Fantastic Babys

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Fantastic Babys
Fan Meeting tour by Big Bang
Big Bang Fanclub Event ~Fantastic Babys~.jpg
The official logo of Big Bang VIP fan club in Japan
Location Japan
Start date1 July 2012 (2012-07-01)
End date29 May 2016 (2016-05-29)
Legs3
No. of shows45
Big Bang concert chronology

BigBang Fanclub Event ~Fantastic Babys~ is a special fan meeting for BigBang's fan club in Japan, it's started in 2012, with four shows. The last event was held in 2016. All the members of BigBang including, G-Dragon, Sol, V.I and D-Lite attended all shows, except T.O.P who missed all shows, due to other schedules.

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Events

2016 Event

In early 2016, YG Entertainment announced that BigBang will hold fan meeting events for the Japanese fan club in April, visiting four cities Kobe, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Chiba with 27 shows in total. [1] [2] It was announced that T.O.P will miss the fan meeting due to his movie filming. [3] [4] The fan meeting ended with great success after 280,000 fans came to the shows. [5]

Dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendance
Dates [6]
July 1, 2012 (two shows) Kobe Japan World Memorial Hall 42,000 [7]
July 3, 2012 (two shows) Tokyo Nippon Budokan
February 11, 2014 (two shows) Fukuoka Marine Messe Fukuoka 141,000
February 18, 2014 (two shows) Yokohama Yokohama Arena
February 19, 2014 (two shows)
February 22, 2014 (two shows)KobeWorld Memorial Hall
February 23, 2014 (two shows)
February 25, 2014 (two shows) Nagoya NGK Insulators Hall
February 26, 2014 (two shows)
April 22, 2016KobeWorld Memorial Hall280,000 [8]
April 23, 2016 (two shows)
April 24, 2016 (two shows)
April 27, 2016 (two shows)FukuokaMarine Messe Fukuoka
April 29, 2016 (two shows)NagoyaNGK Insulators Hall
April 30, 2016 (two shows)
May 1, 2016
May 3, 2016 (two shows) Chiba Makuhari Messe Exhibition Hall 9-11
May 4, 2016 (two shows)
May 5, 2016 (two shows)
May 14, 2016 (two shows)
May 15, 2016 (two shows)
May 27, 2016KobeKobe World Memorial Hall
May 28, 2016 (two shows)
May 29, 2016 (two shows)
Total463,000

DVD

BIGBANG Fanclub Eevent 2014 'Fantastic Babys'
Big Bang Fanclub Event 2014 ~Fantastic Babys~.jpg
Video by
ReleasedFebruary 18, 2015 (2015-02-18)
RecordedFebruary 2, 2014
Length133 minutes
LanguageJapanese
Label YGEx

Bigbang Fanclub Event 2014 'Fantastic Babys' [9] is a live DVD & Blu-ray by South Korean band Big Bang, released on February 18, 2015 in Japan only available for fans with VIP membership. The DVD/Blu-ray was filmed during the band's fan meeting in Yokohama Arena. The tour visited 4 cities with 14 shows in total. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Games" 
2."Hands Up" 
3."Gara Gara Go!" 
4."HaruHaru -Japanese Version-" 
5."Bad Boy" 
6."Fantastic Baby" 
7."My Heaven" 
8."Koe o Kikasete" 

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