Follow Tour

The Follow Tour (stylized as Seventeen Tour Follow, in all caps) was the third concert tour of Asia headlined by South Korean boy group Seventeen. The tour began on July 21, 2023, at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, and concluded on May 26, 2024, at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan.

After the release of the EP FML in April 2023, Seventeen announced a concert in Seoul for July 2023 to start the tour, stylized as Follow to Seoul.^[1] The Seoul dates were followed by the Follow to Japan leg and the Follow to Asia leg, which consisted of concerts in Bangkok, Manila, and Macao.^[2][3] An encore leg of the tour, branded as Follow Again, covered six additional dates across Incheon, Osaka, and Yokohama.^[4] Two shows at the Seoul World Cup Stadium were later added to the middle of the leg.^[5] The tour finally concluded at Nissan Stadium in Japan on May 26, 2024, the ninth anniversary of the group's debut. The performance at Nissan Stadium made Seventeen the second K-pop act ever to perform at the venue, after TVXQ.^[4]

Various performances were streamed simultaneously on Weverse Concerts to be available for fans worldwide. The initial Seoul concerts,^[1] two concerts in the first Japanese leg,^[6] the Incheon concerts,^[4] and two concerts of the Japanese encore leg^[7] were streamed. The final concert of the first Japanese leg, in Fukuoka, was broadcast in real-time in cinemas around the world, with delayed broadcasts in certain timezones.^[8]

Seungkwan was absent for the initial Seoul dates of the tour, and returned from the Tokyo concerts onwards.^[9]S.Coups missed the Japan and Southeast Asian legs of the tour due to an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament but still appeared in a wheelchair and returned for the encore dates starting from those in Incheon. Jeonghan was absent from the Fukuoka and Southeast Asian shows also due to injury but returned to the tour during the Incheon show.^[10]

A StarFlyer plane with Seventeen livery (top) and the Yokohama Cosmo Clock 21 lit up with Seventeen's logo.

For promotion, Seventeen hosted events in each of the cities. Events included stamp rallies throughout Japan, a river cruise along the Han River in Seoul DJ'd by frequent Seventeen collaborator Bumzu, and a hotel collaboration in Bangkok.^[11][12] In Japan, a collaboration was arranged with StarFlyer to adapt the livery to a photo of the group on all routes within Japan.^[13] The purpose of the project across the cities, titled "Seventeen the City", was to transform the feel of the concerts to a large-scale festival, giving the fans more to do than attend the concert and go home.^[14] Airport transfers and local shuttles to concerts were also offered to ease the impact of more remote venues.^[14] For the culmination of the tour, Seventeen officially collaborated with the Yokohama Government to arrange for events held at the city hall, seaside mall, and an evening firework display at the port.^[15]

An exhibition titled "Follow Fellow" was held in Incheon, Yokohama, Bangkok and Jakarta. The exhibition featured pictorials from the tour, behind the scenes information and outfits worn by the members throughout the tour.^{[16][17][18][19]}

In a review for The Korea Herald, Choi Ji-won referred to the concert as "nothing short of a full-blown extravaganza".^[20] Gabriel Saulog of Billboard Philippines wrote that the tour's Bulacan stops had "palpable" energy, crediting the group's "remarkable talent, showmanship, and entertaining prowess", alongside their connection with their fans, for creating an atmosphere of fond memories.^[21]

Las críticas a las actuaciones de los bises también fueron favorables. Jeff Benjamin de Billboard describió los conciertos de dos días en Seúl como "electrizantes", destacando especialmente que la banda en vivo de cinco integrantes elevó las actuaciones y que el estreno en vivo de las nuevas canciones de 17 Is Right Here hizo que el final coreano de la gira fuera más trascendental. ^{[ 22 ]} Pyo Kyung-min reseñó el concierto de los bises en Yokohama para The Korea Times , describiéndolo como un "foco de emoción" entre los fans y una "energía inquebrantable" del grupo durante las tres horas y media de actuación. ^{[ 23 ]}

El 16 de julio de 2024, Seventeen anunció que lanzarían la película del concierto Seventeen Tour Follow Again To Cinemas . ^{[ 24 ]} La película, que cubrió el concierto de dos días del grupo en el Estadio de la Copa Mundial de Seúl los días 27 y 28 de abril, fue capturada utilizando cámaras de 360 ​​grados y cámaras cinematográficas para presentar una vista completa de las presentaciones. ^{[ 5 ]} En asociación con la cadena de cines local CGV para un lanzamiento exclusivo, Seventeen estrenó la película el 14 de agosto. ^{[ 24 ]} Una proyección limitada para exhibiciones nacionales e internacionales, esta última a cargo de Trafalgar Releasing, comenzó el 21 de agosto. ^{[ 24 ] [ 25 ]}

La siguiente lista de canciones corresponde a los primeros conciertos en Seúl, Corea del Sur. No pretende representar todos los conciertos de la gira. ^{[ 20 ]}