Girls' Generation Tour

Girls' Generation Tour
Asia tour by Girls' Generation
Location Asia
Associated album Oh!
Start date July 23, 2011 (2011-07-23)
End date February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)
Legs 5
Number of shows 2 in South Korea
3 in Taiwan
2 in Singapore
1 in Hong Kong
1 in Thailand
9 in total
Girls' Generation concert chronology

Girls' Generation Tour is the second concert tour by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. The concert tour kicked off in Seoul and continued in Taipei and Singapore. Girls' Generation performed their first ever concert in Hong Kong on January 15, 2012.

Background

The tour was announced by SM Entertainment in June 2011. The tickets for the tour went on sale on June 7, 2011 on Gmarket. The concert takes approximately three hours. The Singapore concert production cost S$1.8 million said by the organizers Running Into The Sun (RITS) and Conceptual. The concert will feature the standard massive LED screens and lasers as well as new elements like trapezes and two custom-built stages with three walkways between them.[1]

Concerts

The Seoul concert was attended by Super Junior, f(x), A Pink, 4MEN, Davichi’s Kang Minkyung, as well as Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Ah-joong, Jung Ryeo-won, Park Min-young, Im Soo-hyang, Jung Joon-ho and Shin Se-kyung.[2]

On July 24, 2011, Sooyoung announced that the next concert will be held in Taipei City, the capital city of Taiwan. They also became the first foreign girl group to hold 3 days concert on Taipei Arena and drew 31,000 audiences.[3]

On October 11, 2011, it was announced that the next concert will be held on December 9, 2011 in Singapore. Due to overwhelming response regarding lack of tickets, it was announced on October 30, 2011 that there will be a second concert on the following day after the first night, on December 10, 2011 in Singapore. The concert was also held on January 15, 2012 in Hong Kong. And most recently, it was confirmed that Girls' Generation will perform a concert on February 12, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.

On January 14, Girls’ Generation broke the record for the fastest concert to sell out in Thailand. The highest priced tickets sold out in ten minutes. All 11,000 concert tickets were sold in twenty minutes, setting the record for the concert to be sold out the fastest in Thailand.[4]

Members of Girls' Generation announced to the fans in Thailand that Bangkok leg would be their last stop for their 2nd Asia Tour.

Set list

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Tour dates

Date Country City Venue Attendance
July 23, 2011 South Korea Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Arena 20,000
July 24, 2011
September 9, 2011 Taiwan Taipei Taipei Arena 33,000
September 10, 2011
September 11, 2011
December 9, 2011 Singapore Kallang Singapore Indoor Stadium 15,000
December 10, 2011
January 15, 2012 China Hong Kong AsiaWorld Arena 11,000
February 12, 2012 Thailand Bangkok Impact Arena 11,000
9 Shows 5 Countries 5 Cities Total Tour Attendance: 90,000

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