SHINee celebrates 16th anniversary with 30,000 fans at Incheon concerts
Boy band SHINee wrapped up its three-day encore concerts over the weekend, with a total of 30,000 fans present to celebrate the 16th anniversary of the band's debut.
The "SHINee World VI 'Perfect Illumination: SHINee's Back'" encore concert series was held at Inspire Arena in Incheon from Friday to Sunday. The concerts also celebrated the band's 16th anniversary, which was on Saturday.
SHINee performed hits such as "Clue + Note" (2012), "Lucifer" (2010), "Dream Girl" (2013), "Good Evening" (2018), "Don't Call Me" (2021), "Ring Ding Dong" (2009), "Everybody” (2013), "View" (2015), "Replay" (2015) and "Love Like Oxygen" (2008), as well as Japanese songs "Diamond Sky" (2016) and "Colors of the Season” (2014).
SHINee also performed songs from its 2023 full-length album, “Hard,” including the title track, "Satellite," "Identity," "Like It," "Juice" and "The Feeling." The encore was filled with songs such as "Juliette" (2009), "1 of 1” (2016) and "Why So Serious?" (2013).
LED devices that were used during SHINee's February Tokyo Dome concerts were upgraded and used during the Incheon concert, combined with midair stages, moving stages and light shows synchronized to fan light sticks. SM Entertainment performance director Hwang Sang-hoon was in charge of organizing the performances.
"Thank you for getting us to where we are now," SHINee said to its fans. “We are here because you are there. We will definitely repay you for your support.”
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BY KIM MIN-YOUNG [kim.minyoung5@joongang.co.kr]