[동아닷컴=홍세영 기자] iKON will go on their second arena tour in Japan. Not even a year has passed since iKON’s debut, and it is very unusual for such a rookie to go on two arena tours.

For their second arena tour, iKON will hold 14 concerts in five cities: at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba on September 10-11; at the Nihon Gaishi Hall, Aichi on September 24-25; at the Osaka Jo Hall, Osaka on October 5-6; at the Kobe World Memorial Hall, Hyogo on October 8; and at the Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka on October 10. Their concerts are expected to draw a total of 150,000 fans.

Earlier on, iKON kicked off their first arena tour under the title of “iKONCERT 2016 SHOWTIME TOUR IN JAPAN” at the Marine Messe Fukuoka on February 11. They put on 14 concerts in five cities, drawing 146,000 people. More than 250,000 people applied for the tickets to their concerts.

In January, iKON’s Japan debut album “WELCOME BACK” became no.1 on Oricon’s daily CD album chart. The total number of sales of iKON’s debut album “WELCOME BACK” and their repackaged album “WELCOME BACK COMPLETE EDITION” adds up to 120,000, a whopping record if you consider that iKON is still a rookie and foreign artist in Japan.





Meanwhile, iKON is casted on China’s audition show “The Remix” along with their labelmate PSY. Currently, they are spending most of their time in China to shoot the show.

In the upcoming July, iKON is to hold concerts in Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia as part of their first Asia tour “iKONCERT 2016-SHOWTIME TOUR”.

2016. 7. 1.