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, also known as Wel City Tokyo, was a concert hall in
Shinjuku, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...
, one of a number of public concert halls in Japan called
Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan or Koseinenkin Hall were public halls in Japan supported by welfare pension funds. Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan halls existed in the following locations. * Hiroshima City Cultural Exchange Hall (formerly ''Hiroshima Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan'') in Naka-ku, ...
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's quintet performed here on their Japanese tour (1966). Dutch band
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who were internationally famous after topping the US charts with their hit
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, performed here in July, 1971. Parts of these concerts were used for their 'Live in Japan' - album of 1971.
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also performed here on their Escape tour (1981). Opened on 15 April 1961, the hall closed on March 31, 2010.Official website
Retrieved February 13, 2010. .


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Concert halls in Japan Buildings and structures in Shinjuku Buildings and structures completed in 1961 {{Japan-struct-stub