List of Girls' Generation concert tours

South Korean girl group Girls' Generation (Korean: 소녀시대; So Nyeo Si Dae), known as Shoujo Jidai in Japan, have embarked on three concert tours across Asia, playing to more than 500,000 people. They embarked on their first tour, Into The New World Tour in November 2009, which then continued into 2010. Their next tour, The First Japan Tour in support of their first Japanese studio album Girls' Generation was played to more than 300,000 people, and saw two sold-out audiences at the Saitama Super Arena to a combined audience of 74,000 people. The group followed up the success of their Japan tour by embarking on their eponymously titled third tour, the Girls' Generation Tour and had the group perform in Hong Kong for the first time. The group toured Japan for the second time, in 2013, with a total of 20 stops on their Second Japanese Tour.[1] In addition to their own songs, the group perform cover versions of their favorite artists, such as Britney Spears.[2]

Girls' Generation performs at Madison Square Garden in October, 2011.

In addition to their own headlining tours, the group has participated in three SMTown tours, two of which have been worldwide. The first was SMTown Live '08, and the following SMTown Live '10 World Tour saw the group (along with fellow SMTown acts) become the first Asian singers in history to reach the top 10 on the US Billboard Concert Boxcore chart.[3] The group also performed on SMTown Live World Tour III, which stopped in the United States, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Headlining tours
Year Title Duration Shows
2009–2010Girls' Generation The 1st Asia Tour 'Into The New World'December 19–20, 2009 & February 27–28, 2010 (South Korea)
April 17, 2010 (China)
October 16 & 17, 2010 (Taiwan)		7
The Into The New World Tour was Girls' Generation's first headlining tour. The tour was announced in November, 2009,[4] and tickets were sold-out within 3 minutes of being put on sale.[5]
2011The First Japan Arena TourMay 31–July 18, 2011 (Japan)14
The group embarked on their first nationwide Japanese tour starting originally on May 18, 2011, with a total of seven initial stops.[6] The tour was postponed because of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and then commenced on May 31, 2011. Due to overwhelming demand, seven more stops were added for a total audience of 300,000.[7] The tour covered Osaka, Saitama, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagoya, and Fukuoka with total of fourteen performances.[8]
2011–20122011 Girls' Generation TourJuly 23 & 24, 2011 (South Korea)
September 9–11, 2011 (Taiwan)
December 9 & 10, 2011 (Singapore)
January 15, 2012 (Hong Kong)
February 12, 2012 (Thailand)		9
The eponymously titled "2011 Girls' Generation Tour" was the group's 2nd world tour. The tour commenced with two performances in Seoul, and continued to Taiwan where they played three back-to-back record breaking performances. The Bangkok date on February 12, 2012, saw the group break a Thai record for the fastest selling concert in history. The tour also saw the group perform in Hong Kong for the first time.[9]
2013Girls & Peace: 2nd Japan TourFebruary 9–April 21, 2013 (Japan)20
The group's second Japanese tour was announced on August 31, 2012, with ticket applicability starting September 12, 2012. The tour covered 20 stops.[10] They performed to over 200,000 people across seven Japanese cities.[1]
2013–20142013 Girls' Generation World Tour ~Girls & Peace~June 8 & 9, 2013 (South Korea)
July 20 & 21, 2013 (Taiwan)
September 14, 2013 (Indonesia)
October 12, 2013 (Singapore)
November 9 & 10, 2013 (Hong Kong)
January 11, 2014 (Thailand)
February 15, 2014 (Macau) 		10
The tour was announced on April 26, 2013, with two dates in Seoul at the Olympic Arena. The tour is the 3rd world tour by Girls' Generation.[11]
2014Girls' Generation Japan 3rd Tour 2014April 26 – July 13, 2014 (Japan)18
Girls' Generation's 3rd Japanese tour was announced on November 29, 2013. The tour covered 18 stops.[12]
2014Girls' Generation 'The Best Live' at Tokyo DomeDecember 9, 2014 (Tokyo, Japan)1
Girls' Generation held a special concert at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan with an audience of 55,000.[13]
2015–2016Girls' Generation 4th Tour – 'Phantasia'November 21 & 22, 2015 (South Korea)
December 12–24, 2015 (Japan)
January 30 & 31, 2016 (Thailand)
April 16, 2016 (Indonesia)
May 7 & 8, 2016 (Taiwan)		13
Girls' Generation's 4th world tour was announced on October 16, 2015.[14] On August 11, 2015, a separate tour in Japan was announced to take place in December 2015.[15] On November 17, 2015 it was announced on Girls' Generation's official Japanese fanclub website that the separate Japan tour announced in August 2015 would be title Girls' Generation 4th Tour -Phantasia- in Japan and the tour dates already announced would be a part of their 4th tour.[16]

See also

References
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  2. Lisa Nguyen (October 15, 2011). "Full audio of the studio version of SNSD's Sunny covering Britney Spears' '3′ released". blog.ningin.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  3. Hong, Lucia (15 October 2010). "SMTOWN LIVE'10 WORLD TOUR places in Billboard chart". 10 Asia. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  4. 소녀시대, 첫 단독 콘서트 (Girls' Generation's First Independent Concert). Jeonbukjoongang Shinmun. December 20, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2010. (in Korean)
  5. "Girls' Generation Gig Sells Out in 3 Minutes". Chosun Ilbo. November 24, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
  6. "Shoujo Jidai to release original Japanese single "MR. TAXI" + Arena Tour". Tokyohive. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  7. 곽민구. 너도 나도 "소녀시대 보자"…日투어 30만명 폭주. Economy Today News (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2 May 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  8. 少女時代アリーナツアー2011スケジュール (in Japanese). Official Girls' Generation Japanese Website. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  9. Girls’ Generation Breaks Record for Concert Ticket Sales in Thailand
  10. Girls’ Generation Releases Second Japan Tour Schedule Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
  11. 소녀시대, 드디어 월드투어 나선다. 6월 8, 9일에는 서울서 2년 만에 단독 콘서트 (in Korean). sports.chosun.com. April 26, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  12. Girls’ Generation Announces Third Japan Tour
  13. Girls’ Generation Announces ‘THE BEST LIVE’ at Tokyo Dome on December 9th
  14. "Girls' Generation to Hold Solo Concerts in Seoul on November 21st and 22nd". Soshified (소시파이드). Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  15. "Girls' Generation Announces Japan Tour". Soshified (소시파이드). Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  16. "NEWS | SONEJAPAN". finn-neo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-02-16.
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