Tone: Live Tour 2012

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Tone: Live Tour 2012
Tour by Tohoshinki
Location Japan
Associated album Tone
Start date January 18, 2012  ( 2012-01-18 )
End date April 23, 2012  ( 2012-04-23 )
No. of shows 26
Box office US$93.2 million
Tohoshinki concert chronology

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 .

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 [ edit ]

Live 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 [ edit ]

This setlist is representative of their first show in Yokohama. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

  1. "B.U.T. (BE-AU-TY)"
  2. " Superstar "
  3. "I Think U Know"
  4. " Jumon -Mirotic- " ( 呪文 -MIROTIC- ) (Japanese version)
  5. " Toki o Tomete " ( 時ヲ止メテ )
  6. "Thank You My Girl"
  7. "Introduction ~magenta~"
  8. "MAXIMUM" (Japanese version)
  9. "Honey Funny Bunny" ( Yunho solo) (Japanese version)
  10. " Before U Go " (Japanese version)
  11. "Duet"
  12. "I Don't Know"
  13. "Telephone"
  14. "Shiawase Iro no Hana" ( シアワセ色の花 )
  15. "Back to Tomorrow"
  16. " Rusty Nail " ( Changmin solo)
  17. " BREAK OUT! "
  18. "Easy Mind"
  19. " Summer Dream "
  20. "High Time"
  21. " Why? (Keep Your Head Down) " (Japanese version)
Encore
  2. "Rising Sun" (Japanese version)
  3. " STILL "
  4. "Shine"
  5. "Weep"
  6. "Somebody to Love"

Tour dates [ edit ]

List of concerts, showing date, city, venue, and tickets sold
Date City Venue Attendance
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-j? 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 ]

  1. ^ "TVXQ Has Over 550,000 Fans in Japan Come See Them" . Soompi . 2012-04-20 . Retrieved 2014-05-05 .
  2. ^ a b "TVXQ's Japan tour reaches 550,000 people" . Chosun (in Korean). 2012-04-24 . Retrieved 2014-05-03 .
  3. ^ "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 .
  4. ^ "TVXQ Re-Writes Hallyu History as it Attracts 550,000 Fans for Tour" . Mwave (in Korean). 2012-04-24 . Retrieved 2014-05-03 .
  5. ^ "TVXQ Kicks Off Super Arena Concert of 'Live Tour 2012: Tone' " . Kpop Starz . 2012-03-17 . Retrieved 2015-10-06 .
  6. ^ "TVXQ Drew 165,000 People in Tokyo Dome for 3 Days!" . Kpop Starz . 2012-04-16 . Retrieved 2014-11-09 .
  7. ^ "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 ]

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