South Korean boy band Shinee have headlined twelve concert tours, four concerts, sixteen fan meetings and seven showcases, and additionally participated in various SM Town tours, festivals and other performances. Debuting in 2008, they made early concert appearances at the 2008 Dream Concert and SM Town Live '08. They embarked on their first concert tour, Shinee World, in 2010, travelling to various locations across Asia. The following year, they performed at Abbey Road Studios in London, becoming the first Asian act do so, in anticipation of their Japanese debut.[1] They later became the first Korean idol group to hold an independent concert in London, opening the 6th London Korean Film Festival.[2]
In 2012, Shinee began their first Japanese arena tour, Shinee World 2012. The tour attracted 200,000 spectators, setting a new record for the debut Japanese tour of a Korean group.[3] They embarked on their first world tour, Shinee World III, in 2014, with tour stops spanning Asia, North America and South America. Shinee World 2014 marked their first time performing at Tokyo Dome, one of the largest concert venues in Japan.[4] They returned there the following year for Shinee World 2016, adding performances at Kyocera Dome Osaka.[5] In 2017, their second world tour, Shinee World V, saw them travel to the United States and Canada for the first time,[6] while their Japan tour, Shinee World 2017, attracted 430,000 spectators. Shinee held dome concerts for the fourth consecutive year under the name Shinee World the Best 2018. With this, their cumulative concert attendance in Japan reached 1.68 million people across 120 concerts.[7]