Yoasobi Asia Tour 2023–2024

Yoasobi Asia Tour 2023–2024
Tour by Yoasobi
Seoul promotional poster
LocationAsia
Associated albumsThe Book 3
Start dateDecember 1, 2023 (2023-12-01)
End dateJanuary 21, 2024 (2024-01-21)
Legs1
No. of shows8
Attendance42,000
Yoasobi concert chronology

The Yoasobi Asia Tour 2023–2024 was the second concert tour and first overseas by Japanese duo Yoasobi. Consisting of eight shows, the tour began on December 1, 2023, in Hong Kong, China, as part of Clockenflap music festival, and concluded on January 21, 2024, in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Background and ticketing

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On September 19, 2023, Yoasobi announced their concert tour in Asia, visiting Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur from December 1, 2023, to January 21, 2024, which shows in Hong Kong and Taipei on December 3 were part of music festivals Clockenflap and Simple Life Festival, respectively.[1] Ticket for original Seoul show, holding at Tiger Dome, Korea University, went on sale on October 4,[2] and on October 18 for additional show on December 17 due to overwhelming demand.[3] The duo announced venue for Taipei own show on October 23, being Zepp New Taipei. Taipei show tickets went on sales on October 28.[4] All three shows were sold out in one minute.[5][6][7]

On November 25, Sozo, the tour's promoter in Southeast Asia, revealed venues for shows in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, which were Zepp Kuala Lumpur and Resorts World Sentosa, and announced addition show in Jakarta, to hold on January 16 at Istora Senayan.[8][9] The three shows went on sale on December 1. For the Singapore show, numerous fans reported that during ticket paying process by Ticketmaster, personal information, such as name, e-mail address, and phone number, got leaked by showing the others instead of their owns.[10] The second day of Seoul show footage was included on the duo's video album The Film 2, released on April 10, 2024.[11]

Critical reception

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For Clockenflap show, Clash's Bryson Edward Howe called Yoasobi's stage a "magnetic communion".[12] JX Soo from NME praised that the performance was "not disappointed" and "impeccabl[e]" production.[13] Hwang Sun-up of IZM described that the Seoul shows "were like watching a racehorse running at full speed from start to finish, to the point where it seemed like a strategy targeting Generation Z, who have difficulty concentrating."[14] The Straits Times journalist Jan Lee admired the Singapore show "an efficient 90-minute party with almost no breaks and filled to the brim with good songs," and, during upbeat songs, "the atmosphere was almost akin to a nightclub rave instead of a concert."[15]

Setlist

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This set list is representative of the show in Singapore on January 12, 2024. It is not intended to represent all shows.[16]

Notes
  • The songs featured on music festivals were marked with a dagger (†).[17][18]
  • During the festivals and Seoul shows, "Mr." was performed before "Biri-Biri".[17][18][19][20]
  • During the festivals shows, "Yūsha" was performed between "Tabun" and "Kaibutsu".[17][18]
  • During the two Seoul shows, only "Haruka" was performed on the first day, and "Halzion" on the second day.[19][20]
  • During the Jakarta and New Taipei City shows, Pokémon mascots—Pikachu, Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly—joined Yoasobi on stage to perform "Biri-Biri".[21][22]

Shows

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and attendance
Date City Country Venue Attendance
December 1, 2023[A] Hong Kong China Central Harbourfront Event Space 10,000[23]
December 3, 2023[B] Taipei Taiwan Huashan 1914 Creative Park 10,000[24]
December 16, 2023 Seoul South Korea Tiger Dome, Korea University 8,500[20]
December 17, 2023
January 11, 2024 Singapore Resorts World Ballroom 5,500[25]
January 14, 2024 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Zepp Kuala Lumpur
January 16, 2024 Jakarta Indonesia Istora Senayan 6,000[26]
January 21, 2024 New Taipei City[C] Taiwan Zepp New Taipei 2,000[27]
Total 42,000

Personnel

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Yoasobi
Band
  • Zacro Misohagi – keyboard chorus
  • AssH – guitar
  • Hikaru Yamamoto [ja] – bass
  • Tatsuya Amano – drums (Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul)[28]
  • Honogumo – drums (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Taipei City)[29][30]

Notes

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  1. ^ This concert was part of Clockenflap
  2. ^ This concert was part of Simple Life Festival
  3. ^ Promoted as Taipei

References

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  20. ^ a b c Kim, Hyun-sik (December 17, 2023). "'日대세' 등장에 "아이 시떼루!" 터졌다…요아소비, 성공적 첫 내한공연[리뷰]". Edaily (in Korean). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
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  24. ^ Wen, Yawen (December 3, 2023). "簡單生活節壓軸登場嗨翻粉絲 YOASOBI中文告白「我愛你」". Mirror Media (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
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  28. ^ "Tatsuya (Crossfaith)、YOASOBIバンドの新メンバーに!". Geki-Rock (in Japanese). December 4, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
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