Press Release: Hatsune Miku Returns to North America Spring 2016

Two years after her successful Fall 2014 live concerts in Los Angeles and New York, virtual singer Hatsune Miku prepares to return to the North-American continent in Spring 2016 for “HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2016 North America“, her longest and largest overseas tour to this date.
The HATSUNE MIKU EXPO world tour is a series of live concert events starring Hatsune Miku, the first-of-her-kind virtual artist, performing on stage through synthesized voice and CG animation. The first edition took place in Jakarta, Indonesia in May 2014, followed by Los Angeles and New York in October the same year, and Shanghai, China in June 2015. The 2016 edition of HATSUNE MIKU EXPO will begin with a series of concerts in five cities in Japan, before crossing the Pacific Ocean to perform in six more cities across North America: Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Toronto, New York.

HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2016 North America Tour

April 23rd (Sat) in Seattle, WaMu Theater
April 30th (Sat) in San Francisco, The Warfield
May 6th (Sat) in Los Angeles, Microsoft Theater May 14th (Sat) in Dallas, The Bomb Factory
May 20th (Fri) in Toronto, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
May 28th (Sat) in New York, Hammerstein Ballroom

HATSUNE MIKU EXPO Tickets will go on sale Friday, Nov 20th at 9am PST/ 12 noon EST

Who’s Hatsune Miku?
Hatsune Miku is a Japanese music sensation, a 16 year-old blue-haired girl with a unique voice and prodigious energy.

What makes her special is that she is not a human singer, but a virtual persona who uses a computer-generated voice and 3D graphics to perform on stage. With a repertoire entirely provided by individual creators, she is the first truly crowd-created virtual talent. But being virtual doesn’t stop her from filling up concert halls, or teaming up with major artists like Lady Gaga and Pharrell Williams!

Internationally popular, with over 2.5 million followers on Facebook, the increasing demand for concerts overseas paved the way to MIKU EXPO, a world tour that has so far taken her from Indonesia to Los Angeles, New York and Shanghai, with a memorable TV stop at the David Letterman show. Next spring she’s back for a series of live concerts in her native country of Japan, before heading to North America for even more dates, to once again meet thousands of fans eager to see her “in person”!

They Might Be Giants Last Tours For Some Time

They Might Be Giants, the well-known comedy band of two guys named John, are currently touring Australia right now, but once they get back there will be a tour of the northeast US followed by a series of their Brooklyn shows including New Year’s Eve and Day.

PORTLAND ME! November 19 at Port City Music Hall

UNCASVILLE CT November 20 at Mohegan Sun this show will be free with limited seating but plenty of standing

BURLINGTON VT November 21 at Higher Ground Ballroom

BROOKLYN NY November 29 includes duo set and full band Music Hall of Williamsburg

BROOKLYN NY December 31 NEW YEAR’S EVE celebrating the end of Dial-A-Song and beginning of the new year.  Late show with doors opening at 10pm and going past midnight so everyone can sing Auld Lang Syne together.  Music Hall of Williamsburg

BROOKLYN NY January 1 Music Hall of Williamsburg

BROOKLYN NY January 2 Music Hall of Williamsburg

Then they will fly over for a some shows in the United Kingdom .

LEEDS January 27 IS SOLD OUT
NEWCASTLE January 28
BELFAST January 30
GLASGOW January 31
MANCHESTER February 1
CAMBRIDGE February 3
LONDON February 4

Their last US tour for a while we get started in spring of 2016. They have several other projects they will be working on before their next tour which could be as late as 2018, so this could your last chance to catch them live if you have not already.

17 March – Baltimore, MD
18 March – Covington, KY
19 March – Milwaukee, WI
20 March – Chicago, IL and it is their only US kids show!
22 March – Omaha, NE
23 March – Denver, CO 16+
26 March – Los Angeles, CA
27 March – San Diego, CA 21+
29 March – Tucson, AZ
31 March – Austin, TX
1 April – Houston, TX
2 April – New Orléans, LA 18+
3 April – Pensacola, FL
5 April – Tampa, FL
6 April – Orlando, FL
7 April – Asheville, NC
8 April – Atlanta, GA
9 April – Raleigh, NC
10 April – Philadelphia, PA

The band also has a new kids album coming out on November 27th called Why?, pre-order now.