The Red Bullet Tour, also known as 2014 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet and 2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, was the first concert tour headlined by South Korean boy band BTS to promote their 2 Cool 4 Skool (2013) debut single album, O!RUL8,2? (2013) EP, Skool Luv Affair (2014) EP, and Dark & Wild (2014) studio album. The tour began on October 17, 2014, in South Korea and initially visited six cities in Asia. Its world tour extension began on June 6, 2015, in Malaysia and toured Australia, North America and Latin America before ending in Hong Kong that August. In all, the entire tour attracted 80,000 spectators at 18 cities in 13 countries.
Background Following the release of their first studio album Dark & Wild August 2014, BTS released a video teaser on YouTube and a poster on September 4, 2014, announcing their first concert tour, titled 2014 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, with October dates for two shows at AX-Korea in South Korea. The two shows sold out within 2 minutes, prompting the addition of a third show in South Korea followed by dates in Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Set list The following set list is obtained from the show on December 7, 2014, in Manila, Philippines. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.
N.O We Are Bulletproof Pt 2. We On Hiphop Lover Let Me Know Rain Embarrassed Just One Day Look Here Outro: Propose (Jin, Jimin, V, Jungkook) No More Dream Tomorrow Miss Right I Like It If I Ruled the World Cypher Pt.3 Killer (Rap Monster, SUGA, J-Hope) Cypher Pt.2 Triptych (encore) War of Hormone Danger Boy In Luv Encore Road/Path Jump Attack On Bangtan Paldogangsan
Tour dates + List of tour dates Date City Country Venue Attendance October 17, 2014 Seoul South Korea AX-Korea 5,000 October 18, 2014 October 19, 2014 November 13, 2014 Kobe Japan Kobe Kokusai Hall 10,000 November 14, 2014 November 16, 2014 Tokyo Tokyo International Forum December 7, 2014 Pasay Philippines Mall of Asia Arena December 13, 2014 Singapore The Star Performing Arts Centre — December 20, 2014 Bangkok Thailand CWN Hall — March 8, 2015 Taipei Taiwan New Taipei City Exhibition Hall —
World tour extension
Background On May 7, 2015, BTS announced a full-scale world tour extension, titled 2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, starting June 6 at the Mega Star Arena in Malaysia followed by July dates in Australia and the United States.
Reception Shows in Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City were all sold out in the matter of minutes. BTS performed for over 12,500 fans for the US leg alone. The two concerts in Melbourne and Sydney were also sold out, despite the fact that the cities were located in a place that traditionally did not experience that level of success when it comes to selling out venues for K-pop acts. In Brazil, similar success happened. The original venue would have a maximum capacity of 2,000 people, however due to high demand the promoters transferred the concert to a venue with more than twice the capacity.
According to Billboard, BTS made their concert memorable with their outstanding performances.
Set list The following set list is obtained from the show on July 10, 2015, in Sydney, Australia. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour extension.
N.O We Are Bulletproof Pt 2. We On Hiphop Lover Let Me Know Rain Embarrassed Just One Day Look Here Outro: Propose (Jin, Jimin, V, Jungkook) No More Dream Tomorrow Miss Right I Like It If I Ruled The World Jump Cypher Pt.3 Killer (Rap Monster, SUGA, J-Hope) Cypher Pt.2 Triptych (encore) War of Hormone Danger I NEED U Boy In Luv Encore Path/Road DOPE Boyz With Fun Attack On Bangtan
Tour dates + List of tour dates Date City Country Venue Attendance June 6, 2015 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Mega Star Arena 3,000 July 10, 2015 Sydney Australia Roundhouse — July 12, 2015 Melbourne Plenary 1 July 16, 2015 New York United States Best Buy Theater 12,500 July 18, 2015 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie July 24, 2015 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre July 26, 2015 Los Angeles Club Nokia July 29, 2015 Mexico City Mexico Pabellon Oeste 4,000 July 31, 2015 São Paulo Brazil Espaço das Américas 6,000 August 2, 2015 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena 7,000 August 8, 2015 Pak Kret Thailand Thunder Dome 5,000 August 29, 2015 Hong Kong China AsiaWorld-Arena 4,000
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