+ Added ticket sale info & confirmed artist list -ferrerorocher9
+ Added seating layout -ferrerorocher9
+ Official update from SME’s Facebook page -mikechi.
Well folks, it’s been officially confirmed by SME! SMTown Live World Tour NYC will be held October 23rd at Madison Square Garden!! I’m going crazyyy %&$#@$$ already! We’ll let you know more as soon as details become available!
-UPDATE-
From S.M.Entertainment Official facebook:
August 31, 2011
SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR to be Held at America’s most Prestigious Arena, Madison Square Garden, in New York on October 23rd!
Heart of American Pop, New York, has Already Thrilled, Following Seoul, LA, Paris and Tokyo
Proving SM’s Global Power!
SM artists’ joint concert, SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR, will be held at Madison Square Garden (New York) which is considered as the most prestigious arena in the American pop industry.
SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR has been fascinating music fans all over the world by holding successful concerts in Seoul, LA, Tokyo, and Paris and is expected to captivate music fans in America by performing at Madison Square Garden (in Manhattan, New York) on October 23rd for 15,000 audiences.
Especially, Madison Square Garden is regarded as a ‘Dream Stage’ by pop stars in the world and has held various world-renowned artists’ stages such as Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Justin Beiber, etc. And also, it is the home stadium of America’s famous NBA basketball team, New York Knicks. Therefore, it showed the global brand power of SM which started the K-pop fever in New York.
In fact, New York concert is not the first concert in United States. 15,000 tickets of SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in LA, which was held at LA Staples Center (US) in September 2010, were sold out and entered the Top 10 of the BOXCORE chart on American Billboard magazine. It was a successful concert which led to the SMTOWN LIVE in PARIS which was held in June.
Meanwhile, SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR will be held at Tokyo Dome in Japan for three days (September 2nd ~ September 4th) with 150,000 seats.
Seating layout:
According to Livenation and Koreaboo, the floor will be split into three different sections as opposed to the SMTOWN LA floor layout of four sections.
Regarding ticket sales, tickets will go on sale Friday, September 9 at 10am through www.livenation.com, www.ticketmaster.com, phone (800.745.3000), and at select Ticketmaster locations. Tickets will also be available at the Madison Square Garden box office starting Monday, September 12th. Prices range from $44.50-204.50.
The artists performing as part of SMTOWN LIVE are KANGTA, BoA, TVXQ!, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, and f(x).
Credits: wonderfulgeneration.net, facebook.com/smtown, Koreaboo, Livenation
SNSD Korean 
Grats to all who gets to go see them after waiting so long ^^
one day ill feel the same way … one day haha anyway grats again ❤
Gosh..SM Entertainment is the best..last time in US it was in Staples Center..now Madison Square Garden 0__o
WHERE DO I GET TICKETS? PLEASE HELP!
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! I can even drive to New York!!!!! Well I might not be able to go but it’s nice to know Soshi will be on the same land as me!!!!!! ❤
OMFG!!! IM GOING APE@#$% ALSO! im taking leave and going to see them finnally!!!!!!! oh God YES!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!.
hehehe I am so going I might have to take the megabus
hehehe I am gonna go but might have to take the megabus
I’m hating my friends that live in NY so hard right now D: good to see that SME is getting bigger and bigger venues though!
Thank god I live in CT
only 15000 seats tho , they will sell so damn fast haha
hmmm im close to there… But the problem is??? how do i get there? I want to go there so bad they will be so close to me but i might not be able to see them >.< what a cruel world…
I hope the ticket ranges will be similar to the LA concert! :O
My urge of envy-ing you guys is coming up again….! XD
Enjoy you lucky New Yorkers!
SNSD, fighting! ^^
Lucky! Next stop, come to Canada pleaseeeee (:
Yeah pls come to Canada I agree soshibang
I am sooo there!
I’m never gonna get a Londom SM Town 😦
been waiting forever to see best group in world
US again? Oh well… maybe one day they will remember of the rest of America (continent).
Yeah… please remember Brazil
WHYYYY? I have class the next day!
there will be no sooyoung =(
Lucky US SONEs 😀 !
Enjoy the show, guys/gals ;).
Looks like you’ll get to see Soshi before me, Darrell :).
Muhahaha
NYC Sones wish u luck
Yaa I can’t wait for fancams !! 😀
Even if we are going to miss our beloved Sooyoung… Get well Merry Princess !
So with SHINee and TVXQ both confirmed for the KBS free concert in NY on October 9th, then they will have to return for SMTown two weeks later on October 23rd… that’s quite a bit of flying (NYC is farther away from Seoul than Paris is). I counted eleven SME artists for L.A., but only five for Paris, and I expect SME to send a similar pared down performer list for the expensive flight/hotel in NY, perhaps meaning more performances from the Girls.
KBS’s Randall’s Island location is easily accessible via car, and has somewhat awkward access via public transit. MSG has excellent public transit links as it sits atop a major subway/Amtrak/commuter rail hub that serves the entire region. You can even travel without any parental supervision (if you must) on a single train and get directly to the venue from as far away as Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Washington. (God bless you folks trying to drive a car into midtown NYC and parking in the overpriced parking garages.)
Interesting choice of a Sunday concert. I could see parents objecting to the concert because there is school the next day. I very much doubt that a second date will be added unless there were to be extraordinary demand. But for what it’s worth, the arena is free for all the dates previous to the 23rd, as the sports teams *start* on the 24th (basketball) and 27th (hockey).
And a successful/profitable SMTown NY means there is a greater chance for an SMTown in *your* major city, especially as SME tries to expand into *new* territory, the kind of places that would draw media attention back in Asia, as it validates these artists as “world stars” that are categorically different than other Kpop groups.
Great insights from a New Yorker, thanks. We will need to consult with you further if get tickets to go. Are you planning on going? You aren’t going to miss this in your backyard, are you?
Really nervous that tickets will be sold out before I am able to get one, but hoping for the best. Will be my first trip to NYC and all for my girls! So exciting!
seoul, tokyo, paris, NYC, next……jakarta(hehehe ngarep).
Good Luck SNSD ….
US sones u are so luckky …
enjoy their show….
WEll be there for u …SNSD love u
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wow I’m so there even if I don’t leave in the same city (I’m from Miami by the way) and is just 1 day after my Birthday thats going to be my precent lol
I live in FL too and definitely going to try to go. I’m planning ahead and hoping to get tickets.
I know this already pasttttttt -_- but me and my friend are trying tinting smtown to Miamiiiiiiiiiiiii could you help??????
omg! wishful thinking does come true!
SNSD come to Paris AGAINNNNNN last time i missed you i could not come i’m so sad but pleasee come again I wanna see you Nyarkkkkk
Ahhhhh!!That’s only a 3 hour drive from me!!! I have no words.
New layout on SNSDKorea ftw 😀 ❤
I’m sooooo excited, I live in Ontario and I’ve already booked the day off, now I’m stalking the news sites to see when the tickets go on sale 😀 I’m gonna start storing away money for merch and the trip OMG SO EXCITED. Finally something on the east coast :’)!!
Sooyoung might be able to attend since it is still 2 months away and she might recover by then. I want to see all my 9 beautiful girls! Sooyoung just needs to make a cameo and wave and that will be enough.
AWWWWW when will they ever come to toronto T.T
omg i’m beyond excited for this. totally going to this! 😀 ❤ the unveiled seating chart just made my day
heres to a pink ocean in any one of those standing room sections near the stage.
yessss, I have been waiting so long for this day! Hope I can get tickets >_< Good luck guys!
I reeeeeaaalllyyy want to go, but I live in PA not NY 😦 dont think I’ll be have the means to get tickets, book train tickets and get a hotel room. It sucks knowing they’re SO close yet so far. But im proud + happy SME booked such a prestigious(sp?) venue!!! Congrats to the Americano sones who get to go 🙂 and congrats to Soshi on their intnl suCcess!!! Sorry for my long post, LOL.
NO WAY!!! when are tickets on said?!?!?!?
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SMTown Live World Tour
Oct 23 at Madison Square Garden
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guys question is snsdkorean, or soshified gonna buy tickets together than go as a group? cause i live in ct and i gotta go but i heard tickets go on sale next week? sooo are there going to be bundles?
hyperventilating….
anybody from toronto and is down to mission with me there? LOL
GUYS! IF YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK. YOU CAN JUST SEARCH UP HOW TO GET TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN maps.google.com!! CLICK ‘Get Directions’!!!!!
what would be your seating position if you get the $200 ticket? that’s the most expensive right? soeone please rep ASAP!! i need to know before i get one.
OMG!!!!!! I was planning to go because i live in new york but the tickets are on sale when im at school.Plus the tickets are really expensive.
Why can’t SNSD have their solo concerts in united states? They’re not good enough?
Woah! You guys look great even though they’re all a bit wet. Yuri and Kyuhyun!!! Fighting !!! ^^
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Does anyone know if I could buy the t-shirts (if they have any) WITHOUT attending the concert? ^___^
I don’t think so since there isn’t gonna be any merch for sale at the concert. The only way to get any merch was supposedly to buy the VIP package when you bought tickets.