| Concert Tour Name: | Ugly Beauty World Tour |
| Artist: | Jolin Tsai |
| Location: | Asia |
| Album: | Ugly Beauty |
| Number Of Shows: | 63 |
| Last Tour: | Play World Tour (2015–2016) |
| This Tour: | Ugly Beauty World Tour (2019–2024) |
Ugly Beauty World Tour is the fifth concert tour by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It started on December 30, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan at Taipei Arena,[1] and concluded on August 18, 2024 in Xiamen, China at Xiamen Egret Stadium.
On May 22, 2015, Tsai embarked on her fourth concert tour Play World Tour in Taipei, Taiwan at Taipei Arena and continued throughout Asia and North America before concluding on July 16, 2016, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at Stadium Merdeka.[2] [3] Tsai's manager Tom Wang said: "Tsai has grown up so much doing the tour, and later she will release a new album and prepare for a new concert tour."[4] On February 28, 2018, Next Magazine reported that a pre-scheduled concert date in August 2018 was cancelled due to Tsai's physical condition.[5] Tsai's manager Tom Wang responded that the cancellation was due to completion of the album was lagging behind the schedule, he added: "Her album was expected to be released in late 2017, but it was postponed until the summer of the year, since we can only go on a new tour after she released a new album, her new concert tour would not be started until 2019."[6]
On March 14, 2018, Tsai attended the Michelin Guide Taipei 2018 Gala Dinner in Taipei, Taiwan, and she revealed that she has started to think of ideas for her new concert tour.[7] On May 18, 2019, Tsai said on a music sharing session for Ugly Beauty in Shanghai, China that she would embark on a new concert tour later this year. On August 4, 2019, Apple Daily reported that Tsai would start her concert tour at Taipei Arena in late December of the year, and Tsai's manager Tom Wang said: "We will announce the good news after confirming the show dates."[8]
On September 20, 2019, Tsai announced that her fifth concert tour Ugly Beauty World Tour would start on December 30, 2019, and the tickets would go on sale on October 12, 2019.[9] It collaborated with creative production house Squared Division,[10] and Tsai said: "This time I hope to break all rules, and bring a crazy sense to everybody", adding that: "This time I want to bring the complete visual effect of my album to the stage, build an incredible 'Ugly Beauty' magic world, and present the classic songs of my 20-year career in a different way, hope my fans feel the diligently of my production team in this 'another dimension'."[11] On November 19, 2019, Tsai flew to Los Angeles to have a 12-day rehearsal with 16 dancers.[12] On December 3, 2019, Tsai announced the Kaohsiung dates of the tour, and the tickets would go on sale on December 15, 2019.[13] On December 28, 2019, it was reported that Tsai rented Hsinchuang Gymnasium for a 5-day rehearsal which costed NT$40 million, and it was reported that the performances at Taipei Arena would be documented for a video release.[14] On December 31, 2019, China Times reported that the Taipei dates costed NT$246 million, including NT$90 million for stage props design and NT$20 for six video interludes, becoming the concert with the highest cost at Taipei Arena in history.[15] On January 5, 2020, Tsai announced two additional Kaohsiung dates on May 9 and 10, 2020.[16]
Since January 2020, a series of shows were successively postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17] On October 5, 2020, Tsai announced to resume the tour on November 20, 2020.[18] On December 22, 2020, Tsai revealed that additional Taipei dates may be added in the following year.[19] On March 12, 2021, Tsai announced that three additional Taipei dates began on April 23, 2021.[20] On March 22, 2021, Tsai announced that two additional Taipei dates on April 21 and 22, 2021.[21] On January 7, 2022, due to the pandemic continued, all the originally postponed shows in China were officially cancelled.[22] Tsai's manager Tom Wang said: "She is currently working on her new album. For concerts, epidemic prevention is the first priority, and after the epidemic is stabilized, the schedule and the cities of the tour will be further arranged."[23] On October 13, 2022, Tsai announced that six final dates in Taipei began on December 31, 2022.[24] On January 8, 2023, it was revealed that the tour in Taiwan cost a total of NT$400 million, and it grossed a total of NT$680 million from 250,000 attendance.[25]
On January 22, 2023, it was revealed that the tour was expected to be held outside of Taiwan since the middle of the year.[26] On April 6, 2023, Tsai's manager Tom Wang said that there were many invitations to ask Tsai hold shows overseas, but he said that it still needed to evaluate whether the time was suitable.[27] On April 28, 2023, it was revealed that the tour was expected to be held in China since July 2023, and Tsai commented on Sina Weibo: "I'm going, stay safe and don't worry!"[28] On May 4, 2023, Tsai attended The Balvenie: The Makers Project event in Taipei, Taiwan, where she confirmed: "My company is planning [the tour], and we also need to confirm the schedules of all staff."[29] On June 19, 2023, Tsai announced that she would start a China tour in Guangzhou on July 22, 2023.[30]
The tickets of the Taipei dates were available for sale on October 12, 2019, at 11:28 am, and all the 66,000 tickets were sold out in three minutes.[31] The organizers Super Dome said: "We confirmed there are no more Taipei dates."[32] The ticket sales company tixCraft said: "All the six dates' tickets were sold out at 11:31 am, after our ticketing system cleared those unpaid orders, we will re-release those tickets around 14:00."[33] At 14:00, those re-released tickets were sold out within one minutes.[34] On December 9, 2019, the tickets of the Shenzhen date were available for sale at 15:00, and all the tickets were sold out within 30 seconds.[35] On December 12, 2019, the Zhengzhou date's tickets were available for sale at 10:18 am, and all tickets were sold out within two minutes.[36]
The tickets of Kaohsiung dates were available for sale on December 15, 2019, at 12:15 pm, and all the 30,000 tickets were sold out within five minutes.[37] On December 20, 2019, the Tianjin date's tickets were available for sale at 12:20 pm, and all the tickets were sold out within eight minutes.[38] On December 25, 2019, the Nanjing date's tickets were available for sale at 11:00 am, and all the tickets were sold out within one hour.[39] On December 27, 2019, the Chengdu date's tickets were available for sale at 11:00 am, and all the tickets were sold out within 30 seconds.[40] On January 10, 2020, the Shanghai dates' tickets were available for sale at 11:00 am, and all the tickets were sold out within 10 seconds.[41] On January 13, 2020, the tickets of the second date of Shenzhen were available for sale at 15:00, and all the tickets were sold out within 10 seconds.[42] On January 14, 2020, the Wuhan date's tickets were available for sale at 15:18, and all the tickers were sold out within one minute.[43] On January 18, 2020, the two additional Kaohsiung dates' tickets were available for sale at 12:16 pm, and all the 20,000 tickets were sold out within five minutes.[44] On October 24, 2020, the one additional Kaohsiung date's tickets were available for sale at 13:26, and all the 10,000 tickets were sold out within two minutes.[45] On March 28, 2021, the five additional Taipei dates' tickets were available for sale at 15:28, and all the 55,000 tickets were sold out within five minutes.[46] On November 5, 2022, the six final Taipei dates' tickets were available for sale at 15:28, and all the 66,000 tickets were sold out within six minutes.[47]
Writing for United Daily News, Tso Kuang-ping commented: "There are not many singers who can make such large-scale singing and dancing performance in the C-pop industry. Jolin Tsai is definitely second to none, and she has produced a set of work of a higher standard than expected. From everyone's reaction and word of mouth, there is no doubt about the good reviews."[48]
On January 16, 2023, it was reported that a live video album for the tour would be released in the same year.[49]
The following set list was obtained from the concert held on December 30, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. Act 1: The Orphan
Act 2: Unconscious Desire
Act 3: Unhinged
Act 4: Innocent Minds
Act 5: Disclosure
Act 6: Heroic Emergence
| Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2019 | Taipei | Taipei Arena | 66,000 | NT$180,000,000[50] | |
| December 31, 2019 | |||||
| January 1, 2020 | |||||
| January 3, 2020 | |||||
| January 4, 2020 | |||||
| January 5, 2020 | |||||
| November 20, 2020 | Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung Arena | 60,000[51] | NT$160,000,000[52] | |
| November 21, 2020 | |||||
| November 22, 2020 | |||||
| November 27, 2020 | |||||
| November 28, 2020 | |||||
| November 29, 2020 | |||||
| April 21, 2021 | Taipei | Taipei Arena | 55,000 | NT$140,000,000[53] | |
| April 22, 2021 | |||||
| April 24, 2021 | |||||
| April 25, 2021 | |||||
| April 26, 2021 | |||||
| December 31, 2022 | 66,000 | NT$200,000,000 | |||
| January 1, 2023 | |||||
| January 2, 2023 | |||||
| January 6, 2023 | |||||
| January 7, 2023 | |||||
| January 8, 2023 | |||||
| Total | 250,000 (100%) | NT$680,000,000 | |||
| Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2023 | Guangzhou | Tianhe Sports Center Stadium | 40,000[54] | — | |
| July 29, 2023 | Shanghai | Hongkou Football Stadium | 60,000[55] | — | |
| July 30, 2023 | — | ||||
| August 5, 2023 | Wuhan | Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center Stadium | 30,000[56] | — | |
| August 12, 2023 | Nanning | Guangxi Sports Center Main Stadium | 50,000[57] | — | |
| August 19, 2023 | Fuzhou | Haixia Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 40,000[58] | — | |
| August 26, 2023 | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| September 2, 2023 | Changsha | Helong Sports Center Stadium | 30,000[59] | — | |
| September 9, 2023 | Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| September 16, 2023 | Hefei | Hefei Olympic Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| September 23, 2023 | Chengdu | Dong'an Lake Sports Park Stadium | — | — | |
| March 30, 2024 | Foshan | Foshan Century Lotus Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| April 5, 2024 | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre | 40,000[60] | — | |
| April 13, 2024 | Guiyang | Guiyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 45,000[61] | — | |
| April 20, 2024 | Wenzhou | Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| April 27, 2024 | Chongqing | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 80,000[62] | — | |
| April 28, 2024 | |||||
| May 4, 2024 | Quanzhou | Quanzhou Straits Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| May 18, 2024 | Hangzhou | Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 90,000[63] | — | |
| May 19, 2024 | |||||
| May 24, 2024 | Nanchang | Nanchang International Sports Center Stadium | 40,000[64] | — | |
| May 25, 2024 | — | — | |||
| June 1, 2024 | Luoyang | Luoyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| June 15, 2024 | Taiyuan | Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium | 50,000[65] | — | |
| June 22, 2024 | Jinan | Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 40,000[66] | — | |
| June 29, 2024 | Shenyang | Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 60,000[67] | — | |
| July 5, 2024 | Changzhou | Changzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 35,000[68] | — | |
| July 6, 2024 | 35,000 | — | |||
| July 13, 2024 | Xianyang | Xianyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| July 19, 2024 | Hefei | Hefei Olympic Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| July 20, 2024 | — | — | |||
| July 27, 2024 | Quzhou | Quzhou Sports Center Stadium | — | — | |
| August 2, 2024 | Shanghai | Hongkou Football Stadium | — | — | |
| August 3, 2024 | — | — | |||
| August 4, 2024 | — | — | |||
| August 9, 2024 | — | — | |||
| August 10, 2024 | — | — | |||
| August 11, 2024 | — | — | |||
| August 17, 2024 | Xiamen | Xiamen Egret Stadium | 47,000[69] | — | |
| August 18, 2024 | 47,000 | — | |||
| Total | |||||
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 21, 2020 | Shanghai | China | Mercedes-Benz Arena | COVID-19 pandemic |
| February 22, 2020 | ||||
| February 28, 2020 | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Arena | ||
| February 29, 2020 | ||||
| March 7, 2020 | Wuhan | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium | ||
| March 14, 2020 | Chengdu | Wuliangye Chengdu Performing Arts Center | ||
| March 21, 2020 | Nanjing | Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium | ||
| March 28, 2020 | Ningbo | Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium | ||
| April 5, 2020 | Tianjin | Tianjin Arena | ||
| April 11, 2020 | Foshan | GBA International Sports and Cultural Center | ||
| April 18, 2020 | Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium | ||
| April 25, 2020 | Jinan | Jinan Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium | ||
| June 13, 2020 | Beijing | Cadillac Arena | ||
| June 14, 2020 |
Adapted from the Ugly Beauty tour book.