Idol group Big Bang officially kicked off promotions for their fifth mini-album, 'ALIVE'.

The boys held a press conference ahead of their first '2012 BIG SHOW / BIG BANG ALIVE TOUR' performance that took place on March 2nd.

When asked how this performance would differ from the rest, leader G-Dragon answered, "Our new performances will be more musical-like, with a solid story behind it. It will be a show you can easily enjoy."

In regards to performing their new songs in front of their fans for the first time, Daesung said, "We will be performing our new songs, but that won't be all. We carefully hand-picked the songs to perform so that neither the new or older songs would outshine the other. We wanted to make sure the fans would be able to understand the full chronological story through the songs."

Taeyang added, "Our older songs have been newly arranged, as we will be performing with another band from overseas."

Big Bang concluded their first performance on March 2nd, and will continue to perform at the Seoul Olympic Park Gymnastic Stadium until the 4th. The Korean leg of the tour is expected to bring in more than 30,000 fans. Once these shows are over, the group will tour 16 countries, 25 cities, in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe.

Check out some of the fan-cams from their first performance below!









Source & Image : SBS via Nate