The So Crazy Tour was the fifth concert tour by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro in support of her studio album, Style (2003). The tour began on November 29, 2003 at the Nagarakawa International Convention Center in Gifu, Japan and ended on May 15, 2004, at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea. It marked the first time that Amuro embarked on an international tour, and her first and only time to tour South Korea.

So Crazy Tour
Tour by Namie Amuro
Associated albumStyle
Start dateNovember 29, 2003
End dateMay 15, 2004
No. of shows34 in Japan
2 in Taiwan
3 in South Korea
39 total
Namie Amuro concert chronology
  • Break The Rules Tour
    (2001)
  • So Crazy Tour
    (2003–2004)
  • Fan Space 04 Tour
    (2004)

Background

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The So Crazy Tour was Amuro's first international tour. In addition to 34 dates in Japan, she made her first-ever solo tour dates in Taiwan, which became a regular stop for her later international tours, and South Korea, her only visit to the country. The international concerts were broadcast in their respective countries on national television, in which Amuro closed out her concerts with "Never End" partially sung in their local languages. The Taipei concerts were promoted as "So Craazy in Taipei" and the Seoul concerts were promoted as "So Crazy Tour in Seoul 2004".

Commercial performance

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Media outlets reported that all of the concerts in Japan were sold-out immediately, therefore additional concerts were added.[1] The concerts in South Korea saw varying levels of occupancy during the three-day concert: the first day only had around 50% of the 10,000 seats full, the second day was around 80% full, and the third day was almost sold-out.[2] Rain joined Amuro during the last day of the concert.

Set list

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Tour dates

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Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Attendance
November 29, 2003 Gifu Japan Nagaragawa Convention Center 120,000[1]
November 30, 2003 Mie Mie Cultural Hall
December 7, 2003 Utsunomiya Utsunomiya Cultural Hall
December 11, 2003 Tokyo Tokyo International Forum
December 12, 2003
December 14, 2003 Sendai Sendai Sun Plaza
December 19, 2003 Nagano Nagano Civic Cultural Hall
January 9, 2004 Nagoya Nagoya Century Hall
January 10, 2004
January 12, 2004 Hamamatsu Act City Hamamatsu
January 15, 2004 Tokyo Tokyo International Forum
January 16, 2004
January 24, 2004 Kobe Kobe International Hall
January 25, 2004
January 30, 2004 Akita Akita City Culture Hall
February 1, 2004 Morioka Morioka Civic Cultural Hall
February 8, 2004 Ishikawa Ishikawa Welfare Pension Hall
February 13, 2004 Kamakura Kamakura Civic Hall
February 14, 2004 Hiroshima Hiroshima Welfare Pension Hall
February 22, 2004 Sapporo Hokkaido Welfare Pension Hall
February 27, 2004 Kagoshima Kagoshima Civic Cultural Hall
February 29, 2004 Nagasaki Nagasaki Brick Hall
March 4, 2004 Osaka Grand Cube Osaka
March 5, 2004
March 7, 2004 Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Art Theater
March 13, 2004 Niigata Niigata Civic Hall
March 19, 2004 Maebashi Gunma Civic Hall
March 21, 2004 Sendai Sendai Sun Plaza
March 24, 2004 Kumamoto Kumamoto Civic Hall
March 26, 2004 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sun Palace
March 27, 2004
April 3, 2004 Osaka Osaka Festival Hall
April 4, 2004
April 11, 2004 Tokyo Tokyo International Forum
May 1, 2004 New Taipei City Taiwan Hsinchuang Gymnasium 12,000[3]
May 2, 2004
May 13, 2004 Seoul South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena 25,000[4]
May 14, 2004
May 15, 2004
Total N/A
So Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles 2003–2004
 
Video by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2004
Genre
LabelAvex Trax
DirectorUgichin
Namie Amuro chronology
Break The Rules Tour
(2001)
So Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles 2003–2004
(2004)
Fan Space 04 Tour
(2005)

A concert album titled Namie Amuro So Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles 2003–2004 was released as Namie Amuro's fifth concert DVD on September 23, 2004. Filmed in January 2004 in Tokyo International Forum A, the DVD captured a tour to date, spanning seven months and three countries. It peaked at number two on the Oricon DVD chart and sold 71,000 copies.

Personnel

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Numbers in parentheses following listed names corresponded to the track list

  • Artist
    • Namie Amuro
  • Choreographer
    • Warner
  • Band
    • Ken Kawamura - Keyboards
    • Ken Kimura - Guitar
    • Kenji Sano - Bass
    • Mitsuru Kurauchi - Drums
  • Dancer
    • Mayumi
    • Megumi
    • Nazuki
    • Rika
    • Ryo
    • Shige
    • Subaru
    • Tetsuharu

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
Japan Daily DVD Chart (Oricon) 1
Japan Weekly DVD Chart (Oricon) 2

References

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  1. ^ a b "安室奈美恵、ベストシングルをフィーチャーしたライヴ・レポ" [Namie Amuro, live report featuring best singles]. Barks (in Japanese). January 22, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "17년 전 아무로 나미에의 내한공연 실패 참관기" [Observation of Namie Amuro's failed performance in Korea 17 years ago]. Brunch (in Korean). September 6, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "閱讀文章 - 精華區 AmuroNamie - 批踢踢實業坊". PTT Bulletin Board System (in Chinese (Taiwan)). May 2, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "日언론'아무로 나미에 내한공연 성공적'" [Japanese media 'Namie Amuro's performance in Korea was successful']. No Cut News (in Korean). May 16, 2004. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.