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's fourth Japanese tour. The 13-date sold-out tour began in Yokohama and ended in

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. It was Utada's first concert in Japan in 8 years since Wild Life, and first concert tour in the country in 12 years since

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. Initially, the concert tour was scheduled with 12 regular dates in arenas, but one extra concert, sponsored by

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, was later scheduled for November 17.

Recordings and release

The tour was officially broadcast on the Japanese TV channels BS Sky Perfect!, in January 2019, and on M-ON, in March 2019, along with a documentary showing the behind the scenes of the tour and production process. Two songs were recorded with 6K 180 degrees cameras for PlayStation VR, Hikari and Chikai. They were both released worldwide on PlayStation VR on January 18, 2019, the same day the single Face My Fears was released. An official release of the full tour concert with backstage documentary was released in 3 disc set in Blu-ray and DVD formats on June 26, 2019, including an extra disc with music videos of Anata, Forevermore and Hatsukoi, along M-ON documentaries of behind the scenes. The concert is currently available on iTunes for digital download, Netflix for streaming and Sky Perfect TV for Pay per view.

Set list

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" # " Traveling" # " Colors" # " Prisoner of Love" # " Kiss & Cry" (with samples of " Can You Keep a Secret?") # "

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" # " Hikari" # " Tomodachi" # "Too Proud" # " Chikai" # " Manatsu no Tooriame" # "

Hanataba o Kimi ni is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. It was released digitally 15 April 2016, alongside "Manatsu no Tōriame" as joint singles for her album ''Fantôme (album), Fantôme''. The song was the theme to the dorama Toto Neechan. The ...

" # " Forevermore" # " First Love" # " Hatsukoi" # "

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Shows

Tour dates for Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018.

References

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