Taipei Arena - Events

Events

Since opening in 2005, the arena has held more art and cultural activities (such as live concerts) than sporting events, which it was originally designed and built for. These have included Disney on Ice and Cirque du Soleil, Cats the Broadway Musical.

2005 to 2008

• Show Luo was the first singer to hold his concert on 18 November 2005.
• Stefanie Sunwes the first woman and Singaporean Singer to hold her concert on 29 July 2006.
• S.H.E held their Taipei leg of Perfect 3 World Tour on 16 December 2006.
• Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai (November 2006), Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung's "Snow Wolf Lake," (24 March 2007).
• Olivia Newton-John on 21 and 22 April 2007 on her Asia exclusive Body Heart & Spirit Tour.
• Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki's Asia Tour, which had more than 10,000 tickets sold out in 1 hour.
• Taiwanese Aborigine pop star Chang Hui-mei's STAR TOUR world tour.
• Backstreet Boys on 2 March 2008 as part of their Unbreakable Tour.
• Inaugural ceremony and celebrations of President Ma Ying-Jeou and Vice-President Vincent Siew on 20 May 2008.
• Malaysian singer Fish Leong "Today is our valentines day" Concert in Taiwan on 8 June 2008, becoming the first Malaysia artist to perform in this arena.

2009

• Singaporean Pop Diva Stefanie Sun held her 2 nights "The Answer Is......" World Tour on 15 and 16 May 2009
• Irish-American dancer and musician Michael Flatley reprises his role as Lord of the Dance in the Feet of Flames 2009 tour
• The Indiana Pacers vs Denver Nuggets game was the first (United States) National Basketball Association game held in the country.
• Korean boyband SS501 held their 1st Asia Tour Persona Concert in Taiwan on 17 October 2009, becoming the third Korean artist to perform in this arena.
• Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit held their debut concert on the 24 and 25 October 2009 and released on Fahrenheit's Fantasy World Tour Taipei Special.
• Japanese singer Namie Amuro filmed her tour here for the DVD release of Best Fiction Tour 2008-2009
• Taiwanese pop star Elva Hsiao on 31 December 2009

2010

• American boy band Backstreet Boys on 25 February 2010 during the Asian leg of their This Is Us Tour.
• Hong Kong singer Coco Lee hold her "East to west world tour" concert on 27 March 2010.
• On 24 April 2010, Taiwanese singerRainie Yang's debut concert, named "Whimsical World" was held in Taipei Arena.
• Taiwanese singer Show Luo also known as "Asia's Dancing King" held his concert (Dance Storm 舞法舞天) on 15 May 2010. He is the first artist who held 3 concerts in 24 hours. For this concert's theme, he was also the first artist with a 3D music video for his song "Dance Storm" (舞法舞天), which can be view viewed in 3D by the naked eye.
• South Korean boy band Super Junior on 20 and 21 February 2010 as part of their 2nd Asia tour, Super Show 2 Tour
• Taiwanese singer S.H.E performed for the second time on 29 May 2010 for S.H.E Is The One World Tour.
• Taiwanese singer Jay Chou on 11, 12 and 13 June 2010 the first leg of his The Era World Tour
• Japanese pop boy-band KAT-TUN held two concerts on 27 and 28 August 2010 as part of their Asian No More Pain tour, released on DVD a few months later.
• Korean pop girl group Girls' Generation held two concerts as part of their Into the New World Tour on 16 and 17 October 2010, great success with a sold-out crowd of 24,000 people, set a record the tickets sold at arena..
• Crowd Lu on 18 December 2010. The concert, named "Good Morning & Good Evening," was his first performance in this arena. The concert started at 10:00, followed by a lunch break and a movie screening in the afternoon, and continued at 19:30
• Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai kicked off her Myself World Tour. She held 3 consecutive concerts on 24, 25 and 26 December 2010

2011

• Hong Kong singer Eason Chan on 14 and 15 January 2011, as part of his DUO Tour.
• Hong Kong singer Faye Wong on 21, 22 and 23 January 2011, as part of her comeback tour.
• South Korean boy band Super Junior on 11, 12 and 13 March 2011 as part of their 3rd Asia Tour, Super Show 3 Tour.
• Bob Dylan played at the venue during his Never Ending Tour on 3 April 2011.
• Canadian Recording Artist Justin Bieber Performed There at May 15, 2011 as a part of his My World Tour
• Fish Leong concert world tour Love Library on 28 and 29 May 2011. The first Malaysia artist to hold two concert in 24 hours.
• South Korean boy band SHINee on 16 July 2011 as part of their first solo concert, SHINee WORLD.
• Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung on 18,19,20,21 August 2011, as part of his 'Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour' and set a new record for foreign artist to have 4 consecutive shows in Taipei Arena.
• Girls Generation set a new record for being the first foreign girl group to perform three consecutive concerts as part of their second solo concert tour Girls Generation Tour from 9 to 11 September 2011.

2012

• Korean pop boy band Super Junior became the second foreign artist to have a four-day concert as part of their world tour Super Show 4 Tour from 2 to 5 February 2012 great success with a sold-out crowd of 40,000 people and was the fastest selling concert in Taiwan.

2013

• South Korean rock band CN Blue commenced their world tour Blue Moon World Tour at the Arena on 6 April 2013. The band played 24 tracks to an audience of 11,000 people.
• South Korean rapper and leader of South Korean boy band BIGBANG, G-Dragon. To part of their 1st World Tour, One Of A Kind on May 9 and 10, 2013.