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, also known as Wel City Tokyo, was a 2,062-seat (1st floor: 1,186 seats, 2nd floor: 876 seats) Official website
Retrieved February 13, 2010. .
, also known as Wel City Tokyo, was a 2,062-seat (1st floor: 1,186 seats, 2nd floor: 876 seats) concert hall
A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage (theatre), stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats.
This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention ...
in Tokyo
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, 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, H ...
. John Coltrane
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's quintet performed here on their Japanese tour (1966). Dutch band Shocking Blue
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who were internationally famous after topping the US charts with their hit "Venus
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", performed here in July, 1971. Parts of these concerts were used for their 'Live in Japan' - album of 1971. Journey also performed here on their Escape tour (1981). The Irish R&B guitarist Rory Gallagher
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performed two concerts at the venue in 1977. Noted Jamaican Reggae act Bob Marley and the Wailers
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performed the venue in 1979. The band, Survivor performed a concert here in 1985.
Opened on 15 April 1961, the hall closed on March 31, 2010.Retrieved February 13, 2010. .
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Concert halls in Tokyo Music venues in Tokyo Former music venues Buildings and structures in Shinjuku Music venues completed in 1961 1961 establishments in Japan 2010 disestablishments in Japan {{Japan-struct-stub