Japan Dome Tour X Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Japan Dome Tour “X”
Artist:	Big Bang
Type:	National
Location:	Japan, Asia
Number Of Legs:	1
Number Of Shows:	15
Gross:	US$70.39 million($ million in dollars)^[1]
Last Tour:	Japan Dome Tour (2013–14)
This Tour:	Japan Dome Tour “X” (2014–15)
Next Tour:	Made World Tour (2015–16)

The Japan Dome Tour “X” was the fifth concert tour in Japan and eighth overall by South Korean boy band Big Bang. The tour began on November 15, 2014 in Nagoya, and concluded on January 18, 2015 in Osaka. The tour made BigBang the first foreign artist to hold five dome arena concerts for two consecutive years.^[2] They gathered more than one million Japanese fans in 2014.

Development

A total of about 3 billion Japanese Yen (~25.5 million USD) was used to produce the stages. Well known production staff also joined the tour, such as Jamie King, the tour director who previously worked with Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears. Roy Bennett was in control of the stage lighting, while Veneno took charge of the tour videos. The tour utilized a 30-meter center stage, as well as six 50-meter protruding stages, spreading out from the center stage to the audience like the spokes of a wheel. A large number of stage lighting and equipment was imported from countries outside Japan. High-tech equipment, including the LED screens, were set up on the protruding stages, while the multi-cellular speakers ‘MLA,’ presented high quality concerts for the audience.^{[3] [4]}

Set list

This set list is from BIGBANG Japan Dome Tour 2014～2015 [X] (DVD/Blu-ray) - Deluxe Edition.^[5]

1. "Fantastic Baby"
2. "Tonight"
3. "Stupid Liar"
4. "Blue"
5. "Haru Haru"
6. "Gara Gara Go!"
7. "Top of the World" + "Number 1"
8. "Knock Out" (GD&TOP)
9. "High High" (GD&TOP)
10. "Bad Boy"
11. "Tell Me Goodbye"
12. "Cafe"
13. "Lies"
14. "Love Song"
15. "Good Boy" (GDxTAEYANG)
16. "Hands Up"
17. "Feeling"
18. "My Heaven"
19. "Let Me Hear Your Voice"

Encore:

1. "Last Farewell"
2. Seungri DJ Time:
   1. "Strong Baby" (Seungri)
   2. "Doom Dada" (T.O.P)
   3. "Ringa Linga" (Taeyang)
   4. "Crooked" (G-Dragon)
   5. "Look at me, Gwisun" (Daesung)
3. "Fantastic Baby"

Tour dates

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City	Country	Venue	Special guests	Attendance
November 15, 2014	Nagoya	Japan	Nagoya Dome	iKon^[6]	741,000^[7] ^[8]
November 16, 2014
November 20, 2014	Osaka		Kyocera Dome
November 21, 2014
November 22, 2014
November 23, 2014
December 6, 2014	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Dome
December 7, 2014
December 20, 2014	Sapporo		Sapporo Dome
December 25, 2014	Tokyo		Tokyo Dome
December 26, 2014
December 27, 2014
January 16, 2015	Osaka		Kyocera Dome
January 17, 2015
January 18, 2015

Personnel

Main

• Tour organizer: Avex Group, YG Entertainment
• Executive producers – Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment), Max Matsuura (Avex Group)
• General producers – Katsumi Kuroiwa (Avex Group)
• Tour producer - Veneno
• Tour director – Jamie King
• Stylist – Yuni Choi, Kyung Mi Kim, Sharon Park
• Hair – Tae Kyun Kim, Sang Hee Baek, So Yeon Lee
• Make-up – Yun Kyoung Kim, Mi Sug Shin, Jun Hee Lee
• Lighting director – Roy Bennett

Band

• BigBang (G-Dragon, T.O.P, Taeyang, Daesung, Seungri)  - Lead vocals
• Gil Smith II (Music Director/Keyboard 1)
• Omar Dominick Jr. (AMD/Bass)
• Dante Jackson (Keyboard 2)
• Justin Lyons (Guitar)
• Bennie Rodgers II (Drums/Percussions)
• Adrian "AP" Porter (Pro Tools Programmer)

Dancers

• HI-TECH (Heeyun Kim, Jung Heon Park, Young Sang Lee Sung Min Cho, Han Sol Lee, Byoung Gon Jung, Woo Ryun Jung, Young Deuk Kwon, Young Don Kwon)
• CRAZY (Jung Hee Kim, Ah Yeon Won, Eun Young Park, Min Jung Kim, Hee Yun Kim, Sae Bom Choi, Jung In Bae, Hye Jin Choi, Hyo Jung Bae, Ji Won Lee, Jae Hee Ryu, Ji Young Yoo)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Bang draws most Japanese concertgoers in K-pop. November 11, 2014. February 22, 2015 . khnews. Koreaherald.
2. Web site: Korean group Big Bang finish 5-dome tour, drawing 740,000 fans. January 20, 2015 . March 23, 2017 . Japan Today.
3. Web site: Big Bang Wraps Up Japan 5-Dome Tour After Gathering Over 741,000 Fans. January 19, 2015. February 24, 2015. Hong Jung Won. Mwave. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927230833/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/85399/big-bang-wraps-up-japan-5-dome-tour-after-gathering-over-741000-fans. September 27, 2015. dead.
4. Web site: BIGBANG、74万人動員ドームツアー終演＆今年アルバムでカムバック約束. November 15, 2014. February 22, 2015 . Natalie.mu.
5. Web site: Japan : BIGBANG Japan Dome Tour 2014～2015 [X] (DVD/Blu-ray) - Deluxe Edition]. March 25, 2015. November 6, 2015 . VIC. YG Entertainment.
6. Web site: iKON to open Big Bang's Japan concert tour. September 25, 2014. March 23, 2017. The Korea Herald.
7. Web site: Big Bang Revealed as Korean Artist that Attracted Most Concert Spectators in Japan in 2014. November 7, 2014. March 23, 2017 . Lee Jin-ho. Yahoo! Lifestyle Singapore. Yahoo!.
8. hWeb site: Big Bang Wraps Up Japan 5-Dome Tour After Gathering Over 741,000 Fans. January 19, 2014. March 23, 2017. Jung. Yeawon. Visit Korea. Korea Tourism Organization.