Ugly Beauty World Tour

Ugly Beauty World Tour is the fifth concert tour by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It started on December 30, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan at Taipei Arena.

Background
On May 22, 2015, Tsai embarked on her fourth concert tour Play World Tour in Taipei, Taiwan at Taipei Arena and continued throughout Asia and North America before concluding on July 16, 2016, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at Stadium Merdeka. Tsai's manager Tom Wang said: "Tsai has grown up so much doing the tour, and later she will release a new album and prepare for a new concert tour." On February 28, 2018, Next Magazine reported that a pre-scheduled concert date in August 2018 was cancelled due to Tsai's physical condition. Tsai's manager Tom Wang responded that the cancellation was due to completion of the album was lagging behind the schedule, he added: "Her album was expected to be released in late 2017, but it was postponed until the summer of the year, since we can only go on a new tour after she released a new album, her new concert tour would not be started until 2019."

On March 14, 2018, Tsai attended the Michelin Guide Taipei 2018 Gala Dinner in Taipei, Taiwan, and she revealed that she has started to think of ideas for her new concert tour. On May 18, 2019, Tsai said on a music sharing session for Ugly Beauty in Shanghai, China that she would embark on a new concert tour later this year. On August 4, 2019, Apple Daily reported that Tsai would start her concert tour at Taipei Arena in late December of the year, and Tsai's manager Tom Wang said: "We will announce the good news after confirming the show dates."

Development
On September 20, 2019, Tsai announced that her fifth concert tour Ugly Beauty World Tour would start on December 30, 2019, and the tickets would go on sale on October 12, 2019. It collaborated with creative production house Squared Division, and Tsai said: "This time I hope to break all rules, and bring a crazy sense to everybody", adding that: "This time I want to bring the complete visual effect of my album to the stage, build an incredible 'Ugly Beauty' magic world, and present the classic songs of my 20-year career in a different way, hope my fans feel the diligently of my production team in this 'another dimension'." On November 19, 2019, Tsai flew to Los Angeles to have a 12-day rehearsal with 16 dancers. On December 3, 2019, Tsai announced the Kaohsiung dates of the tour, and the tickets would go on sale on December 15, 2019. On December 28, 2019, it was reported that Tsai rented Hsinchuang Gymnasium for a 5-day rehearsal which costed NT$40 million, and it was reported that the performances at Taipei Arena would be documented for a video release. On December 31, 2019, China Times reported that the Taipei dates costed NT$246 million, including NT$90 million for stage props design and NT$20 for six video interludes, becoming the concert with the highest cost at Taipei Arena in history. On January 5, 2020, Tsai announced two additional Kaohsiung dates on May 9 and 10, 2020.

Since January 2020, a series of shows were successively postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 5, 2020, Tsai announced to resume the tour on November 20, 2020. On December 22, 2020, Tsai revealed that additional Taipei dates may be added in the following year. On March 12, 2021, Tsai announced that three additional Taipei dates began on April 23, 2021. On March 22, 2021, Tsai announced that two additional Taipei dates on April 21 and 22, 2021. On January 7, 2022, due to the pandemic continued, all the originally postponed shows in China were officially cancelled. Tsai's manager Tom Wang said: "She is currently working on her new album. For concerts, epidemic prevention is the first priority, and after the epidemic is stabilized, the schedule and the cities of the tour will be further arranged." On October 13, 2022, Tsai announced that six final dates in Taipei began on December 31, 2022. On January 8, 2023, it was revealed that the tour in Taiwan cost a total of NT$400 million, and it grossed a total of NT$680 million from 250,000 attendance.

On January 22, 2023, it was revealed that the tour was expected to be held outside of Taiwan since the middle of the year. On April 6, 2023, Tsai's manager Tom Wang said that there were many invitations to ask Tsai hold shows overseas, but he said that it still needed to evaluate whether the time was suitable. On April 28, 2023, it was revealed that the tour was expected to be held in China since July 2023, and Tsai commented on Sina Weibo: "I'm going, stay safe and don't worry!" On May 4, 2023, Tsai attended The Balvenie: The Makers Project event in Taipei, Taiwan, where she confirmed: "My company is planning [the tour], and we also need to confirm the schedules of all staff." On June 19, 2023, Tsai announced that she would start a China tour in Guangzhou on July 22, 2023.

Commercial response
The tickets of the Taipei dates were available for sale on October 12, 2019, at 11:28 am, and all the 66,000 tickets were sold out in three minutes. The organizers Super Dome said: "We confirmed there are no more Taipei dates." The ticket sales company tixCraft said: "All the six dates' tickets were sold out at 11:31 am, after our ticketing system cleared those unpaid orders, we will re-release those tickets around 14:00." At 14:00, those re-released tickets were sold out within one minutes. On December 9, 2019, the tickets of the Shenzhen date were available for sale at 15:00, and all the tickets were sold out within 30 seconds. On December 12, 2019, the Zhengzhou date's tickets were available for sale at 10:18 am, and all tickets were sold out within two minutes.

The tickets of Kaohsiung dates were available for sale on December 15, 2019, at 12:15 pm, and all the 30,000 tickets were sold out within five minutes. On December 20, 2019, the Tianjin date's tickets were available for sale at 12:20 pm, and all the tickets were sold out within eight minutes. On December 25, 2019, the Nanjing date's tickets were available for sale at 11:00 am, and all the tickets were sold out within one hour. On December 27, 2019, the Chengdu date's tickets were available for sale at 11:00 am, and all the tickets were sold out within 30 seconds. On January 10, 2020, the Shanghai dates' tickets were available for sale at 11:00 am, and all the tickets were sold out within 10 seconds. On January 13, 2020, the tickets of the second date of Shenzhen were available for sale at 15:00, and all the tickets were sold out within 10 seconds. On January 14, 2020, the Wuhan date's tickets were available for sale at 15:18, and all the tickers were sold out within one minute. On January 18, 2020, the two additional Kaohsiung dates' tickets were available for sale at 12:16 pm, and all the 20,000 tickets were sold out within five minutes. On October 24, 2020, the one additional Kaohsiung date's tickets were available for sale at 13:26, and all the 10,000 tickets were sold out within two minutes. On March 28, 2021, the five additional Taipei dates' tickets were available for sale at 15:28, and all the 55,000 tickets were sold out within five minutes. On November 5, 2022, the six final Taipei dates' tickets were available for sale at 15:28, and all the 66,000 tickets were sold out within six minutes.

Critical reception
Writing for United Daily News, Tso Kuang-ping commented: "There are not many singers who can make such large-scale singing and dancing performance in the C-pop industry. Jolin Tsai is definitely second to none, and she has produced a set of work of a higher standard than expected. From everyone's reaction and word of mouth, there is no doubt about the good reviews."

Video release
On January 16, 2023, it was reported that a live video album for the tour would be released in the same year.

Set list
The following set list was obtained from the concert held on December 30, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

Act 1: The Orphan Act 2: Unconscious Desire Act 3: Unhinged Act 4: Innocent Minds Act 5: Disclosure Act 6: Heroic Emergence
 * 1) "Necessary Evil"
 * 2) "Sweet Guilty Pleasure"
 * 3) "The Spirit of Knight"
 * 4) "Miss Trouble"
 * 1) "Lady in Red"
 * 2) "Honey Trap"
 * 3) "Medusa"
 * 4) "Agent J"
 * 5) "Real Man"
 * 6) "Mr. Q"
 * 7) "Bravo Lover"
 * 1) "The Great Artist"
 * 2) "J-Game"
 * 3) "36 Tricks of Love"
 * 4) "Overlooking Purposely"
 * 5) "I'm Not Yours"
 * 1) "Sun Will Never Set"
 * 2) "Don't Stop"
 * 3) "Hubby"
 * 4) "Say Love You"
 * 5) "Karma"
 * 6) "Fantasy"
 * 1) "Rewind"
 * 2) "Sky"
 * 3) "Can't Speak Clearly"
 * 4) "Romance"
 * 5) "Vulnerability"
 * 6) "The Smell of Lemon Grass"
 * 7) "Life Sucks"
 * 8) "Prague Square"
 * 9) "Love Love Love"
 * 1) "Dancing Diva"
 * 2) "Dr. Jolin"
 * 3) "Magic"
 * 4) "Play"
 * 5) "Womxnly"
 * 6) "Ugly Beauty"

Personnel
Adapted from the Ugly Beauty tour book.


 * Super Dome – Organizer, Production Company
 * Eternal Music – Production Company
 * Ke Fu-hung – Producer
 * Jolin Tsai – Art Director
 * Tom Wang – Producer
 * Ashley Evans – Producer, Creative Director, Choreography Director, Choreographer
 * Antony Ginandjar – Producer, Creative Director, Choreography Director, Choreographer
 * Yang Chun-chieh – Production Coordinator
 * Hsieh Yun-shan – Production Coordinator
 * Liu Kuan – Engineering Coordinator
 * Tseng Chi-ying – Engineering Coordinator
 * Kao Hui-chen – Executive Director
 * Wang Pei-yun – Executive Director
 * Peng Chung-hui – Administrative Coordinator
 * Wu Chih-chieh – Administrative Coordinator
 * Cheng Sheng-chi – Administrative Coordinator
 * Kuo I-chien – Administrative Coordinator
 * Starr Chen – Music Director
 * A-Hao Cheng – Music Assistant Director
 * Kiel Tutin – Choreography Consultant and Supervisor, Residency Choreography Supervisor (Taipei), Choreographer
 * Kaylie Yee – Creative Assistant Director, Choreography Assistant Director
 * Liu Ya-yun – Executive Assistant Director
 * Cheng Ju-ya – Executive Assistant Director
 * Blink Inc – Concert Video Producer, Animation Designer
 * Grass Jelly – Animation Designer
 * Serendipity Visual Studio – Animation Designer
 * Lightborne – Animation Designer
 * NorthHouse – Animation Designer
 * Silent Partners Studio – Animation Designer
 * Wild Design Studio – Animation Designer
 * Mix Code – Animation Designer
 * K4s Motion Studio – Animation Designer
 * Yoshiki Design – Animation Designer
 * Chiu Huan-sheng – Visual Executor
 * Li Hsiung-lin – Visual Executor
 * Hsu Yu-ting – Visual Executor
 * Marco Hsu – 20th Anniversary VCR
 * Ian Lin – 20th Anniversary VCR
 * Cat Grass Studio – 20th Anniversary VCR
 * Elsie Liao – 20th Anniversary VCR
 * Yang Ching-an – Show Executor
 * Chou Ping-kun – Stage Designer
 * Nathan Taylor – Stage Assistant Designer, Lighting Assistant Designer
 * Chou Wen-shun – Lighting Designer
 * Goh Chong Yeow – Lighting Engineer
 * Tsao Wen-chuan – Lighting Engineer
 * Chen Kang-chien – Sound Designer
 * Hung Wei-chuan – Stage Monitor
 * Wu Cheng-yu – Stage Supervisor
 * Lin Meng-chan – Stage Executor
 * Yang Min-lin – Stage Executor
 * Lin Tse-cheng – Stage Executor
 * Li Ming-hsuan – Stage Executor
 * Huang Chia-yuan – Stage Executor
 * Pai Fang-chen – Stage Executor
 * Peng Yu-chien – Ticketing
 * Jay Hung – Band Leader, Keyboard
 * Mike McLaughlin – Guitar
 * Gabriel Beaudoin – Guitar
 * Alex Edward Morris – Drum
 * Brian Chiu – Bass
 * Ian Lee – Programmer
 * Paula Ma – Background Vocalist Director
 * Chang I-hsin – Background Vocalist
 * Pin Fan – Background Vocalist
 * Shao Hui-yun – Background Vocalist
 * Liana Blackburn – Choreography Assistant Director, Choreographer
 * Zac Brazenas – Choreography Assistant Director
 * Tessandra Chavez – Choreographer
 * Nika Kljun – Choreographer
 * Rudy Abreu – Choreographer
 * Diorrion Kiar Archer – Dancer
 * Hugh Espiritu Aparente – Dancer
 * Jalen Robert Forward – Dancer
 * Charles Rodger Williams – Dancer
 * Floris Bosveld – Dancer
 * Stephen Carlos Perez – Dancer
 * Dayne Christian Sempert – Dancer
 * Louis Paul Di Pippa – Dancer
 * Shannon Ashley Walter – Dancer
 * Kaylee Ann Purtell – Dancer
 * Kaitlin Reese Davin – Dancer
 * Riley Patricia Groot – Dancer
 * Jordan Taylor Laza – Dancer
 * Elyssa Arianna Cueto – Dancer
 * Oritsetsolaye Akuya – Dancer
 * Jessica Rita – Ann Toatoa – Dancer
 * Eden Estella Coleman – Dancer
 * Andy Hsu – Choreography Assistant
 * Heather Picchiottino – Dance Costume Design, Concert Artist Costume Design
 * Chen I – Dance Costume Manager
 * Cheng Ying – Dance Costume Manager
 * Chuang Pei-wen – Dance Costume Manager
 * Chen I-tzu – Dance Costume Manager
 * Lin Tzu-yun – Dance Costume Manager
 * Hung Min-hsuan – Dance Costume Manager
 * Hsia Chia-ling – Dance Costume Manager
 * Chen Li-ting – Dance Costume Manager
 * Hsieh Wan-hsin – Choreography Administrator
 * Zhong Lin – Poster photographer
 * Johnny Ho – Poster Hairstylist, Concert Hairstylist
 * Ya Li – Poster Makeup Artist, Video Interlude Makeup Artist, Concert Makeup Artist
 * Yii Ooi – Poster Stylist
 * Yen Po-chun – Poster Main Visual Designer
 * Tom Colbourne – Video Interlude Director
 * Heibiemok – Video Interlude Hairstylist
 * Samantha Burkhart – Video Interlude Stylist
 * Wang Lei – Video Interlude Behind-the-Scenes Cinematographer
 * Rino – Concert Behind-the-Scenes Cinematographer
 * Ke Chun-mei – Concert Behind-the-Scenes Cinematographer
 * Christine Mutton – Concert Costume Supervisor
 * Lan Yu-chen – Concert Artist Costume Manager
 * Lan Yu-chieh – Concert Artist Costume Manager
 * Birdy Production – Concert DVD Cinematographer
 * Birdy Nio – Documentary Director, Concert DVD Director
 * Yen Ting – Concert DVD Director
 * Kiki Shih – Documentary Producer, Concert DVD Producer
 * A-Hao – Concert DVD Producer
 * Friends Entertainment – News and Media Writer
 * Sony Music Taiwan – News and Media Writer
 * Wen Yu-min – News and Media Writer
 * Lu Hsiao-hsiung – News and Media Writer
 * Engineering Impact Taiwan Corp. – Engineering Coordinator, Structural Engineer, Lighting Engineer, Video Engineer
 * Cheng Zhen Stage Co., Ltd. – Stage Engineer
 * Lightball Taiwan – Structural Engineer
 * Winly Corporation – Sound Engineerer
 * CY Communications – Video Engineer
 * Inshin Sound Light Co., Ltd. – Laser Engineer
 * Hong Yi Tech Co., Ltd. – Special Effects Engineer
 * Taiwan Show Power – Electric Engineer
 * Best HD Video System – Shooting Engineer