Japanese acoustic and chamber folk singer-songwriter, Ichiko Aoba, announced earlier today that she'll be heading on the road throughout North America and Europe, playing a series of live shows.

This tour follows her previous LP, Luminescent Creatures, released earlier this year. Even though she's been playing the material from the album live since the project's release, this tour aims to present the tracks in a new light. For a select few shows, Aoba will perform alongside 12 Ensemble & Taro Umebayashi, playing the songs with added modern-classical arrangements. Dates for all the shows can be found below:

09/26 Matsuyama, Japan @ Matsuyama City Auditorium
10/04 Beppu, Japan @ Small Circle ’25
10/10 Sapporo, Japan @ Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara
10/12 Kyoto, Japan @ Kyoto Music Expo
10/18 Morioka, Japan @ Morioka Civic Cultural Hall
10/19 Sendai, Japan @ Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai
11/01 Kanazawa, Japan @ Hokkoku Shimbun Akabane Hall
11/07 Niigata, Japan @ Noh Theater
11/22 Tokyo, Japan @ Showa Women’s University Hitomi Memorial Hall
11/25 São Paulo, Brazil @ Teatro Liberdade
11/27 Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Teatro El Nacional
11/29 Santiago, Chile @ Teatro Teleton
12/02 São Paulo, Brazil @ Teatro Bradesco
01/17 Ishigaki, Japan @ Ishigaki Civic Hall
03/17 Helsinki, Finland @ Finlandia Hall
03/19 Warsaw, Poland @ Palladium
03/21 Budapest, Hungary @ Müpa
03/23 Vienna, Austria @ Globe Wien
03/25 Lausanne, Switzerland @ Théâtre de Beaulieu
03/27 Paris, France @ Salle Pleyel
03/31 London, England @ Royal Albert Hall #
04/07 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Het Concertgebouw
04/10 Copenhagen, Denmark @ DR Koncerthuset
04/12 Stockholm, Sweden @ Göta Lejon
04/15 Reykjavík, Iceland @ Harpa Norðurljós
04/24 Los Angeles, CA @ Walt Disney Concert Hall #
04/25 San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theatre #
04/27 Toronto, Ontario @ Massey Hall
04/28 Montreal, Quebec @ Théâtre Maisonneuve
05/01 Durham, NC @ Carolina Theatre
05/03 Grundy County, TN @ The Caverns
05/04 Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Hall

#w/ 12 Ensemble & Taro Umebayashi

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