Red Room (tour)
Red Room was the first concert tour headlined by South Korean girl group Red Velvet, in support of their first special extended play The Red Summer. The tour is the group's first concert in three years since their debut.
Background
On July 4, 2017, through a press release, SM Entertainment revealed that Red Velvet would be holding their first ever solo concert titled "Red Room" for two nights on August 19 and 20. Tickets for the two shows sold-out in seconds which caused the website to crash. Due to high demand, one additional show was added and to be held on August 18.In Japan, the first show of Red Velvet's Japanese hall tour was held on May 25, 2018, at Marine Messe Fukuoka, in Fukuoka, Japan. SM Entertainment has decided to hold a hall tour on six cities in Japan in response to the flood of applications referring to the group performing in the country. This is the first nationwide hall tour with eight performances at six locations in Japan, starting in the Wakuwaku Holiday Hall in Sapporo, Hokkaido on May 25, ahead of the release of Red Velvet's first Japanese mini album #Cookie Jar on July 4.
Critical reception
The Red Room received generally favorable reviews from critics. Kim Soo-jung from No Cut News praised the clear concepts, good songs, and vibrancy of the concert for its "peculiar bizarreness and exciting and lively interaction with fans". Yoo Byung-chul from The Korea Economic Daily described the concert as "splendidly staged" further praising the concepts for being able to "maximize the atmosphere of the performance". Park Dong-sun from The Electronic Times described Red Velvet's concert as "somewhat disappointing" but called it as a "great concert with a high level of communication to fans".Set lists
This set list was performed at the August 20 concert held at the Olympic Hall in Seoul. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.This setlist does not represent all shows throughout the tour.
Personnel
Adapted from Red Room Kihno VideoPerformer
- Red Velvet – Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy, Yeri
- Kim Sung-hak – executive supervisor
- Lee Yeo-kyung – planning, management
- Lee Seung-chun – planning, management
- Kwon Hye-ji – contents advisor
- Ahn Eun-ok – management
- Kim Kyung-sun – management
- Lee Bo-seul – management
- Do Hyun-chang – management
- Kim Ji-yeon – management
- Park Diana – management
- Ma Kyung-bin – ticket and accounting
- Ahn Hyun-joo – ticket and accounting
- Noh Yoon-ji – ticket and accounting
- Lee Young-ah – ticket and accounting
- Wi Jung-soo – ticket and accounting
- Kim Sung-hak – executive supervisor
- Lee Yeo-kyung – planning, management
- Lee Seung-chun – planning, management
- Kwon Hye-ji – contents advisor
- Ahn Eun-ok – management
- Kim Kyung-sun – management
- Lee Bo-seul – management
- Do Hyun-chang – management
- Kim Ji-yeon – management
- Park Diana – management
- Ma Kyung-bin – ticket and accounting
- Ahn Hyun-joo – ticket and accounting
- Noh Yoon-ji – ticket and accounting
- Lee Young-ah – ticket and accounting
- Wi Jung-soo – ticket and accounting
- Lee Yeon-geun – production manager
- Tak Young-joon – choreography direction
- Hong Sung-yong – choreography direction
- Jae Shim – choreography direction, choreographer
- Hwang Mi-ri – dancer
- Yoo Seul-gi – dancer
- Kim Hyun-i – dancer
- Jeong Sun-min – dancer
- Ryu So-hee – choreographer
- Choi Young-joon – choreographer
- Bae Hyo-jung – choreographer
- Jin Hyun-ho – choreographer
- Ahn Sang-jin – choreographer
- Lee Da-bin – choreographer
- Lee Joon-woo – choreographer
- Choi Won-jun – choreographer
- Park Sung-ryeong – choreographer
- Eum Bi-ryang – stage director and designer
- Cho Hyun-hak – stage director and designer
- Seo Jung-min – stage director and designer
- Jung Kyung-ho – stage
- Kim Bong-ryong – stage
- Yoon Tae-hyun – stage
- Ahn Ki-hyun – stage set
- Park Byung-yoon – stage set
- Yoon Joo-il – stage construction
- Yeo In-wan – stage construction
- Lee Ji-hong – manipulator
- Seo Eun-kyung – live sound engineering
- Cho Seung-je – live sound engineering
- Bae Sang-heon – live sound engineering
- Lee Jang-kyun – live sound engineering
- Kim Min-ji – live sound engineering
- Kim Myung-soo – lighting
- Jung Yu-seok – lighting
- Lim Young-eun – lighting
- Kim Ki-jung – neon
- Kim Ying-jae – neon
- Oh Seung-min – neon
- Ji Eun-seok – layher
- Kim In-joong – layher
- Shin Won-kyun – layher