The Nolza! tour was the debut

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by Korean group

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. The tour supported their second

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, ''

'' (2011), and its Japanese version, ''Nolza''. Members of

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and

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, joined the tour as guest performers. An intended show in

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was cancelled due to

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Background

Two concerts were initially scheduled at the

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in Seoul for August 27 and 28, 2011, with both shows being sold out instantly. 60,000 people were recorded applying for only 8,000 available seats, therefore a third concert was added for August 26. Interest was also huge for the Japanese leg of the tour, with up to 300,000 people reportedly applying for concert tickets. Due to the amount of interest in Japan, tour organizers considered adding an additional concert at the

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. A total 70,000 people attended the six concerts in Japan and all available seats were sold out on the same day of the general release on September 4. It was the largest debut concert tour by a Korean group at the time. The final show in Chiba at the

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(October 2) was attended by 12,000 people.

Set list

Tour dates

Cancelled shows

Broadcasts and recordings

''2NE1 1st Live Concert (Nolza!)''

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of South Korean

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. The album was released on November 23, 2011, by

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. The album was recorded during the group's headlining tour ''NOLZA'' which was held at the Olympic Hall at Olympic Park Korea in

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from August 26–28, 2011. ;Track listing

References

External links

2NE1 official site
{{2NE1 2011 concert tours 2NE1 Concert tours of Japan