Big Bang Special Event

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Big Bang Special Event
Fan Meeting tour by Big Bang
BIGBANG SPECIAL EVENT 2017.jpg
The cover of 2017 events
Location Japan, South Korea
Start dateNovember 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)
End dateDecember 23, 2017 (2017-12-23)
Legs3
No. of shows15
Big Bang concert chronology

Big Bang Special Event is a series of fan meeting events by Big Bang, which began in 2016 with 8 shows in Japan and South Korea, held alongside their 10th anniversary tour 0.TO.10. All members attended the first leg of the tour, however T.O.P missed all shows of the second leg, due to his two-year mandatory military service in South Korea.

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Events

2016 Event

The band held fan meetings alongside their Japanese tour 0.TO.10, under the name BIGBANG SPECIAL EVENT -HAJIMARI NO SAYONARA, with seven events. The shows were an hour long, and included a talk session with the five members and a live performance, each scheduled to be held before every dome concert. [1] [2] In December 2016, a show was announced in South Korea, and was held on the same day of the last concert at Gocheok Sky Dome. [3]

2017 Events

On February 14, 2017, it was announced that BigBang will hold fan meetings in Japan from the end of May to early June. This was the first event without T.O.P after his enlistment in February 2017, and the second time BigBang held fan meetings inside dome arenas. The event was approximately two hours long, with four talk sessions, a game corner and live performances. [4] [5]

October 5, 2017, as a part of their Last Dance Tour, YGEX announced two fans meeting to be held on Tokyo Dome and Kyocera Dome. [6]

Set list

This set list is representative of the shows in 2017.

  1. "Koe o Kikasete"
  2. "Strong Baby"
  3. "Candle"
  4. "Always"
  5. "Loser"
  6. "Bang Bang Bang"
  7. "If You"
  8. "Bad Boy"
  9. "Fxxk It"
  10. "Feeling"
  11. "Fantastic Baby"
  12. "We Like 2 Party"
  13. "Bae Bae"
  14. "Last Dance"

Dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendance
Leg 1
November 6, 2016 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome 221,000 [7]
November 20, 2016 Fukuoka Fukuoka Dome
November 26, 2016 Osaka Kyocera Dome
December 4, 2016 Nagoya Nagoya Dome
December 11, 2016FukuokaFukuoka Dome
December 28, 2016OsakaKyocera Dome
December 29, 2016
January 8, 2017 Seoul South Korea Gocheok Sky Dome 64,000 [8]
Leg 2
May 27, 2017FukuokaJapanFukuoka Dome250,000 [9]
May 30, 2017TokyoTokyo Dome
May 31, 2017
June 3, 2017OsakaKyocera Dome
June 4, 2017
Leg 3
December 13, 2017TokyoJapanTokyo Dome106,000
December 23, 2017OsakaKyocera Dome

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