SM Town Live '10 World Tour was the 2010–11 worldwide live concert tour by SM Town. The tour commenced with one show in Seoul in August 2010 and continued on to the United States, Japan, China and France.Gil, Hyesung "보아·슈주·소시 SM 가수들, 8·9월 대규모 월드 투어" (BoA. Suju. Soshi SM singers, August-September Large Scale World Tour) StarNews. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010 -Hicap, Jonathan "SM Entertainment artists including Super Junior to hold world tour" Manila Bulletin, 3 July 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010- "SMTOWN Live 2010 World Tour" Staples Center. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
Background SM Town is the name for the artists under the Korean record label SM Entertainment. Each year the company organizes its artists to come together and perform on a four to six hours long concert that tours around the world."SM Entertainment to launch world tour" , The Korea Times, 2 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
Concerts The first concert in Seoul reportedly lasted for six hours and featured 80 songs by various SM artists, as well as performances by the actors Kim Min-jong, Go Ara and Lee Yeon-hee. The Shanghai concert on 11 September 2010 was played to an audience of 25,000 people including performances of 54 songs. It also included a celebration for Kangta's 15th anniversary in the music industry, with a special video of his past activities.
The concert at Staples Center in Los Angeles was attended by 15,000 fans. SM Entertainment hired the 3D movie production specialist Cameron Pace Group (a James Cameron company), which brought in the popular live music director Keith Hobelman to capture the evening's performance. The show was shown in theaters in 3D and there was also a Blu-ray DVD format made for retail. It was placed at #10 on the US Billboard Boxcore chart, with ticket sales at over US$1 million. It was the first time that Asian artists charted in the top 10.
The first two-day Tokyo concert at Yoyogi National Stadium attracted an audience of 24,000. The second leg of the concert in Tokyo was originally scheduled for 9 and 10 April but was postponed until September, out of respect after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March."SM artists to hold additional show for concert in Japan" , Asiae, 23 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
Performers
Set list
Tour dates Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue Asia 21 August 2010 Seoul South Korea Seoul Olympic Stadium 35,000 North America 4 September 2010 Los Angeles United States Staples Center"SM 타운 LA 공연, 美 빌보드 선정 세계 공연 흥행 10위 기염" MyDaily. 15 October 2010 15,015$1,101,582 Asia 11 September 2010 Shanghai China Hongkou Stadium25,000 rowspan="3" 25 January 2011TokyoJapanNational Yoyogi Stadium 24,000 26 January 2011Europe 10 June 2011ParisFranceLe Zénith14,000rowspan="2" 11 June 2011Asia 2 September 2011TokyoJapanTokyo Dome150,000₩26,500,000,000 3 September 2011 4 September 2011 North America 23 October 2011 New York City United States Madison Square Garden11,439$1,600,000 Total274,454$2,701,582
Media DVD SM Town Live in Tokyo Special Edition (2011)「SMTOWN LIVE in TOKYO SPECIAL EDITION」LIVE DVD smtown.jp Retrieved 26 April 2012.
Film I AM. - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden (10 May 2012 but postponed to 21 June 2012, due to audio issues)
Television SM Town Live in Tokyo on MBC 9 April 2012 for 90-minute, featured backstage interviews.
References
External links
SM Town Official homepage