New Evolution Global Tour

The New Evolution Global Tour was officially announced on June 13, 2012 through the YG Family website.^[1] Marking the first world tour by a Korean girl group, the announcement revealed that the group would hold concerts throughout Asia, North America and Europe.^[2]

The tour kicked off at the Olympics Gymnastics Stadium in Seoul on July 28 and 29, following the group's "I Love You" promotions.^[3] The tour was originally set to conclude on December 8 in Kuala Lumpur, however the concert was cancelled due to unresolved technical issues and ended instead on December 1 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Three-time winner of the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography, Travis Payne, served as the main director for production and choreography, along with Divinity Roxx (who previously worked on Beyonce's world tour) and Michael Cotten (who worked on production design for the Olympic Games). Beatrice Chia-Richmond served as the creative director and concert organizer.^[4]

The stages were transformed into a theme park, a club, a sporting arena, and a fantasy world which incorporated use of giant inflatable props, conveyor belts, and a video wall—where it simulated a rollercoaster ride during CL and Minzy's performance of "Please Don't Go".^[5][6] The tour costumes were designed by long-time fashion collaborator Jeremy Scott.

The tour received critical acclaim from music critics. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times ranked the concert at the Prudential Center in New Jersey number two in their list of the best concerts of the year, deeming 2012 "the year K-pop arrived" in the form of arena shows into the United States.^[7] Reviewing the same concert, Jeff Benjamin of Billboard remarked that "This important show is the latest in a series of happenings that have allowed 2NE1 to emerge as one of the leaders (if not the leader) of the K-pop movement in America."^[1]

Writing for The Korea Times, Kwaak Je-yup praised the group's vocals, energy, and choreography, and commented that the production of the concert was "consistently excellent".^[8] SSTV stated that tour were some of the best concerts among any girl group,^[9] while Newsis commented the tour was reminiscent of a summer rock festival and "the performance was more complete than anything else".^[10] My Daily wrote that the tour "raised the quality of domestic concerts to a new level".^[11]

2NE1 became the first K-pop group to be listed on the Billboard Boxscore list, placing at number 29 with their Los Angeles concert with a total of $653,716 in revenue.^[12] In Taipei, the show grossed NT$28.9 million ($1 million) in revenue.^[13]

This set list was taken from the shows in Seoul on July 28 and 29, 2012. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.

• Artist: CL, Minzy, Dara, Bom
• Tour organizer: YG Entertainment, Running Into The Sun (Singapore)
• Music director/bassist: Divinity Roxx
• Keyboardist: DANiiVORY
• Engineer: Eric Racy
• Drummer: Gabriel "Manuals" Wallace
• Guitarist: Sharon Aguilar
• Creative director: Beatrice Chia Richmond
• Production: Travis Payne, Divinity Roxx, Michael Cotten
• Tour guest performers : Will.i.am (Los Angeles only)

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2012 2NE1 Global Tour: New Evolution (Live in Seoul)
Live album by 2NE1
Released	December 4, 2012 (2012-12-04)
Recorded	July 2012
Length	58:52
Label	YG
Producer	Teddy Park, e.knock
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2012 2NE1 Global Tour: New Evolution (Live in Seoul) is the second live album of South Korean girl group 2NE1. The album was released on December 4, 2012, by YG Entertainment. The live album sold 10,613 copies in South Korea, while in Japan, it sold 6,000 copies.^[21]

The album was recorded during the group's first world tour New Evolution during their Seoul dates on July 28 and 29 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena.^[22]