iKONCERT 2016: Showtime Tour

iKONCERT 2016: Showtime Tour

Tour by iKON
iKONCERT 2016: Showtime Tour Official Poster
Associated album	Welcome Back
Start date	October 3, 2015
Number of shows	14 in Japan 4 in South Korea 4 in China 1 in Hong Kong 1 in Taiwan 1 in Thailand 1 in Singapore 1 in Malaysia 1 in Indonesia 28 in total

iKONCERT 2016: Showtime Tour is the first Asia tour by South Korean boy band iKON, in support of their debut studio album Welcome Back. The tour visited South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. It started on 30 and 31 January 2016 in Seoul at Olympic Gymnastics Arena as their debut concert, they successfully gathered 24,000 fans in total attendance.^[1]

Background

Following iKON's Japan debut in January 13, 2016, the band has embarked on their first-ever Japan Arena Tour "iKONCERT: SHOWTIME TOUR AT JAPAN 2016".^[2] The tour was announced on October 5, 2015 for an audience of 95,000 in three cities.^[3] After adding 2 more cities to the original plan, the tour rounded a total of 146,000 congert-goers in 14 shows,^[4] 8,000 from two shows in Fukuoka,^[5] 13,000 from Tokyo^[6] and 24,000 from Osaka.^[4]

On March 17, YG Entertainment released the name of 2 cities to commence iKON's SHOWTIME TOUR in ASIA. The cities were Taiwan and Hong Kong.^[7] Since then, Chengdu, Nangjing, Shenzhen and Shanghai in China have been included as well. The tour expanded to include Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.^[8][9][10]

Special Guests

• Akdong Musician^[11]
• Lee Hi^[11]

Setlist

Seoul 

1. "Rhythm Ta Remix (Rock Version)"
2. "Dumb & Dumber"
3. "Sinosijak"
4. "Be I" (B.I Solo)
5. "Go" (Bobby Solo)
6. "Anthem"
7. "Apology"
8. "Wait For Me"
9. "Airplane"
10. "Bang Bang Bang" (cover Big Bang)
11. "Me Gustas Tu" (Jinhwan) (cover GFriend)
12. "Up & Down" (cover EXID)
13. "I'm Different" (feat. Bobby) (Hi Suhyun)
14. "M.U.P"
15. "I Miss You So Bad"
16. "My Type"
17. "Today"
18. "What's Wrong?"
19. "Just Another Boy"
20. "Climax"

Encore:

1. "Long Time No See"
2. "Welcome Back"
3. "My Type"
4. "Dumb & Dumber"

Concerts Dates

Date[12]	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
January 30, 2016	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	24,000[1]
January 31, 2016
February 11, 2016	Fukuoka	Japan	Fukuoka Convention Center	146,000[4]
February 11, 2016
February 15, 2016	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
February 16, 2016
February 16, 2016
February 20, 2016	Kobe		World Memorial Hall
February 20, 2016
February 21, 2016
February 21, 2016
February 27, 2016	Daegu	South Korea	Daegu EXCO	N/A
March 5, 2016	Busan		Busan BEXCO
March 12, 2016	Chiba	Japan	Makuhari Messe	[lower-alpha 1]
March 12, 2016
March 13, 2016
March 15, 2016	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
March 15, 2016
April 22, 2016	Taipei	Taiwan	Taipei Arena	7,000[13]
May 7, 2016	Chek Lap Kok	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld–Arena	TBA
May 14, 2016	Chengdu	China	Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium
May 21, 2016	Nanjing		Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
June 3, 2016	Shenzhen		Shenzhen Bay Sports Center
June 11, 2016	Shanghai		Shanghai Indoor Stadium
July 16, 2016	Bangkok	Thailand	IMPACT Exhibition Center
July 24, 2016	Kallang	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
August 13, 2016	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Negara
September 3, 2016	Jakarta	Indonesia	Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) Hall
TOTAL				177,000

Notes

1. The score data is combined from the shows held at the Fukuoka Convention Center, Nippon Budokan, World Memorial Hall, Makuhari Messe and Osaka-jō Hall from 11, 15, 16, 20, 21 February & 12, 13, 15 March 2016 respectively.

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