On August 18th, 2012, Girls’ Generation performed alongside fellow SM Entertainment artists at Seoul Olympic Stadium for the fourth successive “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” concert. The first three were held at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California in the United States, Hsinchu County Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan, and Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” concert featured performances by Girls’ Generation, Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, The Grace, Super Junior, SHINee, f(x), EXO-M, EXO-K, Zhang Liyin, and J-Min.
On the day before the concert, a welcome party and rehearsal plus fanmeet were held as part of an international tour package for fans who made reservations through easternrooms. TRAX’s Jungmo and BeatBurger’s Shim Jaewon performed at the welcome party. Shim Jaewon DJ’d remixes of Girls’ Generation’s “Genie”, “MR. TAXI”, and “The Boys”, along with other songs by SM Entertainment artists. Some fans received fortune cookies with messages from SM artists. After the welcome party, which included a dinner, fans were directed to Seoul Olympic Stadium to watch rehearsals for the concert. Fans were able to see Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun perform “Twinkle” at the rehearsal. They also talked to the fans and got them excited about the next day’s concert.
The “Music Nation SMTOWN” proclamation ceremony, a parade where thirty different countries were represented and that resembled the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, was held before the start of the concert. A fan from each country held his or her nation’s flag while walking alongside SM artists. Afterwards, Taeyeon and other artists sang the opening song “Dear My Family”.
During the concert, Girls’ Generation performed a similar set of songs as they did in the previous three “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” concerts. Taeyeon started off with her impressive “Devil’s Cry” performance and was then joined by the rest of her members for “Run Devil Run”. The girls also performed “Genie”, “MR. TAXI”, “Kissing You”, and “The Boys”. Girls’ Generation – TTS performed “Twinkle”, and Jessica carried on the tradition of singing Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” with her sister Krystal of f(x). The fans were once again able to enjoy the collaboration performance of Usher’s “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” by Taeyeon, Tiffany, Seohyun, and EXO members D.O., Luhan, Sehun, and Chanyeol. Hyoyeon, Yuri, and Yoona also amazed the crowd by performing in a special dance battle with other SM artists. This dance battle was not performed in the previous “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” concerts.
The next “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” concert will be held at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 22nd.
Images by: Girls’ Generation’s Facebook, Newsen, precious soul, Withsosi, babyq, E_S2CHI
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Dang it, i live like 10 min. drive away from Anaheim Stadium, but i didnt go!!! (;.;) i hope they come again!!
hopefully all you girls can come into indonesia..
#ILOVETAEYEON
amazing, the dancing queen and two dancing princess.
this trio should make a unit, it would be awesome.
SNSD <3
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those dudes are lucky for the jung sisters sat on their laps xD
I wish I can see the SM tour again! Too bad they’re in faraway places, but hey, when the time comes, I’ll be rumbling in the front row seats! :P
if u look at d picture of d jung sisters, u can see dat krystal has rock hard abs even though she is sitting down!!! wow!!!
SNSD ROCKS!
omg they are the coolest there :D
Jung Sister look great together
TAEYEON is so CUTE and HOT!
YOONYUL is so COOL and SEXY!
SOOYOUNG lokks so GOOD on her ATTIRE!
that’s great!
I want them to come back to the east coast. Next year, hopefully they will come back to NYC. I’m dying to see my 9 angels live on stage!!! :D
I wish they’d go to Boston….but probably not enough demand. The extra distance to NYC would kill both my bank account and my grades, because I’d probably be missing school. T.T
i know i am just piling on to what everyone else
on the east coast wishes, but i really want sm to
consider coming to the east coast again for an
edition of this smtown world tour. this stuff is just
so friggin’ awesome! i’ve been spoiled in that i could
see this three times, but even hearing about it again
makes me want it again. and not only that, i want to
see it even more! how good must something be that
you see it more and more and it gets more and more
exciting each time?
I have wanted so much to go to one of their concerts.
I hope to fulfill my dream some day, for the time being continue to support
from a distance until the end. SNSD fighting!
yeah your right!! SNSD go for it!! were going to support you!!! :)
wow i love the pictures. awesome that SM did that special opening like the Olympics showcasing fans of kpop all over the world. Way to go SM! Lucky fans getting that special package. HyoYulYoon look so bad@$$, love their outfits. SM should make them a sub-unit showcasing their dancing skills. all 9 together on stage = completely beautiful. JungSis gorgeous babes.
thanks SSF for the news update :)
its so not fair that i didnt get to see this…i bet it was an amazing concert as always…i wanted to see the dance battle but missed it…..i wish they come back to the us but the other side by the east coast so i can hopefully go to see them live
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i just voted. thanks for the info, i didn’t know this poll was active. :)
I’ll wish with everything I have that maybe one day SM Town will come to the UK…..
I don’t know if it ever does, but if they do go global, please girls….pleaes come here ;^;
To see Taeyeons Devils Cry live would just make my life <3
OMG the girls ♥o♥
Taeyeon’s Devil Cry, daebak!
YoonYulHyo, that’s great! ^^
Jjang jjang jjang! (Y)
oh man, when is hope SMTOWN will get to Malaysia. how many SMTOWN concerts are there usually?
“The next “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” concert will be held at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 22nd.”
Finally. it’s my country… :)
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Yes, Gangnam Style already reached 40m views ._.
Awesome concert :D! I really hope they’ll come to my country, Malaysia :)
I really hope this time SMTOWN goes REALLY ACTUALLY GLOBAL …
I want SMTOWN in Argentina!! I know it sounds crazy, that’s the worst part T__T
However, it’s true that there would be lots of people attending the concert if they held it here…
They just need to see places outside of the US …
Anyways, SMTOWN fighting!! ^^ ~ If you don’t come to me, I’ll go to you!! I promise! lol
Me too! I hope they come to Canada. It’s absolutely heartbreaking how much we’re ignored T~T. Reading articles like this only makes me sadder. I don’t think I will ever see the girls in concert.
The dance battle’s so awesome ^^ YoonYulHyo ftw :D