So Crazy Tour

So Crazy Tour
Tour by Namie Amuro
Promotional poster for the Seoul concert.
LocationAsia
Associated albumStyle
Start dateNovember 29, 2003
End dateMay 15, 2004
No. of shows34 in Japan
2 in Taiwan
3 in South Korea
39 total
Namie Amuro concert chronology

The So Crazy Tour (officially the So Crazy Tour featuring Best Singles 2003-2004) was the fifth concert tour by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro, in support of her sixth 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. While Amuro had previously held a one-off concert in Hawaii during the Genius 2000 Tour, the So Crazy Tour marked her first proper international tour, and several of her following tours would include shows in Asia. This was also her first and only time to tour South Korea.

Background

Amuro's popularity and record sales plunged in 2002.[1] After being told by her staff that an arena tour would not be viable, she decided to "climb back up from scratch" and perform in concert halls.[2] In October 2003, alongside the release of her double A-side single "So Crazy/Come", the So Crazy Tour was announced to begin the following month.[3] Media outlets reported that all of the concerts in Japan were sold-out immediately, therefore additional concerts were added.[4]

The tour was billed as a "best singles" tour, and it included all of Amuro's solo singles up to that point,[5] as well as one of the Suite Chic tracks. Due to this, only the singles from Style were performed during the show.[6] In August 2004, Amuro would embark on a fan club tour entitled Fan Space '04 during which she performed album tracks from Style.[7]

International performances

In addition to 34 dates in Japan, she made her first-ever solo tour dates in Taiwan,[8] which became a regular stop for her later international tours, and South Korea,[9] in her only visit to the country. The Taipei concerts were promoted as So Crazy in Taipei and the Seoul concerts were promoted as So Crazy Tour in Seoul 2004.[10][11] 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.[8][9]

Amuro's performances in Seoul coincided with the lift of the import ban on Japanese pop culture products in South Korea in 2004.[12] Her concerts were highly anticipated and received enthusiastic comments from local media.[9] On the last date of the concert on May 15, Rain and F-iV joined Amuro as her opening acts.[13][14] Part of the concert's profits were donated to the Korea National Council on Social Welfare, a foundation dedicated to saving children with pediatric cancer and leukemia.[9] She was also recognized by the Asia Cultural Industry Exchange Foundation for her contributions to Japan-Korea cultural exchange.[9]

Set list

  1. "Put 'Em Up" (includes excerpt from "Namie's Style")
  2. "Shine More"
  3. "Respect the Power of Love"
  4. "I Have Never Seen"
  5. Medley: "Something 'Bout the Kiss" / "No More Tears" / "Dreaming I Was Dreaming"
  6. "Please Smile Again"
  7. "I Will"
  8. "Uh Uh,,,,,,"
  9. "Toi et Moi"
  10. "Wishing on the Same Star"
  11. Medley: "Love 2000" / "How to Be a Girl" / "Chase the Chance"
  12. "Think of Me"
  13. "Sweet 19 Blues"
  14. "So Crazy"
  15. Band Introduction
  16. "Body Feels Exit"
  17. Dancer Introduction
  18. "You're My Sunshine"
  19. "A Walk in the Park"
  20. "Say the Word"

Encore

  2. "Can You Celebrate?"
  3. "Don't Wanna Cry"
  4. "Never End"

Notes

  • Starting with the Maebashi concert on March 19, "Alarm" was added to the setlist.[6]

Tour dates

Tour dates[6][10][11]
Date City Country Venue Attendance
November 29, 2003 Gifu Japan Nagaragawa Convention Center 120,000[4]
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 Xinzhuang Gymnasium 12,000[15]
May 2, 2004
May 13, 2004 Seoul South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena 25,000[13]
May 14, 2004
May 15, 2004
Total 157,000

Live recordings and broadcast

So Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles 2003–2004
Video by
Namie Amuro
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2004
RecordedJanuary 15-16, 2004
VenueTokyo International Forum, Hall A
Genre
LabelAvex Trax
DirectorUgichin
Namie Amuro chronology
Namie Amuro Tour 2001 Break The Rules
(2003) 		So Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles 2003–2004
(2004) 		Filmography 2001-2005
(2005)

The concert video, titled So Crazy Tour featuring Best Singles 2003–2004, was released on DVD on September 23, 2004.[16] It peaked at number ten on the Oricon DVD chart, remaining on the chart for 66 weeks and selling 71,000 copies.[17] In addition to the Taiwan and Korean broadcasts, a 2-hour special chronicling her January 16 concert at the Tokyo International Forum was aired by NHK BS2 on May 17, 2004.[12]

Personnel

  • Performer
  • Choreographer
    • Warner
  • Band
    • Ken Kawamura (keyboards)
    • Ken Kimura (guitar)
    • Kenji Sano (bass)
    • Mitsuru Kurauchi (drums)
  • Dancers
    • Mayumi
    • Megumi
    • Nazuki
    • Rika
    • Ryo
    • Shige
    • Subaru
    • Tetsuharu

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Japan Weekly DVD Chart (Oricon) 10[17]

References

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