Shinee World 2013 (promoted as JAPAN ARENA TOUR SHINee WORLD 2013 ～Boys Meet U～) is the second Japan nationwide concert tour by South Korean boy group Shinee to promote their second Japanese studio album, Boys Meet U. The tour kicked off in Saitama on June 28, 2013, and ended in Tokyo on December 25, 2013, with a total of 15 concerts in nine cities. The tour gathered over 220,000 fans. The video album for the tour was released on April 2, 2014.
History Shinee performed their first set of concerts for Shinee World 2013 from June 28 to June 30, 2013. All in all, Shinee performed a total of 29 tracks, including their new promotional single "Breaking News", as well as their previous songs "Juliette", "Replay" and "Lucifer". They also revealed for the first time the Japanese version of "Dream Girl" and their new single "Boys Meet U", which was released on August 21, 2013.
Shinee completed their second Japanese arena tour in Tokyo. The finale performance took place between December 24 and 25, 2013, and gathered over 24,000 attendees in the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. The performance on December 24 was later released on DVD. The concert lasted for about two and a half hours and they performed a total of 30 songs, including tracks from their first and second Japanese albums, as well as their Japanese singles. Shinee also performed the Japanese version of "Everybody" for the first time. The group added:
Set list
"Stranger" (Japanese version) "Juliette" (Japanese version) "Seesaw" "Replay (Kimi wa Boku no Everything)" "Lucifer" (Japanese version) "I'm With U" "1000nen, Zutto Soba ni Ite..." "Sunny Day Hero" "Beautiful" "Why So Serious?" "Password" "Kiss Yo" "Start" "Dazzling Girl" "Hello" (Japanese version) "Fire" "Moon River Waltz" "The World Where You Exist" "Dream Girl" (Japanese version) "To Your Heart" "Burning Up!" "Amigo" (Japanese version) "Breaking News" "Colors of the Season" "Everybody" (Japanese version) Encore "The Shinee World" (Japanese version) "Run With Me" "3 2 1" "Sherlock" (Japanese version) "Boys Meet U"
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and attendance Date City Venue Attendance June 28, 2013 Saitama Saitama Super Arena220,000 June 29, 2013 June 30, 2013 July 6, 2013 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall July 7, 2013 July 13, 2013 Niigata Toki Messe August 3, 2013 Sapporo Makomanai Ice Arena August 17, 2013 Kobe World Memorial Hall August 18, 2013 September 11, 2013HiroshimaHiroshima Green Arena November 25, 2013 Fukuoka Marine Messe Fukuoka December 10, 2013 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall December 11, 2013 December 24, 2013 Tokyo Yoyogi National Gymnasium December 25, 2013
References
External links SM Entertainment - Official website EMI Music Japan - Official website Shinee - Official South Korean website Shinee - Official Japanese website