The Rise World Tour is the first world tour by

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n singer

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", Taey ...

, in support of his second studio album ''

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.'' The tour started on August 12, 2014 in

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, Japan and ended on March 1, 2015 in

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Background

On May 30, 2014,

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announced that Taeyang will kick off his first tour in Japan with four shows in two cities set to commence in mid-August. As soon as the concerts was announced, ticket-reservations for the tour by local fans poured in, resulting in an additional four concerts in three cities. On September 5, 2014, two shows were announced in Seoul, making it Taeyang's first solo concert in his country in four years since 2010. The two concerts in Seoul were sold out in less than ten minutes, and a third show was later added due high demand. In November 2014, nine cities across seven Asian countries were announced as a part of the world tour, including Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore.

Special guests

*G-Dragon (South Korea, Seoul) *Seungri (Taiwan, Taipei)

Set list

Tour dates

DVD and blu-ray

SOL Japan Tour "Rise" 2014'

''SOL Japan Tour "Rise" 2014 is a live

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by Taeyang, released on January 25, 2015 in Japan. The DVD/Blu-ray was filmed during the artist's live performance at

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, as a part of his first Japan tour which attracted 70,000 fans. The DVD includes a total of the 21 songs that were sung live in the concert, including a photobook, a DVD of Making of ''SOL JAPAN TOUR "RISE" 2014'', Q&A Section, Dance Selection.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

Official SiteYG Entertainment
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