SM Town Live '10 World Tour

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SMTOWN Live '10 World Tour
World tour by SMTOWN
Smtownlive10.jpg
Promotional image for SMTown Live '10 World Tour in Seoul
Location
Associated albumVarious
Start date21 August 2010 (2010-08-21)
End date23 October 2011 (2011-10-23)
No. of shows5 in Japan
2 in United States
2 in France
1 in South Korea
1 in China
11 in total
SMTOWN concert chronology

SM Town Live '10 World Tour was the 2010–11 worldwide live concert tour by SM Town. The tour commenced with one show in Seoul in August 2010 and continued on to the United States, Japan, China and France.[1]

Background[]

SM Town is the name for the artists under the Korean record label SM Entertainment. Each year the company organizes its artists to come together and perform on a four to six hours long concert that tours around the world.[2]

Concerts[]

The first concert in Seoul reportedly lasted for six hours and featured 80 songs by various SM artists, as well as performances by the actors Kim Min-jong, Go Ara and Lee Yeon-hee.[3] The Shanghai concert on 11 September 2010 was played to an audience of 25,000 people including performances of 54 songs. It also included a celebration for Kangta's 15th anniversary in the music industry, with a special video of his past activities.[4]

The concert at Staples Center in Los Angeles was attended by 15,000 fans.[5] SM Entertainment hired the 3D movie production specialist Cameron Pace Group (a James Cameron company), which brought in the popular live music director Keith Hobelman to capture the evening's performance. The show was shown in theaters in 3D and there was also a Blu-ray DVD format made for retail. It was placed at #10 on the US Billboard Boxcore chart, with ticket sales at over USD $1 million. It was the first time that Asian artists charted in the top 10.[6]

The first two-day Tokyo concert at Yoyogi National Stadium attracted an audience of 24,000. The second leg of the concert in Tokyo was originally scheduled for 9 and 10 April but was postponed until September, out of respect after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March.[7]

Performers[]

Seoul (21 August 2010)
Los Angeles (4 September 2010)
Shanghai (11 September 2010)
Tokyo (25/26 January 2011)
Paris (10/11 June 2011)
Tokyo (2/3/4 September 2011)
New York (23 October 2011)

Set list[]

Los Angeles (4 September 2010)
Paris (10/11 June 2011)
New York (23 October 2011)

Tour dates[]

Date City Country Venue Attendance
Asia
21 August 2010 Seoul South Korea Seoul Olympic Stadium[8] 40,000
North America
4 September 2010 Los Angeles United States Staples Center[9] 15,000
Asia
11 September 2010 Shanghai China Hongkou Stadium 25,000
25 January 2011 Tokyo Japan National Yoyogi Stadium[10] 24,000
26 January 2011
Europe
10 June 2011 Paris France Le Zénith[11] 14,000
11 June 2011
Asia
2 September 2011 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome[12] 150,000
3 September 2011
4 September 2011
North America
23 October 2011 New York City United States Madison Square Garden[13] 15,000
TOTAL 283,000

Media[]

DVD
  • SM Town Live in Tokyo Special Edition (2011)[14]
Film
  • I AM. - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden (10 May 2012[15] but postponed to 21 June 2012, due to audio issues)[16]
Television
  • SM Town Live in Tokyo on MBC 9 April 2012 for 90-minute, featured backstage interviews.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ Gil, Hyesung "보아·슈주·소시 SM 가수들, 8·9월 대규모 월드 투어" (BoA. Suju. Soshi SM singers, August-September Large Scale World Tour) StarNews. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010 (in Korean)
    -Hicap, Jonathan "SM Entertainment artists including Super Junior to hold world tour" Archived 16 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Manila Bulletin, 3 July 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010
    - "SMTOWN Live 2010 World Tour" Archived 18 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Staples Center. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  2. ^ "SM Entertainment to launch world tour", The Korea Times, 2 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  3. ^ Kim, Lynn (5 August 2010). "SMTOWN LIVE concert to be six hours long, says SM". 10 Asia. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  4. ^ Hong, Lucia (13 September 2010). "SM artists bring in 25,000 fans to concert in Shanghai". 10 Asia. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  5. ^ Park, Kun-ouc (6 September 2010). "SM artists attract 15,000 fans to LA concert". 10 Asia. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  6. ^ Hong, Lucia (15 October 2010). "SMTOWN LIVE'10 WORLD TOUR places in Billboard chart". 10 Asia. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  7. ^ "SM artists to hold additional show for concert in Japan", Asiae, 23 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  8. ^ Cho, Bum-ja (23 August 2010). "SM artists kick off world tour in Seoul over weekend". 10 Asia. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  9. ^ "SM 타운 LA 공연, 美 빌보드 선정 세계 공연 흥행 10위 기염" MyDaily. 15 October 2010 (in Korean)
  10. ^ "Japanese Fans Pack Stadium for SM Entertainment Concerts". Chosun Ilbo. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  11. ^ "SMTOWN LIVE in Paris confirmed for June", Asiae, 20 April 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012 (in Korean)
  12. ^ "SM Entertainment Reschedules Tokyo Concerts". Chosun Ilbo. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  13. ^ "SM Town Bringing K-Pop Stars to Madison Square Garden", Chosun Ilbo, 1 September 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  14. ^ 「SMTOWN LIVE in TOKYO SPECIAL EDITION」LIVE DVD smtown.jp Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  15. ^ "Documentary Shows Top K-Pop Singers Behind the Scenes". Chosun Ilbo. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  16. ^ Hong, Lucia (8 June 2012). "SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks". 10 Asia. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  17. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (6 April 2012). "MBC to air SM Town concert in Japan". Joongang Daily. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

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