Neo City – The Origin was the first concert tour headlined by the South Korean boy band NCT 127. It began at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea, on January 26, 2019, and concluded at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, on February 24, 2020. It visited South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore in Asia, Russia, England, and France in Europe, and the United States, Canada, and Mexico in North America.
Synopsis Rolling Stone said that the concert featured "the members tear[ing] through plenty of hard-hitting group choreography" and singing "sensitive ballads [...] sitting down", which they described as a "a formula reminiscent of Nineties American boy bands". It featured several video montages used as transitions between different segments of the shows. NCT 127 opened the concert with a dance performance to a remix of "Cherry Bomb". Other songs that featured dance performances included "Come Back", "Limitless", "Chain", "Fly Away With Me", "Wake Up", "Heartbreaker", "Regular", "Fire Truck", "Simon Says", "Good Thing", "Touch", "Heartbreaker", and "Replay (PM 01:27)". NCT 127 sang together a mashup of "City 127", "Angel", and "Sun & Moon", while different sets of members performed "Timeless" (Taeil, Doyoung, and Jaehyun), "No Longer" (Taeil, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Haechan), "Baby Don't Like It" (Taeyong, Taeil, Doyoung, and Mark), and "Mad City" (Taeyong, Jaehyun, and Mark). The group returned for an encore, during which they sang "Welcome To My Playground", "Summer 127", and "0 Mile".
Recordings
NCT 127 released a video album, Neo City: Japan – The Origin, and a live album, Neo City: Seoul – The Origin, of the tour. Neo City: Japan – The Origin was released on June 26, 2019 in DVD and Blu-Ray and sold 11,830 copies in Japan.Sources:
Blu-ray sales of Neo City: Japan - The Origin: Neo City: Seoul – The Origin was released on October 17, 2019.
Set list This set list is from the concerts in Seoul on January 26–27, 2019. It does not represent all concerts throughout the tour.
Stage 1 "Cherry Bomb" (remix) "Comeback" "Limitless" "Chain" (Korean version) "Fly Away With Me" "Back 2 U (AM 01:27)"
Stage 2 "City 127" "Angel" "Sun & Moon" "Timeless" "No Longer"
Stage 3 "Interlude: Regular to Irregular" "Regular" (remix) "Wake Up" "Baby Don't Like It" "Mad City"
Stage 4 "Good Thing" "Touch" "Heartbreaker" "Replay (PM 01:27)" "Fire Truck" (remix) "Simon Says"
Encore "Welcome To My Playground" "Summer 127" "0 Mile
Tour dates + List of 2019 concerts, with date, city, country, venue, and attendance Date City Country Venue Attendance January 26 Seoul South Korea KSPO Dome 24,800 January 27 February 2 Osaka Japan Orix Theater 74,000 February 3 February 11 Hiroshima Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall February 12 February 23 Kanazawa Honda no Mori Hall February 24 March 2 Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater March 3 March 17 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sunpalace Hotel & Hall March 18 March 21 Nagoya Nippon Tokushu Tougyou Civic Hall – Forest Hall March 29 Saitama Saitama Super Arena March 30 March 31 April 24 Newark United States Prudential Center — April 26 Atlanta Coca-Cola Roxy — April 28 Miami Watsco Center — May 1 Dallas The Theatre at Grand Prairie — May 3 Phoenix Comerica Theatre — May 5 Houston Smart Financial Centre — May 7 Chicago Rosemont Theatre — May 9 San Jose City National Civic — May 10 May 12 Los Angeles Microsoft Theater — May 17 Toronto Canada Coca-Cola Coliseum — May 19 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum — May 21 Mexico City Mexico Teatro Metropólitan — June 21 Bangkok Thailand Thunder Dome 18,000 June 22 June 23 June 26 Saint Petersburg Russia Ice Palace Saint Petersburg — June 29 Moscow Megasport Sport Palace — July 7 London England SSE Arena — July 10 Paris France La Seine Musicale — July 20 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium — December 18 Osaka Japan Osaka-jō Hall — December 19
+ List of 2020 concerts, with date, city, country, venue, and attendance Date City Country Venue January 4 Fukuoka Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka January 5 January 18 Niigata Toki Messe February 22 Tokyo Musashino Forest Sport Plaza February 23 February 24
Personnel Credits adapted from the Neo City: Seoul – The Origin photo book. Taeyong — artist Taeil — artist Johnny — artist Yuta — artist Doyoung — artist Jaehyun — artist Jungwoo — artist Mark — artist Haechan — artist Rino Nakasone — total stage producer Shuhei Meguri — assistant concert director 50 (Fifty) — assistant concert director Keimei — assistant concert director Lee Soo-man — executive producer
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