Super Show 7

Super Show 7 - "The Great Super Junior" is the fourth world concert tour and seventh international tour by South Korean boy band Super Junior, in support of their eighth studio album, Play. The world tour commenced with three shows in Seoul from 15 to 17 December 2017 and hit a total of 120 concerts for its Super Show series.^[1][2][3]

This tour marks the return of members Siwon, Eunhyuk and Donghae, who had been away serving two years of mandatory military service. ^[4] Ryeowook joined the tour in November 2018 following his military discharge.

Concerts[]

The tour was announced on 28 September 2017, after Super Junior started the promotion for their eighth studio album, Play. Tickets for the December 16–17 “Super Show 7 Concert Tour” in Seoul, went on sale on the 21 November 2017, and were sold out in nine minutes.

Later, the group added one more concert on December 15 2017, due to high demand. The tickets went on sale on the 26 November at 8PM KST. The concert on the 15 December 2017, marks the 120th Super Show concert in the Super Show series. ^[1][2]

The concert in Singapore was announced on December 1, by ONE Production. It had been two years since Super Junior had previously performed in Singapore. On January 27 Super Junior performed to 11,000 people.

Super Junior’s “Super Show 7” hold the fifth and sixth position in the highest grossing concerts held in Singapore. “Super show 7” also hold the record, for the highest grossing KPOP concert in Singapore, with 3 million Dollars for an audience of 11,000 people and $2.3 million Dollars with "Super Show 6" for an audience of 12,356.

Madonna's "Rebel Heart Tour" holds the number one position, however it is also recorded as the most expensive concert in the history of Singapore. Madonna’s Singapore concert grossed more than 6.1 million dollars, for an audience of 19,123 people.

Second and third place goes to Coldplay, grossing a total of 12.5 million dollars for two shows as part of "A Head Full of Dreams" concert tour. Playing to an audience of 102,508 people.

Jay Chou’s 2018 "THE INVINCIBLE 2 "JAY CHOU CONCERT TOUR, holds fourth place, grossing 6 million dollars for an audience of 55,500.

In Bangkok SM True announced the SUPER SHOW 7, and ticket sales opened on December 23, the fans sold out in just 14 minutes the tickets for the concert in Thailand, causing many to run out of tickets for the only show, according to Thailand Allticket they put about 17,000 tickets on sale and all were sold out. Super Junior is the only artist who has sold out more than 16,000 tickets at the Impact Arena for each concert such as Super Show 2 Tour and Super Show 6 Tour with more than 32,000 tickets sold out on each Tour.

The tour in Latin America ended in huge success, the four shows gathered 55,000 fans, making it the Korean concert tour with the highest attendance in Latin America in history, Super Junior broke their own records by selling out 9,500 tickets in Argentina, in Peru 10,000, about 16,000 in Chile and 20,000 tickets in Mexico.^[5]

Super Show 7 in Macao was, according to the producer The Venetian (Macao) the venue had more than 14,500 tickets for the event because it will be the only date. The SM GLOBAL PACKAGE for Macao are the most expensive on the tour since their prices are $2,980- $3,350 for one person and $5,950- $7,080 for two people, which include a ticket for the concert in the VIP area, or any other area put to choose by the fan, a luxury room and two nights at the hotel The Venetian Macao with respective food and hotel services, a tour of the attractive places of The Venetian Macao Hotel And Casino Resort, also transport and hotel services towards the concert venue and an airplane ticket in tourist class from the home country of the fanatic to Macao and this with private transport from the airport to the hotel, all the services and prices of the SM GLOBAL PACKAGE MACAU are different depending on the origin of the client and their comforts in the hotel, and applied by the hotel agreement and SM Entertainment. The concert was the most highlighted by a Korean artist and even compared to Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour due to the high demand for tickets and the costs of the SM GLOBAL PACKAGE that were a bit higher than the concert of the American singer , Billboard and Chinese media such as Macau Daily Times published the "Sold Out in 3 hours" and the gross revenue, with 14,899 tickets sold out and approximately $5.3 million, this success of gains was thanks to the SM GLOBAL PACKAGE were sold out in its entirety.^[6]

The concert ENCORE SUPER SHOW 7 was announced on September 18 on the page of the production company SM True Thailand, the place to perform the concert is not in the Impact Arena where all the previous SUPER SHOW had been made, now it will be held in the IMPACT CHALLENGER HALL which is the largest exhibition hall in Bangkok with a capacity of 20,000 to 28,000 people that is on the side of the Impact Arena, the event was attended by 25,371 people, being the largest event realized and with the highest grossing at venue.^[7]

In 2018 Super Junior returns to Tokyo Dome after four years, held their 'SUPER SHOW 7' on Nov 30-Dec 1 in Tokyo, Japan. According to Billboard-Japan reported Super Junior's SUPER SHOW 7 break two records in Tokyo, this event is the most sold by a Korean artist to sell 57,000 tickets per concert at Tokyo Dome and is the second highest-grossing artist in Tokyo Dome history after The Rolling Stones with $9.3 millions per concert and Super Junior with $8.8 million per concert. The concerts ended with $17,657,590 and 114,182 attendees in the two days.^[8]

Setlist[]

Tour dates[]

Personnel[]

• Artists: Super Junior members Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon and Ryeowook (only from November Bangkok stop); Leslie Grace (Latin America); Play-N-Skillz (Peru, Chile and Mexico); Rossa (Indonesia)
• Tour organizer: SM Entertainment
• Tour promoter: Dream Maker Entercom

Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

• Dream Maker Entercom (in Korean)
• Super Junior official homepage (in Korean)