YOASOBI performs for the first time at Lollapalooza, one of the world's largest international music festivals, on its own stage!

YOASOBI performed for the first time at the "Lollapalooza 2024" festival in Chicago, USA, on Saturday, August 3, 2024 (local time), as the headliner of the "BACARDI" stage. The band performed as the headliner on the "BACARDI" stage. Lollapalooza" is an international festival that originated in Chicago and has now expanded to Europe and South America, attracting 400,000 people. The festival has a capacity of 400,000 people, including 15,000 people on the BACARDI stage.

This was YOASOBI's second festival appearance in the U.S., following their appearance at the "Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival" in April of this year, and a memorable one for ikura, who spent his childhood in Chicago. It was a memorable live performance for ikura, who spent his childhood in Chicago. The performance was a showcase of YOASOBI's borderless popularity that transcends language barriers, with songs such as "Idol" and "Maybe" that are popular overseas generating explosive excitement, and "Gunsei" generating choruses in Japanese.

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Saturday night, August 3, Chicago, Illinois, USA. YOASOBI will perform at Lollapalooza, a music festival that was born here and has been held in South America and Europe, and will headline the 15,000-capacity BACARDI STAGE, the first time YOASOBI has headlined a major festival since HEAD IN THE CLOUDS LA last summer and Coachella this spring. After performing at Coachella last summer and Coachella this spring, YOASOBI's popularity in the U.S. is evident in the success of their one-man shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco. At 9:00 p.m., composer Ayase and vocalist ikura appeared on stage in a wooded area where the heat and humidity typical of Lake Michigan still lingered, accompanied by their original band members: AssH (Gt.), Hikaru Yamamoto (Ba.), Misohagi Zakuro (Key), and Imokumo (Dr.).

The first song "Running into the Night" got the audience bouncing and creating a sense of unity, and the following song "Blessing" further increased the energy. ikura, who lived in Chicago from the age of 0 to 3, spoke fluent English and told the audience that Chicago was her second hometown. Make some noise! It is often said that anime theme songs are popular overseas, but YOASOBI's strength lies in its ability to create excitement even when the songs are not sung in Japanese. The band made the audience dance to "Mister" and "Biri-Biri" while changing the atmosphere, and the audience clapped their hands to the back of the stage when they sang "I love you. The band members actively involved the audience, and the way to get into the groove of each song was presented in a way that was easy to understand.

Their experience in attracting music lovers in various parts of the world, even on stages that are not necessarily their home, was evident. The second half of the show continued with "Maybe," a popular song overseas, "If I Could Draw a Life," in which the concept of "turning a novel into music" roared with a strong beat, and "Gentle Comet," in which ikura sang emotionally and AssH's weeping guitar solo echoed in the night sky, The second half of the show came in a blink of an eye. The second half of the show quickly followed with "Yusha," "Idol," and "Kaibutsu (Monster)," a series of popular anime theme songs that created a frenzy of excitement.

Next week, YOASOBI will hold solo shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston. The band will celebrate its 5th anniversary in October, and will also perform in a dome for the first time in Japan, so keep an eye on their future plans.

The set list is as follows.

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2024.8.3 SAT
YOASOBI Lollapalooza 2024 "BACARDI STAGE"
M1. running into the night
M2. blessing
M3. seventeen
M4. mister
M5 Biri-Biri
M6. like
M7. maybe
M8. if life could be drawn
M9. gentle comet
M10. brave
M11. idol
M12. monster
M13. gunge

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