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Namie Amuro 5 Major Domes Tour

Namie Amuro 5 Major Domes Tour was a concert tour by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro, held in support of her album Uncontrolled (2012), as well as a celebration of the 20th anniversary of her debut with the Super Monkey's. It spanned eight shows at five domes across Japan from November to December 2012, and attracted around 340,000 people.

The Asian leg of the tour, promoted as "20th Anniversary Namie Amuro Asia Tour 2013", was held in February and March 2013 in Taipei and Hong Kong. The concerts attracted around 30,000 people. A concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium was scheduled for April 26, but was cancelled due to issues with the local promoter.

Background

Before the beginning of the tour, Amuro planned her "Namie Amuro 20th Anniversary Live in Okinawa" concert in her home prefecture of Okinawa for mid-September 2012, but this was cancelled due to Typhoon Sanba affecting Okinawa at the time. An 8-day dome tour across Japan, titled "5 Major Domes Tour ~20th Anniversary Best~", was held in November and December 2012, featuring performances in Fukuoka, Osaka, Sapporo, Nagoya and Tokyo. On July 24, after all of the concert dates had sold out, an extra concert was added in Nagoya.

Asian leg

The Asian leg of the tour, promoted as "Namie Amuro Asia Tour 2013", was conducted early the following year. Originally, a show was scheduled in Singapore at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on April 26, 2013; this would have been Amuro's first concert in Singapore. However, the tour's website announced that the concert would be cancelled, citing "issues concerning the local promoter", which was later changed to "local technical reasons". Some speculated that the cancellation may have actually been related to poor ticket sales.

Commercial performance

The 2012 dome tour attracted a total of 340,000 people in Japan, while the 2013 Asia tour attracted 20,000 people in Taipei and 10,000 people in Hong Kong. China Times reported that the Taipei concerts generated about NT$60 million (US$2,022,000) in total revenue from ticket sales, as well as an additional NT$50 million ($1,685,000) in tourism revenue from overseas fans traveling to Taiwan to attend the concerts.

Set list

  1. "Body Feels Exit"
  2. "How to Be a Girl"
  3. "Hot Girls"
  4. "Naked"
  5. "Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!"
  6. "Get Myself Back"
  7. "Girl Talk"
  8. "New Look"
  9. "Go Round"
  10. "In the Spotlight (Tokyo)"
  11. "Fight Together"
  12. "You're My Sunshine"
  13. "Don't Wanna Cry"
  14. "Respect the Power of Love"
  15. "Never End"
  16. "A Walk in the Park"
  17. "Sweet 19 Blues"
  18. "Love Story"
  19. "Damage"
  20. "Break It"
  21. "Yeah-Oh"
  22. "Chase the Chance"
  23. "Let's Go"
Encore
  1. "Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)"
  2. "Taiyou no Season"
  3. "Aishite Muscat"
  4. "Baby Don't Cry"
  5. "Can You Celebrate?"
  6. "Only You"
  7. "Say the Word"

Tour dates

Cancelled shows

DVD release

The live music video of the tour, titled Namie Amuro 5 Major Domes Tour 2012 ~20th Anniversary Best~, was released on February 27, 2013. It peaked at number one on the Oricon DVD and blu-ray charts, as well as number two on the G-Music audio/video chart in Taiwan.

The DVD received a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) in April 2013 for shipments of over 250,000 copies. It won Best Music Video in the Japanese music section at the 28th Japan Gold Disc Awards in 2014.

Charts

Certifications

References