Tone: Live Tour 2012 Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Tone: Live Tour 2012
Border:	yes
Artist:	Tohoshinki
Location:	Japan
Album:	Tone
Number Of Shows:	26
Gross:	US$93.2 million
Last Tour:	(2009)
This Tour:	Tone: Live Tour 2012 (2012)
Next Tour:	(2012–13)

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. According to S.M. 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. 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.^[1] In addition, the Tone Tour attracted over 550,000 people, the highest attendance for a music concert by a Korean artist in Japan at the time.^[2] Tohoshinki broke their own record the following year with their, which drew in 850,000 people.^[3]

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.^[4]

Setlist

This setlist is representative of their first show in Yokohama. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

1. "B.U.T. (BE-AU-TY)"
2. "Superstar"
3. "I Think U Know"
4. (Japanese version)
   1. "Thank You My Girl"
5. "Introduction ~magenta~"
6. "MAXIMUM" (Japanese version)
7. "Honey Funny Bunny" (Yunho solo) (Japanese version)
8. "Before U Go" (Japanese version)
9. "Duet"
10. "I Don't Know"
11. "Telephone"
    1. "Back to Tomorrow"
12. "Rusty Nail" (Changmin solo)
13. "BREAK OUT!"
14. "Easy Mind"
15. "Summer Dream"
16. "High Time"
17. "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" (Japanese version)

Encore:

22. "Rising Sun" (Japanese version)
23. "STILL"
24. "Shine"
25. "Weep"
26. "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^[5]
March 18, 2012
March 19, 2012
April 14, 2012	Tokyo	Tokyo Dome	165,000^[6]
April 15, 2012
April 16, 2012
April 21, 2012	Osaka	Kyocera Osaka Dome	109,000^[7]
April 22, 2012
April 23, 2012
Total			~550,000

External links

• Tone Tour Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Soompi . TVXQ Has Over 550,000 Fans in Japan Come See Them . 2012-04-20 . 2014-05-05.
2. News: Chosun . TVXQ's Japan tour reaches 550,000 people . 2012-04-24 . 2014-05-03 . Korean.
3. Web site: TVXQ sets another record as they set out to bring in 850,000 fans for their Japan tour. 2013-04-30. 2013-04-30. Allkpop.
4. News: Mwave . TVXQ Re-Writes Hallyu History as it Attracts 550,000 Fans for Tour . 2012-04-24 . 2014-05-03 . Korean.
5. News: Kpop Starz . TVXQ Kicks Off Super Arena Concert of 'Live Tour 2012: Tone' . 2012-03-17 . 2015-10-06.
6. News: Kpop Starz . TVXQ Drew 165,000 People in Tokyo Dome for 3 Days! . 2012-04-16 . 2014-11-09.
7. News: Kpop Starz . TVXQ's Tokyo and Kyocera Dome Concert Sold Out 300,000 Tickets in 2 Minutes! . 2012-04-04. 2015-10-06.