The Super Show was the first Asia-wide live concert tour by South Korean boy band, Super Junior. The tour commenced five months after the release of the group's second studio album, Don't Don. The concert covers most songs from the group's first two studio albums, including their hit single, "U," and also subgroup hits from Super Junior-K.R.Y., Super Junior-T, and Super Junior-M. The tour kicked off with three stops in South Korea and expanded its routes to Thailand and China.
History The Super Show Tour is the first Asia-wide concert tour by Super Junior since their debut in November 2005. The tour was first announced in January, four months after the release of their second studio album, Don't Don. 13,000 tickets for the concert in Seoul, South Korea were placed for auction online on January 22, 2008. As soon as the auction began at 5:00 PM, over 120,000 fans simultaneously loaded onto the site and crashed the server. As soon as the server was back in commission, all 13,000 tickets were sold out in 18 minutes. 슈주 데뷔 3년만에 첫 콘서트 예매 18분만에 매진! 서버도 마비소동! January 23, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2008. A second ticket auction occurred on January 28 at 8:00 PM for the remaining seats and was just as successful. Super Show 2차 티켓오픈 안내 Retrieved January 24, 2008. Due to the success of the sales, the organizers decided to add an extra show on February 22, 슈퍼주니어, 첫 단독콘서트 1회 공연 추가 February 5, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008. and the corresponding tickets were all sold out in five minutes. 슈퍼주니어 첫 콘서트에 눈물바다 "콘서트는 감동이다" February 24, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
The tour reached Bangkok, Thailand on July 12, 2008, and Shanghai on November 22, 2008. A portion of the tickets for Shanghai's concert were scalped for over ¥7 thousand. Two encore concerts were held in Seoul on the first weekend of January 2009 and two weeks later, the concert was held in Nanjing, China. Super Junior became the first Korean artist to hold a solo concert in Nanjing, having their tickets being scalped for ¥6 thousand. The Super Show Tour also broke the record for being the first concert ever in China to have a "standing" stage.
Super Show was also expected to tour Hong Kong, Taipei (Taiwan), and Tokyo (Japan), but due to schedule conflicts, the tour was unable to go to those cities. The last stop for Super Show was in Chengdu (China)in March 2009.
The live Super Show Tour Concert Album was released on May 19, 2008, in South Korea and the DVD was released on October 1, 2008, selling over 15,000 copies domestically.
Opening acts and special appearances Zhang Liyin was the opening act for the last Super Show concert in Chengdu on March 7, 2009, singing "I Will" and "The Left Shore of Happiness." X-Mas of TRAX was also the guest performer of the last Super Show, playing the guitar for Heechul's solo performance, "Crazy." Super Junior-M member Henry performed the violin bridge of "Don't Don" of every show, and along with Zhou Mi, performed with the rest of Super Junior-M in the China tour stops.
Set list
Tour dates Date City Country Venue Attendance February 22, 2008 Seoul South Korea Olympic Fencing Gymnasium 20,000 February 23, 2008 February 24, 2008 July 12, 2008 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena 13,000 November 22, 2008 Shanghai China Shanghai Grand Stage 10,000 January 3, 2009 Seoul South Korea Olympic Fencing Gymnasium 13,000 January 4, 2009 January 17, 2009 Nanjing China Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium 20,000 January 18, 2009 March 7, 2009 Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 10,000 Total 86,000 Personnel Super Junior – performers SM Entertainment – organizers DREAM MAKER ENTERCOM, CREAZONE – promoters True Music (Thailand) – overseas organizers
Live album
Super Show - Super Junior The 1st Asia Tour Concert Album is the first live album of South Korean boy band Super Junior. It was released on May 19, 2008, by SM Entertainment. The songs in this album are direct recordings from their concerts at the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea from February 22 to 24, the first stop of their Super Show. It was also released in Taiwan by Avex Taiwan on June 27, 2008."Super Show - Super Junior The 1st Asia Tour Concert Album info" Avex Taiwan. June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2012 It debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Weekly G-Music J-Pop/K-Pop Chart with a percentage sales of 27.58%.
Track listing CD 1 "Welcome To S.J.World" "Twins (Knock Out)" Intro + "Rock This House" Intro + "돈돈! (Don't Don)" "Asian Freak Show" "갈증 (A Man In Love)" "거울 (Mirror)" Ment #1 "사랑이 떠나다 (She's Gone)" "You're My Endless Love (말하자면)" "Dancing Out" Super Junior-K.R.Y – "The Night Chicago Died" Donghae – "My Everything"Originally sung by 98 Degrees Kyuhyun, Ryeowook – "처음 느낌 그대로"Originally sung by Lee Sora.Ryeowook plays piano accompaniment Leeteuk, Yesung – "인형 (Doll)"Originally sung by Shin Hyesung and Lee Jihoon. Super Junior-K.R.Y – "걸음을 멈추고" Kang-In, Leeteuk, Shindong, Sungmin, Siwon – "룩셈부르크"Leeteuk and Shindong sings background vocals; Sungmin plays electric guitar accompaniment; Siwon plays drums accompanimentCD 2 Super Junior-T – "로꾸거!!! (Rokkuko)" Super Junior-T – "첫차 (First Express)" Super Junior-T – "나같은건 없는건가요 (Don't Go Away)" "H.I.T. (히트)" Eunhyuk, Super Junior-K.R.Y – "One Love" "미워 (Hate U, Love U)" Ment #2 "Marry U" "Y.M.C.A." "Wonder Boy" "첫눈이 와 (First Snow)" "Ment #3" 마지막 승부 (The Girl Is Mine)" "U" "행복 (Full Of Happiness)" "차근차근 (Way For Love)" "Believe" "Miracle" [Bonus Track] "One Love" (Studio Ver.)
Charts Country Chart Period Position Sales South Korea MIAK May 4 15,016"May 2008" MIAK. Retrieved June 24, 2008 Taiwan G-Music J-Pop/K-Pop Chart June 27 - July 3, 2008 (week 26) 1 27.58%"This links to the current week - search for week number at the bottom of page" G-Music J-Pop/K-Pop Chart. Retrieved March 20, 2012
References
External links
Super Junior Official Site