From Billboard · Jeff Benjamin · · 1m 30s
BIGBANG turn 20 at MetLife
Three members, 30 songs and a 23-ton LED rig: inside BIGBANG's only East Coast stop on their 20th anniversary tour.
In brief
Three members, 30 songs and a 23-ton LED rig: inside BIGBANG's only East Coast stop on their 20th anniversary tour. BIGBANG's first US stadium run treats the group's smaller lineup as part of the celebration, not something to hide. Originally reported by Billboard.
Ten years in the making
BIGBANG played MetLife Stadium for the only East Coast date of the XX : COSMOS tour, their first tri-state show since two nights in Newark back in October 2015.
A trio, out loud
G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung are touring together for the first time since 2017, and the first time as three. The show leaned into that instead of tiptoeing around it.
“a fact the night never sidestepped but instead absorbed into the celebration”
Thirty songs, three hours
"Fantastic Baby," "Loser," "Bang Bang Bang," "Haru Haru" and "Lies" anchored the set, with solo slots letting each member show off hip-hop, R&B, ballads and trot.
A new single, live
They performed "BiiiG," their first new song in four years, released Aug. 19 to land exactly 20 years after the group's debut.
Built like a spectacle
YG Entertainment put the show on a 23-ton mobile LED structure designed by Es Devlin, directed by Mike Carson and backed by a live band led by Wow Jones.
Fire from the first note
"Fantastic Baby" opened the night with pyro spitting flames and fireworks as G-Dragon hit his first lines. From here the tour runs 36 shows in 19 cities through February 2027.
At a glance
BIGBANG's first US stadium run treats the group's smaller lineup as part of the celebration, not something to hide.
