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RADWIMPS Goes on Tour in Asia in May
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The tour, labeled "The way you yawn, and the outcry of Peace," will first travel to Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 6 and 7, then Pia Arena MM in Yokohama on April 13 and 14. The tour will then travel to Smart Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines on May 1; then AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10 in Hong Kong on May 7; Singapore Expo in Singapore on May 11; Taipei Music Center in Taipei, Taiwan on May 15; UOB LIVE in Bangkok, Thailand on May 23; and finally SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea on May 25.
The members of RADWIMPS include vocalist and guitarist Yōjirō Noda, guitarist Akira Kuwahara, bassist Yūsuke Takeda, and drummer Satoshi Yamaguchi. The band formed in 2001, although three of the original members left the band in 2004 (to be replaced by Takeda and Yamaguchi). The band released their first single "Moshi mo" independently in 2003 during their third year of high school, and also released their first self-titled album independently during the same year. The band made their major professional debut with their fourth single "Nijūgoko-me no Senshokutai" in 2005 under Toshiba EMI.
RADWIMPS are notable for providing the complete soundtrack to Makoto Shinkai's your name. film, which opened in Japan in 2016 to major box office success. The band similarly composed the soundtracks for Shinkai's later films Weathering With You and Suzume, the latter of which opened in Japan in November 2022, and in most Asian territories in March 2023.
Source: Press release
