Utada Hikaru Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018

Utada Hikaru Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018 was Japanese-American singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru's fourth Japanese tour. The 13-date sold-out tour began in Yokohama and ended in Chiba. It was her first concert in Japan in 8 years, and first concert tour in the country in 12 years.[1][2] Initially, the concert tour was scheduled with 12 regular dates in arenas, but one extra concert, sponsored by Suntory, was later scheduled for November 17.[3]

Utada Hikaru Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018
Tour by Utada Hikaru
Associated albumHatsukoi
Start dateNovember 6, 2018
End dateDecember 9, 2018
Legs1
No. of shows
  • 13 in Japan
Websitehikaruutadatour2018.jp
Utada Hikaru concert chronology

Recordings and release

The tour was officially broadcast on the Japanese TV channels BS Sky Perfect!, in January 2019, and on M-ON, in March 2019, along with a documentary showing the behind the scenes of the tour and production process.[4]

Two songs were recorded with 6K 180 degrees cameras for PlayStation VR, Hikari and Chikai. They were both released worldwide on PlayStation VR on January 18, 2019, the same day the single Face My Fears was released.[5]

An official release of the full tour concert with backstage documentary was released in 3 disc set in Blu-ray and DVD formats on June 26, 2019, including an extra disc with music videos of Anata, Forevermore and Hatsukoi, along M-ON documentaries of behind the scenes. The concert is currently available on iTunes for digital download, Netflix for streaming and Sky Perfect TV for Pay per view.[6]

Set list

No.TitleLength
1."Anata" 
2."Michi" 
3."Traveling" 
4."Colors" 
5."Prisoner of Love" 
6."Kiss & Cry" (Samples of Can You Keep a Secret? mixed during the song.) 
7."Sakura Drops" 
8."Hikari" 
9."Tomodachi" 
10."Too Proud" 
11."Chikai" 
12."Manatsu no Tooriame" 
13."Hanataba o Kimi ni" 
14."Forevermore" 
15."First Love" 
16."Hatsukoi" 
17."Play a Love Song" 
18."Ore no Kanojo" 
19."Automatic" 
20."Goodbye Happiness" 

Shows[7]

Date City Country Venue
Asia
November 6, 2018 Yokohama Japan Yokohama Arena
November 7, 2018
November 14, 2018 Fukuoka Marine Messe Fukuoka
November 15, 2018
November 17, 2018 Hoki Torigin Culture Hall
November 22, 2018 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall
November 23, 2018
November 28, 2018 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
November 29, 2018
December 4, 2018 Saitama Saitama Super Arena
December 5, 2018
December 8, 2018 Chiba Makuhari Messe
December 9, 2018

References

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