I-dol World Tour

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i-DOL World Tour
Tour by (G)I-dle
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Promotional poster for Seoul concerts
Associated albums 2
I Sway
Start dateAugust 3, 2024
End dateNovember 2, 2024
No. of shows
  • 14 in Asia
  • 6 in North America
  • 2 in Oceania
  • 22 in total
(G)I-dle concert chronology

The I-dol World Tour (stylized as i-DOL) is the third worldwide concert tour by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle, in support of their second studio album 2 (2024) and seventh extended play I Sway (2024). The tour began on August 3, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea, and conclude on November 2, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. The tour consists of 22 shows in 14 countries across Asia, North America, and Oceania.

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Background

In May 2024, (G)I-dle's Cube Entertainment announced that (G)I-dle would be embarking on their third world tour titled "I-dol", following their I Am Free-ty World Tour the previous year. It began with two shows in Seoul's KSPO Dome on August 3 and August 4, before continuing across Asia, North America, and Oceania. [1] [2]

Reception

Pyo Kyung-min of The Korea Times lauded the group's performance, calling the concert "testament to the group's polished stage presence" and "unparalleled command of the stage", giving special mention to Soyeon's performance of "Is This Bad B****** Number?", and the group's performances of "Wife", "Fate" and their newest single "Klaxon". [3]

Other reviews by Korean outlets were also favorable, with MK Sports' crediting the group's "intense performance", MHN Sports noting that both the solo and group performances shined, and Esports News' Kim Ye-na called the concert "high quality" with "personal charm". [4] [5] [6]

Soyeon's solo performance garnered media attention, due to her alluding to the end of her contract with Cube Entertainment towards the end of the year. Cube released a press statement claiming the lyrics were simply a spontaneous part of the performance, the contract renewals is for the next year, and that "Soyeon's spontaneous action, without discussing it with us first, could cause harm to the company". [7] [8] Soyeon responded to this via her Instagram account, where she revealed that she did not lie about the date of her contract ending, and did not hide the lyrics from the company and performed it in front of them multiple times during rehearsals. [9] Following that Cube released an official statement apologizing for causing concerns, and announced that their previously reported statement was "the opinion of one individual" and not an official statement by the agency. Cube confirmed the contract's end date is true, that they were aware of Soyeon's lyrics ahead of time and are currently in the process of "smoothly discussing" a contract renewal. [10]

Setlist

The following set list is from the shows in Seoul, South Korea. It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour.

  1. "Super Lady"
  2. "Revenge"
  3. "Latata"
  4. "Oh My God"
  5. "Villain Dies"
  6. "Doll"
  7. "Water" (Tyla cover; Shuhua dance solo)
  8. "Radio" (Yuqi solo) [upper-alpha 1]
  9. "Like a Dream" (Minnie solo)
  10. "Is This Bad B****** Number?" (Soyeon solo)
  11. "Sky Walking" (Miyeon solo) [upper-alpha 1]
  12. "Wife"
  13. "Uh-Oh"
  14. "Klaxon"
  15. "Fate"
  16. "Allergy"
  17. "Never Stop Me"
  18. "Lion"
  19. "Pop/Stars"
  20. "My Bag"
  21. "Queencard"
  22. "Tomboy"

Encore

August 3 (Day 1)

  1. "I'm the Trend"
  2. "Bloom"
  3. "Neverland"

August 4 (Day 2)

  1. "I'm the Trend"
  2. "Last Forever"
  3. "7Days"
  4. "Neverland"
Notes
  • During the encore stage at the Hong Kong shows, they performed a cover of Joey Yung "My Pride" in Cantonese.
  • During the shows in Tokyo, Soyeon performed her unreleased song "Not Enough" in Japanese, for her solo stage in place of "Is This Bad B****** Number?".
  • During the encore stage at the Tokyo shows, they performed a cover of Aimyon "Marigold" in Japanese.
  • During the shows in North America, Minnie performed a solo version of "Change", for her solo stage in place of "Like a Dream".
  • For the encore stage of the North America shows, they performed their English singles "I Want That" and "I DO".
  • During the shows in Taipei, Yuqi and Shuhua performed a cover of S.H.E "Super Star" in Mandarin as a duet, for their solo stage in place of "Water" and "Radio".
  • During the encore stage at the Taipei shows, they performed a cover of WeiBird "Red Scarf" in Mandarin.
  • During the encore stage at the Bangkok shows, they performed a cover of Ink Waruntorn "Pob Rak" in Thai.
  • During the encore stage at the Macau shows, they performed a cover of Sandy Lam "At Least I've Got You" in Mandarin.
  • For the encore stage at the Melbourne show, they performed their English singles "I Want That" and "I DO".

Tour dates

Date (2024)CityCountryVenueAttendance
August 3 Seoul South Korea KSPO Dome 16,000 [11]
August 4
August 23 Hong Kong China AsiaWorld–Arena —
August 24
August 25
August 31 Tokyo Japan Ariake Arena 20,000 [12]
September 1
September 6 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome 27,000 [13]
September 8 Oakland Oakland Arena
September 10 Anaheim Honda Center
September 13 Houston Toyota Center —
September 15 Rosemont Allstate Arena —
September 18 Belmont Park UBS Arena —
October 4 Taipei Taiwan Taipei Arena 30,000 [14]
October 5
October 6
October 19 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena —
October 25 Macau China Galaxy Arena 30,000 [15]
October 26
October 27
October 31 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena —
November 2 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena —
Total—

Notes

  1. 1 2 Unreleased song

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