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have embarked on eleven headlining concert tours, two of which have been worldwide, and six others in Japan. The group made their headlining debut in December 2006 through The R.E.A.L concert at

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. In 2008, they embarked on their first Asian tour, The Global Warning Tour, visiting

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and

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. In 2009 and 2010, the band toured Japan on The Electric Love Tour and began annual concerts in

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called The Big Show. In 2011, after a two-year hiatus, the group released their EP ''

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'', and planned to support the album with a world tour. However, multiple members encountered legal issues and the tour was cancelled. They visited Japan on their Love and Hope Tour, with part of the proceeds going to the

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disaster relief. In 2012, Big Bang embarked on their first world tour, The Alive Galaxy Tour, in support of their album ''

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'', which marked the first time for the group to tour North America, Europe, and South America. In total, 800,000 people attended the tour worldwide. In 2013 and 2014, the members focused on their solo careers, with

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and Daesung undertaking solo concert tours. Meanwhile, the group toured Japan twice, on their

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and Japan Dome Tour “X”, which grossed $73 million and $71 million respectively. In 2015, the group began releasing material from their third Korean-language studio album ''

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,'' and embarked on their second world tour, The

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. The concert was critically acclaimed and received rave reviews from ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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''. The tour broke multiple records, becoming the most attended tour headlined by a Korean artist in history with a record attendance of 1.5 million people worldwide, and listed on ''

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s Year-end Top 200 North American Tours for 2015. In 2016, Big Bang celebrated their tenth anniversary, embarking on the

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tour, holding concerts in Japan, Seoul, and

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, which were attended by more than 1.1 million people. In 2017, four members of Big Bang (excluding

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) embarked on The

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, their last tour before their upcoming hiatus due to

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in Korea. Throughout their career, the band as a group and as solo acts, have performed to over 10 million people worldwide, and since their first Japanese dome tour in 2013, the band has performed to over 4.2 million fans for five consecutive years until 2017 in the country.

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