[?????=??? ??] “Is BIGBANG the greatest group?” Answers to this question may vary. However, no one can deny that BIGBANG has been maintaining great popularity for the longest time, and at the same time, is the greatest group in terms of music.

BIGBANG’s final concert that drew their “MADE” promotions to a close took place in Seoul. Their “MADE” albums and promotions have truly made something that no one has been able to do in that they have reached the pinnacle of career in terms of popularity and the quality of music. 

For starters, they have set all the new records that they possibly can. BIGBANG’s music enthralled people. The fact that all the tickets to their concerts were sold proves this point. It’s not common that a group that has debuted more than 10 years ago tours around the world singing their recent hit songs and has all the tickets to their concerts sold out. In Korea, only BIGBANG can do this.

BIGBANG started their “MADE” world tour by holding a concert in Seoul in April last year. Since then, they have held 66 concerts in 32 cities of 12 countries and drew about 1.5 million people.

A professional in the performance industry highly praised BIGBANG saying, “BIGBANG’s concerts are getting more popular year by year. This is because they produce hit songs every year, and all the tracks of their albums become hit songs. They are still trendy, and they have the potential to become even better.”

BIGBANG also swept nearly all the music related awards from last year until the beginning of this year. This demonstrates that they are recognized not only for their popularity but also for their music. BIGBANG has been awarded at the Golden Disc Awards, the Seoul Music Awards, MAMA, and the MMA, which award musicians based on the amount of on/offline sales. The group has also received the Song of the Year with “BAE BAE” and Best Pop Song with “Loser” at the Korean Music Awards. Furthermore, they have been awarded with the Group Musician of the Year Netizen Vote.

And then, BIGBANG went up on the stage on March 6 at the Olympic Gymnastics Stadium. Their concert, which consisted of performances by all the members and solo performances of each member, has ended in great success. Everything about the concert was perfection proving that you could go to BIGBANG’s concert over and over again and still not get sick of it. BIGBANG has so many hit songs that there was no time to cool off the heat.



YG Entertainment and BIGBANG have made through preparations so that the sound and the stage would be perfect. The world-renowned lighting and set designer Roy Bennett; Beyonce’s videographer Ed Burke; music director Gil Smith, who has worked with BIGBANG for more than four years; and Jonathan Lia, who has made music videos for top pop stars, have joined the team to help BIGBANG hold creative, world-class concerts. 

During the final concert, TAEYANG said,”I can’t believe this is our last ‘MADE’ concert in Seoul. I don’t want to go down the stage. For the past three days, fans have been so enthusiastic that I couldn’t stop sweating. I’m so happy to be with Korea fans with our ‘MADE’ album, more so than ever before. Ten years have passed since BIGBANG debuted, and you guys have shown that ten years can go by and you can still shine. I cannot find the words to thank you enough. We spend a lot of time abroad because of our tours, but we miss your love. When we receive cheers from people who can’t even understanding what we’re saying, we think that it’s all possible because of our fans here in Korea. I think that all five of us are very blessed. No matter what music we do, no matter how we live our lives, I think you’ll keep on loving us and supporting us. I will cherish your love and pay back by making great music.”

G-DRAGON said, “As long as you keep sending support, we will stand here and sing and make happy memories as long as possible. 10th anniversary means a lot to us for sure. We had ten years, but we still have plenty of days to meet you. I hope that we can be here smiling and singing even as we get older.”

SEUNGRI made a sudden announcement, “We will hold a concert in the summer here in Korea to celebrate our 10thanniversary.” TAEYANG added, “I want it to be a festival that will last a whole day. Bring all your friends and have great fun.”  

It was so like BIGBANG to enjoy the moment and prepare for tomorrow at the same time. For the last song, BIGBANG sang “FANTASTIC BABY” – their greatest hit. It was a fantastic ending to their “MADE” series, incredible work by BIGBANG members and YG staff.

2016. 3. 6.
Source: YG Life

[??????=??? ??] BIGBANG has proven their excellence as an unrivalled artist, drawing total 1.5 million fans to their 10-month-long world tour.

Group BIGBANG’s world tour “MADE” marked its grand finale in a concert held from March 4 to 6 at Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. Total 39,000 fans visited the three concerts.

In the final concert on March 6, BIGBANG presented performances of total 19 songs including encores for fans. The team performed a variety of songs including the songs released last year, all-time hit “HARU HARU”, each member’s solo tracks, as well as songs of unit teams of the members.

The concert began with a powerful performance of “BANG BANG BANG” and built up the heat with “HARU HARU” and “LOSER”. At the very end of the concert, BIGBANG expressed their special love for fans by saying, “Korean fans sing the best” and “You are the most beautiful”. Fans responded by singing along “BAD BOY” and IF YOU” all together.

Then, SEUNGRI’s solo performance of “STRONG BABY”, DAESUNG’s “WINGS”, T.O.P’s “DOOM DADA”, TAEYANG’s “EYES, NOSE, LIPS”, and G-DRAGON’s “CROOKED” demonstrated artistic achievements that each member has made so far.

Then, the performance of “BAE BAE” with witty lyrics was finished and fans presented an event for BIGBANG, holding up paper that reads “BIGBANG is my everything”. SEUNGRI responded by saying, “Fans are BIGBANG’s everything”. Plus, the news about BIGBANG’s 10th anniversary concert to be held in this summer was like a big gift for fans. 

When BIGBANG went down from the stage after performing “FANTASTIC BABY”, fans requested encore, singing “HEAVEN”. BIGBANG’s encore performance of “WE LIKE 2 PARTY” seemed to be the last song of the concert, but fans kept shouting “LIE”. BIGBANG offered a special service by performing “LIE” which was not included in the performance list of the concert.

As the concert in Seoul was the end of BIGBANG’s world tour, fans gave a special support for it. Total 64 teams of fan supporters donated 580kg of rice, 10,054 packs of ramen, 4,250 coal briquettes, and 120kg of animal feed under the name of BIGBANG.

BIGBANG held their first world tour “ALIVE TOUR” in 2012. BIGBANG set an unprecedented record of drawing 800,000 fans in 12 countries in their first world tour. The second tour BIGBANG held three years after the first one attracted as many as 1.5 million fans to 66 concert in 32 cities in 13 countries, including Asian countries such as China, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore, North American countries including the United States, Mexico, and Oceanian countries. BIGBANG overcame their own best record once again.

BIGBANG’s recent world tour has written a series of new records. In China, BIGBANG’s tour set a record of drawing 250,000 fans in 13 cities, the highest-ever number for a Korean singer. In Japan as well, BIGBANG set the record of the highest number of audience for a foreign artist, by attracting 911,000 fans in 18 concert held in four cities.



2016. 3. 6.
Source: YG Life

[????=??? ??] As it has been for the past 10 years, there was a perfect harmony between group BIGBANG and their fan club VIP.

Fans heated up the atmosphere by singing BIGBANG’s songs along music videos playing before the beginning of the concert. During the entire concert, fans sang along all the songs BIGBANG performed. They also cheered for BIGBANG for some songs, and gave explosive acclamation for BIGBANG from the prelude of each song and shook the yellow sticks with the shape of crown to cheer for BIGBANG.

BIGBANG’s TAEYANG expressed his gratitude for fans by saying, “You have proven that we can still shine on the stage even though it’s been 10 years since our debut. The five of us are really blessed guys”.

DAESUNG also said, “I really thank our fans who have seen only us like a racehorse that looks only ahead, despite rush of new idol groups’ debut”.

BIGBANG held world tour “MADE”’s encore concert on March 6 in the evening at Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. The concert was the final one of BIGBANG’s world tour that began in Seoul in April last year. BIGBANG has drawn total 1.5 million fans to 66 concerts in 32 cities in 13 countries.

As it was the last concert of the tour, the concert hall was filled up with audience, all the way up to the very end of the third floor and to the end of each side where visibility was restricted. The concert hall with 13,000 fans was all filled with fans’ acclamation and the wave of yellow nightglow sticks.

Foreign fans who failed to get the tickets were seating outside the concert hall, watching the live-broadcasting of the concert on NAVER V-APP on their mobile phones. The concert was also live-broadcasted in China on Tencent.



A Chinese fan who said she took a holiday from her work to come to BIGBANG’s concert said, “I went to BIGBANG’s concert in Beijing and I also wanted to come to this concert because it’s the final concert of BIGBANG’s tour. Even though I can’t go inside the concert hall, I like just being near BIGBANG members”. 

A group of women wearing hijab also made a big smile, saying, “BIGBANG is the best”.

BIGBANG came upon the stage with a roar of motor bike. Beginning from “BANG BANG BANG”, BIGBANG performed a parade of their hit songs. Among all the songs, their hit songs such as “LOSER”, “BAE BAE”, and “SOBER” that were released from May to August last year drew out the biggest acclamation.

BIGBANG members who have 10-year-long experience on the stage were shining on the stage, with the music performed by a live band. They looked free and comfortable, as they knew exactly what fascinates the audience including dance movements, talks, and gestures. In solo performances, each member boasted his own musical color by performing in solo and duet.

Blockbuster videos, laser shows, and special effects including firework brought the concert to the climax. World-famous lighting production designer Roy Bennett and Ed Burke who has worked as Beyonce’s videographer took part in BIGBANG’s tour.

Notably, “nude stage” made of 48-ton steel truss that moved over the head of the audience created an eye-catching spectacle.

BIGBANG talked about what they felt about the end of the world tour as well as how much they love Korean fans repeatedly.

T.O.P said, “I have been lonely as I stayed in strange foreign hotels for the past year and half, but I felt and discovered a lot of new things during the tour”.

DAESUNG said, “Fans sang our songs along in Korea, so I thought it was really ‘my home’ and I feel really comfortable”.



G-DRAGON received big acclamation from fans by saying, “I’ve forgotten this during this tour, that Korean girls are the most beautiful in the world. My heart flutters and I want to look good to you”. 

BIGBANG also made a surprise announcement about their plan for the 10th anniversary concert. 

The members said, “We’ll hold a concert to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our debut in Korea in this summer. It will be like a festival, in which performances will be given for a long time in a wide and windy place”. 

Fans hailed for BIGBANG by the end of the concert by holding up placards that read “BIGBANG is my everything”.

The three-day concert in Seoul that began on March 4 drew total 39,000 fans. Total 64 groups of BIGBANG fan supporters sent 20 tons of rice, 10,054 packs of ramen, 4,250 coal briquettes, and 120kg of animal feed and YG will donate those items to charity organizations.

2016. 3. 6.
Source: YG Life