We Are Here World Tour

Monsta X World Tour: We Are Here
World tour by Monsta X
LocationAsia • Oceania • Europe • South America • North America
Associated albumTake.2 We Are Here
Start dateApril 13, 2019
End dateSeptember 4, 2019
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 8 in Asia
  • 2 in Oceania
  • 5 in Europe
  • 7 in North America
  • 1 in South America
  • 23 in Total
Monsta X concert chronology

We Are Here World Tour, also known as Monsta X World Tour: We Are Here, is the third worldwide concert tour by the South Korean boy group Monsta X following their successful and sold out world tour for the previous year The Connect World Tour. The tour started on April 13, two months after the release of the group's second Korean-language studio album Take.2 We Are Here, kicking off in Seoul, and then visiting twelve more countries including Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, Spain, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, United States, and Japan.

Background

Asia

In March, their third world tour was announced, including eighteen cities, having the first show held in Seoul at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium located at Seoul Olympic Park on April 13 and 14.[1] On March 13, Starship Entertainment revealed that the tickets for their two days Seoul concert had sold out within seventy seconds upon the release on March 12 for four consecutive years.[2]

Before the concert on June 1 in Bangkok, the group held a press conference, in front of the local media in Thailand, and delivered some news about their album activities, their third world tour, and their plans for the future. About seventy media outlets, including some of the local TV, newspapers, magazines, and internet news, gathered at the press conference room to cover their world tour performance, and about a hundred reporters. In particular, Rueng Lao Chao Nee of Thai terrestrial TV Channel 3, Channel 7, and Channel 9, and national broadcaster NBT visited the conference room and competed for coverage. In addition, many of the influential daily newspapers such as Thairath, Daily News, Naewna, and Manager Daily, which are called as the most influential newspapers in the country, participated and showed off the power of the global trend.[3]

On June 22, the group's agency Starship Entertainment announced that the group member Wonho will not be attending the concert in Malaysia due to the loss of his passport and could not enter Malaysia.[4]

Australia

It was Monsta X's first time to have a world tour in Australia. They performed at ICC Sydney Theater in Sydney on June 5 and at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne on June 8.[5]

Europe

After the tour in Australia, the group headed to Europe. Starting with the concert held at Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid on June 29, Monsta X performed at AFAS Live in Amsterdam on July 3, La Seine Musicale in Paris on July 6, SSE Arena Wembley in London on July 9, and ending it at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin on July 13.[6]

In Europe, the concert brought the group media attention, including attending and performing on a famous local morning TV show Good Morning Britain.[7]

Americas

Monsta X held the tour around the United States of America which started on July 25 at Verizon Theatre in Dallas and ended on August 10 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. During their stay, they had sold-out shows and interviews, with local and nationwide TV programs, such as Good Morning America and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, broadcast on ABC, magazines such as Billboard, Forbes, and Chicago Tribune, which are all influential media outlets in the United States, as well as internet and radio shows such as 102.3 KIIS-FM's Jojo on the Radio and iHeartRadio's affiliated channels.[8]

Critical reception

Sarah Deen of Metro gave them and described the tour as "upgraded show that was part concert and part rave", all fierce but with what felt like "a new-found confidence". Deen also commended their more "mature and experimental sound" that brought life into their stages.[9]

Commercial performance

The tour gathered 40,029 attendees, with a gross sales of $4,568,966 for seven reported shows out of twenty-three total shows.[10]

Impact

Monsta X, which proved its popularity by predicting live broadcasts of performances at the Staples Center, where world-class stars took the stage, has been performing dazzlingly, capturing the hearts of fans around the world through various activities on Naver V Live. In particular, the Staples Center is where the American Grammy Awards, one of the three major music awards in the United States, are held every year, and it is famous as the place where artists loved around the world, such as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and BTS performed.[11] Monsta X also became the twelfth Asian artist in history to gross over $1,000,000 for one show in North America.[12][13]

Monsta X also became the first K-pop artist to appear on a live broadcast of the morning news program Good Morning Britain, of the British ITV channel, drawing the attention of global fans.[14]

Monsta X was the first Korean artist to participate and appeared in the popular American animation We Bare Bears, and this episode was made through communication between Daniel Chong and their fans club. In particular, through the broadcast, the group directly dubbed English with their own voices, adding a sense of reality to the sitcom, which was broadcast in about 200 countries around the world, which received a lot of attention from fans around the world as well as local fans.[15]

Setlist

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and attendance
Date City Country Venue Attendance
Asia
April 13, 2019 Seoul South Korea SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium 10,000[16]
April 14, 2019
June 1, 2019 Bangkok Thailand Thunder Dome Undisclosed
Oceania
June 5, 2019 Sydney Australia ICC Sydney Theater Undisclosed
June 8, 2019 Melbourne Margaret Court Arena
Asia
June 22, 2019 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Malawati Indoor Stadium 5,000[17]
Europe
June 29, 2019 Madrid Spain Palacio Vistalegre Undisclosed
July 3, 2019 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live 3,477[10]
July 6, 2019 Paris France La Seine Musicale Undisclosed
July 9, 2019 London United Kingdom SSE Arena Wembley
July 13, 2019 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena 8,851[10]
South America
July 19, 2019 São Paulo Brazil Espaço Das Américas Undisclosed
North America
July 21, 2019 Mexico City Mexico Teatro Metropólitan Undisclosed
July 25, 2019 Dallas United States Verizon Theatre
July 27, 2019 Houston Smart Financial Centre 5,163[10]
July 30, 2019 Atlanta Fox Theatre 4,221[10]
August 3, 2019 New York City Hulu Theater 5,058[10]
August 6, 2019 Chicago Rosemont Theatre 4,144[10]
August 10, 2019 Los Angeles Staples Center 9,155[18]
Asia
August 21, 2019 Chiba Japan Makuhari Event Hall 32,000[19]
August 22, 2019
September 3, 2019 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
September 4, 2019

Boxscore

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Staples Center Los Angeles 9,155 / 9,985 (91.7%) $1,103,392[18]

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