Golden Child's first US tour is in full swing with their fourth stop in Dallas on June 30th, 2022! I previously blogged about the logistics of the tour here, the San Jose stop here, the LA stop here, and the Denver stop here.
The Dalls venue was at South Side Music Hall within Gilley's Dallas Complex. This was the first stop that I really felt the heat...being from the Pacific Northwest, I was definitely not prepared! I decided to wear my "One" tee along with my "Breathe" sweatband, though black probably wasn't the best call for such a hot day.
For VVIP and VIP check-in along with Snapshot ticket pickup, there were two tables in the shade by the entrance. Here are my Snapshot tickets.
For the fansign, they brought VVIP in by queue order and lined us up accordingly inside the theater. Luckily the plan was after we finished our fansign, we would stand back in our line inside the theater instead of outside, meaning we would be able to see the entire duration of the fansign. Because I was #26, I ended up being the last person within the front row and was able to clearly view the entire fansign. As for giving letters, it was the same process as Denver.
The fansign order was Y, Jangjun, Jibeom, Joochan, Bomin, Donghyun, Seungmin, and lastly Jaehyun. Here are some of my recollections:
- Y said, "Hello Macey~" and asked how I'm doing.
- Jangjun said, "Hi Macey! We met in another city right?"
- I asked Jibeom how is he, and he replied, "Um, very exciting...excited. Ya. Sorry. *chuckles* Thank you for coming." Hehe I love how he tries so hard to communicate with American Ness^^
- Joochan asked if I've eaten yet.
- Bomin said, "Hi, I'm happy to see you again, Macey. Today's concept's Donghyun, right?" I was a bit taken aback that he was monitoring my outfits, and I hope he wasn't disappointed that today was simple and member focused...I quickly showed him my "Breathe" sweatband to make it seem more OT10.
After the fansign, the staff rearranged the setup in preparation for soundcheck and the concert. For San Jose and Denver where I had my pick, I chose the center, whereas with LA I was kind of forced into the right. But now my heart really wanted to go to the left...where Bomin was a lot...and so I ended up at the far left in front row. This venue is very spacious in every direction, so the members had a lot of room to dance on stage, and the front row could accommodate a lot of fans. Where I was, there was a row of speakers against the stage where we were allowed to put our bags. Then there was a belt barrier (this area is for the security guard and for PAV staff to film footage) while about the center two thirds had a metal barricade. The belt kept getting undone and it was easy to naturally lean on the speakers, but whenever staff needed to get through, they'd always bend down to avoid blocking our view and would tap our knees to notify us to give them room.
For soundcheck, Golcha sang "I Know" and the first half of "Milky Way". This is the same setlist for soundcheck from LA to Atlanta.
And now for the concert~ The setlist is the same from LA to Minneapolis. Below is the setlist and I'll add any highlights. I'll only post a handful of pictures of the concert on my blog (I recorded the whole thing so screenshots of videos aren't great quality, and you can view some of my pictures on my Twitter thread here, and surely lots of others' fancams on SNS as well).
Setlist:
- Intro VCR - same intro VCR as Play concert
- Ra Pam Pam
- Burn It
- Ment - Jaehyun was in the center, suddenly took off both shoes to fix something while Jangjun talking, so Jangjun stopped to look at Jaehyun while Jaehyun repeatedly told Jangjun, "keep going" as he continued with his shoes.
- I Know
- That Guy
- Ment - Jaehyun brought up the Mavericks but the crowd didn't seem to be big sports fans so he was like forget it😅 Then Jangjun said that Jibeom, Donghyun, and Bomin went to the aquarium in Dallas
- What Happened?
- Pump It Up - So much happened! During Jaehyun's line where he stands at the far right, Donghyun and Bomin are at the far left peering over, and Bomin discreetly grabbed Donghyun's butt for a long time?! And then while Seungmin and Joochan were off at the side, Seungmin chased Joochan to the wall!
- VCR - condensed TV shows / commercials VCR from Play
- Wannabe - Without You - One - You could really see how sweaty they all were with their shirts completely soaked in sweat!
- Ment - The members asked us if there is a song we want to hear, and they ended up showing us their unit songs! Y and Jangjun performed a bit of "Poppin'", Seungmin sang part of "That Feeling", Joochan and Bomin sang the chorus and then Bomin sang part of his verse in "Singing In The Rain", and lastly Jibeom sang a bit of the chorus of "Game". Y then asked if anyone has heard of his solo sang, then Jangjun said "that's my favorite song", then Y sang part of "Fantasia". The members asked Jaehyun to introduce the next song, "Oasis". Jaehyun said, "this will be my favorite song. Actually, someone composed this song. He is my very important person. This is my favorite song." Jaehyun continued to emphasize how important Tag is to him.
- Oasis
- Bottom Of The Ocean - Bomin was on the far left side for a lot of the beginning of the song! He took my phone and fixed his hair when looking at himself on my phone^^ When Seungmin came over, he was making movements like a shark finding its next prey and he definitely kept making eye contact at me but chose someone else. At one point Jibeom was filming, then Donghyun joined and as he was stepping back, Donghyun stepped on Seungmin's foot then he joined in on the filming too. Towards the end Jangjun squatted down in front of me and made Vs to everyone's phones. And at the very end of the song, Y ran up to us and took someone's phone so he could film himself bowing theatrically.
- Ment - Right away Jibeom spoke in English (I couldn't hear the first part) "...thanks to Goldenness in Dallas" and Joochan said "Zibeom?" And Jaehyun clapped for a long time and said "Whoa, Jibeom's English is getting better." Then the members talked about what they wanted to do in the US. Seungmin said that he wants to eat meat every time he comes to the US. Jibeom wanted to do shopping. Jaehyun said "watching you guys. That's all." Donghyun said performing on the stage right now. Jangjun said what he thought was interesting was seeing people come with their children or parents, and come as a family to their show, then Jangjun said "thank you for coming, parents" and he, Donghyun, and Joochan humbly bowed several times to the audience. Then Jangjun said that throughout this whole tour, he thinks the most important and memorable thing is meeting all the Goldenness. Bomin whipped out his English and said "I think this moment is impressed into my life."
- Sea
- Breathe - This is such a fun stage to watch in person! Every time the members went to the sides to wait for their turn, they would interact with Ness^^
- Ment - Joochan said that there are still 6 shows left in their tour so if we want to see Golcha again, to please come to another show, and then he looked at me (hehe he didn't have to tell me twice^^)
- Crush
- Ending VCR - same ending VCR as Play
- - Encore - DamDaDi
- Ending Ment - Jangjun said in English that just before the concert he felt just like those in the Olympics. He, Bomin, and Jaehyun gave their ending ments entirely in English. Once Jaehyun gave his ment, he looked down to the floor with a sad face and said "yesterday I dunked my phone into the swimming pool." Then he looked up, happy, and said, "because of you guys, I got better. Way better. I'm just kidding and I will miss you so much." Lol the change in emotions and was that trolling? Then during the group picture time when the PAV staff said "okay, ready?" Jangjun responded into his mic "yup!" and finished the staff's countdown of "2...3!" Then for the next photo Jangjun counted for us again "1...2...3!"
- Milky Way - During the goodbyes, Bomin stayed at the far left side for so long that Jaehyun, Seungmin, and Donghyun had already come and gone! Then at the end the members were all holding hands waiting to bow but Bomin was still at the far right side interacting with fans. Once Bomin joined the members and they all bowed, Jangjun again put his arms up to try to make the other members lose balance, to which Jaehyun most certainly did!
Hi Donghyun!
Seungmin chasing Joochan to the wall during "Pump It Up"^^
Thank you Bomin for always taking care of me and making me feel loved at each stop!
Bongbeom waiting on the side during "Breathe"~
During the end of "Milky Way" when the members are waving goodbye~
Bomin spent SO much time on our side during the goodbyes! He even knelt down and started checking himself out in my friend's phone hehe
Jangjun trolling his neighboring members during their ending bow again, this time Jaehyun falling victim.
After the concert, the staff had those with Snapshot tickets to wait towards the back of the venue while they set up the session towards the stage.
Here is my fourth set of Snapshots! Here are some of my memories (in the order I took them):
- Y: He asked me, "Number 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5?" I asked him to choose, then he said, "Number 1! Let's go." Afterwards he said, "Thank you for coming. High five!" Then he noticed my shirt and said, "Oh, 'One'! One tee shirt."
- Seungmin: He pointed at my shirt and said "One", which got confusing because the staff had told him "Five" for our pose.
- Bomin: After taking our photo, he initiated the conversation with, "I saw you on the stage, you stand on the...right. Yah on the right." I had to process this because I was on the left, then realized from his point of view I was on his right. Upon this realization, I said, "Yah! You were there a lot 🥰." Bomin then said, "Thank you so much. Thank you. Get home safely."
- Jibeom: I was trying to tell him in Korean that we have similar necklaces, but he was so thoughtful staring into my eyes the entire time that it took awhile to get him to look at my necklace. But then he understood and said, "Oh oh! 그렇네요 *chuckles* 고마워요. 조심해서 가요." (That's right. Thank you. Get back safely.)
- Jangjun:
- Jaehyun: He said he liked my shirt (I think this has been a running joke between him and Donghyun). Then I asked if something happened yesterday with Seungmin in the swimming pool. He didn't seem too amused and replied, "Yah. He pulled me in."
Overall, I think Dallas was my favorite stop out of the entire tour! The energy coming from both the crowd and the boys were so high, and it felt like Golcha really got into the swing of things and could freely enjoy themselves without worries. And I got to see Bomin a lot here hehe and apparently he saw me a lot there too^^
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