SHINee World III is the third concert tour by South Koreanboy group, Shinee. The tour kicked off with a two-day special concert in Seoul, on March 8and 9. It continued to six other countries—Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina—with SHINee performing in a total of seven cities. Their first ever world tour, it gathered over 67,000 fans over its short 8-date, four-month run, making it one of the most successful concert events of the year. The live album of the tour, The 3rd Concert Album "Shinee World III", was released on December 11, 2014. The album contains two CDs with a total of 33 tracks. The album was recorded in their Seoul leg at Olympic Gymnastics Arena on March 8 and 9, 2014. On April 27, 2015, they released the concert video album entitled Shinee - The 3rd Concert "Shinee World III".
History
On January 29, 2014, SM Entertainment announced Shinee's "SHINee CONCERT-SHINee WORLD Ⅲ - in Seoul" at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Songpagu, Seoul on March 8 and 9. The tour continued to Mexico, Chile, and Argentina.
Seoul
The boys held the first concert of the tour in Seoul on the 8th and 9th in front of 25,000 fans. The boys said, The group performed a total of 29 songs, including some of their hits like "Juliette", "Lucifer", "Ring Ding Dong", "Sherlock", and the Korean versions of Japanese singles, such as "3 2 1" and others.
Mexico
Shinee performed in the Mexico City Arena on April 4 for 8,000 fans, their first concert in Latin America.
On April 6 and April 8, Shinee performed in Chile and Argentina, respectively. In Chile the concert was sold out within minutes and gathered around 8,500 fans. The boys performed 25 songs which included powerful and colorful performances. To celebrate member Jonghyun's birthday the fans prepared signs that read, "Happy Birthday Kim Jong Hyun". The concert also gathered over 100 reporters from different press media. In Argentina the concert also successfully gathered over 8,500 fans and was sold out immediately. Like the fans in Santiago, the fans in Buenos Aires also prepared a special event to celebrate Shinee member Jonghyun's birthday. The fans prepared a cake and signs that read, "Happy Birthday Jonghyun!". Another surprise for the group was the special event during Green Rain when the fans held up signs that read, "Argentina loves SHINee!". Shinee members said,
Shanghai
On June 1, the group held a concert for the first time since their debut in Shanghai and, despite the bad weather, the concert successfully gathered around 10,000 fans.
