 TVXQ in May 2012 | |
| Asia/World tours | 6 |
|---|---|
| →Japan tours | 11 |
| ↙Showcases | 4 |
| ↙Fan meetings | 3 |
The South Korean pop duo TVXQ have embarked on seven headlining concert tours, one of which has been worldwide, and ten others that were based exclusively in Japan. TVXQ originally debuted as a five-member group in December 2003, with members U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin, Hero Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun, and Xiah Junsu. The group made their headlining debut in February 2006 through their Rising Sun Tour, performing four sell-out shows in South Korea, one show in Thailand, and one show in Malaysia, which was the first K-pop concert held in the country.[1] They visited China and Taiwan for the first time for their O Tour, which commenced in January 2007. Their third and last concert tour as a quinet, the Mirotic Tour, was announced to tour cities beyond South Korea, China, and Thailand throughout 2009 and 2010, but the remaining concert dates were cancelled[2] soon after members Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu entered a legal battle with their Korean agency S.M. Entertainment, subsequently leading to their departure. In January 2011, TVXQ restarted their activities as a duo, with remaining members Yunho and Changmin.
The duo held their first worldwide concert, the Catch Me: Live World Tour from November 2012 to July 2013, visiting North America and South America for the first time. In December 2014, the duo celebrated their tenth debut anniversary with the Tistory: Special Live Tour, touring cities in South Korea, China, and Thailand. It was the duo's last headlining concert tour before taking their indefinite hiatus to enlist in South Korea's compulsory military service.[3][4] Since the completion of their service, TVXQ have headlined three concert tours, two of which were exclusively based in Japan. They performed in Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Indonesia with the Circle – #welcome tour from May 2018 to August 2019.
TVXQ's international concert tours often overlapped with their Japanese concert tours. The duo's Japanese tours have set numerous records: they were the first Korean music act to headline a five-Dome tour,[5] the first foreign music act to hold a concert in Japan's largest venue, the Nissan Stadium,[6] and the first and only foreign act to attract over 1 million people on a Japanese tour.[7] Their 2013 Time Tour was the largest, most-attended, and highest-grossing concert series ever held by a foreign music act in Japan at the time; it grossed US$93 million in concert tickets and attracted over 850,000 people.[8] The duo set new attendance and revenue records in 2017 with their Begin Again Tour, mobilizing over 1.28 million fans and grossing US$110 million in ticket sales, as well as becoming the first and only foreign act to play at the Nissan Stadium for three consecutive days.[9]
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- ^ "東方神起『海外歌手初の日産スタジアム単独公演で14万4000人が熱狂！』" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. August 28, 2013. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ^ "TVXQ to see record 1 m attendance for tour of Japan". Korea Herald. June 10, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ "동방신기 1000억 대박…日 열도 'K팝 앓이'" (in Korean). Korea Economy. May 2, 2013. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ^ "TVXQ ranks No. 1 in concert attendance in Japan". Yonhap News Agency. September 5, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2019.