Tone: Live Tour 2012 (stylized as Tohohsinki Live Tour 2012 ～TONE～), also known as the Tone Tour, was the fifth Japanese concert tour (eighth overall) by South Korean pop group Tohoshinki, in support of their fifth Japanese studio album Tone (2011). The Tone Tour was Tohoshinki's first concert in three years, and the first tour by the group since becoming a two-piece band with members Yunho and Changmin.
The tour ran for 26 shows, visiting ten cities in Japan. The Tone Tour attracted over 550,000 people, the highest attendance for a music concert by a Korean artist in Japan at the time. Tohoshinki broke their own record the following year with their Time: Live Tour 2013, which drew in 850,000 people.
Background Live Tour 2012: Tone was first announced through Tohoshinki's official website in December 2011. Originally scheduled for only 20 shows, six more dates were added throughout the duration of the tour. Tohoshinki were the third foreign artists, and the first Korean artists, to headline a concert at the Tokyo Dome for three days in a row, performing to over 165,000 people in three days.
Commercial performance According to SM Entertainment, the tour grossed US$73.8 million in ticket sales and US$19.4 million in merchandise, bringing the total gross to US$93.2 million.
Setlist This setlist is representative of their first show in Yokohama. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.
"B.U.T. (BE-AU-TY)" "Superstar" "I Think U Know" (Japanese version)
"Thank You My Girl" "Introduction ~magenta~" "MAXIMUM" (Japanese version) "Honey Funny Bunny" (Yunho solo) (Japanese version) "Before U Go" (Japanese version) "Duet" "I Don't Know" "Telephone"
"Back to Tomorrow" "Rusty Nail" (Changmin solo) "BREAK OUT!" "Easy Mind" "Summer Dream" "High Time" "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" (Japanese version) Encore "Rising Sun" (Japanese version) "STILL" "Shine" "Weep" "Somebody to Love"
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, venue, and tickets sold Date City Venue Attendance January 18, 2012 Yokohama Yokohama Arena rowspan="2" January 19, 2012 January 25, 2012 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall rowspan="3" January 26, 2012 January 27, 2012 February 11, 2012 Fukuoka Marine Messe Fukuoka rowspan="2" February 12, 2012 February 18, 2012 Niigata Toki Messe rowspan="2" February 19, 2012 February 23, 2012 Sapporo Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center rowspan="2" February 24, 2012 March 3, 2012 Hiroshima Hiroshima Green Arena rowspan="2" March 4, 2012 March 9, 2012 Fukui Sun Dome Fukui rowspan="2" March 10, 2012 March 13, 2012 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall rowspan="2" March 14, 2012 March 17, 2012 Saitama Saitama Super Arena 111,000 March 18, 2012 March 19, 2012 April 14, 2012 Tokyo Tokyo Dome 165,000 April 15, 2012 April 16, 2012 April 21, 2012 Osaka Kyocera Osaka Dome109,000 April 22, 2012 April 23, 2012Total ~550,000
References
External links Tone Tour Official website