The Made V.I.P Tour is the first Chinese fan meeting tour by
South Koreanboy bandBig Bang, in support of their albums, M, A, D and E released in 2015.[1] The tour attracted over 500,000 people in
Mainland China alone, breaking BigBang's own record for the most attended tour by a foreign language act of all time in China. Their event in
Luoyang, China attracted over 45,000 people broke their previous record for the largest audience drawn by a foreign language act of all time in China.[2] BigBang was the highest earning act in Mainland China from concert revenue in 2016, surpassing local acts like
Jay Chou and
Eason Chan, by earning 70.3 million USD from 36 concerts, accounting for 70% of the total box office of South Korean acts in China.[3]
On June 12, two shows were announced for
Guangzhou on July 7 and 8, and a third show was added after the first two shows sold-out.[7] On June 16, tickets for the Hong Kong shows were put on sale. An overwhelming response followed with all tickets for three shows being sold out in under an hour, leading to a fourth show being added on July 24.[8][9] At the end of June, a third show had been added in both Chongqing and
Beijing, and a new show in Luoyang was announced.[10]
On July 7, it was announced that the tour would visit
Macau, with two shows at
CotaiArena.[11] The tickets for Taiwan went on sale on July 9. The ticketing website's system experienced heavy traffic causing an immediate crash, and ticket sales were postponed to a later date.[12]
On August 12, it was announced that the fan meeting will expand to
Honolulu, and marks the first time for the group to hold a fan meeting in America.[13] On August 29 and 30, it was announced that the tour would visit
Malaysia and
Singapore on October 1 and 2.[14][15]
The tour promoters announced that
T.O.P would not be able to attend the shows in
Taiwan,
Malaysia and
Singapore due to scheduling conflicts.[16]