Tree: Live Tour 2014

Tree: Live Tour 2014 (stylized as Tohoshinki Live Tour 2014 ～TREE～), also known as the Tree Tour, was the seventh Japanese concert tour (eleventh overall) by South Korean pop duo Tohoshinki, and was launched in support of their seventh Japanese studio album Tree (2014). It was first announced by the duo in November 2013, during the last show of their fanclub event tour, The Mission II. The theme of the tour was the Tree of Life, in which Tohoshinki, two beings born from the tree of life, use their spirit to save humanity from darkness.

Tree: Live Tour 2014

Tour by Tohoshinki
Location	Japan
Associated album	Tree
Start date	April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22)
End date	June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)
No. of shows	3 in Yokohama 3 in Nagoya 2 in Miyagi 2 in Sapporo 2 in Niigata 2 in Echizen 4 in Tokyo 6 in Osaka 3 in Fukuoka 2 in Hiroshima 29 Total
Website	toho-jp.net/tour2014/
Tohoshinki concert chronology

The Tree Tour kicked off in Yokohama on April 22, 2014 and visited a total of ten cities and eleven venues in Japan. It concluded on June 22, 2014 in Osaka. Over 600,000 people attended the tour.[1]

Background

On November 23, 2013, Tohoshinki held their fanclub event tour The Mission II at the Saitama Super Arena, where they performed several songs from their last two albums and interacted with fans. At the end of the show, Tohoshinki revealed their plans to embark on a new nationwide tour in 2014.[2] Following the duo's unveil, twenty-six dates for their tour were announced by their record label Avex Trax,[2] but the name of the tour was not officially revealed until January 2014, when Tohoshinki announced the release of their seventh Japanese album, Tree.[3]

Unlike the duo's previous Time: Live Tour 2013, which visited all five of Japan's major concert domes including the Nissan Stadium, the Tree Tour visited smaller concert halls and arenas. The duo stated that they wanted to perform in smaller venues in order to have better interactions with their audience.[4] The Tree Tour began with three shows in the Yokohama Arena in April 2014.

On February 24, 2014, three additional dates were announced, extending the tour's shows at Tokyo Dome and Osaka Dome to four days each,[5] making Tohoshinki the first non-Japanese band to hold concerts at the Tokyo Dome for three years in a row.[6] On March 20, the tour's official website and merchandise were launched.

Setlist

This setlist is representative of the first show in Yokohama. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

1. "Champion"
2. "SCREAM"
3. "Disvelocity"
4. "Cheering"
5. "Ai o Motto" (愛をもっと)
6. "Breeding Poison"
7. "Shinjiru Mama" (信じるまま)
8. "B.U.T (BE-AU-TY)"
9. "I love you"
10. "Kimi Ga Odoru, Natsu" (With All My Heart ～君が踊る、夏～)
11. "Wedding Dress"
12. "Hide & Seek"
13. "Crazy Crazy Crazy"
14. "Good Days"
15. "Over" (Changmin solo)
16. "Shout Out!" (Yunho solo)
17. "Spellbound" (Japanese version)
18. "Something" (Japanese version)
19. "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" (Japanese version)
20. "Easy Mind"
21. "Humanoids" (Japanese version)
22. "TREE OF LIFE"

Encore

23. "miss you"
24. "Sweat"
25. "OCEAN" / "Somebody to Love"
26. "Good-bye for Now"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, venue, and attendance

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
April 22, 2014	Yokohama	Japan	Yokohama Arena	N/A
April 23, 2014
April 24, 2014
April 28, 2014	Nagoya		Nippon Gaishi Hall	N/A
April 29, 2014
April 30, 2014
May 3, 2014	Miyagi		Sekisui Heim Super Arena	N/A
May 4, 2014
May 7, 2014	Sapporo		Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena	N/A
May 8, 2014
May 11, 2014	Niigata		Toki Messe	N/A
May 12, 2014
May 16, 2014	Echizen		Sun Dome Fukui	N/A
May 17, 2014
May 20, 2014	Tokyo		Tokyo Dome	220,000[7]
May 21, 2014
May 23, 2014
May 24, 2014
May 27, 2014	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall	N/A
May 28, 2014
June 4, 2014	Fukuoka		Marine Messe Fukuoka	N/A
June 5, 2014
June 6, 2014
June 11, 2014	Hiroshima		Hiroshima Green Arena	N/A
June 12, 2014
June 18, 2014	Osaka		Kyocera Dome Osaka	N/A
June 19, 2014
June 21, 2014
June 22, 2014
TOTAL				~600,000[1]

DVD

Tohoshinki Live Tour 2014: Tree
Video by Tohoshinki
Released	August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27)
Recorded	April – June 2014
Genre	J-pop dance-pop
Length	201 minutes
Language	Japanese
Label	Avex Trax
Director	Masato Yoshikiawa
Producer	Sam Yoko Kikuta
Tohoshinki chronology
Live World Tour: Catch Me in Seoul (2014) Tohoshinki Live Tour 2014: Tree (2014)

Tohoshinki Live Tour 2014 ～TREE～ is a live DVD concert film by South Korean pop duo Tohoshinki, released on August 27, 2014 in Japan. The DVD was filmed during the duo's seventh Japan-wide concert tour Tree, which ran from April to June 2014. The tour stopped by ten cities and visited eleven different venues in Japan, including the Tokyo Dome and Kyocera Dome Osaka, rounding up to a total of 29 shows.

History

The DVD documents the live performances during the tour's four-day stop at the Tokyo Dome, between May 20 and 24, 2014. It was released in three separate editions; a 2-DVD standard edition, a 3-DVD limited edition, and a Blu-ray. The limited edition also includes a third DVD, which features backstage interviews, behind-the-scene footage, a tour documentary, an MC digest segment, and an additional photobook pamphlet.

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Champion"
2.	"SCREAM"
3.	"Disvelocity"
4.	"Cheering"
5.	"Ai o Motto (愛をもっと)"
6.	"Breeding Poison"
7.	"Shinjiru Mama (信じるまま)"
8.	"B.U.T (BE-AU-TY)"
9.	"I love you"
10.	"With All My Heart 〜君が踊る、夏〜"
11.	"Wedding Dress"
12.	"Hide & Seek"
13.	"Crazy Crazy Crazy"
14.	"Good Days"
15.	"Over" (Changmin solo)
16.	"Shout Out!" (Yunho solo)
17.	"SURI SURI (Spellbound)" (Japanese version)
18.	"Something" (Japanese version)

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
19.	"Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" (Japanese version)
20.	"Easy Mind～We Are! (ウィーアー!)"
21.	"Humanoids" (Japanese version)
22.	"TREE OF LIFE"
23.	"miss you"
24.	"Sweat"
25.	"OCEAN～Somebody To Love"
26.	"Good-bye for Now"
27.	"MV Movie in Tokyo Dome"

Disc 3 – Limited edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Live Digest in Osaka-Jo Hall"
2.	"Backstage Documentary"
3.	"MC Digest"
4.	"End Roll Movie"

Chart performance

Live Tour 2014: Tree debuted at number one on the Oricon DVD Chart, selling 104,000 copies on the first week of release.[8] It was Tohoshinki's fifth DVD release to debut at number-one in Japan. The Blu-ray edition also debuted at number one on the Oricon Blu-ray Chart, selling 18,000 copies on the first week.

The following week, both the DVD and the Blu-ray fell to number three. The DVD stayed charted in the top ten for four consecutive weeks. It ultimately charted for 13 weeks and sold 116,000 units in Japan,[9] becoming the eleventh best-selling DVD of the year.[10] The Blu-ray edition stayed charted for six weeks, selling 20,000 copies.[11]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position Oricon Music DVD Chart[9] 1 Oricon Music Blu-ray Chart[11] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Peak position Oricon Music DVD Chart[10] 11

Sales

Released	Oricon chart	Peak	Debut week sales	Sales total	Chart run
August 27, 2014	Weekly Music DVD Chart	1	104,213	115,903	13 weeks
	Weekly Music Blu-ray Chart	1	18,537	20,394	6 weeks

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	August 27, 2014	DVD and Blu-ray	Avex Trax
Taiwan[12]	September 26, 2014	DVD	Avex Taiwan

Personnel

Credits are taken from the DVD's liner notes.

Main Executive producer Lee Soo-man (S.M. Entertainment) Max Matsuura (Avex Group) General producer Nam So-young (S.M. Entertainment Japan) Ryuhei Chiba (Avex Group) Total stage producer – Sam Tour advisor – Katsumi Kuroiwa Tour producer – Yoko Kikuta Tour director – Masato Yoshikiawa Tour contents producer – Toshiro Hayashi Tour contents director – Nobuto Kkura, Naoko Kojima Technical director – Naoto Hori, Hidetomo Suzuki Visual director – Kenta Sekine Shooting crew director – Hiroko Ishizuchi Director of photography – Koji Matsuura Choreographer – Shige, Achi, Taichi Stylist – Yosuke Sasagawa

Band and performers Dancers – Sonny, 50, Ywki, Achi, Tamiya, k-sk, Yoshiki, Ryota, Hiroto, Rui, Rika, Lina Band master and keyboards – Yoichiro Kakizaki Drums – Tetsuya Hatamo Bass – Watru Suzuki Guitar – Kiyoto Konda Percussion – Masao Fukunaga

References

1. "TVXQ sets new records with Japan tours, over 2 million concertgoers". Soompi. 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
2. "THE MISSION II IN SAITAMA: BIGEAST FAN CLUB MEETING". We are TVXQ. 2013-11-23. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
3. "Tohoshinki's Official Website" (in Japanese). Avex Group. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
4. Kwak, Min-gu (2014-01-15). "TVXQ's dream stage" (in Korean). The Daily Focus. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
5. "Tokhoshinki's Official Website" (in Japanese). Avex Group. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
6. "TVXQ to Launch 'TVXQ Live Tour 2014~TREE~' in Japan Today". Mwave. 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
7. "TVXQ's Tokyo Dome concert draws 220,000 people". Osen via Naver (in Korean). 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
8. "TVXQ's 'LIVE TOUR 2014 TREE' DVD charts at #1 on the Oricon Weekly DVD Chart". Allkpop. 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
9. "東方神起 LIVE TOUR 2014 TREE 初回生産限定" [Tohoshinki Live Tour TREE (First press limited edition)] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
10. "2014 Oricon Yearly Music DVD Ranking TOP50". Tokyo Hive. 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
11. "東方神起 LIVE TOUR 2014 TREE" [Tohoshinki Live Tour TREE] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
12. "東方神起 2014巡迴演唱會 ～神起樹語～ (3DVD)" [Tohoshinki 2014 Concert Tour ~Words of the Tree~ (3DVD)] (in Chinese). 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2015-01-31.

External links

• Tree Concert Official Website (in Japanese)