We Are Here World Tour

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Monsta X World Tour: We Are Here
World tour by Monsta X
Monsta X We Are Here World Tour Poster.jpg
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
Associated album Take.2 We Are Here
Start dateApril 13, 2019
End dateSeptember 4, 2019
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 8 in Asia
  • 2 in Oceania
  • 5 in Europe
  • 7 in North America
  • 1 in South America
  • 23 in Total
Monsta X concert chronology

We Are Here World Tour, also known as Monsta X World Tour: We Are Here, is the third worldwide concert tour by the South Korean boy group Monsta X following their previous year's Connect World Tour. The tour started on April 13, two months after the release of the group's second Korean-language studio album Take.2 We Are Here , kicking off in Seoul, and then visiting twelve more countries including Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, Spain, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, United States, and Japan.

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Background

Asia

In March, their third world tour was announced, including eighteen cities, having the first show held in Seoul at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium located at Seoul Olympic Park on April 13 and 14. [1] On March 13, Starship Entertainment revealed that the tickets for their two days Seoul concert had sold out within seventy seconds upon the release on March 12 for four consecutive years. [2]

Before the concert on June 1 in Bangkok, the group held a press conference, in front of the local media in Thailand, and delivered some news about their album activities, their third world tour, and their plans for the future. About seventy media outlets, including some of the local TV, newspapers, magazines, and internet news, gathered at the press conference room to cover their world tour performance, and about a hundred reporters. In particular, Rueng Lao Chao Nee of Thai terrestrial TV Channel 3, Channel 7, and Channel 9, and national broadcaster NBT visited the conference room and competed for coverage. In addition, many of the influential daily newspapers such as Thairath , Daily News , Naewna, and Manager Daily , which are called as the most influential newspapers in the country, participated and showed off the power of the global trend. [3]

On June 22, the group's agency Starship Entertainment announced that the group member Wonho would not be attending the concert in Malaysia due to the loss of his passport and could not enter Malaysia. [4]

Australia

It was Monsta X's first time to have a world tour in Australia. They performed at ICC Sydney Theater in Sydney on June 5 and at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne on June 8. [5]

Europe

After the tour in Australia, the group headed to Europe. Starting with the concert held at Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid on June 29, Monsta X performed at AFAS Live in Amsterdam on July 3, La Seine Musicale in Paris on July 6, SSE Arena Wembley in London on July 9, and ending it at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin on July 13. [6]

In Europe, the concert brought the group media attention, including attending and performing on a famous local morning TV show Good Morning Britain . [7]

Americas

Monsta X held the tour around the United States of America which started on July 25 at Verizon Theatre in Dallas and ended on August 10 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. During their stay, they had sold-out shows and interviews, with local and nationwide TV programs, such as Good Morning America and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, broadcast on ABC, magazines such as Billboard , Forbes , and Chicago Tribune , which are all influential media outlets in the United States, as well as internet and radio shows such as 102.3 KIIS-FM's Jojo on the Radio and iHeartRadio's affiliated channels. [8]

Performance

Critical reception

Sarah Deen of Metro gave them four stars our of five and described the tour as "upgraded show that was part concert and part rave", all fierce but with what felt like "a new-found confidence". Deen also commended their more "mature and experimental sound" that brought life into their stages. [9]

Commercial performance

On the tour, Monsta X became the twelfth Asian artist to gross over $1,000,000 for one show in North America. [10]

Setlist

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
DateCityCountryVenue
Asia
April 13, 2019 Seoul South Korea SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium
April 14, 2019
June 1, 2019 Bangkok Thailand Thunder Dome
Oceania
June 5, 2019 Sydney Australia ICC Sydney Theater
June 8, 2019 Melbourne Margaret Court Arena
Asia
June 22, 2019 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Malawati Indoor Stadium
Europe
June 29, 2019 Madrid Spain Palacio Vistalegre
July 3, 2019 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live
July 6, 2019 Paris France La Seine Musicale
July 9, 2019 London United Kingdom SSE Arena Wembley
July 13, 2019 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena
South America
July 19, 2019 São Paulo Brazil Espaço Das Américas
North America
July 21, 2019 Mexico City Mexico Teatro Metropólitan
July 25, 2019 Dallas United States Verizon Theatre
July 27, 2019 Houston Smart Financial Centre
July 30, 2019 Atlanta Fox Theatre
August 3, 2019 New York City Hulu Theater
August 6, 2019 Chicago Rosemont Theatre
August 10, 2019 Los Angeles Staples Center
Asia
August 21, 2019 Chiba Japan Makuhari Event Hall
August 22, 2019
September 3, 2019 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
September 4, 2019

Boxscore

VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenue
Staples Center Los Angeles 9,155 / 9,985 (91.7%) $1,103,392 [11]

References

  1. Kim, Yoo-jin (April 13, 2019). 몬스타엑스, 'WE ARE HERE' 콘서트 개최…2019년 월드투어 시작. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved April 13, 2019 via Naver.
  2. Kim, Eun-ae (March 13, 2019). 몬스타엑스, 월드투어 'WE ARE HERE' 서울 공연 70초만에 전석 매진..강력 티켓파워. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved March 13, 2019 via Naver.
  3. Kang, Mi-hwa (June 3, 2019). 몬스타엑스 "공연 맛집, 관객 맛집 또 만나요" … 월드투어 태국 공연 성료. Maeil (in Korean). Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  4. Park, Se-yeon (June 22, 2019). 원호, 몬스타엑스 말레이 콘서트 불참 "여권 분실 입국 불가…팬들에 죄송". Maeil Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved June 22, 2019 via Naver.
  5. Lee, Jung-ho (June 10, 2019). 몬스타엑스, 월드투어 'WE ARE HERE' 호주 공연 성공적 마무리. Star News (in Korean). Retrieved June 10, 2019 via Naver.
  6. Shim, Sol-ah (July 15, 2019). 몬스타엑스, 월드투어 'WE ARE HERE' 유럽 5개 도시 공연 성황리 마무리. Celuv Media (in Korean). Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  7. Kim, Ji-ho (July 11, 2019). "Good Morning, Britain!"…몬스타엑스, 11일 영국 TV쇼 출연. Dispatch (in Korean). Retrieved July 11, 2019 via Naver.
  8. Choi, Jae-kyung (September 6, 2019). 몬스타엑스, 2019년 월드투어 'WE ARE HERE' 5개월의 대장정 마무리. Sedaily (in Korean). Retrieved September 6, 2019 via Naver.
  9. Deen, Sarah (July 11, 2019). "Monsta X return to London with an upgraded show that was part concert, part rave and all fierce". Metro . Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  10. Kelley, Caitlin (August 11, 2019). "Monsta X Wraps U.S. Tour With Sold-Out Concert in Los Angeles". Billboard . Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  11. "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2022.