BIGBANG Alive Galaxy World Tour 2012-2013

The BIGBANG Alive Galaxy Tour 2012 (referred to as the Alive Tour) is a 2012-2013 worldwide concert tour held by South Korean boy band BIGBANG. It promotes the group's third Korean-language EP, Alive (as well as their fourth Japanese-language studio album of the same name), across four continents; Asia, North America, South America and Europe. The group hired choreography and creative director Laurieann Gibson to direct the show. The tour was officially sponsored by Samsung GALAXY.

In total, an estimated 800,000 fans worldwide attended the concert tour.
 

Background:

In support of their fifth extended Korean-language EP, Alive and their fourth Japanese-language studio album of the same name, released February 29 and March 28, 2012, respectively, BIGBANG's record label YG Entertainment announced that the group intended to hold a world tour in partnership with tour promoter Live Nation, visiting Asia, North America, South America and Europe. Live Nation president Alan Ridgeway stated, "We are very happy that we are working with YG Entertainment and BIGBANG to show [our work] to worldwide K-pop fans." A representative for YG Entertainment followed this with, "We are working hard to hold the best concert with the best production team to equal the anticipation of the world fans who are waiting for the first concert they will get to meet BIGBANG.

Choreographer and creative director Laurieann Gibson, famed for her work with Lady Gaga, was hired as the tour's director and choreographer. US-based visual contents company Possible Productions was hired to create the Alive tour's custom backdrops. The team described the concept as a "bleak futuristic world [that could only be] saved by BIGBANG." Lighting and staging, as well as overall production, was designed by Leroy Bennet. Staging and lighting alone was estimated at USD$1.3 million. Korean electronics brand Samsung was contracted as the tour's official sponsor, who provided electronics for the members and touring staff on the dates.[9] This marks the first time the group has done a worldwide concert tour.
 

Concerts:

Tickets for the group's world tour, which kicked off in Seoul in March 2012, sold out faster than Live Nation had anticipated.

In Singapore, all tickets were sold out shortly after its on sale and a second show was immediately announced to cope with the huge ticket demand from the enthusiastic fans. Later in Malaysia, they attracted more than 3,500 fans to queue up at the box office to fight for their tickets. In Taiwan, all 22,000 tickets of their 2 shows were sold out within just a few hours.

Due to strong demand from fans in the United States, two additional concert dates in both Los Angeles and New Jersey, November 2 and November 8, were added. There were initially doubts if T.O.P could perform due to an injury (which happened while filming COMMITMENT), but it was reported that he would continue to perform. In Japan, BIGBANG became the first Korean artist to perform three Dome concerts, at the Tokyo Dome, Kyocera Dome, and Fukuoka Dome. As it turns out this was only the beginning of a string of DOME Tour to happen in the following years breaking continous records for a foreign band.

Ticket prices for their concert in Hong Kong were reported to cost as much as $1,680 HKD (more than 200 US Dollars). The concert was held in Lima, Peru on November 14, 2012. The Orange County Register reported that ticket prices ranged from $50 to $300 for the group's Honda Center dates in Los Angeles. In the UK all the tickets for the Wembley Arena show sold out within one hour of tickets going on sale, resulting in a second date being added shortly after. They also managed to set a London concert record for the largest crowd gathered to see a Korean act in England.

 

Tourdates:

 

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
Asia
March 2, 2012	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	39,000
March 3, 2012
March 4, 2012
May 17, 2012	Nagoya	Japan	Nippon Gaishi Hall	18,000
May 18, 2012
May 25, 2012	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena	36,000
May 26, 2012
May 27, 2012
May 31, 2012	Osaka		Osaka-jo Hall	40,000
June 1, 2012
June 2, 2012
June 3, 2012
June 16, 2012	Saitama		Saitama Super Arena	36,000
June 17, 2012
June 23, 2012	Fukuoka		Marinemesse Fukuoka	20,000
June 24, 2012
July 21, 2012	Shanghai	China	Mercedes-Benz Arena	10,000
July 28, 2012	Guangzhou		Guangzhou International Sports Arena	10,000
August 4, 2012	Beijing		MasterCard Center	10,000
September 28, 2012	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium	20,000
September 29, 2012
October 5, 2012	Bangkok	Thailand	Impact Arena	20,000
October 6, 2012
October 12, 2012	Jakarta	Indonesia	Mata Elang International Stadium	26,000
October 13, 2012
October 20, 2012	Taipei	Taiwan	Taipei Arena	26,000
October 21, 2012
October 24, 2012	Manila	Philippines	Mall of Asia Arena	13,000
October 27, 2012	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Merdeka	18,000
North America
November 2, 2012	Anaheim	United States	Honda Center	24,000
November 3, 2012
November 8, 2012	Newark		Prudential Center	24,000
November 9, 2012
South America
November 14, 2012	Lima	Peru	Jockey Club del Perú	10,000
Asia
November 23, 2012	Osaka	Japan	Osaka Dome	100,000
November 24, 2012
December 5, 2012	Tokyo		Tokyo Dome	55,000
December 8, 2012	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld-Arena	30,000
December 9, 2012
December 10, 2012
Europe
December 14, 2012	London	England	Wembley Arena	24,000
December 15, 2012
Asia
December 22, 2012	Fukuoka	Japan	Fukuoka Dome	50,000
January 12, 2013	Osaka		Osaka Dome	100,000
January 13, 2013
January 25, 2013	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	39,000
January 26, 2013
January 27, 2013

The band performed three different setlists during this tour:

Setlist 1:
 

1. "Alive (Intro)"
2. "Tonight" (Rock version)
3. "Hands Up"
4. "Fantastic Baby"
5. "How Gee"
6. "Stupid Liar"
7. "Knockout" (GD & TOP)
8. "High High" (Rock version) (GD & TOP)
9. "Strong Baby" (Seungri)
10. "What Can I Do" (Seungri)
11. "Gara Gara Go"
12. "Number 1"
13. "Cafe" (Remix)
14. "Bad Boy"
15. "Ain't No Fun"
16. "Love Dust"
17. "Love Song"
18. "Look Only At Me" / "Where U At" / "Wedding Dress" (Taeyang)
19. "Wings" (Daesung)
20. "Haru Haru" (Acoustic version)
21. "Lies"
22. "Last Farewell"

Encore:

1. "Sunset Glow"
2. "Heaven"

Setlist 2:
 

1. "Alive (Intro)"
2. "Tonight" (Rock version)
3. "Hands Up"
4. "Fantastic Baby"
5. "How Gee"
6. "Stupid Liar"
7. "Knockout" (GD & TOP)
8. "High High" (Rock version) (GD & TOP)
9. "Strong Baby" (Seungri)
10. "What Can I Do" (Seungri)
11. "Gara Gara Go"
12. "Number 1"
13. "Cafe" (Remix)
14. "Bad Boy"
15. "Blue"
16. "Love Dust"
17. "Love Song"
18. "Look Only At Me" / "Where U At" / "Wedding Dress" (Taeyang)
19. "Wings" (Daesung)
20. "Haru Haru" (Acoustic version)
21. "Lies"
22. "Last Farewell"

Encore:

1. "Sunset Glow"
2. "Heaven"

Setlist 3:
 

1. "Alive (Intro)"
2. "Tonight" (Rock version)
3. "Hands Up"
4. "Fantastic Baby"
5. "How Gee"
6. "Stupid Liar"
7. "Knockout" (GD & TOP)
8. "High High" (GD & TOP)
9. "Strong Baby" (Seungri)
10. "What Can I Do" (Seungri)
11. "Gara Gara Go"
12. "Number 1"
13. "Cafe" (Remix)
14. "Crayon (Short part)" (G-Dragon)
15. "One of a Kind (Short part)" (G-Dragon)
16. "Bad Boy"
17. "Blue"
18. "Love Song"
19. "Monster"
20. "Feeling"
21. "Look Only At Me" (Taeyang)
22. "Wedding Dress" (Taeyang)
23. "Wings" (Daesung)
24. "Haru Haru" (Acoustic version)
25. "Lies"
26. "Last Farewell"

Encore:

1. "Heaven"
2. "Bad Boy"
3. "Fantastic Baby"
4. "Feeling"

 

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Source: 

Taken from Wikipedia, amended and updated by BIGBANG 빅뱅 music.

BIGBANG Alive Galaxy Tour 2012. (2014, September 29). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:57, January 12, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Bang_Alive_Galaxy_Tour_2012&oldid=627491909

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