Blackpink Arena Tour 2018 was the first Japanese concert tour by South Korean girl group

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. The tour was held in Japan, from July 24 to December 24, 2018, to promote their first Japanese

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Background

Six shows were initially scheduled. An extra show was later in Chiba added due to overwhelming demand. On July 7, the final stop of the tour was added for December 24 at

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. They embarked on their first concert tour of Japan titled "Black Pink Arena Tour 2018" in Osaka on July 24 and July 25.

Set list

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cover) # "See U Later" # "Really" # "Boombayah" (Japanese version) # "Playing With Fire" (Japanese version) # "As If It's Your Last" (Japanese version) ;Encore # "Whistle" (Japanese version) # "Ddu-Du-Ddu-Du" ;Setlist for Special Final in Kyocera Dome # "Ddu-Du Ddu-du" # "Forever Young" # "Whistle (acoustic)" # "Stay" # "I Like It" / "Faded" / "

" (Lisa solo dance cover) # "Let It be" / "You & I" / "Only Look At Me" (Rosé solo cover) # "Yuki No Hana" (Jisoo solo cover) # "Solo" (Jennie solo) # "Jingle Bell Rock" (dance cover) # "Last Christmas" / "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (cover) # "Kiss & Makeup" # "So Hot" (The Black Label remix) (Wonder Girls cover) # "Really" # "See U Later" # "Boombayah" # "Playing With Fire" # "As If Its Your Last" ;Encore # "Whistle (remix)" # "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" # "Stay (remix)"

Tour dates

Live album

''Blackpink Arena Tour 2018 "Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka"'' is the first live album of the South Korean music group

, released on March 22, 2019.

Background

The Blackpink Arena Tour group's first Japanese concert began in July 2018, visited three cities in Japan and hosted a total of eight concerts, bringing together a total of 125,000 spectators. This video album contains live videos of the final show at the

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on December 24, 2018, with the participation of 50,000 fans. The album includes live performances and recordings of "

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". The album's release was originally scheduled for March 13, 2019, but was postponed to March 22.

Track listing

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" (Japanese version) # " Forever Young" (Japanese version) # "

" (acoustic; Japanese version) # "

" (Japanese version) # "

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/ You & I / Only Look at Me" ( Rosé's Solo Stage) # " Yukino Hana" ( Jisoo's Solo Stage) # "

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" # " Kiss and Make Up" (Blackpink only version) # "

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Remix) # "Really" (Japanese version) # "See U Later" (Japanese version) # "

" (Japanese version) # " Playing with Fire" (Japanese version) # "

" (Japanese version)

Personnel

Blackpink *

Jisoo Kim Ji-soo (; born January 3, 1995), known mononymously as Jisoo, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the best-selling K-pop girl group Blackpink, formed by YG Entertainment, in August 2016. Outside of her mus ...

* Jennie *

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Lisa Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer * Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...

Band * Omar Dominick (Bass) * Dante Jackson (Keyboard) * Justin Lyons (Guitar) * Bennie Rodgers II (Drums)

References

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