Babymetal World Tour 2015
| World tour by Babymetal | |
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Promotional poster for Babymetal World Tour 2015 | |
| Location | North America, Europe, Asia |
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| Start date | 9 May 2015 |
| End date | 13 December 2015 |
| Legs | 3 |
| Number of shows | 29 |
| Babymetal concert chronology | |
The Babymetal World Tour 2015 was a concert tour by Babymetal, which began on 9 May 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico and ended on 13 December 2015 with a performance in Yokohama Arena at Yokohama, Japan. The tour was announced on 10 February 2015, with dates for Mexico, Canada, United States, Germany, Austria and Japan. Additional dates was announced on 25 February for France, Switzerland and Italy. On 20 April, it was revealed that Babymetal would play at the Reading and Leeds Festivals as part of the tour. They performed at METROCK festival in Tokyo on 24 May.[1] Following the concert at Rock Im Revier, Germany on 30 May they announced two additional solo dates for Germany. After the concert at Makuhari Messe on 21 June, they announced the Babymetal World Tour 2015 in Japan, with ten new dates for Japan.[2] This concert was also their biggest solo show yet, with 25 000 people in the audience.[3] On 9 July, Babymetal announced that they will perform at Ozzfest on 22 November.[2]
During this tour, Babymetal made a surprise guest appaerence at Download Festival, where they performed their song "Gimme Chocolate!!" with prominent power metal band DragonForce during their set on 12 June.[4] They also performed two songs at the 2015 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards together on 15 June.[5] In September, Babymetal appeared briefly on stage with Skrillex at Tokyo's Ultra Music Festival.[6]
Broadcast and recording
The concert held at Makuhari Messe on 21 June was broadcast live across 24 theaters in Japan with 5000 viewers in total.[3] WOWOW broadcast the Summer Sonic concerts held on 15 and 16 August,[7] and will also broadcast the first concert held in Yokohama in April 2016.[8]
Set list
This setlist is representative of the first show in Chiba, Japan.[3] It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.
- Babymetal Death (BABYMETAL DEATH)
- Gimme Chocolate!! (ギミチョコ！！)
- Doki Doki ☆ Morning (ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング)
- Uki Uki ★ Midnight (ウ・キ・ウ・キ★ミッドナイト)
- Awadama Fever (あわだまフィーバー)
- Catch Me If You Can (Catch me if you can)
- Onedari Daisakusen (おねだり大作戦)
- Akatsuki (紅月-アカツキ-)
- Rondo of Nightmare (悪夢の輪舞曲)
- Song 4 (４の歌)
- Yava! (ヤバッ！)
- Iine! (いいね！)
- Megitsune (メギツネ)
- Ijime, Dame, Zettai (イジメ、ダメ、ゼッタイ)
- Headbanger (ヘドバンギャー！！)
- Road of Resistance
Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | |||||
| 9 May 2015 | Mexico City | Mexico | Circo Volador | ||
| 12 May 2015 | Toronto | Canada | Danforth Music Hall | ||
| 14 May 2015 | Chicago | United States | House of Blues | ||
| 16 May 2015[A] | Columbus | MAPFRE Stadium | |||
| Asia | |||||
| 24 May 2015[B] | Tokyo | Japan | Shinkiba Wakasu Park | ||
| Europe | |||||
| 29 May 2015[C] | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle | ||
| 30 May 2015[D] | Gelsenkirchen | Veltins-Arena | |||
| 1 June 2015 | Strasbourg | France | La Laiterie | ||
| 3 June 2015 | Zürich | Switzerland | X-TRA | ||
| 5 June 2015 | Bologna | Italy | Estragon Club | ||
| 6 June 2015[E] | Vienna | Austria | Donauinsel Wien | ||
| Asia | |||||
| 21 June 2015 | Chiba | Japan | Makuhari Messe | ||
| 15 August 2015[F] | |||||
| 16 August 2015[F] | Osaka | Maishima Sports Island | |||
| Europe | |||||
| 26 August 2015 | Frankfurt | Germany | Batschkapp | ||
| 27 August 2015 | Berlin | Huxleys | |||
| 29 August 2015[G] | Reading | England | Little John's Farm | ||
| 30 August 2015[G] | Leeds | Bramham Park | |||
| Asia | |||||
| 16 September 2015 | Osaka | Japan | Zepp Namba (Osaka) | ||
| 17 September 2015 | |||||
| 21 September 2015 | Sapporo | Zepp Sapporo | |||
| 2 October 2015 | Fukuoka | Zepp Fukuoka | |||
| 7 October 2015 | Nagoya | Zepp Nagoya | |||
| 8 October 2015 | |||||
| 15 October 2015 | Tokyo | Zepp DiverCity (Tokyo) | |||
| 16 October 2015 | |||||
| 22 November 2015[H] | Chiba | Makuhari Messe | |||
| 12 December 2015 | Yokohama | Yokohama Arena | |||
| 13 December 2015 | |||||
- Festivals performances
- A This concert was a part of "Rock on the Range"
- B This concert was part of "METROCK"
- C This concert was part of "Rockavaria"
- D This concert was part of "Rock Im Revier"
- E This concert was part of "Rock in Vienna"
- F This concert was part of "Summer Sonic Festival"
- G This concert was part of "Reading and Leeds Festivals"
- H This concert was part of "Ozzfest"
References
- ↑ "METROCK 2015". metrock.jp.
- 1 2 "en.babymetal.jp/news/". BABYMETAL.
- 1 2 3 "BABYMETAL、史上最多2.5万人のダメジャンプ 横アリ2days含む国内初ツアー発表". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "GALLERY: BABYMETAL COLLIDE WITH DRAGONFORCE AT DOWNLOAD". Metalhammer.Teamrock.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ↑ "BABYMETAL ARE PLAYING THE METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS". Metalhammer.Teamrock.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "WATCH BABYMETAL & SKRILLEX PLAY LIVE TOGETHER". rocksound.tv. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "＜谷原章介＞サマソニ中継番組のMCに喜び "音楽愛"を熱く語る". yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "2016年春放送決定！". wowow.co.jp. December 12, 2015.
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