The Red Bullet Tour

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The Red Bullet Tour
Asia tour by BTS
Associated album 2 Cool 4 Skool
O!RUL8,2?
Skool Luv Affair
Dark & Wild
Start dateOctober 17, 2014 (2014-10-17)
End dateMay 8, 2015 (2015-05-08) [lower-alpha 1]
No. of shows10
BTS concert chronology

The Red Bullet Tour, also known as 2014 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet and 2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, was the first concert tour headlined by South Korean boy band BTS to promote their 2 Cool 4 Skool (2013) debut single album, O!RUL8,2? (2013) EP, Skool Luv Affair (2014) EP, and Dark & Wild (2014) studio album. The tour began on October 17, 2014 in South Korea and initially visited six cities in Asia. Its world tour extension began on June 6, 2015 in Malaysia and toured Australia, North America and Latin America before ending in Hong Kong that August. In all, the entire tour attracted 80,000 spectators at 18 cities in 13 countries. [2]

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Background

Following the release of their first studio album Dark & Wild August 2014, BTS released a video teaser on YouTube and a poster on September 4, 2014 announcing their first concert tour, titled 2014 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, with October dates for two shows at AX-Korea in South Korea. [3] The two shows sold out within 2 minutes, prompting the addition of a third show in South Korea followed by dates in Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. [4] [5]

Set list

The following set list is obtained from the show on December 7, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour. [6]

  1. N.O
  2. We Are Bulletproof Pt 2.
  3. We On
  4. Hiphop Lover
  5. Let Me Know
  6. Rain
  7. Embarrassed
  8. Just One Day
  9. Look Here
  10. Outro: Propose (Jin, Jimin, V, Jungkook)
  11. No More Dream
  12. Tomorrow
  13. Miss Right
  14. I Like It
  15. If I Ruled the World
  16. Cypher Pt.3 Killer (Rap Monster, SUGA, J-Hope)
  17. Cypher Pt.2 Triptych (encore)
  18. War of Hormone
  19. Danger
  20. Boy In Luv
Encore
  2. Road/Path
  3. Jump
  4. Attack On Bangtan
  5. Paldogangsan

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendance
17 October 2014 Seoul South Korea AX-Korea 5,000 [7]
18 October 2014
19 October 2014
13 November 2014 Kobe Japan Kobe Kokusai Hall 10,000 [8]
14 November 2014
16 November 2014 Tokyo Tokyo International Forum
7 December 2014 Pasay Philippines Mall of Asia Arena [6]
13 December 2014 Singapore The Star Performing Arts Centre —
20 December 2014 Bangkok Thailand CWN Hall —
8 March 2015 Taipei Taiwan New Taipei City Exhibition Hall —

World tour extension

2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet
World tour by BTS
BTS 2015 Live Trilogy Episode II The Red Bullet.jpg
Official poster for US leg
Associated album 2 Cool 4 Skool
O!RUL8,2?
Skool Luv Affair
Dark & Wild
Start date6 June 2015 (2015-06-06)
End date29 August 2015 (2015-08-29)
No. of shows3 in Asia
2 in Oceania
4 in North America
3 in Latin America
12 in Total
BTS concert chronology

Background

On May 7, 2015, BTS announced a full-scale world tour extension, titled 2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, starting June 6 at the Mega Star Arena in Malaysia followed by July dates in Australia and the United States. [1]

Reception

Shows in Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City were all sold out in the matter of minutes. BTS performed for over 12,500 [9] fans for the US leg alone. The two concerts in Melbourne and Sydney were also sold out, [10] despite the fact that the cities were located in a place that traditionally did not experience that level of success when it comes to selling out venues for K-pop acts. In Brazil, similar success happened. The original venue would have a maximum capacity of 2,000 people, however due to high demand the promoters transferred the concert to a venue with more than twice the capacity. [11]

According to Billboard , BTS made their concert memorable with their outstanding performances. [12]

"A staple of K-pop concerts is the meticulously rehearsed choreography and CD-quality vocals prepared for every performance of the night. For their New York City debut, BTS did that, of course, but also showed a more relaxed and freer side of themselves that made the show that much more memorable -- even with an abrupt finish."

— Jeff Benjamin of Billboard [12]

Set list

The following set list is obtained from the show on July 10, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour extension. [10]

  1. N.O
  2. We Are Bulletproof Pt 2.
  3. We On
  4. Hiphop Lover
  5. Let Me Know
  6. Rain
  7. Embarrassed
  8. Just One Day
  9. Look Here
  10. Outro: Propose (Jin, Jimin, V, Jungkook)
  11. No More Dream
  12. Tomorrow
  13. Miss Right
  14. I Like It
  15. If I Ruled The World
  16. Jump
  17. Cypher Pt.3 Killer (Rap Monster, SUGA, J-Hope)
  18. Cypher Pt.2 Triptych (encore)
  19. War of Hormone
  20. Danger
  21. I NEED U
  22. Boy In Luv
Encore
  2. Path/Road
  3. DOPE
  4. Boyz With Fun
  5. Attack On Bangtan

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendance
Asia
6 June 2015 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Mega Star Arena3,000 [13]
Oceania
10 July 2015 Sydney Australia Roundhouse [10]
12 July 2015 Melbourne Plenary 1
North America
16 July 2015 New York United States Best Buy Theater 12,500 [9]
18 July 2015 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
24 July 2015 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre
26 July 2015 Los Angeles Club Nokia
29 July 2015 Mexico City Mexico Pabellon Oeste4,000
South America
31 July 2015 São Paulo Brazil Espaço das Américas6,000 [14]
2 August 2015 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena 7,000
Asia
8 August 2015 Pak Kret Thailand Thunder Dome 5,000 [15]
29 August 2015 Hong Kong China AsiaWorld-Arena 4,000 [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ The first half of the tour ended on May 8, 2015; however a separately named world tour extension, called "2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet", was eventually added. [1]

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