Big Bang's Tour Highlights Band's Enduring Popularity in Japan

Big Bang's concert at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Monday showed how K-pop is still washing through Japan. The concert was an unscheduled last stop on their tour of the country but tickets still sold out.

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The boy band launched their tour with a gig at Seibu Dome in Saitama on Nov. 16 and continued to Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Tokyo and Sapporo, drawing about 770,000 fans.

"Only a few top Japanese bands such as Mr. Children and EXILE have had such large-scale tours", the band's agency YG Entertainment said.

All five members of Big Bang sang their hit songs together as well as giving individual performances. During the three-hour concert the Kyocera Dome was animated by the sound of screaming fans and the glow of their light-sticks.