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Big Bang kicked off their epic journey across the world back in March 2012 for their grand-scale 'ALIVE' world tour. The boys faithfully visited the countries for their tour even as they were busy promoting their album and participated in various solo activities.
After the first day of the finale of their epic World Tour, maknae Seungri himself blogged on Naver, where he reflected and shared his thoughts about the tour.
The following is a translation of Seungri's guest "Star Column" blog post on Naver:
Hello.
It's Big Bang's forever maknae~! Seungri. ^O^
I am greeting you like this because I heard we're revealing the secret(?) stories only we know about the Big Bang world tour through Star Column.
There are so many cities and countries I visited for the first time through our world tour. I'm not going to tell you one story, but I'll talk about little things that happened in every country.
I'm not trying to win with quantity over quality!! I just have so many fun things in mind, so I want to share them all with you ~^^
[caption id="attachment_641269" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="It's the exterior of the Tokyo Dome before the concert. So many fans came ^^"]
First, we had the 3-dome concert in Japan for the first time this tour. When we arrived at the Dome concert arena and looked around, I remembered our first Japanese concert.
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Before we debuted in the Japanese major market, the first showcase we held was at a small hall near the Tokyo Dome. We performed in front of about 2,000 people back then. When we performed, I thought, 'It would be great if we could have a Big Bang concert at the Dome arena,' and I'm so touched and proud of myself that we were able to perform like this!^^
[caption id="attachment_641271" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="Thanks again to the many people who wished me a happy birthday! ^^"]
Especially the surprise birthday party I had at the Tokyo dome.. ?? To be honest, I thought there would be a surprise party at the Hong Kong concert, but I didn't know there would be one in Japan. I heard that the Japanese staff prepared it for me to cheer me up because I worked very hard, so thank you so much! And I will never forget everyone who congratulated me that day as well.
[caption id="attachment_641273" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="Looking for the candles during the Hong Kong stage ^^;;"]
Ah~ talking about the birthday party, I remembered something that happened in Hong Kong. When we had the birthday party on stage, the cake was so pretty and big~ I was so happy, and I was going to blow out the candles, but... there were no candles. So I remember repeatedly yelling to give me my candles in bad English~ (I heard later, but apparently there were no candles because they fell while they were moving the cake on stage. ^^)
"Where is my candle!?!? Where is my candle~~~~~!!"
One of the habits I formed from this world tour is to go around the empty concert hall before rehearsal. The different vibe that the empty stage gives me from the stage with a full audience gives me time to promise myself to put on a cool performance once again.
When I walk the empty hall, I meet some of the staff who always work hard for us in places you can't see.
Was it Singapore? Once, I walked past a staff member as I greeted him, and he called me over. So I asked him what happened, and he said he had something to say. He told me, 'Seungri~ I'm honored to work as a staff member for a Big Bang concert.'
When I heard that, I went blank, and I was at a lost for words. When I was walking back to the waiting room after exchanging greetings with him, I was once again thankful to the staff who worked hard for our concerts until now.
Actually, we need help from a lot of staff members to have one concert. I think we can always show you a great concert because of the staff who come with us to every country from Korea, the staff on-site who help us, and many others.
I'm sorry I can't thank everyone personally, but I want to thank everyone who helped us until now through this Star Column.^^
Gomapseumnida. Thank you! Arigato gozaimasu~ Xie xie!! Khob kun krub~ Terima kasih~^^
Since I'm talking about the staff, I remember our personal masseuse, while we had our Japanese Dome tour. (We have a masseuse in each country.)
When I got a massage from him before the concert, my body felt light as if I was reborn. So the hyungs called him 'god's hands', and I remember we fought to get a massage first.
Let me whoosh~ fly again, go to USA and tell you about USA~
We safely finished our LA and New York concerts in USA as well as our concert in Peru. (I still get really scared when I think about the story about arriving in New York that Daesung hyung talked about ??). I hastily decided that I was going to stay a little longer in LA.
I went to the hotel restaurant the next day to eat breakfast (I like going to a restaurant to eat instead of ordering room service if it's not dangerous~^^), and someone who I've seen often passed me. I was like, 'Huh? Who is it? Ah!!!!! It's Ashton Kutcher!!!'
[caption id="attachment_641279" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="One cut with Ashton Kutcher! Hyung, are you doing well? "]
I was so surprised, I thought about it for a bit and then went up to Ashton Kutcher and told him I was a fan. I had a short conversation with him, and then politely asked if he could take a picture with me. Ashton Kutcher, you're so cool for agreeing right away! Thank you!
I was always on the receiving end of staring, but now that I've experienced being the one who was looking, I thought that when we meet our fans from now on, we should be nicer.
[caption id="attachment_641280" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="We're having a great time at the Malaysian waiting room with the staff. Everyone was happy because of Daesung hyung's jokes. ^^"]
You're really curious about what we do to spend time backstage, right~? I'll give you a hint~^^
Usually we spend a lot of time eating, chatting, sleeping, working out, or getting a massage.
[caption id="attachment_641284" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="Daesung hyung is working out intensely before the New York concert. Isn't he really cool!?"]
For this world tour, there was a game console in each waiting room, so we spent the entire time just battling each other in games.
Once, Taeyang hyung and I battled, but we played really happily and passionately as if we were pro gamers~.
[caption id="attachment_641287" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="Engrossed in the game with Jiyong, Taeyang hyung!"]
I don't know if I won or not (To be honest, I have a pretty good win percentage^^), but you can tell how serious we are through the photo, right~? hehe.
Now~ the last episode of Seungri's world tour~!!
We heard that there was a flea market every weekend at Notting Hill, a place famous for the movie, near our hotel, so I went with the staff to take a walk. As I walked through the slightly damp London streets (I don't know how to express it, but I think it was weather that's particular to London), I was able to relax at least for a bit, and I wondered if I hadn't been able to feel the happiness of walking because I rode around in a car everywhere.
While I relaxed, I realized I was hungry ^^; So I looked around for somewhere good to eat and found this hamburger restaurant!! (It was really!!!! good~~^^)
It's a photo that I took myself of Notting Hill Street in England. It was so classy.
When I saw the streets after I ate, I got this want to take pictures~^^ So I'll reveal the photos I took with my cellphone~ I think the photos came out really cool, so I love them~^^.
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And I'm also revealing the photo that I took with the cool Mos tribe that I met on Notting Hill Street~^^.
I had a meaningful time through this world tour in many countries. I was so happy to meet fans, those who liked me. Seungri is going to go now and promise for the day we have another world tour. Bye~~^^
# Hold on! It's Daesung again!
There was another episode that I didn't talk about before, so I'm here again ^^.
It was while we were moving to New York for our New Jersey concert after our LA concert. We heard that all airplanes were canceled except for 1 flight because of heavy snow in New York. The members and staff barely got on the single flight to New York, and after a while, we arrived not at the New York JFK Airport, but the Buffalo Airport.
While we were all shocked, we heard the plane announcement. Because the weather got worse, they couldn't go to the New York airport, so moved to the closest one, which was the Buffalo airport..
Because our concert was happening soon, we hurried to figure out a way to go from the Buffalo airport to New York. There was only a bus, and we were told it took over 10 hours to get there ?? If we got on the bus, we would have to change as soon as we got to New York and stand on stage right away.
Our manager hyungs and staff were all conferring busily inside the airplane to solve the emergency situation, and the airplane announcement came on again. The pilot said if we wait an hour, we could go to the New York airport!!
[caption id="attachment_641295" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="At the New York waiting room ^^"]
We worried so much, but we held onto the tiny thread of hope and spent time in the airplane.
Seungri started talking to the foreigner next to him, and Jiyong hyung was listening to music. Youngbae hyung talked about things with the dancer hyung and noona, and I stole wasabi laver from the staff, and one hour passed by.
After the complications, the airplane left the Buffalo Airport and was about to land at the New York Airport. As soon as I thought, 'I'm finally arriving in New York'! The airplane started to shake so much. We got on an airplane many times and went through a lot of turbulence, but this was the first time the airplane shook so much. In that short time, a lot of things went through my head and I was shaking in fear, but the airplane landed at the airport without an accident. I guess I wasn't the only one who was scared, because for the first time I saw people get up [inside the cabin] and start applauding. Hahaha~^^
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I guess it was because we didn't have an easy time coming to New York, we were able to have more strength and work harder for the New York audience who we had difficulty meeting. I don't know if New York fans knew the dangerous process we went through because they enjoyed our concert with a lot of passion! New York fans!! Fighting~ ^.^
Next up is T.O.P's world tour story. ^^
Source: Seungri and Daesung's Naver Star Column
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