Morning Musume '24 Embarks on Spring Concert Tour

Jan 18, 2024 | News On Japan

TOKYO - Morning Musume.'24's nationwide tour "Morning Musume.'24 Concert Tour Spring MOTTO MORNING MUSUME." is set to be held from March to May.

As the first solo tour since the new formation, "MOTTO MORNING MUSUME." will kick off with a performance at Tokyo's J:COM Hall Hachioji on March 16, and will tour through Osaka, Aichi, Hokkaido, Miyagi, Nagano, Niigata, Fukuoka, Ehime, Hiroshima, Okayama, Gunma, and Tochigi, totaling 31 performances. The Hello! Project official fan club is accepting advance ticket reservations until 17:00 on January 25.

The concert tour schedule for Morning Musume.'24 includes two parts for each day, with different opening and starting times. For example, the Tokyo performances at J:COM Hall Hachioji on March 16 (Saturday) will have the first part opening at 13:00 and starting at 14:00, and the second part opening at 17:00 and starting at 18:00. The tour continues with similar schedules across various prefectures, concluding with performances in Gunma and Tochigi on May 18 and 19, respectively.

On the first day of the tour, is has been revealed that the last single of Mizuki Fukumura will be released, described as a song "that has never been seen in history."

Source: Natalie

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