List of Girls' Generation concert tours

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Girls' Generation performing at the 2013 Dream Concert in Seoul
Concert tours7
Special lives6
Award shows3

South Korean girl group Girls' Generation (Korean : 소녀시대; So Nyeo Si Dae), known as Shoujo Jidai in Japan and Shàonǚ Shídài in the Sinophone world, have performed over 150 concerts across Asia. They embarked on their first tour, Into The New World Tour in December 2009. Their next tour, The First Japan Tour, was attended by 140,000 people.

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The group subsequently followed up the success of their Japan tour by embarking on their eponymously titled third tour, the 2011 Girls' Generation Tour. The group then toured Japan for the second time in early 2013, with a total of 20 stops on their Girls & Peace Japan 2nd Tour.

In addition to their own headlining tours, the group has participated in multiple SMTown tours. Their first appearance was at SM Town Live '08, and their following participation in SM Town Live '10 World Tour saw the group (along with fellow SMTown acts) become the first Asian singers in history to reach the top 10 on the US Billboard Concert Boxcore chart. [1] The group also performed on SM Town Live World Tour III (2012–2013), SM Town Week (2013), SM Town Live World Tour IV (2014–2015), SM Town Live World Tour V (2016), SM Town Live World Tour VI (2017) and SM Town Live 2022: SMCU Express (2022).

Headlining tours

YearTitleAssociated album(s)DurationAttendanceShows
2009–2010 Into the New World Tour Girls' Generation (2007), Gee , Genie and Oh! December 19, 2009 – October 17, 2010 (Asia)—7
The Into The New World Tour was Girls' Generation's first headlining tour. The tour was announced in November 2009, [2] and tickets were sold-out within 3 minutes of being put on sale. [3]
2011 The First Japan Arena Tour Girls' Generation (2011)May 31, 2011 – July 18, 2011 (Japan)140,00014
The group embarked on their first nationwide Japanese tour starting originally on May 18, 2011, with a total of seven initial stops. [4] The tour was postponed because of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and then commenced on May 31, 2011. Due to overwhelming demand, seven more stops were added for a total audience of 140,000. [5] The tour covered Osaka, Saitama, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagoya, and Fukuoka with total of fourteen performances. [6]
2011–2012 Girls' Generation Tour Hoot and Girls' Generation (2011)July 23, 2011 – February 12, 2012 (Asia)92,0009
The eponymously titled "2011 Girls' Generation Tour" was the group's 2nd world tour. The tour commenced with two performances in Seoul, to Taiwan where they played three back-to-back record breaking performances, and subsequently Singapore for two days. The Bangkok date on February 12, 2012, saw the group break a Thai record for the fastest selling concert in history. The tour also saw the group perform in Hong Kong for the first time. [7] The tour attracted 92,000 people in total.
2013 Girls & Peace Japan 2nd Tour Girls & Peace February 9, 2013 – April 21, 2013 (Japan)200,00020
The group's second Japanese tour was announced on August 31, 2012, with ticket applicability starting September 12, 2012. The tour covered 20 stops. [8] They performed to 200,000 people across seven Japanese cities.
2013–2014 Girls & Peace World Tour Girls & Peace and I Got A Boy June 8, 2013 – February 15, 2014 (Asia)—10
The tour was announced on April 26, 2013, with two dates in Seoul at the Olympic Arena. The tour is the 3rd World Tour by Girls' Generation, consisting of various Asian cities. [9]
2014 Love & Peace Japan 3rd Tour Love & Peace April 26, 2014 – July 13, 2014 (Japan)200,00018
Girls' Generation's 3rd Japanese tour was announced on November 29, 2013. The tour covered 18 stops and drew a total of around 200,000 people. Through their three Japanese concert tours since 2011, Girls' Generation attracted a combined total of 550,000 people, setting a record among Korean girl groups. [10]
2015–2016 Girls' Generation's Phantasia Lion Heart November 21, 2015 – May 8, 2016 (Asia)135,00013
Girls' Generation's 4th world tour was announced on October 16, 2015. [11] On August 11, 2015, a separate tour in Japan was announced to take place in December 2015. [12] On November 17, 2015, it was announced on Girls' Generation's official Japanese fanclub website that the separate Japan tour announced in August 2015 would be title Girls' Generation 4th Tour -Phantasia- in Japan and the tour dates already announced would be a part of their 4th tour. [13]

Special lives

TitleDatesAssociated albumCityCountryVenueAttendanceRef.
Japan Premium Showcase LiveAugust 25, 2010
(3 shows)		 Run Devil Run Tokyo Japan Ariake Coliseum 22,000 [14]
Free Live "Love & Peace"December 14, 2013
(2 shows)		 Love & Peace Yokohama Yokohama Arena 30,000 [15]
"The Best Live" at Tokyo Dome December 9, 2014 The Best Tokyo Tokyo Dome 50,000 [16]
Sone Limited PartyApril 26, 2015 Catch Me If You Can Saitama Saitama Super Arena — [17]
"Holiday to Remember" 10th AnniversaryAugust 5, 2017 Holiday Night Seoul South Korea Olympic Hall — [18]
LLL (Long Lasting Love)September 3, 2022 Forever 1 Olympic Gymnastics Arena — [19]

Award shows

TitleDatesCityCountryRef.
Golden Dics Awards December 10, 2009SeoulSouth Korea [20]
Melon Music Awards December 16, 2009 [21]
December 15, 2010 [22]
Mnet Asian Music Awards November 29, 2011Singapore [23]
Golden Dics AwardsJanuary 12, 2012OsakaJapan [24]

See also

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