The Great Seungri (tour)

The Great Seungri
Tour by Seungri
Official poster for Seoul shows
LocationAsia
Associated albumThe Great Seungri
Start dateAugust 4, 2018 (2018-08-04)
End dateFebruary 23, 2019 (2019-02-23)
Legs2
No. of shows19 shows

The Great Seungri was a concert tour by South Korean singer Seungri. The tour began in Seoul, South Korea at the Jangchung Gymnasium on August 4, 2018, and concluded in Singapore at The Star Performing Arts Centre.

Background and development

In May 2018, YGEX announced that Seungri (V.I) will kick off his first tour in Japan with six shows in three cities, Chiba, Fukuoka and Osaka set to commence in August.[1][2] In August, it was announced that tour sold 78,000 tickets in Japan from three cities.[3] An additional shows were announced due to high demand, selling out entire 1st leg of Japan tour, including 30,000 ticket from Chiba and 16,000 from Fukuoka, total 98,000 people attend from 3 cities.[4][5]

In June, the dates for South Korea shows were announced, marking it as his first shows since debuting 12 years ago. The concert series was announced as The Great Seungri and will begin at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on August 4 and 5.[6][7] 8,800 tickets were sold-out on the first two shows in Seoul, and due to tickets demands, the tour was expanded in South Korea, to include Daegu and Busan.[8][9]

On December, a new shows were announced in South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, under the name "The Great Seungri Tour 2019 ~The Great Show~ an encore of the tour.[10][11]

On February 28, 2019, YG Entertainment announced the cancellation of the rest of 'The Great Seungri' tour that was supposed to be held in Osaka and Jakarta. This decision comes after Seungri's recent scandal, known as the Burning Sun scandal, which he accused of drugs, corruptions, and offering prostitutes as entertainment in his business ventures.[12] YG also announced that Seungri would be taking a hiatus with halting all the upcoming promotions.

Set list

  1. "Strong Baby"
  2. "Let's Talk About Love"
  3. "GG BE"
  4. "Gotta Talk 2 U"
  5. "What Can I Do"
  6. "Yoo Hoo!"
  7. "Good Luck to You"
  8. "Alone"
  9. "If You"
  10. "Mollado"
  11. "Haru Haru"
  12. "Love Is You"
  13. "I Know"
  14. "Come To My"
  15. "Love Box"
  16. "Last Farewell"
  17. "Where R U From"
  18. "Hotline"
  19. "We Like 2 Party"
  20. "My Heaven"
  21. "Hands Up"
  22. "Lies"
  23. "1, 2, 3"
  24. "Be Friend"

Encore

  2. "Bang Bang Bang"
  4. "Fantastic Baby"
  6. "In My World"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance
Asia
August 4, 2018 Seoul South Korea Jangchung Gymnasium 8,800[8]
August 5, 2018
August 11, 2018 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe Exhibition Hall 1-3 98,000[a]
August 12, 2018
August 15, 2018 Daegu South Korea EXCO 1st Floor —
August 19, 2018 Busan BEXCO Exhibition Hall 1
September 5, 2018 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Convention Center [a]
September 6, 2018
September 19, 2018 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
September 20, 2018
December 15, 2018 Intex Osaka Hall 5
December 16, 2018
January 12, 2019 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Expo Hall 10 —
January 19, 2019 Pasay Philippines Mall of Asia Arena
January 26, 2019 Tokyo Japan Musashino Forest Sport Plaza 52,000[b]
January 27, 2019
February 15, 2019 Seoul South Korea SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium 30,000
February 16, 2019
February 23, 2019 Singapore The Star Performing Arts Centre 1,600[15]

Canceled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
March 9, 2019 Osaka Japan Osaka-jō Hall Cancelled due to Seungri being investigated for various suspicions by the police, and later retirement.[16]
March 10, 2019
March 17, 2019 Jakarta Indonesia LIVESPACE SCBD

Notes

  1. ^ a b The score data is combined from the shows held in Japan from 11, 12 August & 5, 6, 19, 20 September & 15, 16 December 2018 respectively.[5]
  2. ^ The score data is combined from the shows held in Japan from 26, 27 January 2019 respectively.[13][14]

References

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  3. ^ "V.I(from BIGBANG)初のソロジャパンツアー開幕 全6公演で7万8000人動員予定". Oricon (in Japanese). August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
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