Super Show

Super Show
Asia tour by Super Junior
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • South Korea
  • Thailand
  • China
Associated album
Start dateFebruary 22, 2008 (2008-02-22)
End dateMarch 7, 2009 (2009-03-07)
Legs3
No. of shows10
GuestsXmas of TraxX
Supporting actsZhang Liyin
Attendance86,000
Websitesuperjunior.smtown.com
Super Junior concert chronology

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.[1] 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

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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.[1] 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.[2] A second ticket auction occurred on January 28 at 8:00 PM for the remaining seats and was just as successful.[3] Due to the success of the sales, the organizers decided to add an extra show on February 22,[4] and the corresponding tickets were all sold out in five minutes.[5]

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.[6] Two encore concerts were held in Seoul on the first weekend of January 2009[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] 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

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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

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Super Show set list

Songs

The following list is a list of songs covered at the tour, not in any order.

Sub-unit performances

The following is a list of small group performances covered at the tour, arranged in order.

Super Junior-K.R.Y

  • "The Night Chicago Died"
  • "Steps to stop"
  • "Just You"

Super Junior-T

  • "Rokkugo"
  • "First Express"
  • "Don't Go Away/There's No One Like Me/Is There Nothing Left Of Me"
  • "First Express" (Remix)

Super Junior-M

  • Henry violin solo (China only)
  • "Me" (China only)
  • "At Least There's Still You" (China only)
  • "Love Song" (China only)

Others

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Attendance
February 22, 2008 Seoul South Korea Olympic Fencing Gymnasium 20,000[10]
February 23, 2008
February 24, 2008
July 12, 2008 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena 13,000[11]
November 22, 2008 Shanghai China Shanghai Grand Stage 10,000[12]
January 3, 2009 Seoul South Korea Olympic Fencing Gymnasium 13,000[13]
January 4, 2009
January 17, 2009 Nanjing China Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium 20,000[14]
January 18, 2009
March 7, 2009 Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 10,000[15]
Total 86,000

Personnel

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Live album

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Super Show - Super Junior The 1st Asia Tour Concert Album
Super Show - Super Junior The 1st Asia Tour Concert Album cover
Live album by
ReleasedMay 19, 2008 (2008-05-19)
RecordedFebruary 22–24, 2008
Olympic Fencing Gymnasium
GenreK-pop, dance, R&B, hip hop, trot
Length128:18
LanguageKorean
LabelSM Entertainment
Super Junior chronology
Super Show - Super Junior The 1st Asia Tour Concert Album
(2008)
Super Show 2 Concert Album
(2009)

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.[16] 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

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CD 1

  1. "Welcome To S.J.World"
  2. "Twins (Knock Out)"
  3. Intro + "Rock This House"
  4. Intro + "돈돈! (Don't Don)"
  5. "Asian Freak Show"
  6. "갈증 (A Man In Love)"
  7. "거울 (Mirror)"
  8. Ment #1
  9. "사랑이 떠나다 (She's Gone)"
  10. "You're My Endless Love (말하자면)"
  11. "Dancing Out"
  12. Super Junior-K.R.Y – "The Night Chicago Died"
  13. Donghae – "My Everything"[note 1]
  14. Kyuhyun, Ryeowook – "처음 느낌 그대로"[note 2][note 3]
  15. Leeteuk, Yesung – "인형 (Doll)"[note 4]
  16. Super Junior-K.R.Y – "걸음을 멈추고"
  17. Kang-In, Leeteuk, Shindong, Sungmin, Siwon – "룩셈부르크"[note 5]

CD 2

  1. Super Junior-T – "로꾸거!!! (Rokkuko)"
  2. Super Junior-T – "첫차 (First Express)"
  3. Super Junior-T – "나같은건 없는건가요 (Don't Go Away)"
  4. "H.I.T. (히트)"
  5. Eunhyuk, Super Junior-K.R.Y – "One Love"
  6. "미워 (Hate U, Love U)"
  7. Ment #2
  8. "Marry U"
  9. "Y.M.C.A."
  10. "Wonder Boy"
  11. "첫눈이 와 (First Snow)"
  12. "Ment #3"
  13. 마지막 승부 (The Girl Is Mine)"
  14. "U"
  15. "행복 (Full Of Happiness)"
  16. "차근차근 (Way For Love)"
  17. "Believe"
  18. "Miracle"
  19. [Bonus Track] "One Love" (Studio Ver.)

Charts

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Country Chart Period Position Sales
South Korea MIAK May 4 15,016[17]
Taiwan G-Music J-Pop/K-Pop Chart June 27 - July 3, 2008 (week 26) 1 27.58%[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b 슈퍼주니어 서울 시작으로 첫 아시아투어 [Super Junior's first Asia tour starting in Seoul]. Newsen (in Korean). January 10, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
  2. ^ (in Korean) 슈주 데뷔 3년만에 첫 콘서트 예매 18분만에 매진! 서버도 마비소동! January 23, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2008.
  3. ^ (in Korean) Super Show 2차 티켓오픈 안내 Archived January 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 24, 2008.
  4. ^ (in Korean) 슈퍼주니어, 첫 단독콘서트 1회 공연 추가 Archived February 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine February 5, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
  5. ^ (in Korean) 슈퍼주니어 첫 콘서트에 눈물바다 "콘서트는 감동이다" February 24, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  6. ^ "SuJu's Shanghai Super Show, tickets resold up to $1,540,000 won". Asiaeconomy (in Korean). November 23, 2008. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2008.
  7. ^ "Super Junior, Encore Seoul concert in January". Newsen (in Korean). November 18, 2008. p. 1. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
  8. ^ "Super Junior breaks concert records in Nanjing". Edaily (in Korean). January 19, 2008. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 20, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  9. ^ "Super Junior holds encore concert in Seoul". CBS (in Korean). January 4, 2009. p. 1. Retrieved January 5, 2008.
  10. ^ Goo Hye-jin (February 25, 2008). 3년 만에 첫 콘서트 연 "슈퍼주니,어예요~" [First concert in 3 years "Super Juni-oeyo~"]. Kookmin Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 7, 2022 – via Daum.
  11. ^ 슈퍼주니어, 슈퍼쇼로 방콕 흔들어 [Super Junior shakes Bangkok with Super Show]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). July 14, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2022 – via Naver.
  12. ^ Park Jae-deok (November 23, 2008). 슈퍼주니어, 상하이 '슈퍼쇼'에 1만 관객 열광 [Super Junior, 10,000 excited audiences at 'Super Show' in Shanghai]. inews24 (in Korean). Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  13. ^ Lim Yi-rang (January 4, 2009). 슈주 콘서트, 13인의 아해가 달린 꽉찬 무대, 만3천팬 열광 [MD콘서트] [SuJu concert, a stage full of 13 people, 13,000 enthusiastic fans [MD Concert]]. My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 7, 2022 – via Naver.
  14. ^ Lim yi-rang (January 19, 2009). 슈퍼주니어, 한국가수 최초 中 난징서 콘서트... 2만팬 열광 [Super Junior, the first Korean singer to hold a concert in Nanjing, China... 20,000 excited fans]. My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 7, 2002 – via Naver.
  15. ^ Jung Yoo-jin (March 9, 2009). 슈주, 첫 亞 투어 성황리 마쳐... 12일 컴백 [SuJu's first Asia tour have been successfully completed... Comeback on the 12th]. Seoul Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved August 7, 2022 – via Naver.
  16. ^ "Super Show - Super Junior The 1st Asia Tour Concert Album info" Avex Taiwan. June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2012 (in Chinese)
  17. ^ "May 2008" Archived June 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine MIAK. Retrieved June 24, 2008 (in Korean)
  18. ^ "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 (in Chinese)
  1. ^ Originally sung by 98 Degrees
  2. ^ Originally sung by Lee Sora.
  3. ^ Ryeowook plays piano accompaniment
  4. ^ Originally sung by Shin Hyesung and Lee Jihoon.
  5. ^ Leeteuk and Shindong sings background vocals; Sungmin plays electric guitar accompaniment; Siwon plays drums accompaniment
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