Wonder Girls World Tour
Promotional tour by Wonder Girls | |
Location | North America |
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Associated album | 2 Different Tears |
Start date | June 6, 2010 |
End date | July 17, 2010 |
Legs | 2 |
No. of shows | 20 |
Wonder Girls concert chronology |
The Wonder Girls World Tour was a 20-show tour by the Wonder Girls that took place in the US and Canada. The tour showcased 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 their shows were sold out and packed full.[3][4][5]
Special guests[]
2PM[]
On April 5, 2010, the Wonder Girls World Tour began, including fellow label mates 2PM who joined them for 9 dates in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, New York City, 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 recovered 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. It was announced that label mates 2AM would open for the Wonder Girls in San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Englewood, Chicago,[9] and Seattle.
JYP[]
A spokesperson for JYP Entertainment announced 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 | Opening acts |
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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 | |||
June 10, 2010 | Dallas | |||
June 11, 2010 | Los Angeles | |||
June 12, 2010 | Anaheim | |||
June 13, 2010 | San Francisco | The Fillmore | ||
Second Leg | ||||
June 29, 2010 | Vancouver | Canada | Vogue Theatre | N/A |
June 30, 2010 | Seattle | United States | Moore Theatre | 2AM |
July 1, 2010 | San Francisco | The Fillmore | ||
July 2, 2010 | San Diego | House of Blues | ||
July 3, 2010 | Las Vegas | |||
July 6, 2010 | Englewood | Gothic Theatre | ||
July 7, 2010 | Chicago | House of Blues | ||
July 10, 2010 | Toronto | Canada | Mod Club Theatre | N/A |
July 12, 2010 | Mississauga | Hammerson Hall | ||
July 16, 2010 | Honolulu[11] | United States | Pipeline Cafe | Park Jin-young |
July 17, 2010 |
The Wonder Girls planned to hold a concert in Hawaii on the 25th and 26th, but it was postponed to July 16th and July 17th.[12]
Made in Wonder Girls[]
During the tour, Mnet.com released teasers for Wonder Girls' 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[]
- ^ "Wonder Girls Webchat! 09/14/09 04:59PM". Ustream. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "House Of Blues". Houseofblues.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Soompi Forums". Soompi.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived August 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2PM's Junsu not participating in Wonder World Tour?". Allkpop.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ [3] Archived March 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100817131650/http://www.mumuy.com/park-jin-young-girls-hawaii-concert. Archived from the original on August 17, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2010. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ "The Wonder Girls". Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii Newspaper. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mnet to broadcast 'Made in Wonder Girls' - Latest K-pop News - K-pop News - Daily K Pop News". Dkpopnews.net. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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