I ended up in a production/tech rabbit hole re @BTS_twt concerts last night. This post Love Yourself/Speak Yourself tour production summary had interesting facts/details
- Jamsil Olympic Stadium: “no group has ever performed five concerts in this venue”+
https://www.livedesignonline.com/concerts/bts-wrap-record-setting-14-month-world-tour https://twitter.com/renkiger/status/1349968410705240072

- Jamsil Olympic Stadium: “no group has ever performed five concerts in this venue”+
https://www.livedesignonline.com/concerts/bts-wrap-record-setting-14-month-world-tour https://twitter.com/renkiger/status/1349968410705240072
- LY Tour: “[after] wrapping up Wings World Tour..everyone quickly got to work on the new Love Yourself albm cycle. The challenge was to create a show that cld open the tour in an 80,000 cap stadium & then move to arenas less than 2 wks later”
- “Moving frm the 1st stadium to an+
- “Moving frm the 1st stadium to an+
“arena was a challenge as the only equipment that was the same was some of the bespoke scenic elements. All vendors changed frm Korea to US as did many of the lighting & video products”
- “The show then moved into the stadium expansion. The promoter switched frmAEG to LiveNation+
- “The show then moved into the stadium expansion. The promoter switched frmAEG to LiveNation+
It was HUGE!
-“The tour set the record for the largest deployment of RoboSpots..enabled operators to control lighting from safety of the ground
- Stationed in the air were 439 fixtures supported by over 1000 feet of truss + 225 on the ground, totaling over 664 lighting fixtures+
-“The tour set the record for the largest deployment of RoboSpots..enabled operators to control lighting from safety of the ground
- Stationed in the air were 439 fixtures supported by over 1000 feet of truss + 225 on the ground, totaling over 664 lighting fixtures+
-“The massive data network contained 11 consoles w 24 switches & 22 nodes all working together for 132 universes”
- “those who were lucky enough to attend this groundbreaking tour [it] rly was an outstanding production not only for its scope but also for its continuity of design”
- “those who were lucky enough to attend this groundbreaking tour [it] rly was an outstanding production not only for its scope but also for its continuity of design”
- Speak Yourself extension of the stadium tour: “The AR component was seemingly small, but it was a milestone for live concerts”
- AR development took MONTHS
- “We knew from the start this was no easy task to implement AR technology on a touring show”
- AR development took MONTHS
- “We knew from the start this was no easy task to implement AR technology on a touring show”
- “Over the 14-month run, everyone involved was willing to take a lot of risks to continually push the boundaries of live entertainment to elevate the meteoric success of BTS” 
I miss BTS concerts
Looking forward concerts again & seeing BTS push the industry even further

I miss BTS concerts

Looking forward concerts again & seeing BTS push the industry even further

Reminds me of when @BTS_twt Speak Yourself tour arrived in Brazil and how during the SY tour we learned a tiny bit about the logistics involved. 4 Boeing 747 cargo planes to transfer 375 TONS of sound and lighting equipment, 40 big rig truck.
The amount of WORK that goes into +
The amount of WORK that goes into +
planning then executing tours, on the scale @BTS_twt do, is mind blowing.
One of many reasons you will never see or hear me ever complain about BTS ticket prices.
One of many reasons you will never see or hear me ever complain about BTS ticket prices.