Yoasobi Live in the USA

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Yoasobi Live in the USA
Tour by Yoasobi
Yoasobi Live in the USA.png
Los Angeles and San Francisco promotional poster
LocationUnited States
Start dateApril 18, 2024 (2024-04-18)
End dateAugust 8, 2024 (2024-08-08)
Durationc. 90 minutes
Legs2
No. of shows4
Website yoasobi-music.jp/live/51960
Yoasobi concert chronology

The Yoasobi Live in the USA was the second overseas concert tour and fourth overall by Japanese duo Yoasobi. Consisting of four shows, it began at Los Angeles on April 18, 2024, and concluded at Boston on August 8. Like the previous Pop Out Zepp Tour, the concerts featured 3D display by wearing 3D glasses. [1]

Contents

Background and ticketing

Yoasobi first performed in the United States at Head in the Clouds Festival in August 2023 at Pasadena, California, [2] and participated the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April 2024. [3] In early 2024, Yoasobi announced that they would perform at two major music festivals in the United States–Coachella in April and Lollapalooza in August. [4] [5] On February 21, 2024, Crunchyroll announced that they would powered the two concert shows in the United States for Yoasobi on April 18 at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall, Los Angeles, and April 21 at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco. [6] [7] It was reported that the tickets were sold out in 30 minutes. [8]

On April 22, following the San Francisco show concluded, Yoasobi announced two additional shows in East Coast of the United States in August, the same month as Lollapalooza performance—Radio City Music Hall at New York City on August 6 and MGM Music Hall at Fenway at Boston on August 8—. [9] Pre-sale began on April 25 and general ticket sales began the next day. [10]

Setlist

This set list is representative of the show in San Francisco on April 21, 2024. It is not intended to represent all shows. [1]

  1. "Seventeen"
  2. "Shukufuku"
  3. "Halzion"
  4. "Suki da"
  5. "Ano Yume o Nazotte"
  6. "Tabun"
  7. "Biri-Biri"
  8. "Mr."
  9. "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara"
  10. "Yasashii Suisei"
  11. "Tsubame"
  12. "Idol"
  13. "Yūsha"
  14. "Kaibutsu"
  15. "Gunjō"
  16. "Heart Beat"
Encore
  1. "Yoru ni Kakeru"
Notes

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and attendance
DateCityCountryVenueAttendance
April 18, 2024 Los Angeles United States Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall 5,000 [1]
April 21, 2024 San Francisco Warfield Theatre 5,000 [13]
August 6, 2024 New York City Radio City Music Hall 6,000 [14]
August 8, 2024 Boston MGM Music Hall at Fenway —

Personnel

Yoasobi
Band [15]

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