Catch Me: Live World Tour

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Catch Me: Live World Tour
World tour by TVXQ
Catchme worldtour.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour in Seoul
Associated album Catch Me
Start dateNovember 17, 2012 (2012-11-17)
End dateJuly 20, 2013 (2013-07-20)
Legs4
No. of shows6 in Asia
1 in North America
1 in South America
8 in total
Website tvxq.smtown.com
TVXQ concert chronology

The Catch Me: Live World Tour (stylized as TVXQ! Live World Tour "Catch Me"), also known as the Catch Me World Tour, was the fourth world concert tour (ninth overall) by South Korean pop duo TVXQ, to support their sixth studio album, Catch Me (2012). The world tour commenced with two shows in Seoul in November 2012. [1] [2] The tour visited seven theatres, arenas, and stadiums from late 2012 through mid-2013 in 8 different countries.

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Tour logo TVXQ! World Tour Catch Me.jpg
Tour logo

The Catch Me tour marks the group's first tour since their last Asia-wide concert tour, the Mirotic Tour, in February 2009. [3] The two concerts in South Korea will be TVXQ's first concert after the lawsuit between members Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu with S.M. Entertainment, and first exclusive concert in four years in Korea. The concert will take place over two days starting from November 17. [4]

The 20,000 tickets for the Seoul concerts were sold out within two minutes of going on sale at 20:00 on October 18. [5] [6] The Beijing concert was played to an audience of 15,000 people. It was announced on February 19, 2013, by JPM Music on their website and Facebook page that TVXQ would be performing on May 18, 2013, at Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam in Malaysia. It is JPM Music's first K-Pop concert. [7] This is the first TVXQ concert in Malaysia as a duo and first concert after 6 years. [8]

Broadcasts and recordings

TVXQ's first two performances of the tour at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea was recorded and put on a DVD and a CD. The live album was released on May 22, 2014, comprising two previously unreleased studio tracks: a Korean version of TVXQ's 2011 Japanese digital single "B.U.T. (Be-Au-Ty)" and a Korean remake of their 30th Japanese single, "Toki o Tomete", which was released in 2010. The album debuted at number three on the Gaon Albums Chart and shifted 19,979 units by the end of the month. [9] The DVD version of the tour was released on August 14, 2014.

Setlist

This setlist is representative of the shows in Seoul on November 17–18, 2012 and Hong Kong on January 19, 2013. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Rising Sun"
  2. "Getaway"
  3. "Hey! (Don't Bring Me Down)"
  4. "'O'-Jung.Ban.Hap."
  5. "Like a Soap"
  6. "How Are You"
  7. "Journey"
  8. Max Changmin solo: "Confession" (in Seoul) and "Listen to the Sea" (in Hong Kong)
  9. U-Know Yunho solo: "Honey Funny Bunny"
  10. "Wrong Number"
  11. "I Don't Know" (Korean version)
  12. "Humanoids"
  13. "Purple Line" (Korean version)
  14. "Before U Go"
  15. "Destiny"
  16. Medley: "Everlasting" (Korean version of "Toki o Tomete") / "I Never Let Go" / "Always There..." / "Like Right Now"
  17. "I Wanna Hold You"
  18. "Here I Stand"
  19. "Dream"
  20. "Catch Me"
  21. "B.U.T (Be-Au-Ty)"
  22. "Keep Your Head Down"
  23. "Unforgettable"
Encore
  1. "Mirotic"
  2. "Summer Dream"
  3. "Sky"
  4. "Hi Ya Ya"
  5. "I'll Be There"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendance
November 17, 2012 Seoul South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena [10] 25,000 [11]
November 18, 2012
January 19, 2013 Hong Kong China AsiaWorld–Arena [12] 10,000 [13]
March 30, 2013 Beijing Capital Indoor Stadium 10,000 [14]
May 18, 2013 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Malawati Stadium [15] 9,000 [16]
July 5, 2013 Los Angeles United States Nokia Theatre L.A. 7,000 [17]
July 7, 2013 Santiago Chile Teatro Caupolicán 5,000 [18]
July 20, 2013 Shanghai China Mercedes-Benz Arena 10,000 [19]
Total76,000

Cancelled shows

DateCityCountryVenueReason for cancellation
July 9, 2013 Lima Peru Jockey Club del Perú Technical and logistical problems [20]

Personnel

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