G-Dragon Sells Out Tokyo Dome in First Solo Comeback in 8 Years

May 12, 2025

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' at Tokyo Dome, Japan, on the 10th and 11th, and met with 80,000 local fans. This is the first time in about eight years since 'Act III, M.O.T.T.E World Tour' in 2017, and despite an eight-year absence, it has sold out all seats, breaking the first record in K-pop solo artist history.

This world tour performance artistically expresses philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical concept, Ubermensch, and embodies three stages of being reborn as a super person through storytelling. The performance was enriched by a mysterious and grand stage production that incorporated various technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), and a special guest appearance of the world-renowned beatbox champion 'Wing', which also created an explosive response in Korean performances.

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At the Tokyo performance, he sang a song in the shape of a dragon 'Dragon Bike' on the 2012 'One of a Kind' album 'Today(Feat. Kim Jong-wan of Nell)' stage, drawing keen attention. In addition, a special fan service that approached the audience far away by singing the track '1 Year Station' from the 2009 album in a super-large car-shaped Torukko (TORKKO) created an explosive response. In particular, on the new song 'PO ￦' and the stage of Big Bang's complete song 'HOME SWEET HOME', fans singing along to the new song and enjoying it were spectacular.

His flamboyant stage fashion was also a hot topic. In addition to tweed jackets such as mint-colored suits and straw hats, which are the key colors of the album, rose jackets and leather pants embroidered with bright red roses, and his trademark silver hair style, which was dyed pink only at the tip of his hair, attracted attention. With word of mouth saying that the goods of this performance are as pretty as his fashion, which is at the center of the topic every day, a long line to buy goods surrounded the entire Tokyo Dome, creating a strange scene.

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G-DRAGON said it was awkward to speak Japanese for the first time in a long time, but showed off its fluent Japanese skills, making local fans smile. "It's my first comeback in 88 months, thank you for waiting and see you often in the future," he said. Then "Taeyang and Daesung also had a concert in Japan. Both of them are very good at Japanese, so please spread the word that I'm better at it. "He made me feel a deep affection for the members despite his playful words.

Meanwhile, G-DRAGON will continue its third world tour 'G-DRAGON 2025 WORLD TOUR ' with a Bulacan performance from the 17th after the Tokyo performance. Eight Asian cities will be visited, including Bulacan, Osaka, Macau, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Hong Kong, and additional tour dates and locations will be revealed later.

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