Last Dance Tour

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Last Dance Tour
Tour by Big Bang
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Location
Start dateNovember 18, 2017 (2017-11-18)
End dateDecember 31, 2017 (2017-12-31)
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 14 in Japan
  • 2 in South Korea
  • 16 in total
Big Bang concert chronology
  • 0.TO.10
    (2016–17)
  • Last Dance Tour
    (2017)

The Last Dance Tour is the sixth concert tour in Japan and eleventh overall by South Korean boy band Big Bang. The tour began on November 18, 2017 in Fukuoka, Japan and concluded on December 31, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. BigBang broke their own record by being the only foreign act to hold a dome-sized arena tour in Japan for the fifth consecutive year. [1] The oldest member T.O.P did not perform on this tour due to his mandatory military service in South Korea which began in February 2017.

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Background

YG Entertainment announced on August 8, 2017 that BigBang will be holding their last tour in Japan before their upcoming hiatus due to South Korean mandatory military conscription. On the Last Dance Tour, BigBang became the very first foreign artist in Japan to hold a dome tour for the fifth consecutive year. [1] BigBang performed 14 concerts across four cities: Fukuoka, Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo; a total of 696,000 fans attended the Japanese leg. As a result, BigBang's Dome Tour since 2013 attracted a total of 4,205,500 fans, a record for overseas singers. [2] [3] [4] [5] On October 19, the final shows of the tour was announced to be held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on December 30 and 31. [6] Two shows from the tour, the Tokyo Dome concert on December 13 and the Seoul concert on December 30 is due to be broadcast live across 109 cinemas in Japan. [7] [8]

Set lists

Japan
  1. "Hands Up"
  2. "Sober"
  3. "We Like 2 Party"
  4. "Fxxk It"
  5. "Loser"
  6. "Bad Boy"
  7. "Wake Me Up" (Taeyang)
  8. "Darling" (Taeyang)
  9. "Superstar" (G-Dragon)
  10. "Untitled, 2014" (G-Dragon)
  11. "D-Day" (Daesung)
  12. "あ・ぜ・ちょ！ (Azechou; Oh Why!)" (Daesung)
  13. "Come To My" (Seungri)
  14. "I Know" (Seungri)
  15. "Look at Me Gwisoon" (Daesung & Seungri)
  16. "Good Boy" (GD X Taeyang)
  17. "If You"
  18. "Day by Day"
  19. "Fantastic Baby"
  20. "Bang Bang Bang"
Encore
  1. "My Heaven"
  2. "Koe o Kikasete"
  3. "Feeling"
  4. "Bae Bae"
  5. "Last Dance"
South Korea
  1. "Hands Up"
  2. "Sober"
  3. "We Like 2 Party"
  4. "Fxxk It"
  5. "Loser"
  6. "Bad Boy"
  7. "Wake Me Up" (Taeyang)
  8. "Darling" (Taeyang)
  9. "Bullshit" (G-Dragon)
  10. "Untitled, 2014" (G-Dragon)
  11. "D-Day" (Daesung)
  12. "あ・ぜ・ちょ！ (Azechou; Oh Why!)" (Daesung)
  13. "Come To My" (Seungri)
  14. "Strong Baby" (Seungri)
  15. "Look at Me Gwisoon" (Daesung & Seungri)
  16. "Good Boy" (GD X Taeyang)
  17. "If You"
  18. "Haru Haru"
  19. "Fantastic Baby"
  20. "Bang Bang Bang"
Encore
  1. "Heaven"
  2. "Lies"
  3. "Feeling"
  4. "Crooked"
  5. "Bae Bae"
  6. "Last Dance"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendance
November 18, 2017 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 100,000 [9]
November 19, 2017
November 23, 2017 Osaka Kyocera Dome 153,000
November 24, 2017
November 25, 2017
December 2, 2017 Nagoya Nagoya Dome 81,500
December 3, 2017
December 6, 2017 Tokyo Tokyo Dome 165,000 [10]
December 7, 2017
December 13, 2017
December 21, 2017OsakaKyocera Dome196,500 [11]
December 22, 2017
December 23, 2017
December 24, 2017
December 30, 2017 Seoul South Korea Gocheok Sky Dome 70,000 [12]
December 31, 2017
Total766,000 [5] [12]

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