Fans braved the bitter cold to line up, starting early in the morning until the doors finally opened at 7PM. The concert started a little after 8PM, and the US leg of their world tour kicked off with a medley of their hits "10/10", "Hands Up," and "Go Crazy!" As soon as that medley ended, the boys appeared on stage with "Heartbeat," sending fans screaming in joy at finally seeing the 6 'beast-dols' live!
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The boys took no break, going right into "Without U" and then "Hot", and had fans going crazy with their crazy "Go Crazy". "10/10" had fans screaming as the boys ran straight into the extended stage, just awing everyone with their stage presence and their sexy dance moves.
The group took a break as Chansung and Taecyeon took the stage with "Saying I Love You", a song written by none other than Chansung himself, and then "Come Back", written by Taecyeon! Of course, it wouldn't be our beast-dols if there were no shirt-ripping, so Taecyeon and Chansung tore off their shirts and kicked up the heat of the concert during "Come Back."
All 6 returned to the stage again for "Rain" and "I'm Sorry", calming the fans down a little after the Chansung-Taecyeon pair's sizzling unit stage. After these two mellower songs, the boys took a comment break, and Taecyeon expressed how excited he was to be in the US, especially the east coast, since he was from Boston! The boys talked about Jun.K writing "Go Crazy", and Chansung tried his best to talk in English to explain his song. Fans kept laughing at his cute mistakes and he was 'sad' that fans were laughing even though he was supposed to be explaining a sad song. Taecyeon then explained his song before Junho wrapped up the first comment break by introducing their next song...
...which was "Come Back When You Hear This Song"! The song had been remixed to allow for a dance break in the song, but kept the more ballad-y feel intact, making for a perfect song for fans to wave their glowsticks to. They then sang "A Night Like Tonight", and then transitioned right into "Hands Up". Fans who hadn't already been out of their seats jumped up right away and starting pumping their hands, jumping up and down and screaming with joy.
After "Hands Up" came Jun.K and Wooyoung's unit stages, which the two introduced by singing parts of their solo songs "No Love" and "Sexy Lady" respectively. But the boys quickly changed gear into DJ-ing for the hip hop song "Superman", co-made by the two of them. It was a refreshing song to see from the two in the vocal line, and the pair really seemed to enjoy the change!
Right after the unit stage, the boys came on with a group version of Wooyoung's solo song "Sexy Lady", re-edited to include a rap for Taecyeon. "I'm Your Man" followed, and then "A.D.T.O.Y" and the ever-so-sexy chair dance.
Junho and Nichkhun took the stage afterwards with their "Love Is True", a sweet, happy song talking about true love. During the comment break they took after, everyone except Junho and Nichkhun came onto stage wearing black-and-red uniform outfits. Jun.K and Wooyoung started by talking about "Superman", and Jun.K revealed Wooyoung had come up with the song title before even making the song. Wooyoung then thanked the other members for suggesting they performed a group version of "Sexy Lady". Junho and Nickhun, freshly changed, walked onto stage and talked about "Love Is True". Nichkhun explained that Junho had done everything for the song and then asked Nichkhun to write the English lyrics, so they performed it together.
Taecyeon then explained that they were supposed to sing an English song as it was tradition for them to sing a song in the country's language, and when a fan suggested "Anaconda", he shot down the idea immediately. He then jokingly started to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", but the entire venue picked it up and sang it right back for him. When the fans were done, Nichkhun laughed and thanked the fans for 'playing' with Taecyeon.
All jokes aside, the boys got the entire stadium screaming louder than ever when the introduction to "Again and Again" rolled out. "I Hate U" was next, which transitioned flawlessly into "Space". The boys took another break here, and Taecyeon explained that it was because they were getting old and they were tired, but then Nickhun denied vehemently that they were old, saying it wasn't a break because they were tired (even though they looked tired, Taecyeon added).
However, the break didn't last very long - it was only for the boys to pat their sweat away and get a drink - before they went into "I'll Be Back" and "Don't Stop Can't Stop". Riot shields were brought out for "Game Over", and the boys went off stage. It seemed like the concert might have been over, but of course no K-pop concerts are over that abruptly. The boys came right back out with "Farewell Trip", perhaps a sad song that matched the end of the concert.
Each member of 2PM talked about how thankful they were that so many fans had come to see them, and they promised to come back as soon as possible. Taecyeon insisted Chansung try talking in English, and Chansung awed fans with his effort. He even managed to put in a little pun with their song title and say, "We're gonna come back 'again and again and again and again...'."
But it was not like 2PM to end the concert on a quiet note! The boys went right into "Hands Up" and "Go Crazy", jumping up and down and partying with the fans. Chansung threw a couple of dolls into the audience and then at the end, took off his shirt and threw it into the audience as well for a lucky fan to catch.
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