IKoncert 2016: Showtime Tour

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iKoncert 2016: Showtime Tour
Tour by iKon
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iKoncert 2016: Showtime Tour Official Poster
Associated album Welcome Back
Start dateJanuary 30, 2016 (2016-01-30)
End dateSeptember 3, 2016 (2016-09-03)
No. of shows
  • 14 in Japan
  • 4 in South Korea
  • 5 in China
  • 1 in Taiwan
  • 1 in Thailand
  • 1 in Singapore
  • 1 in Malaysia
  • 1 in Indonesia
  • 28 in total
iKon concert chronology

iKoncert 2016: Showtime Tour (stylized as iKONCERT 2016: Showtime Tour) was the first Asian 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. The tour began on January 30, 2016 in Seoul at Olympic Gymnastics Arena [1] and ended on September 3, 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Background

Following iKon's Japanese debut on January 13, 2016, the band embarked on their first Japanese arena tour "iKoncert: Showtime Tour in Japan 2016". [2] Announced on October 5, 2015, the tour was originally set to visit 3 cities for an audience of 95,000. [3] After adding 2 more cities, the tour gathered a total of 146,000 congert-goers from 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 announced 2 cities to commence iKon's Showtime Tour in Asia. The cities were Taiwan and Hong Kong. [7] Afterwards, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shenzhen and Shanghai in China were included as well. The tour eventually expanded to include Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. [8] [9] [10]

Special guests

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on January 31, 2017 in Seoul. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  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 BigBang)
  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] CityCountryVenueAttendance
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 KoreaDaegu EXCO—
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 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena —
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 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium 6,500 [14]
August 13, 2016 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Stadium Negara 7,000
September 3, 2016 Jakarta Indonesia Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) Hall 5,000 [15]
TotalN/A

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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