, they went on their first Asian tour, visiting South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. In 2009 and 2010, the band went on multiple tours, gathering around 150,000 fans from South Korea and Japan.[1][2][3] In 2011, after a two-year hiatus, the group released their EP Tonight, and planned to support the album with a world tour. However, multiple members encountered legal issues and the tour was cancelled. They toured Japan and South Korea, with a total of 140,000 fans from 11 shows.[4][5]
In 2012, the group embarked on their first world tour, in support of their album Alive, and a total of 800,000 fans worldwide attended the tour from 42 shows.[6] In 2013 and 2014, the members focused on their solo careers, with G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung going on solo tours. Meanwhile, the group went on two Japanese dome tours, attracting 1.5 million fans to their shows.[7][8] In 2015, the group released a series of singles from their third Korean studio album Made, and embarked on their second world tour. The tour broke multiple records, and became the most attended K-Pop tour in history, gathering 1.5 million fans worldwide from 33 cities.[9] In 2016, the group held a series of fan meetings in Japan and Mainland China with Fantastic Babys and the Made V.I.P Tour.[10][11] The same year, Big Bang celebrated their 10th anniversary, embarking on the 0.TO.10 special anniversary tour holding 24 shows in seven cities across Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong, which attracted more than 1.1 million fans.[12] The tour broke the band's own record by being the first foreign act to hold a Japanese dome-arena tour for four consecutive years.[13] Throughout their career, the band as a group and as solo artists, have performed to over 8 million people worldwide.
The 1st Concert: The Real, also known as The R.E.A.L, was the debut concert by South Korean boy band 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.
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.[16][17]
Set list
Set list
"Crazy Dog" + "You in the Fantasy" (Seo Taiji cover)
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.
2009 Big Show was Big Bang's third annual Seoul concert and first "Big Show". Big Bang originally planned on holding three concerts ― one on January 31 and two the following day ― but after fans demanded more, the group's agency, YG Entertainment, decided to hold another on January 30.[21]
2010 Big Show was Big Bang's fourth annual Seoul concert and second annual Big Show. The concert will be the first time in almost a year that they will perform together as a band.[22]
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).[23] 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.[24] 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.[25]
On April 28, 2010, a DVD of the tour was released, ranking #6 on Oricon's DVD chart, selling over 40,000 copies.[26]
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.[28] A live album of the concerts was released, charting at #1 on Gaon Chart[29] selling over 25,000 copies.[30]
Reception
The performance was hailed as "sensual and stylish" as well as "luxurious" by Lee Soo-yeon of Newsen[31] while it was called "fresh and bold" by Yonhap News, which also went on to state that "Big Bang has come back brilliantly."[32] 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."[33] The concert was also broadcast national television, reaching nationwide ratings of 5.7%.[34] Revenues from the concert were reported to be ₩3.2 billion ($2.8 million).[4]
Set list
Set list (First Day)
"Hands Up"
"Shake It (Remix)"
"La La La (Remix)"
"V.I.P (Remix)"
"Big Bang"
"What Can I Do" (Seungri)
"Where U At" (Taeyang)
"Baby Don’t Cry" (Daesung)
"Knock Out / High High / Oh Yeah (Medley)" (GD&TOP)
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.[35]