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Babymetal World Tour 2015
World tour by Babymetal
Promotional poster for Babymetal World Tour 2015
LocationNorth America, Europe, Asia
Start date9 May 2015 (2015-05-09)
End date13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)
Legs3
No. of shows29
Babymetal concert chronology

The Babymetal World Tour 2015 was a concert tour by Babymetal, which began on 9 May 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico and ended on 13 December 2015 with a performance in Yokohama Arena at Yokohama, Japan. The tour was announced on 10 February 2015, with dates for Mexico, Canada, United States, Germany, Austria and Japan. Additional dates was announced on 25 February for France, Switzerland and Italy. On 20 April, it was revealed that Babymetal would play at the Reading and Leeds Festivals as part of the tour. They performed at METROCK festival in Tokyo on 24 May.[1] Following the concert at Rock Im Revier, Germany on 30 May they announced two additional solo dates for Germany. After the concert at Makuhari Messe on 21 June, they announced the Babymetal World Tour 2015 in Japan, with ten new dates for Japan.[2] This concert was also their biggest solo show yet, with 25 000 people in the audience.[3] On 9 July, Babymetal announced that they will perform at Ozzfest on 22 November.[2]

During this tour, Babymetal made a surprise guest appearance at Download Festival, where they performed their song "Gimme Chocolate!!" with prominent power metal band DragonForce during their set on 12 June.[4] They also performed two songs at the 2015 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards together on 15 June.[5] In September, Babymetal appeared briefly on stage with Skrillex at Tokyo's Ultra Music Festival.[6]

Broadcast and recording

The concert held at Makuhari Messe on 21 June was broadcast live across 24 theaters in Japan with 5000 viewers in total.[3] WOWOW broadcast the Summer Sonic concerts held on 15 and 16 August,[7] and will also broadcast the first concert held in Yokohama in April 2016.[8]

Set list

This setlist is representative of the first show in Chiba, Japan.[3] It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

  1. Babymetal Death (BABYMETAL DEATH)
  2. Gimme Chocolate!! (ギミチョコ！！)
  3. Doki Doki ☆ Morning (ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング)
  4. Uki Uki ★ Midnight (ウ・キ・ウ・キ★ミッドナイト)
  5. Awadama Fever (あわだまフィーバー)
  6. Catch Me If You Can (Catch me if you can)
  7. Onedari Daisakusen (おねだり大作戦)
  8. Akatsuki (紅月-アカツキ-)
  9. Rondo of Nightmare (悪夢の輪舞曲)
  10. Song 4 (４の歌)
  11. Yava! (ヤバッ！)
  12. Iine! (いいね！)
  13. Megitsune (メギツネ)
  14. Ijime, Dame, Zettai (イジメ、ダメ、ゼッタイ)
  15. Headbanger (ヘドバンギャー！！)
  16. Road of Resistance

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America
9 May 2015 Mexico City Mexico Circo Volador
12 May 2015 Toronto Canada Danforth Music Hall
14 May 2015 Chicago United States House of Blues
16 May 2015[A] Columbus Mapfre Stadium
Asia
24 May 2015[B] Tokyo Japan Shinkiba Wakasu Park
Europe
29 May 2015[C] Munich Germany Olympiahalle
30 May 2015[D] Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena
1 June 2015 Strasbourg France La Laiterie
3 June 2015 Zürich Switzerland X-TRA
5 June 2015 Bologna Italy Estragon Club
6 June 2015[E] Vienna Austria Donauinsel Wien
Asia
21 June 2015 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe
15 August 2015[F]
16 August 2015[F] Osaka Maishima Sports Island
Europe
26 August 2015 Frankfurt Germany Batschkapp
27 August 2015 Berlin Huxleys
29 August 2015[G] Reading England Little John's Farm
30 August 2015[G] Leeds Bramham Park
Asia
16 September 2015 Osaka Japan Zepp Namba (Osaka)
17 September 2015
21 September 2015 Sapporo Zepp Sapporo
2 October 2015 Fukuoka Zepp Fukuoka
7 October 2015 Nagoya Zepp Nagoya
8 October 2015
15 October 2015 Tokyo Zepp DiverCity (Tokyo)
16 October 2015
22 November 2015[H] Chiba Makuhari Messe
12 December 2015 Yokohama Yokohama Arena
13 December 2015
Festivals performances
A This concert was a part of "Rock on the Range"
B This concert was part of "Metrock"
C This concert was part of "Rockavaria"
D This concert was part of "Rock Im Revier"
E This concert was part of "Rock in Vienna"
F This concert was part of "Summer Sonic Festival"
G This concert was part of "Reading and Leeds Festivals"
H This concert was part of "Ozzfest"

References

  1. ^ "METROCK 2015". metrock.jp.
  2. ^ a b "en.babymetal.jp/news/". BABYMETAL.
  3. ^ a b c "BABYMETAL、史上最多2.5万人のダメジャンプ 横アリ2days含む国内初ツアー発表". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. ^ "GALLERY: BABYMETAL COLLIDE WITH DRAGONFORCE AT DOWNLOAD". Metalhammer.Teamrock.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. ^ "BABYMETAL ARE PLAYING THE METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS". Metalhammer.Teamrock.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  6. ^ "WATCH BABYMETAL & SKRILLEX PLAY LIVE TOGETHER". rocksound.tv. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  7. ^ "＜谷原章介＞サマソニ中継番組のMCに喜び　"音楽愛"を熱く語る". yahoo.co.jp. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "2016年春放送決定！". wowow.co.jp. 12 December 2015.
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