2014–15 Big Bang Japan Dome Tour X

BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2014～2015 “X”
Tour by Big Bang
Location Japan
Start date November 15, 2014
End date January 18, 2015
Legs 1
Shows 15 total [1]
Box office US$92 million [2]
Big Bang concert chronology
Japan Dome Tour
(2013-14)		 BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2014～2015 “X”
(2014-15)

BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2014～2015 “X” was the fifth and the second consecutive concert tour in Japan by South Korean band BIGBANG.[3] The tour began on November 15, 2014 in Nagoya, and concluded on January 18, 2015 in Osaka. BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2014～2015 “X” Made Big Bang the first foreign artist to hold five dome concerts for two consecutive years,[4] they gathered more than one million fans in 2014. [5]

Stage

A total of about 3 billion Japanese Yen (~25.5 million USD) was used to produce the stages, the staff members, such as Jamie King the tour director who previously work with Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears. Roy Bennett was in control of the stage lighting, while Veneno took charge of the tour videos. The Tour which gathered world-class tour staff members, and utilized a 30-meter center stage, as well as six 50-meter protruding stages, which spread out from the center stage to the audience like the spokes of a wheel, a large number of stage lightings and equipment were imported from countries outside of Japan, and high-tech equipment, including the LED screens, were set up on the protruding stages, while the multi-cellular speakers ‘MLA,’ presented high quality concerts for the audience. [6][7]

Setlist

This setlist is representative of their first show in Nagoya. [8]

  1. Fantastic Baby
  2. "Tonight"
  3. "Stupid Liar"
  4. "Blue"
  5. "Haru Haru"
  6. "Gara Gara Go"
  7. "Top of the World"
  8. "Number 1"
  9. "Knock Out" (GD&TOP)
  10. "High High" (GD&TOP)
  11. "Bad Boy"
  12. "Tell Me Goodbye"
  13. "Cafe"
  14. "Lies"
  15. "Love Song"
  16. "Hands Up"
  17. "Feeling"
  18. "My Heaven"
  19. "Koe Wo Kikasete"
Encore
  1. "Last Farewell"
  2. "Bad Boy"
  3. "Feeling"
  4. "Fantastic Baby"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, venue, and tickets sold
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance
November 15, 2014 Nagoya Japan Nagoya Dome iKON [9] 81,000
November 16, 2014
November 20, 2014 Osaka Kyocera Dome 200,000
November 21, 2014
November 22, 2014
November 23, 2014
December 6, 2014 Fukuoka Fukuoka Dome 80,000
December 7, 2014
December 20, 2014 Sapporo Sapporo Dome 40,000
December 25, 2014 Tokyo Tokyo Dome 200,000
December 26, 2014
December 27, 2014
January 16, 2015 Osaka Kyocera Dome 150,000
January 17, 2015
January 18, 2015
TOTAL 741,000/741,000 [10] [11]

Personnel

Main

Band

Dancers

References

  1. ↑ VIC (November 15, 2014). "BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2014 ~ 2015" X "". Bigbangupdates. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ khnews (November 11, 2014). "Big Bang draws most Japanese concertgoers in K-pop". Koreaherald. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ KpopStarz (July 28, 2014). "Group Big Bang To Hold Another Japan 5 Dome Tour This Fall". KpopStarz. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Pao (July 26, 2014). "BIGBANG Is First Foreign Artist to Hold 5 Dome Concerts in Japan for 2 Consecutive Years". Soompi. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ Staff Writer (November 7, 2014). "Big Bang Ranks First Place For Having The Most Fans Attend Their Concerts In Japan This Year". KpopStarz. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ Hong Jung Won (January 19, 2015). "Big Bang Wraps Up Japan 5-Dome Tour After Gathering Over 741,000 Fans". Mwave. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ "BIGBANG、74万人動員ドームツアー終演＆今年アルバムでカムバック約束". Natalie.mu. November 15, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ VIC (November 15, 2014). "BIG BANG “X” TOUR @ NAGOYA DOME DAY 1". Bigbangupdates. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ ygunited (November 16, 2014). "BIGBANG’s 2nd Five Dome Tour Begins: iKON Opens". YG United. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ Puu M. (January 20, 2015). "BIGBANG Successfully Holds Japanese Dome Tour". HelloKpop. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/85399/big-bang-wraps-up-japan-5-dome-tour-after-gathering-over-741000-fans

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