Tone: Live Tour 2012 (stylized as Tohohsinki Live Tour 2012 ~TONE~), also known as the Tone Tour, was the fifth Japanese concert tour (eighth overall) by South Korean pop group Tohoshinki, in support of their fifth Japanese studio album Tone (2011). The Tone Tour was Tohoshinki's first concert in three years, and the first tour by the group since becoming a two-piece band with members Yunho and Changmin.
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Location | Japan |
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Associated album | Tone |
Start date | January 18, 2012 |
End date | April 23, 2012 |
No. of shows | 26 |
Box office | US$93.2 million |
Tohoshinki concert chronology |
The tour ran for 26 shows, visiting ten cities in Japan. According to S.M. Entertainment, the tour grossed US$73.8 million in ticket sales and US$19.4 million in merchandise, bringing the total gross to US$93.2 million. Tohoshinki were the third foreign artists, and the first Korean artists, to headline a concert at the Tokyo Dome for three days in a row, performing to over 165,000 people in three days.[1] In addition, the Tone Tour attracted over 550,000 people, the highest attendance for a music concert by a Korean artist in Japan at the time.[2] Tohoshinki broke their own record the following year with their Time: Live Tour 2013, which drew in 850,000 people.[3]
Background
editLive Tour 2012: Tone was first announced through Tohoshinki's official website in December 2011. Originally scheduled for only 20 shows, six more dates were added throughout the duration of the tour.[4]
Setlist
editThis setlist is representative of their first show in Yokohama. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.
- "B.U.T. (BE-AU-TY)"
- "Superstar"
- "I Think U Know"
- "Jumon -Mirotic-" (呪文 -MIROTIC-) (Japanese version)
- "Toki o Tomete" (時ヲ止メテ)
- "Thank You My Girl"
- "Introduction ~magenta~"
- "MAXIMUM" (Japanese version)
- "Honey Funny Bunny" (Yunho solo) (Japanese version)
- "Before U Go" (Japanese version)
- "Duet"
- "I Don't Know"
- "Telephone"
- "Shiawase Iro no Hana" (シアワセ色の花)
- "Back to Tomorrow"
- "Rusty Nail" (Changmin solo)
- "BREAK OUT!"
- "Easy Mind"
- "Summer Dream"
- "High Time"
- "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" (Japanese version)
- Encore
- "Rising Sun" (Japanese version)
- "STILL"
- "Shine"
- "Weep"
- "Somebody to Love"
Tour dates
editDate | City | Venue | Attendance |
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January 18, 2012 | Yokohama | Yokohama Arena | — |
January 19, 2012 | |||
January 25, 2012 | Nagoya | Nippon Gaishi Hall | — |
January 26, 2012 | |||
January 27, 2012 | |||
February 11, 2012 | Fukuoka | Marine Messe Fukuoka | — |
February 12, 2012 | |||
February 18, 2012 | Niigata | Toki Messe | — |
February 19, 2012 | |||
February 23, 2012 | Sapporo | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | — |
February 24, 2012 | |||
March 3, 2012 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Green Arena | — |
March 4, 2012 | |||
March 9, 2012 | Fukui | Sun Dome Fukui | — |
March 10, 2012 | |||
March 13, 2012 | Osaka | Osaka-jō Hall | — |
March 14, 2012 | |||
March 17, 2012 | Saitama | Saitama Super Arena | 111,000[5] |
March 18, 2012 | |||
March 19, 2012 | |||
April 14, 2012 | Tokyo | Tokyo Dome | 165,000[6] |
April 15, 2012 | |||
April 16, 2012 | |||
April 21, 2012 | Osaka | Kyocera Osaka Dome | 109,000[7] |
April 22, 2012 | |||
April 23, 2012 | |||
Total | ~550,000[2] |
References
edit- ^ "TVXQ Has Over 550,000 Fans in Japan Come See Them". Soompi. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- ^ a b "TVXQ's Japan tour reaches 550,000 people". Chosun (in Korean). 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ^ "TVXQ sets another record as they set out to bring in 850,000 fans for their Japan tour". Allkpop. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ "TVXQ Re-Writes Hallyu History as it Attracts 550,000 Fans for Tour". Mwave (in Korean). 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ^ "TVXQ Kicks Off Super Arena Concert of 'Live Tour 2012: Tone'". Kpop Starz. 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
- ^ "TVXQ Drew 165,000 People in Tokyo Dome for 3 Days!". Kpop Starz. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ "TVXQ's Tokyo and Kyocera Dome Concert Sold Out 300,000 Tickets in 2 Minutes!". Kpop Starz. 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
External links
edit- Tone Tour Official website (in Japanese)