Super Show 2 Explained

Concert Tour Name:Super Show 2
Landscape:yes
Artist:Super Junior
Album:Sorry, Sorry
Number Of Shows:15 in total
Last Tour:Super Show
(2008–09)
This Tour:Super Show 2
(2009–10)
Next Tour:Super Show 3
(2010–11)

Super Show 2 is the second Asia-wide live concert tour by the South Korean boy band Super Junior, to support their third studio album, Sorry, Sorry.[1] The tour commenced with three shows in Seoul, South Korea in July 2009 and continued with one show in Hong Kong, five in China, two in Thailand, two in Taiwan, one in Malaysia and one in Philippines. A total of 15 shows in nine cities and six countries throughout Asia.[2]

Live album Super Show 2 Tour Concert Album, recorded at the concerts held in Seoul from July 17 to 19, 2009, with 35 tracks and five studio version bonus tracks: remixed version of "Sorry, Sorry", R&B ballad "Sorry Sorry-Answer", re-arranged versions of "It's You" and "Shining Star" as well as classic pop track "Puff The Magic Dragon" was released on December 10, 2009.[3]

Concerts

On June 3, 2009, shortly after Super Junior began their promotions on "It's You", from the repackaged edition of their third album Sorry, Sorry, SM Entertainment announced the group's second Asia tour. Thus the promotions for "It's You" ended on June 21 in preparations for the start of the tour in July 2009.

Tickets for the July 17 concert in Seoul went on sale on June 16 at 20:00 and were sold out in 10 minutes. The second and third ticket batch went on sale on June 17 and 18 respectively and were also sold out in under 10 minutes.

The Hong Kong concert was the last Super Junior activity that member Kangin took part in before his activities were suspended following his involvement in a bar fight in the early hours of September 16 in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.[4]

The Shanghai concerts of the tour was the official opening performance of the 11th Shanghai International Art Festival, hosted by China's Ministry of Culture. For which they received a medal of appreciation from the city of Shanghai and the concert was attended by 12,000 people.[5] The two Bangkok concerts was played to an audience of 32,000 and that 5,000 people queued overnight the day before the tickets went on sale."

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendance
July 17, 2009SeoulSouth KoreaOlympic Fencing Gymnasium20,000[6]
July 18, 2009
July 19, 2009
September 18, 2009Hong KongChinaAsiaWorld–Arena
October 18, 2009ShanghaiYuanshen Sports Centre Stadium12,000[7]
November 28, 2009BangkokThailandImpact Arena32,000[8]
November 29, 2009
December 12, 2009NanjingChinaNanjing OSC Gymnasium15,000[9]
January 23, 2010BeijingWukesong Arena10,000[10]
February 20, 2010TaipeiTaiwanTaipei Arena
February 21, 2010
March 6, 2010ShanghaiChinaShanghai Indoor Stadium
March 7, 2010
March 20, 2010Kuala LumpurMalaysiaPutra Indoor Stadium15,000[11]
April 10, 2010Quezon CityPhilippinesAraneta Coliseum[12]
Total198,000[13]

Personnel

Live album

Super Show 2 - Super Junior The 2nd Asia Tour Concert Album
Italic Title:no
Type:live
Artist:Super Junior
Cover:Sujusupershow2.jpg
Caption:Super Show 2 - Super Junior The 2nd Asia Tour Concert Album cover
Recorded:July 17 - 19, 2009
Olympic Fencing Gymnasium
Genre:K-pop, dance, R&B, hip hop, trot
Language:Korean
Label:SM Entertainment
Prev Title:Super Show Concert Album
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Super Show 3 Concert Album
Next Year:2011

Super Show 2 - Super Junior The 2nd Asia Tour Concert Album is the second live album of South Korean boy band Super Junior. It was released on December 10, 2009, by SM Entertainment. The album was recorded at their concerts held at the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea from July 17 to 19, 2009, the first stop of their 2nd Asia Tour – "Super Show 2".

The album includes 35 live tracks and five studio version bonus tracks: remixed version of "Sorry, sorry", R&B ballad "Sorry Sorry-Answer", re-arranged versions of "It's You" and "Shining Star" as well as classic pop track "Puff The Magic Dragon". "Sorry, Sorry-Answer" and "It's You" were also released online at Melon, Dosirak, and Cyworld before the album's release.[14] A music video of "Sorry Sorry-Answer", was also released on December 10 in celebration of the live album.[15] "Sorry, Sorry - Answer", peaked at number one for 2 weeks on the MYX international countdown.

The album was also released in Taiwan by Avex Taiwan on January 15, 2010.[16] It debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Weekly G-Music J-Pop/K-Pop Chart with percentage sales of 44.69%.

Track listing

CD 1
  1. "A Man In Love" (5:35)
  2. "U" (4:07)
  3. "It's You" (Rearranged) (4:07)
  4. "She Wants It" (3:58)
  5. "Angela" (3:17)
  6. "Miracle" (Rearranged) (2:38)
  7. "Disco Drive" (Rearranged) (3:48)
  8. "Dancing Out" (Rearranged) (3:14)
  9. "Baby Baby" (Sungmin) (2:36)
  10. "Hon" (Soul) (Heechul) (2:38)
  11. "Beautiful" (Donghae) (3:04)
  12. "Chenyeom" (Yesung) (3:12)
  13. "Insomnia" (Ryeowook) (2:54)
  14. "7 Nyeonganui Sarang" (7 Years of Love) (Kyuhyun) (5:31)
  15. "What If" (3:24)
  16. "Heartquake" (4:11)
  17. "Honey" (Leeteuk) (2:27)
  18. "Doc wa chumeul" + "Run to you" (Kangin) (3:40)
  19. "Don't Don" (4:20)
  20. "Twins (Knock Out)" (3:22)
CD 2
  1. "Our Love" (Rearranged) (3:47)
  2. "Who Am I" (Siwon) (3:27)
  3. "Dangshinikie" (At Least I Still Have You) (4:18)
  4. "Me" (3:59)
  5. "Shining Star" (Rearranged) (4:21)
  6. "Sorry Sorry" - Remix (4:46)
  7. "Syupeomaen" (SuperMan) (3:24)
  8. "Rokuko" (2:57)
  9. "Gee" (3:24)
  10. "Kkuldanji" (Sunny) (Rearranged) (3:06)
  11. "Pajama Party" (Rearranged) (3:24)
  12. "Carnival" (3:26)
  13. "Sowoni Innayo" (Sapphire Blue) (2:58)
  14. "Marry U" (3:18)
  15. "Sorry, Sorry - Answer" (studio version) (4:58)
  16. "Sorry, sorry" - Remix (studio version) (4:48)
  17. "It's You" (Rearranged) (studio version) (4:08)
  18. "Puff the Magic Dragon" (studio version) (3:35)
  19. "Shining Star" (Rearranged) (studio version) (4:22)

Charts

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Lee Mi-hye. Super Junior to hold 2nd Asia tour. Newsen. 1. June 3, 2009. June 3, 2009. ko. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412174421/https://news.joins.com/article/3632982.html?ctg=15. April 12, 2020.
  2. News: Kim Un-im. Super Show press conference. MK. 1. July 18, 2009. July 20, 2009. ko. dead. https://archive.today/20130112102435/http://news.mk.co.kr/outside/view.php?year=2009&no=390754. January 12, 2013.
  3. News: Kim. Lynn. Super Junior to release live album this week. April 26, 2012. Asiae. December 8, 2009.
  4. News: Asiae. Super Junior Kang-in to attend Hong Kong concert. September 17, 2009. April 17, 2012.
  5. http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009101915544749505 "Super Junior wraps up Shanghai concert in success"
  6. Web site: 2009-07-20 . 장맛비도 막지못한 열광의 '슈퍼 쇼2' . 2023-11-09 . entertain.naver.com . ko.
  7. News: https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/277/0002252411 . ko:슈퍼주니어, 18일 아시아투어 상해 공연 1만2천명 동원 . 12,000 people attended Super Junior's Asia tour in Shanghai on the 18th . Lee Hye-rin . Asiae . Naver . October 19, 2009 . October 17, 2022 . ko.
  8. News: Linda. Kim. Super Junior attracts 32,000 Thai fans to concert. April 26, 2012. Asiae. November 30, 2009.
  9. News: https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002011109 . ko:슈퍼주니어 中콘서트 1만 5천 중국팬 '열광' . Super Junior's China concert 15,000 'enthusiastic' Chinese fans . Moon Wan-sik . Star News . Naver . December 13, 2009 . October 17, 2022 . ko.
  10. News: https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0002078243 . ko:슈주, 베이징 콘서트도 대성황 . SuJu's Beijing concert was a great success . Lee Jung-ah . Osen . Naver . January 24, 2010 . October 17, 2022 . ko.
  11. News: https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/076/0002025474 . ko:슈퍼주니어 말레이시아 공연에 1만5000여 관객 몰려 . 15,000 spectators flocked to Super Junior's Malaysia performance . Lee Jung-hyuk . Sports Chosun . Naver . March 21, 2010 . October 17, 2022 . ko.
  12. News: Kim. Lynn. Super Junior successfully wrap up Asia tour in Philippines. April 28, 2012. 10 Asia. February 14, 2010.
  13. News: https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002026134. ko:슈주, 9개월간 亞투어 20만명 동원 '기염'. 200,000 people were mobilized in SuJu's 9 months Asia tour . Kim Ji-yeon . Star News . Naver . April 12, 2010 . October 17, 2022 . ko.
  14. News: Kim. Lynn. Super Junior to release live album this week. April 26, 2012. Asiae. December 8, 2009.
  15. News: Kim. Lynn. Super Junior to release new music video tomorrow. April 26, 2012. Asiae. December 9, 2009.
  16. http://www.avex.com.tw/Artist/artist_disco_songlist.asp?catalogNo=AVKCD80240%2F1 "Super Show - Super Junior The 2nd Asia Tour Concert Album info"
  17. http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx "This links to the current week - search for week number at the bottom of page"