◆Okinawa Convention Center Exhibition Hall
July 22 (Wed.) 18:00
July 23 (Thurs.) 14:00 / 18:00

◆Grande-21 Miyagi Prefecture Sports Center (Old Hot House Super Arena)
July 31 (Fri.) 18:00
August 1 (Sat.) 14:00 / 18:00
August 2 (sun.) 13:00 / 17:00

◆Hiroshima Green Arena
August 7 (Fri.) 18:00
August 8 (Sat.) 14:00 / 18:00
August 9 (Sun.) 12:00 / 16:00

◆Marinemesse Fukuoka
August 11 (Tue.) 18:00
August 12 (Wed.) 14:00 / 18:00
August 13 (Thurs.) 14:00 / 18:00

◆Tokimesse: Niigita Convention Center
August 15 (Sat.) 14:00 / 18:00
August 16 (Sun.) 12:00 / 16:00

◆Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center (Kitayell)
August 21 (Fri.) 14:00 / 18:00
August 22 (Sat.) 14:00 / 18:00
August 23 (Sun.) 13:00 / 17:00

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On Friday, popular boy band KAT-TUN completed their record-setting run of eight consecutive days of concerts at the Tokyo Dome. With a full house of about 55,000 fans at each show, a total of roughly 440,000 people attended the concerts.

Last year, KAT-TUN performed four consecutive days at the Dome. At the time, it tied for the record with British rocker Sting, who also did a four-day stretch there in 1988. However, KAT-TUN’s recent concerts have now doubled that record.

Their management agency, Johnny’s Jimusho, is hoping to have this achievement officially recognized as a Guinness World Record under “most consecutive concerts at a venue with a capacity of 50,000.” It appears that someone affiliated with Guinness happened to be at the Tokyo Dome, so the agency has requested verification of the record.

With the success of these concerts, KAT-TUN has scheduled many more to extend their tour. They had originally planned for these 8 shows to be followed by 3 at Osaka Dome on May 29-31 and 2 more at Tokyo Dome on June 14-15. They have now added 17 more shows in 6 other cities, starting in July.

Don’t quote me on the line about H!S!J. I don’t pay attention to that group at all.

(Source)

KAT-TUN has just added six more dates to their upcoming concerts this spring. In January, they announced that they would be performing for a record 7 consecutive days at the Tokyo Dome, but with the extra concerts, they have now upped that number to 8.

Approximately 385,000 tickets were available for the original 7 concerts on May 15-21, but there were reportedly about 850,000 requests for tickets during the pre-order period alone. In response, Johnny’s Jimusho has scheduled three additional shows at Tokyo Dome and three at Osaka Dome.

KAT-TUN will now be performing at Tokyo Dome for eight days in a row on May 15-22. They will then travel to Osaka for three concerts on May 29-31, before returning to Tokyo Dome on June 14-15. Together, the 13 concerts will gather an audience of roughly 685,000 fans.

This May, KAT-TUN will become the first artists to perform on seven consecutive nights at the Tokyo Dome. The current longest streak is four nights, achieved by KAT-TUN last year and by British rocker Sting in 1988.

The concerts will be held on May 15-21. Preparations and rehearsals are scheduled to start four days before the shows, which means that KAT-TUN will be taking over Tokyo Dome for 11 days while the Yomiuri Giants are on the road. 385,000 fans are expected to attend the concerts.

Johnny’s Jimusho began discussing the possibility of an extended Tokyo Dome run more than two years ago. Tokyo Dome staff contacted Johnny’s Jimusho about the opening around early December, after the Giants’ schedule was finalized.