The Japan Dome Tour “X” was the fifth
concert tour
A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific to ...
in Japan and eighth overall by South Korean boy band
Big Bang. The tour began on November 15, 2014 in
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...
, and concluded on January 18, 2015 in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
. The tour made BigBang the first foreign artist to hold five dome arena concerts for two consecutive years. They gathered more than one million Japanese fans in 2014.
Development
A total of about 3 billion Japanese Yen (~25.5 million USD) was used to produce the stages. Well known production staff also joined the tour, such as
Jamie King
Jamie King (born 1972) is an American creative director, choreographer, and producer. His work directing concert tours for pop stars has grossed over $2 billion.
Early career
King started his career in entertainment as a dancer. He appeared on ...
, the tour director who previously worked with
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...
,
Madonna and
Britney Spears. Roy Bennett was in control of the stage lighting, while Veneno took charge of the tour videos. The tour utilized a 30-meter center stage, as well as six 50-meter protruding stages, spreading out from the center stage to the audience like the spokes of a wheel. A large number of stage lighting and equipment was imported from countries outside Japan. High-tech equipment, including the LED screens, were set up on the protruding stages, while the multi-cellular speakers ‘MLA,’ presented high quality concerts for the audience.
Set list
This set list is from ''BIGBANG Japan Dome Tour 2014～2015
(DVD/Blu-ray) - Deluxe Edition''.
# "
Fantastic Baby
"Fantastic Baby" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Big Bang. It was released as a single for digital download and streaming by YG Entertainment on February 29, 2012, in conjunction with the release of the band's fourth extended play ...
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# "
Tonight
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Television
* ''Tonight'' (1957 TV programme), a 1957–1965 British current events television programme hosted by Cliff Michelmore that was broadcast on BBC
* ''Tonight'' (1975 TV programme), a 1975–1979 British current ...
"
# "Stupid Liar"
# "
Blue
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"
# "
Haru Haru
"Haru Haru" (Korean: ; Day by Day) is a song by South Korean boy group Big Bang. Released through YG Entertainment on August 8, 2008, as the lead single for their third extended play ''Stand Up'', it became one of their most popular singles and ...
"
# "
Gara Gara Go!"
# "Top of the World" + "Number 1"
# "Knock Out"
(GD&TOP)
# "
High High"
(GD&TOP)
# "
Bad Boy"
# "
Tell Me Goodbye"
# "Cafe"
# "
Lies"
# "
Love Song
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"
# "
Good Boy"
(GDxTAEYANG)
# "Hands Up"
# "Feeling"
# "
My Heaven"
# "
Let Me Hear Your Voice"
;Encore:
# "
Last Farewell"
# Seungri DJ Time:
## "Strong Baby"
(Seungri)
## "
Doom Dada"
(T.O.P)
## "
Ringa Linga
"Ringa Linga" (Korean: 링가 링가) is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyang. It was released as a digital single on November 8, 2013, through YG Entertainment. Later, it became the first single to be released from his second studio alb ...
"
(Taeyang)
## "
Crooked"
(G-Dragon)
## "Look at me, Gwisun"
(Daesung)
# "Fantastic Baby"
Tour dates
Personnel
Main
*Tour organizer: Avex Group, YG Entertainment
*Executive producers – Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment), Max Matsuura (Avex Group)
*General producers – Katsumi Kuroiwa (Avex Group)
*Tour producer - Veneno
*Tour director –
Jamie King
Jamie King (born 1972) is an American creative director, choreographer, and producer. His work directing concert tours for pop stars has grossed over $2 billion.
Early career
King started his career in entertainment as a dancer. He appeared on ...
*Stylist – Yuni Choi, Kyung Mi Kim, Sharon Park
*Hair – Tae Kyun Kim, Sang Hee Baek, So Yeon Lee
*Make-up – Yun Kyoung Kim, Mi Sug Shin, Jun Hee Lee
*Lighting director – Roy Bennett
Band
*BigBang (
G-Dragon
Kwon Ji-yong (; born August 18, 1988), also known by his stage name G-Dragon (지드래곤), is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer, known as the " King of K-pop". G-Dragon is the recipi ...
,
T.O.P
Choi Seung-hyun (; born November 4, 1987), better known by his stage name T.O.P, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He performed as an underground rapper before joining the record label YG Entertainment and ...
,
Taeyang
Dong Young-bae (; born May 18, 1988), better known by his stage names Taeyang (meaning "sun" in Korean) and SOL (when performing in Japan), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and dancer. After appearing in Jinusean's music video "A-yo", Tae ...
,
Daesung,
Seungri
Lee Seung-hyun (; born December 12, 1990), better known by his stage names Seungri (Hangul: ) and V.I (when performing in Japan), is a former South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, businessman and sex offender convicted of facilitating prost ...
) – Lead vocals
*Gil Smith II (Music Director/Keyboard 1)
*Omar Dominick Jr. (AMD/Bass)
*Dante Jackson (Keyboard 2)
*Justin Lyons (Guitar)
*Bennie Rodgers II (Drums/Percussions)
*Adrian "AP" Porter (Pro Tools Programmer)
Dancers
* HI-TECH (Heeyun Kim, Jung Heon Park, Young Sang Lee Sung Min Cho, Han Sol Lee, Byoung Gon Jung, Woo Ryun Jung, Young Deuk Kwon, Young Don Kwon)
* CRAZY (Jung Hee Kim, Ah Yeon Won, Eun Young Park, Min Jung Kim, Hee Yun Kim, Sae Bom Choi, Jung In Bae, Hye Jin Choi, Hyo Jung Bae, Ji Won Lee, Jae Hee Ryu, Ji Young Yoo)
References
External links
Official website
{{Big Bang
2014 concert tours
2015 concert tours
BigBang (South Korean band) concert tours
Concert tours of Japan