EXTRA CONCERTS ADDED TO TAEYANG’S SOLO JAPAN TOUR: ATTRACTS 70,000 FANS

[OSEN=??? ??] TAEYANG’s first solo Japan Tour is proving to be highly popular in the country as extra concerts are added to the schedule.

Starting from August 12 and 13 at Japan Osaka International Convention Center Grand Cube Osaka, TAEYANG’s “SOL JAPAN TOUR RISE 2014” was originally scheduled for 6 concerts across 3 cities, but thanks to the enthusiastic response of the fans, extra 4 concerts across 3 cities were added.

That’s not the end. As fans requests for extra concerts poured in, 3 more concerts were added at Pacifico Yokohama National University Hall on Sept 1 and Osaka Castle Hall on Sept 3 and 4. In total, he will travel across 6 cities for 13 concerts, attracting double the original number of fans, which will be around 70,000.

TAEYANG has been promoting in Japan as a member of BIGBANG. Thus it is encouraging that the local fans are already showing such enthusiastic response even before his official debut as a solo.

The Korean version of his 2nd full album “RISE” released in Japan on June 18 topped Japan’s largest music site recochoku while also topping iTunes top pop album chart and ranking #2 on overall album chart.

So all eyes are on TAEYANG’s solo debut album that is to be released on Aug 13. The upcoming album will include songs from “RISE” and his 1st full album “SOLO, along with the mini album “HOT.”

BIGBANG’s DVD titled “2014 BIGBANG +α CONCERT IN SEOUL” released on June 2 in Japan topped Oricon’s DVD daily music chart, once again proving the group’s popularity.

Meanwhile, TAEYANG has been topping 6 major weekly charts for 5 weeks in a row in June with his new title track “Eyes, Nose, Lips” from his 2nd full album released at midnight of June 2. His achievement arouses much attention as the dominance comes despite new songs flooding the market.

Source: YG Life