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Twice (1 November, Qudos Bank Arena)
Nov. 3rd, 2025 11:57 pmFirst of two nights in Sydney for the "This Is For" tour. Our tickets were in B reserve, so quite far up and with some obstruction to the video screens, but they were fine.
The show is quite different in terms of production and pacing from the previous tour. With the show staged in the round, the stage is divided into three sections. Most of the show takes place on the middle main stage, with some stages on the two side stages. There is some amazing lighting and laser effects, and there are a couple of key props which are quite interesting - notably Dahyun's piano - but for the most part few props are used.
In terms of pacing, this is a snappy setlist with few pauses. It felt more geared towards a general audience than a kpop audience in the sense that there's very few ments (only the introduction and then a few interstitials) and the show is quite tight, finishing easily under 3 hours. Unlike previous tours, there is no encore roulette and to me it felt like there were less unchoreographed or spontaneous moments.
They are still amazing performers and they always seem so joyous. It was Jeongyeon's birthday and we all sang happy birthday to her, and she pretended to chomp on a couple of her members, and it was generally adorable. Momo and Nayeon and Jeongyeon were all flirty with each other at various moments and all of them really worked the stage.
I thought the solo stages (all solo songs from the latest album) were quite brief, sometimes too brief, but had some interesting staging. When they're all together as a group, I find Jihyo's and Momo's charisma, and to a lesser extent Nayeon, sometimes overwhelming, I look at them so much - in solos, it's easier to see some of the quieter members shine. I particularly found Tzuyu (she's grown in confidence so much!), Jeongyeon (VEGAS COWGIRL) and Dahyun (with her piano and her dramatics) the most distinct.
Although there was no encore roulette, it was nice that they kept the encore wait audience dancealongs, some were really cute and/or talented. It was a fun crowd, not totally sold out, but probably at 95% capacity.
Out of the times I've seen Twice perform, this was one of the less satisfying shows. It wasn't a full group lineup, with Chaeyoung absent for health reasons, and Sana was not at full health and was seated for the first half of the show. I also found the sound mixing not quite right - although it's great to have a live band, often I felt like the music was competing against the members - it was a relief to have more moderate volume music for the solo stages.
( setlist )
The show is quite different in terms of production and pacing from the previous tour. With the show staged in the round, the stage is divided into three sections. Most of the show takes place on the middle main stage, with some stages on the two side stages. There is some amazing lighting and laser effects, and there are a couple of key props which are quite interesting - notably Dahyun's piano - but for the most part few props are used.
In terms of pacing, this is a snappy setlist with few pauses. It felt more geared towards a general audience than a kpop audience in the sense that there's very few ments (only the introduction and then a few interstitials) and the show is quite tight, finishing easily under 3 hours. Unlike previous tours, there is no encore roulette and to me it felt like there were less unchoreographed or spontaneous moments.
They are still amazing performers and they always seem so joyous. It was Jeongyeon's birthday and we all sang happy birthday to her, and she pretended to chomp on a couple of her members, and it was generally adorable. Momo and Nayeon and Jeongyeon were all flirty with each other at various moments and all of them really worked the stage.
I thought the solo stages (all solo songs from the latest album) were quite brief, sometimes too brief, but had some interesting staging. When they're all together as a group, I find Jihyo's and Momo's charisma, and to a lesser extent Nayeon, sometimes overwhelming, I look at them so much - in solos, it's easier to see some of the quieter members shine. I particularly found Tzuyu (she's grown in confidence so much!), Jeongyeon (VEGAS COWGIRL) and Dahyun (with her piano and her dramatics) the most distinct.
Although there was no encore roulette, it was nice that they kept the encore wait audience dancealongs, some were really cute and/or talented. It was a fun crowd, not totally sold out, but probably at 95% capacity.
Out of the times I've seen Twice perform, this was one of the less satisfying shows. It wasn't a full group lineup, with Chaeyoung absent for health reasons, and Sana was not at full health and was seated for the first half of the show. I also found the sound mixing not quite right - although it's great to have a live band, often I felt like the music was competing against the members - it was a relief to have more moderate volume music for the solo stages.
( setlist )
