Tone: Live Tour 2012

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.

Tone: Live Tour 2012

Tour by Tohoshinki
Location	Japan
Associated album	Tone
Start date	January 18, 2012 (2012-01-18)
End date	April 23, 2012 (2012-04-23)
No. of shows	2 in Yokohama 3 in Nagoya 2 in Fukuoka 2 in Niigata 2 in Sapporo 2 in Hiroshima 2 in Fukui 5 in Osaka 3 in Saitama 3 in Tokyo 26 Total
Box office	US$93.2 million
Tohoshinki concert chronology
The Secret Code: 4th Live Tour 2009 (2009) Tone: Live Tour 2012 (2012) Catch Me: Live World Tour (2012–13)

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 Time: Live Tour 2013, 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. "Jumon -Mirotic-" (呪文 -MIROTIC-) (Japanese version)
5. "Toki o Tomete" (時ヲ止メテ)
6. "Thank You My Girl"
7. "Introduction ~magenta~"
8. "MAXIMUM" (Japanese version)
9. "Honey Funny Bunny" (Yunho solo) (Japanese version)
10. "Before U Go" (Japanese version)
11. "Duet"
12. "I Don't Know"
13. "Telephone"
14. "Shiawase Iro no Hana" (シアワセ色の花)
15. "Back to Tomorrow"
16. "Rusty Nail" (Changmin solo)
17. "BREAK OUT!"
18. "Easy Mind"
19. "Summer Dream"
20. "High Time"
21. "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	Country	Venue	Attendance
January 18, 2012	Yokohama	Japan	Yokohama Arena	—
January 19, 2012
January 25, 2012	Nagoya		Nippon Gaishi Hall	—
January 26, 2012
January 27, 2012
February 11, 2012	Fukuoka		Marine Messe Fukuoka	—
February 12, 2012
February 18, 2012	Niigata		Toki Messe	—
February 19, 2012
February 23, 2012	Sapporo		Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	—
February 24, 2012
March 3, 2012	Hiroshima		Hiroshima Green Arena	—
March 4, 2012
March 9, 2012	Fukui		Sun Dome Fukui	—
March 10, 2012
March 13, 2012	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall	—
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^[2]

References

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

External links

• Tone Tour Official website (in Japanese)