Wonder Girls World Tour

Wonder Girls World Tour
Promotional tour by Wonder Girls
Location South Korea
Associated album 2 Different Tears
Start date June 6, 2010
End date July 17, 2010
Legs 2
Shows 20
Wonder Girls concert chronology
1st Wonder Tour
(2009-2010)
Wonder Girls World Tour
(2010)
Wonder World Tour
(2012)

The Wonder Girls World Tour was a 20-show tour by the Wonder Girls that took place in the US and Canada. The tour was a combination of the English and Korean versions of their hits, covers of popular English-language songs, and new songs from their album 2 Different Tears.[1]

The Wonder Girls' reception in North America was very positive. The Wonder Girls were named House of Blues "Artist of the Month" for June 2010[2] and many of the Wonder Girls' shows were sold out and packed full.[3][4][5]

Special guests

2PM

On April 5, 2010, the Wonder Girls World Tour, included fellow label mates 2PM who joined them for 9 dates in Washington DC, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Francisco in conjunction with Live Nation.[6]

2PM’s Junsu suffered a leg injury in May 2010, and was unable to take part in the first week of the Tour.[7] However, Junsu was able to recover in time to participate in the last three shows in Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Francisco.[8]

2AM

In May 2010, eight more US cities and two Canadian cities were added to the second leg of the Wonder World Tour. In addition, it was announced that label mates, 2AM, would open for the Wonder Girls in San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Englewood, CO, Chicago.,[9] and Seattle

JYP

A spokesperson for JYP Entertainment delivered an announcement on June 21 that producer and singer Park Jin-young would participate in Hawaii as an opening act for the Wonder Girls.[10]

Set list

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Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Special guest
First Leg
June 4, 2010 Washington, D.C. United States Warner Theatre 2PM
June 5, 2010 Atlanta The Tabernacle
June 6, 2010 New York City Hammerstein Ballroom
June 8, 2010 Chicago House of Blues
June 9, 2010 Houston House of Blues
June 10, 2010 Dallas House of Blues
June 11, 2010 Los Angeles House of Blues
June 12, 2010 Anaheim House of Blues
June 13, 2010 San Francisco The Fillmore
Second Leg
June 29, 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Vogue Theatre
June 30, 2010 Seattle, Washington United States Moore Theatre 2AM
July 1, 2010 San Francisco The Fillmore
July 2, 2010 San Diego, California House of Blues
July 3, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada House of Blues
July 6, 2010 Englewood, Colorado Gothic Theatre
July 7, 2010 Chicago House of Blues
July 10, 2010 Toronto, Ontario Canada Mod Club Theatre
July 12, 2010 Mississauga, Ontario Living Arts Centre
July 16, 2010 Honolulu, Hawaii[11] United States Pipeline Cafe Park Jin-young
July 17, 2010

The Wonder Girls were planned to have a concert in Hawaii on the 25th and 26th, but it was postponed to July 16th and July 17th, respectively.[12]

Made in Wonder Girls

During the tour, Mnet.com released teasers for Wonder Girls's reality program called Made in Wonder Girls.

Starting from June 28, fans were able to watch short clips of the Washington DC, New York, and Chicago concerts, the reaction of the audience, the girls praying before taking the stage, and even their opening act during the first leg of their tour, 2PM. Mnet continued showing short clips of the tour until July 22 with the next batch being about the “Behind the Story” of Wonder Girls and 2PM.

As this was a small part of the footage that Mnet had on the Wonder Girls World Tour, they started airing Made in Wonder Girls on Mnet’s TV channel on July 30.[13]

References

  1. "Wonder Girls Webchat! 09/14/09 04:59PM". Ustream. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. "House Of Blues". Houseofblues.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. "Wonder Girls first three shows for American Tour gets Sold Out! - Latest K-pop News - K-pop News - Daily K Pop News". Dkpopnews.net. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "Soompi Forums". Soompi.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. "2PM's Junsu not participating in Wonder World Tour?". Allkpop.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. "Junsu finally recovers from Knee Injury and flies to LA to join 2pm and Wonder Girls on tour - Latest K-pop News - K-pop News - Daily K Pop News". Dkpopnews.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. "The Wonder Girls". Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii Newspaper. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. "Wonder Girls Hawaii concert on the 25th cancelled - Latest K-pop News - K-pop News - Daily K Pop News". Dkpopnews.net. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  9. "Mnet to broadcast 'Made in Wonder Girls' - Latest K-pop News - K-pop News - Daily K Pop News". Dkpopnews.net. Retrieved 19 January 2015.