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SM Town Live 2008 is the 2008-2009 Asia-wide live concert tour by SM Town. The tour kicked off from South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

and will expand its route to Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

and China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

History

SM Town is the name for the artists under Korean record label SM Entertainment

SM Entertainment

S.M. Entertainment is an independent Korean record label, talent agency, producer, and publisher of pop music, founded by Lee Soo-man in South Korea...

. Each year the company organizes their artists to come together and perform on a five-hour long concert that tours around Asia.

In their Thailand

Thailand

concert, only Super Junior

Super Junior

Super Junior is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak, and was once claimed to be the world's largest boy band...

(Kibum was absent), TVXQ

TVXQ

TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone...

, SHINee

SHINee

Shinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...

, Zhang Liyin, Girls' Generation

Girls' Generation

Girls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun...

were present. Whereas, BoA

BoA

Boa Kwon , commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States and sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Korean Pop Music"....

was absent due to her hectic schedule in the USA, The Grace

The Grace

The Grace or The Graces may refer to:*Charites of Greek mythology*The Grace , a Korean girl band, otherwise known as CSJH the Grace, TSZX the Grace and so on;*The Graces , a late 1980s and early 1990s American band...

withdraw at the last minute due to Stephanie's backpain and Kibum of Super Junior

Super Junior

was also reported busy with his acting. Isak

Isak N Jiyeon

Isak N Jiyeon was a Korean female duo formed by SM Entertainment in 2002. The group has since been disbanded. Many think the disbandment was due to low album sales and lack of popularity, but that wasn't the case; the only problem with the duo was timing: Isak had to go back to her home in...

was present at the Seoul leg of the concert chain, but was there recording and interviewing her label mates for her popular television program "Pops in Seoul".

Performers

Song Kwang-sik
BoA
BoA
Boa Kwon , commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States and sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Korean Pop Music"....
Choo Ka Yul
TVXQ
TVXQ
TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone...
The Grace
Super Junior
Super Junior
Super Junior is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak, and was once claimed to be the world's largest boy band...
Zhang Liyin
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun...
SHINee
SHINee
Shinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...

Set list

The following incomplete list is a list of songs and performances covered at the tour in Seoul, South Korea.

Round 1

"ANGELS" – Sunday The Grace
"Out of sight, out of mind" – Dana
Dana (Korean singer)
Hong Sung-mi , commonly known as Dana, is a Korean singer under SM Entertainment. Although she was originally a solo singer, who debuted in 2001, she has since become a member of girl group The Grace, which debuted in 2005.-Career:Starting off as a solo artist on Lee Soo Man's SM Entertainment...

The Grace
"Just for One Day" – The Grace (feat. Kyuhyun
Kyuhyun
Cho Kyuhyun , best known mononymously as Kyuhyun, is a Korean pop singer. He is the youngest member of a very popular boy band Super Junior. In Super Junior, he is a main vocalist. He is also one of the first four Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps...

)
"Too Good" – The Grace
"Don't Go Away" – Choo Ka Yul
"Let It Be" – Choo Ka Yul
"Just Two of Us" – Choo Ka Yul (with Sungmin
Sungmin
Lee Sungmin 이성민 , or most commonly known as Sungmin 성민, is a South Korean idol singer and actor. He is one of the four lead vocalists and one of the main dancer of the South Korean boy band Super Junior. He is also a member of Super Junior subgroup Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H and recently became...

)
Dance performance: SHINee
SHINee
Shinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...
"Love Should Go On" – SHINee
"Real" – SHINee
"I Will" – Zhang Liyin
"Hey Mickey" – Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun...
"Complete" – Girls' Generation
"The Story I Want to Tell" – Girls' Generation
"Suddenly" (Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

ver.) – Kang-in
Kang-In
Kim Young-woon , better known by his stage name Kangin, is a South Korean idol singer, actor, MC, presenter, and a member of the super boy band Super Junior. His name 'Kangin' , meaning strong benevolence, was given to him to complement his personality. Currently, Kangin will not be joining Super...

, Heechul
"Don't Walk Away
Don't Walk Away (Electric Light Orchestra song)
"Don't Walk Away" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra . It is featured in the 1980 feature film Xanadu in an animated sequence by Don Bluth.The song also appears on the soundtrack album Xanadu...

" (Korean ver.) – Kang-in, Heechul
"Hug" (Unplugged) – TVXQ
TVXQ
TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone...
"Through the Forest" – TVXQ
"Love Is..." – TVXQ
"One Love" – Eunhyuk
Eunhyuk
Lee Hyuk-jae , better known by his stage name Eunhyuk, is a South Korean idol singer, dancer, rapper, presenter, song writer, and occasional actor. He is a part of the thirteen member South Korean boyband Super Junior. His position in the group is the lead rapper and one of the three lead dancers...

, Xiah
Xiah
Kim Junsu , also known by his stage name Xiah , is a South Korean singer-songwriter, composer and occasional actor...
Rap duel: U-Know
U-Know
Jung Yunho , better known by his stage names, U-Know, U-Know Yunho and , is a Korean singer and occasional actor. He is the leader of the South Korean boyband and now duo TVXQ.-Early life:...

, Micky
Micky (singer)
Park Yoochun , better known by his stage names, Micky, Micky Yoochun and , is a Korean singer-songwriter, composer, and occasional actor. He was a member of South Korean boy band TVXQ, known as Dong Bang Shin Ki in South Korea and Tohoshinki in Japan...

, Shindong
Shindong
Shin Dong-hee , better known by his stage name Shindong, is a South Korean idol singer, actor, presenter, and one of the four lead dancers of the boy band Super Junior. He is a dancer but also a rapper, often co-writing rap lyrics with Eunhyuk...

, Donghae
Donghae (entertainer)
Lee Donghae , better known mononymously as Donghae , is a Korean singer and occasional actor. He is a part of the thirteen member South Korean boyband Super Junior. He is one of the three main dancers alongside fellow band members Eunhyuk and Shindong, and is part of its subgroup, Super Junior-M...

, Key
SMTOWN rock performance: "Duck Flies" – Max
Max (singer)
Shim Changmin also known as Max , Choikang Changmin in South Korea, Changmin in Japan, and Shen Changmin in China and Taiwan, is a Korean singer, songwriter and occasional actor best known as one-half of South Korean musical duo TVXQ...

(with Sungmin
Sungmin
Lee Sungmin 이성민 , or most commonly known as Sungmin 성민, is a South Korean idol singer and actor. He is one of the four lead vocalists and one of the main dancer of the South Korean boy band Super Junior. He is also a member of Super Junior subgroup Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H and recently became...

, Siwon)
SMTOWN rock performance: "Crazed" – Heechul (with Sungmin, Siwon)
"If" – Taeyeon
Taeyeon
Kim Tae-Yeon , commonly known as Taeyeon , is a South Korean idol singer,host, Radio DJ, dancer, actress, and promotional model. She is the Leader and main vocalist of the popular Korean girl group, Girls' Generation.- Biography :...
"A Goose's Dream" – Kyuhyun, Jonghyun (with Song Kwang Sik)
"A Wounder Deeper Than Love" – Hero
Hero (singer)
Kim Jaejoong , also known by his stage name Hero, is a Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and director....

, Lina The Grace
"The Second Winter" – Ryeowook
Ryeowook
Kim Ryeo-wook , best known mononymously as Ryeowook, is a Korean singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He is one of the four lead vocalists of the super boy band Super Junior, and is also a member of Super Junior-K.R.Y and Super Junior-M, two subgroups that are branched out from the main group...

, Yesung
Yesung
Kim Jong-woon , better known by his stage name Yesung, is a South Korean idol singer and occasional actor. He is one of the four lead vocalists of the boy band Super Junior. He was once a radio host for his own radio program, M.I.R.A.C.L.E for You, which ended its broadcast in September 2007...

, Onew
"What U Want" – Stephanie The Grace
"Pajama Party" – Super Junior-Happy
Super Junior-Happy
Super Junior-Happy , sometimes referred to as SJ-H or Suju-Happy , is the fourth official sub-unit of Korean boy band Super Junior. Super Junior-Happy contains six Super Junior members, Leeteuk , Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, and Eunhyuk.-History:By 2008, all of the Super Junior members have...
"Our Love" – Super Junior
Super Junior
Super Junior is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak, and was once claimed to be the world's largest boy band...
"Midnight Fantasy" – Super Junior
"Song for you" – Super Junior
"Under the Sea
Under the Sea
-Parodies:In 1991, this song was parodied by musician Tom Smith with his song, "On The PC". This song was re-written in 1999 as "PC99".The song was parodied on the TV show Kappa Mikey where Mikey tries to convince a squid to live on land with him....

" (Korean ver.) – SM Town
"Snow Dream" – SM Town

Round 2

"TWINS (Knock Out)
TWINS (Knock Out)
"Twins " is the debut single by Super Junior 05, which was released online as a digital single on November 8, 2005 and later as an official in the group's first studio album, SuperJunior05 on December 5, 2005....

" – Super Junior
"Purple Line
Purple Line (song)
"Purple Line" is Tohoshinki's 16th Japanese single, written by the Korean composer who made TVXQ's biggest hits in Korea such as Rising Sun and "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. It became Tohoshinki's first Japanese single to reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly sales chart in Japan, making the group the first foreign...

" – TVXQ
"Boomerang" REMIX – The Grace
"Don't Don
Don't Don (song)
"돈 돈! ", literally translated to "Money, Money! ", is an R&B/rock song written by Yoo Young Jin and Groovie K for the Korean boy band Super Junior, which was released in their second album, Don't Don on September 20, 2007...

" – Super Junior
"O-Jung.Ban.Hap." – TVXQ
"A Man in Love
A Man in Love
"갈증 ", translated to "Thirst " is an SMP and hip hop soul dance track performed by Korean boy band Super Junior. The track is released in Super Junior's repackaged version of their second album, Don't Don on November 5, 2007...

" – Super Junior
"Rising Sun" – TVXQ
"Love Like Oxygen" – SHINee
"A.MI.GO" – SHINee
"You're My Miracle" – TVXQ
"You're My Endless Love" – Super Junior
"Kissing You" (Remix) – Girls' Generation
"Catch the Shooting Star" – The Grace
"Dancing Out
Dancing Out
"Dancing Out" is a dance track by Korean boy band, Super Junior. The track was released in SMTown's studio album, 06 SUMMER SMTOWN, on June 20, 2006. Promotional performances began simultaneously with Super Junior's comeback single "U". This track is also Super Junior's first participation in an...

" – Super Junior
Medley: "Into the New World
Into the New World (song)
*Into the New World – Remix- External links :*...

/ Girls' Generation / Ooh La-La! / Baby Baby / Honey" – Girls' Generation
"The Final Sentence" – The Grace
"One More Try" – Zhang Liyin
"Love in the Ice" (Korean ver.) – TVXQ
"Replay" – SHINee
"Dancer in the rain" – The Grace
"The Club" – The Grace
"One More Time, OK?" – The Grace
Dance battle: Xiah, U-know, Stephanie, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Hyoyeon, Taemin
"Moto" – BoA
"My Name" – BoA
"Girls on Top" – BoA
"Garden in the Air" – BoA
"Rock with You" – BoA
"Smile" – Super Junior
"Oasis" – TVXQ
"Hi Ya Ya Summer" – TVXQ
"Full of Happiness" – Super Junior
"Wonder Boy" – Super Junior
"Balloons" – TVXQ
"Show Me Your Love
Show Me Your Love
"Show Me Your Love" is a joint CD single by TVXQ and Super Junior 05, released on December 15, 2005. The bilingual single in Korean and English peaked at #1 on the MIAK K-pop album charts and sold 49,945 units by the end of the year....

" – TVXQ, Super Junior
"Summer Vacation" – SM Town
"Hotmail" – SM Town
"Red Sun" – SM Town

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
August 15, 2008	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...	South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	Olympic Main Stadium Olympic Stadium (Seoul) The Seoul Olympic Stadium, aka Jamsil Olympic Stadium is located in Seoul, South Korea. It was the main stadium was built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 1986...
September 13, 2008	Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...	China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	Shanghai Stadium Shanghai Stadium The Shanghai Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Shanghai, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches.The stadium was built in 1997 when the 8th National Games of the People's Republic of China was held in Shanghai. It can hold about 80,000 people, so it is also called the "80,000...
February 7, 2009	Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...	Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...	Rajamangala Stadium Rajamangala Stadium Rajamangala National Stadium , also known as Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, is the national stadium of Thailand and the home stadium for the Thailand national football team. Located in Khwaeng Hua Mak, Khet Bang kapi, Bangkok, it officially opened in 1998....

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