So Crazy Tour
The So Crazy Tour was the fifth concert tour by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro in support of her studio album, Style (2003). The tour began on November 29, 2003 at the Nagarakawa International Convention Center in Gifu, Japan and ended on May 15, 2004, at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea. It marked the first time that Amuro embarked on an international tour, and her first and only time to tour South Korea.
Tour by Namie Amuro | |
Associated album | Style |
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Start date | November 29, 2003 |
End date | May 15, 2004 |
No. of shows | 34 in Japan 2 in Taiwan 3 in South Korea 39 total |
Namie Amuro concert chronology |
Background
editThe So Crazy Tour was Amuro's first international tour. In addition to 34 dates in Japan, she made her first-ever solo tour dates in Taiwan, which became a regular stop for her later international tours, and South Korea, her only visit to the country. The international concerts were broadcast in their respective countries on national television, in which Amuro closed out her concerts with "Never End" partially sung in their local languages. The Taipei concerts were promoted as "So Craazy in Taipei" and the Seoul concerts were promoted as "So Crazy Tour in Seoul 2004".
Commercial performance
editMedia outlets reported that all of the concerts in Japan were sold-out immediately, therefore additional concerts were added.[1] The concerts in South Korea saw varying levels of occupancy during the three-day concert: the first day only had around 50% of the 10,000 seats full, the second day was around 80% full, and the third day was almost sold-out.[2] Rain joined Amuro during the last day of the concert.
Set list
edit- "Put 'Em Up"
- "Shine More"
- "Respect the Power of Love"
- "I Have Never Seen"
- "Something 'bout the Kiss" / "No More Tears" / "Dreaming I Was Dreaming"
- "Please Smile Again"
- "I Will"
- "Uh Uh,,,,,,"
- "Toi et Moi"
- "Wishing on the Same Star"
- "Love 2000" / "How to Be a Girl" / "Chase the Chance"
- "Think of Me"
- "Sweet 19 Blues"
- "So Crazy"
- Band Introduce
- "Body Feels Exit"
- Dancer Introduce
- "You're My Sunshine"
- "A Walk in the Park"
- "Say the Word"
- "Can You Celebrate?"
- "Don't Wanna Cry"
- "Never End"
Tour dates
editDate | City | Country | Venue | Attendance |
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November 29, 2003 | Gifu | Japan | Nagaragawa Convention Center | 120,000[1] |
November 30, 2003 | Mie | Mie Cultural Hall | ||
December 7, 2003 | Utsunomiya | Utsunomiya Cultural Hall | ||
December 11, 2003 | Tokyo | Tokyo International Forum | ||
December 12, 2003 | ||||
December 14, 2003 | Sendai | Sendai Sun Plaza | ||
December 19, 2003 | Nagano | Nagano Civic Cultural Hall | ||
January 9, 2004 | Nagoya | Nagoya Century Hall | ||
January 10, 2004 | ||||
January 12, 2004 | Hamamatsu | Act City Hamamatsu | ||
January 15, 2004 | Tokyo | Tokyo International Forum | ||
January 16, 2004 | ||||
January 24, 2004 | Kobe | Kobe International Hall | ||
January 25, 2004 | ||||
January 30, 2004 | Akita | Akita City Culture Hall | ||
February 1, 2004 | Morioka | Morioka Civic Cultural Hall | ||
February 8, 2004 | Ishikawa | Ishikawa Welfare Pension Hall | ||
February 13, 2004 | Kamakura | Kamakura Civic Hall | ||
February 14, 2004 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Welfare Pension Hall | ||
February 22, 2004 | Sapporo | Hokkaido Welfare Pension Hall | ||
February 27, 2004 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima Civic Cultural Hall | ||
February 29, 2004 | Nagasaki | Nagasaki Brick Hall | ||
March 4, 2004 | Osaka | Grand Cube Osaka | ||
March 5, 2004 | ||||
March 7, 2004 | Nagoya | Aichi Prefectural Art Theater | ||
March 13, 2004 | Niigata | Niigata Civic Hall | ||
March 19, 2004 | Maebashi | Gunma Civic Hall | ||
March 21, 2004 | Sendai | Sendai Sun Plaza | ||
March 24, 2004 | Kumamoto | Kumamoto Civic Hall | ||
March 26, 2004 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Sun Palace | ||
March 27, 2004 | ||||
April 3, 2004 | Osaka | Osaka Festival Hall | — | |
April 4, 2004 | ||||
April 11, 2004 | Tokyo | Tokyo International Forum | — | |
May 1, 2004 | New Taipei City | Taiwan | Hsinchuang Gymnasium | 12,000[3] |
May 2, 2004 | ||||
May 13, 2004 | Seoul | South Korea | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | 25,000[4] |
May 14, 2004 | ||||
May 15, 2004 | ||||
Total | N/A |
DVD
editSo Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles 2003–2004 | ||||
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Video by | ||||
Released | September 23, 2004 | |||
Genre | ||||
Label | Avex Trax | |||
Director | Ugichin | |||
Namie Amuro chronology | ||||
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A concert album titled Namie Amuro So Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles 2003–2004 was released as Namie Amuro's fifth concert DVD on September 23, 2004. Filmed in January 2004 in Tokyo International Forum A, the DVD captured a tour to date, spanning seven months and three countries. It peaked at number two on the Oricon DVD chart and sold 71,000 copies.
Personnel
editNumbers in parentheses following listed names corresponded to the track list
- Artist
- Namie Amuro
- Choreographer
- Warner
- Band
- Ken Kawamura - Keyboards
- Ken Kimura - Guitar
- Kenji Sano - Bass
- Mitsuru Kurauchi - Drums
- Dancer
- Mayumi
- Megumi
- Nazuki
- Rika
- Ryo
- Shige
- Subaru
- Tetsuharu
Charts
editChart | Peak position |
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Japan Daily DVD Chart (Oricon) | 1 |
Japan Weekly DVD Chart (Oricon) | 2 |
References
edit- ^ a b "安室奈美恵、ベストシングルをフィーチャーしたライヴ・レポ" [Namie Amuro, live report featuring best singles]. Barks (in Japanese). January 22, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ "17년 전 아무로 나미에의 내한공연 실패 참관기" [Observation of Namie Amuro's failed performance in Korea 17 years ago]. Brunch (in Korean). September 6, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ "閱讀文章 - 精華區 AmuroNamie - 批踢踢實業坊". PTT Bulletin Board System (in Chinese (Taiwan)). May 2, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ "日언론'아무로 나미에 내한공연 성공적'" [Japanese media 'Namie Amuro's performance in Korea was successful']. No Cut News (in Korean). May 16, 2004. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.