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On the 6th, Hideaki Tokunaga held the first concert of his “Hideaki Tokunaga Concert Tour 2024 ALL BEST 3” at J:COM Hall Hachioji (Hachioji City, Tokyo), where he announced to his fans his label transfer and the release of a live album, and expressed his enthusiasm, saying, “I’ll do my best towards my 40th anniversary of my debut (in 2026)!”
The tour, named “ALL BEST,” was the name given to Tokunaga when he resumed concerts in 2022 after suspending his concert activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the name suggests, the set list is a best selection of songs, including many of his biggest hits. The following year, in 2023, he held a nationwide hall tour called “ALL BEST 2,” and this year in 2024 marks the third consecutive year that the tour will be held.
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The concert that day was mainly composed of singles such as his debut song “Rainy Blue” and the big hit “Kowarekake no Radio”, and the set list that traced Tokunaga Hideaki’s trajectory from his debut thrilled the packed audience. In addition, in the MC after performing “Ii Hi Tabidachi”, which is included in the cover album series “VOCALIST” and was written and composed by Shinji Tanimura who passed away last October, he said, “I have so many memories with Tanimura that I can’t even begin to talk about them all. I wonder if he is watching from heaven?”, remembering his senior who was a close friend both in public and private.
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In addition, it was announced that the record label will be transferred to Nippon Columbia, and the first work after the transfer will be a live CD & Blu-ray. The work to be released on June 19th is a live album that includes all the songs from the concert tour “ALL BEST 2” held in 2023, which was sold out at 22 performances nationwide, and was held at Kawaguchi Cultural Center Lilia Main Hall on December 2nd. As befitting the tour title, the concert’s heat is recorded to the fullest with a wonderful set list including original hits and the “VOCALIST” series, and the first limited edition comes with a live Blu-ray containing all the songs from the same performance. It is a live album filled with “best” songs that show Hideaki Tokunaga’s enthusiasm for singing. In addition, the official YouTube channel has started to release the full version of Tokunaga’s representative song “Kowarekake no Radio”, which will be included on the Blu-ray included with the first limited edition. Don’t miss the scene where Tokunaga sings the chorus with the fans at the venue.
The first half of the 2024 tour, which started on this day, is scheduled to include 19 performances nationwide, culminating in the Fukuoka Sunpalace on July 13th.
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Comment from Hideaki Tokunaga
“We have recently moved to Nippon Columbia. We are happy to be able to meet all our fans on the nationwide tour that began today. As we approach our 40th anniversary since our debut, we hope to deliver some excitement to our fans. Please look forward to it.”
*’Toku’ is written in old style and ‘Ei’ has a space between the grass radicals.
☆Release Information☆
Released on June 19, 2024
“Concert Tour 2023 ALL BEST 2”
[First press limited edition]2CD + 1Blu-ray COZB-2103-2105 7,700 yen (excluding tax ￥7,000)
[Regular Edition]2CD COCB-54370-54371 4,400 yen (excluding tax ￥4,000)
[DISC 1]
1 Blue Vow 2 Shining… 3 Believing in a Dream 4 The Era 5 Station 6 I Love You More Than Anyone Else
7 Beside Me 8 At the End of Eternity 9 Rainy Blue 10 Poseidon of That Day
[DISC 2]
1 DAYS 2 Passion 3 Wednesday Moon 4 Broken Radio
5 The Last Excuse 6 Nostalgia 7 Soul’s Wish 8 Dream
*Recorded at Kawaguchi Cultural Center Lilia Main Hall on December 2, 2023
Nippon Columbia Tokunaga Hideaki Special Site:https://columbia.jp/tokunagahideaki/
“Broken Radio” (from the LIVE Blu-ray “Concert Tour 2023 ALL BEST 2”):https://youtu.be/ZbC8svyxjdk
Hideaki Tokunaga
Concert Tour 2024
ALL BEST 3
[First Half Schedule]
April 6th (Sat) J:COM Hall Hachioji Doors open 15:00/Show starts 16:00
April 13th (Sat) Fenice Sakai Large Hall Doors open 15:15/Show starts 16:00
April 14th (Sun) Fenice Sakai Large Hall Doors open 14:15/Show starts 15:00
April 20th (Sat) Iwaki Arts and Culture Center Arios Alpine Large Hall Doors open 15:45/Show starts 16:30
Sunday, April 21st Utsunomiya City Cultural Center Large Hall Doors open 15:00/Show starts 16:00
May 5th (Sunday, public holiday) Festival Hall, doors open 15:00/show starts 16:00
May 6th (Monday) Festival Hall, Doors open 14:00/Show starts 15:00
May 11th (Sat) Saitama City Cultural Center Large Hall Doors open 15:15/Show starts 16:00
May 17th (Friday) Kanamoto Hall (Sapporo Civic Hall) Doors open 16:15/Show starts 17:00
May 25th (Sat) Ai Plaza Toyohashi Doors open 15:15/Show starts 16:00
May 26th (Sun) Nagaragawa International Conference Center Main Hall Doors open 15:15/Show starts 16:00
June 8th (Sat) Yokkaichi City Cultural Center Hall 1 Doors open 15:15/Show starts 16:00
June 9th (Sun) Shizuoka City Shimizu Cultural Center Marinato Large Hall Doors open 15:15/Show starts 16:00
June 21st (Friday) Showa Women’s University Hitomi Memorial Hall Doors open 15:45/Show starts 16:30
June 23rd (Sun) Ichikawa City Cultural Center Large Hall Doors open 15:15/Show starts 16:00
June 28th (Friday) ROHM Theatre Kyoto Main Hall Doors open 16:15/Show starts 17:00
June 29th (Sat) Nara 100th Anniversary Hall Large Hall Doors open 15:15/Show starts 16:00
July 7th (Sun) Kochi Prefectural Cultural Hall Orange Hall Doors open 16:15/Show starts 17:00
July 13th (Sat) Fukuoka Sunpalace Doors open 14:15/Show starts 15:00
[Profile]
Real name: Hideaki Tokunaga
*’Toku’ is written in old style and ‘Ei’ has a space between the grass radicals.
Date of birth: February 27, 1961
Birthplace: Born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture/Itami, Hyogo Prefecture (middle and high school years)
Blood type: A
She debuted on January 21, 1986 with the single “Rainy Blue” and the album “Girl”. Her fourth single, “Hikagara nagara…”, released in 1987, became a huge hit.
After that, he released a series of hits, including “Kaze no Eolia,” “Saigo no Iiwake,” “Yume wo Shinjite,” and “Kokowarekake no Radio.” He also appeared in TV dramas and movies.
In 2005, the album “VOCALIST” was produced with the concept of “covering famous songs by female artists” to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her debut. Tokunaga was committed to her role as a vocalist, and while confirming the wonderfulness of the words, she spun her sad, gentle, and delicate singing voice into a work full of charm, which became a long-running hit. She opened up a new path to follow.
Thus, “VOCALIST” became a popular series, with six titles in total by 2015, creating an original brand that changed the positioning of the “cover album.”
To date, they have released 54 singles and 18 original albums, and have also been actively performing concert tours.
