Bang Yongguk returns stateside for his second solo US Tour titled ‘Bang Yongguk 'Ⅲ' The US Tour 2024’ following the success of his 2023 ‘COLORS OF BANG YONGGUK WORLD TOUR’.
On the morning of April 6, Louisville saw lower than normal morning temperatures and a heavier wind, but that didn't stop BABY (the official fandom name of the artist's former group --B.A.P) from lining up outside of Headliners Music Hall. Fans began taking out their Shi Shi Mato dolls and Matoki in preparation for cheering for the former B.A.P leader and rapper. As fans patiently waited for doors to open, Bang Yongguk could be heard getting ready for a night of electrifying performances.
As fans entered Headliners Music Hall, they were greeted with a stage illuminated with a mix of blues and purples, and on it was a single table DJ setup. Fans who have seen Yongguk’s solo concerts in the past automatically knew this meant the DJ -- VMC's Babynine – would be setting the crowd’s energy level! He did just that as he played heavy bass-thumping, venue shaking mixes – including Ludacris’ “What’s Your Fantasy,” which fans sang along to. As fans began to chant, “BANG YONGGUK! BANG YONGGUK! BANG YONGGUK!” and he felt the energy level was just right, he made the announcement,
“WHO’S READY FOR BANG YONGGUK?!?”
Cheers filled the two-story venue as Yongguk immediately took the stage with back-to-back high energy songs “Off” and “Xie Xie.” After a short introduction stage and recognizing that he was finally able to meet Louisville fans. Yongguk took to his next stage, “Ride or Die.” Along with a setlist filled with stages that had fans singing along to every word, – “Race,” “I Remember (feat. Daehyun’s backup vocals),” and “Yamazaki,” – Yongguk debuted all six highly anticipated tracks found on his latest EP, ‘3’ – “IXLU,” “Numb,” “MOVIMENTO,” “Bad,” and “Buss It Down,” – to U.S. fans during this tour. As he took a moment to pause, he asked fans what they thought about his latest album, and which song was their favorite – to which the venue was filled with various answers. This elicited a slight chuckle from Yongguk as he began to smile admirably at the fans. He introduced his latest album as one that
“...contained what I want to talk about, but haven’t told.”
And one fan made the connection by asking him if he was coming out with more songs, to which he responded, “Yes, that’s it. There will be more songs released soon, so please watch for those.”
Yongguk kept the energy alive until the very end! As the stage illuminated in a mixture of blues and greens, Yongguk asked attendees to promise him one thing, “You will move forward in your lives. This last song is for you. The last song is BABY, you are my green.” – where in response several Matoki were raised into the air and swayed back and forth with the artist’s hand motions. After exiting the stages fans’ cheers and chants for Bang Yongguk continued until he returned to the stage with high-energy stages of “BUSS IT DOWN” and “Xie Xie.”
After closing out the show with his song for fans, “Orange Love,” Yongguk was sure to thank everyone for coming out to see him. It was now time for the attendees who had purchased perks through MyMusicTaste to participate in the Meet & Greet segment where they would express their gratitude for performing in Louisville, and share words of encouragement for a brief moment before taking a selfie with Yongguk. Then it was truly time to say goodbye, until next time.
Comments