Twicelights World Tour was the first world tour by South Korean girl group Twice. It saw 25 concerts in 16 cities across various countries in Asia and North America, spanning from May 2019 to February 2020. Four encore shows in Seoul and Tokyo that were originally scheduled for early 2020 were cancelled following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
On April 8, 2019, JYP Entertainment announced that Twice would hold their first world tour in 9 cities including Seoul, Bangkok, Manila, Los Angeles, and Chicago starting from May 25.[1] On July 17, the 7 cities in Japan including Hokkaido, Chiba, and Osaka were adding to the tour schedule.[2] Member Mina wasn't able to participate in Singapore, North American leg and Kuala Lumpur concerts as she was struggling with "extreme anxiety" at the time.[3][4] On October 18, it was announced that Twice would hold additional concerts in Tokyo on March 3 and 4, 2020;[5] additional concerts in Seoul for March 7 and 8 were added a month later.
On February 24, 2020, JYP Entertainment announced that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the final shows in Seoul were cancelled; it was followed by the announcement of the cancellation of the Tokyo shows two days later.[6]
During the show in Bangkok and Manila, "Like OOH-AHH" (Ooh-Ahh하게) was removed after "Yes or Yes". Twice also removed "Be as One" (Korean version) after Ment 2. They also removed "Ho!" and "Signal" and performed "Like OOH-AHH" (Ooh-Ahh하게) instead after Ment 3. For the Encore in Bangkok and Manila they removed "Heart Shaker" and performed "Knock Knock" instead.
During the show in Bangkok, Twice removed from the encore "Medley" and they performed "Signal" (remix) instead after the ending ment.
Mina didn't participate in Singapore, USA, Mexico & Malaysia dates due to health issues.
Chaeyoung didn't participate at the dates in Sapporo & Nagoya due to health issues.
