The OTONOKO music festival brought together an unprecedented number of attendees last year, and the event is set to return later this year. The third round of artists to perform has finally been announced – you can expect to see Perfume, 80KIDZ, and TeddyLoid performing at OTONOKO this December.
Last year’s OTONOKO was a huge success and will return on December 2nd this year at Ishikawa Sangyo Tenji in Hall 4.
The festival is produced by none other than Yasutaka Nakata, Japan’s leading musician, producer and DJ who receives huge support from artists all over the globe, and who is known as the producer for some of the Japan’s biggest acts including Perfume and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Nakata has created music for international ceremonies, public showcases, countless movies both in Japan and overseas including Hollywood blockbusters and more.
3 new artists have been added to the line-up for this year’s OTONOKO. Perfume, one of Japan’s biggest and most successful J-pop groups, will appear at the event for the first time. The group’s music has been produced by Nakata for 14 years now since the release of their single “Sweet Donuts” back in 2003. This will be their first ever performance alongside Nakata at an event.
80KIDZ and TeddyLoid will also be making a return to OTONOKO, having performed at last year’s festival.
All three of these acts are in close relations to Nakata, and you can expect to see them all there on the day. Further information regarding the event will be released at a later date, so be sure to keep up to date over on the official site!
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Yasutaka Nakata presents “OTONOKO 2017”
Date: Saturday December 2, 2017 (11:00 OPEN / 13:00 START)
Venue: Ishikawa Sangyo Tenji in Hall 4
Price: Standing Tickets – ￥6,800 (tax incl.)
Tickets go on sale at ticket agencies in Japan on August 26th at 10:00am.
Official Bus Tour: http://travel.willer.co.jp/tour/campaign/live/otonoko/
*2nd wave of tickets to go on sale from Friday September 1st.
“OTONOKO” Official Website: http://www.otonoko.com
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