From City Pop to The Weeknd: The Best Live Shows in Tokyo This September
September in Tokyo trades the stadium scale of August’s festival season for something more intimate and, in a lot of cases, more reflective. This month’s calendar is varied, with performances from multiple city pop icons to a Scottish indie band revisiting the album that made them 30 years ago. There’s also a strong run of […] The post From City Pop to The Weeknd: The Best Live Shows in Tokyo…
September in Tokyo offers a mix of city pop, indie, and rock performances, with notable acts such as The Weeknd, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Anri, Cornelius, Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius), Hammer Head Shark, Zazen Boys, KOKIA, and Momoko Kikuchi. The Weeknd returns to Japan for the first time in seven years, with two nights at Belluna Dome in Saitama on September 19-20, selling out immediately.
Toshiki Kadomatsu performs on September 5 at Tachikawa Stage Garden, followed by Anri on September 6 at Tamashin Risuru Hall. Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius) plays in Yokohama on September 10, while Hammer Head Shark headline a show in Shibuya on September 11. Zazen Boys join them on September 13 at duo Music Exchange. KOKIA performs on September 13 at Hulic Hall, and Momoko Kikuchi returns to the stage for a two-night show on September 22 at Ebisu The Garden Hall.
The month ends with a concert by Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski at Yamaha Hall in Ginza on September 24, and Adrian Sherwood's Dub Sessions collaboration on September 25 at the same venue.
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