Seventeen becomes first international artist to perform at Philippine Sports Stadium

Jan 16, 2024 06:25 AM

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The K-pop group's two-day concert drew more than 30,000 fans

K-pop boy band Seventeen made their return to the Philippines and held their two-day concert with massive success.

Seventeen held their concert tour “Follow to Bulacan” on Jan. 13 and 14 at the Philippine Sports Stadium, which was jam-packed with more than 30,000 fans in attendance.

With the concerts, Seventeen became the first international artist to perform at the stadium located beside the Philippine Arena in Ciudad De Victoria in Bulacan.

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K-pop group Seventeen performing at their "Follow" tour at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bulacan (Photos from Pledis Entertainment)

Seventeen held the Philippine tour following their record-breaking achievements in 2023.

Their two albums, “FML” and “Seventeenth Heaven” became the Nos. 1 and 2 best-selling albums in South Korea in 2023.

“FML” is No. 1 with sales of 5.65 million copies while “Seventeenth Heaven” is No. 2 with 5.28 million copies in sales.

In addition, Seventeen won grand prizes or "daesang" in different music awards shows.

Seventeen members were impressed with the huge turnout at their concert.

“Filipino Carats [fans] are really very energetic,” Seventeen told the crowd.

Mingyu said, “Wow! Because of your screams, all I can say is ‘wow!’ Thank you for coming.”

“Let’s have fun tonight. Mahal ko kayo [I love you],” said Woozi.

The last time Seventeen held a concert in the Philippines was in December 2022 through their “Be The Sun” tour held at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan.

For the “Follow” tour in the Philippines, Seventeen performed a total of 26 songs for each concert day, enthralling the crowd. The stage featured a long extension that allowed fans to see their idols up close.

Seventeen started their concert with “Super,” “Don Quixote,” “Clap” and “Don’t Wanna Cry,” “F*ck My Life” and “Thanks.”

The group’s vocal unit composed of Woozi, Joshua, DK and Seungkwan performed “Dust” and “Pinwheel.”

They were followed by the performance unit of Hoshi, Jun, The 8 and Dino who sang “Highlight” and “I Don’t Understand But I Luv U.”

The hip-hop unit of Wonwoo, Mingyu and Vernon performed “Back It Up” and “Fire.”

From there, Seventeen performed other songs as a whole group. They sang “HOME;RUN,” “Left & Right,” “Beautiful,” “God of Music,” “April shower,” “Kidult,” “Anyone,” “Good to Me,” “Hot,” “Run to you,” “Together (Eng ver.),” “To you” “Hit” and the finale “Very Nice.”

As they wrapped up their concert, Seventeen thanked the fans.

“Carats, I will say that I’m so happy to meet you. You guys meant a lot to me. Thank you for all your love,” said Hoshi.

Wonwoo said, “Please don’t get sick and stay healthy. Thank you so much for today.”

“It’s been such a long time since we performed here in Manila and we’re so happy to perform here. And since you enjoyed it, I’m happy. Mahal ko kayo [I love you],” said DK.

“It’s been such a long time since we last came here. We missed you so much honestly. We always have a great time with you guys so we really wanted to be back and we came to such a big arena, stadium. We’ll be back so don’t worry,” said Joshua.

“Mahal ko kayo. Na-miss nyo ba kami? Babalik kami para sa inyo [I love you. Did you miss us? We will be back for you]. I love you,” said Mingyu.

The 8 said, “Our performance today was enjoyable because of Carats. Actually we dreamed of performing here in a bigger place, in a stadium. And because of Carats, we actually achieved the dream. Mahal ko kayong lahat [I love you all].”

“It’s nice to see you guys. I’m so happy to perform in this huge stadium. We can’t wait to come back as soon as possible,” said Vernon.

Woozi said, “Mahal ko kayong lahat [I love you all].”

“Thank you very much. I want to express my gratitude in every different language to you guys. There are many Carats with cute costumes. Thank you so much,” said Jun.

Dino said, “Because of you guys, I got to meet a lot of Carats in this stadium. It’s such an honor. We’ll see each other next time, right?”

Members S.Coups and Jeonghan did not participate in the Philippine shows due to health-related issues.

Seventeen’s “Follow” tour in Bulacan was presented by Live Nation Philippines.