Since 2004, several concerts or live performances have taken place using VOCALOID software. Concerts today feature a VOCALOID vocalist projected onto a screen to make it seem like they are there in person. On the stage with them is a live band as well as back-up dancers in some cases.
Hatsune Miku performed her first "live" concert like a virtual idol on a projection screen during Animelo Summer Live at the Saitama Super Arena on August 22, 2009. She sang "Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru♪" and "Black★Rock Shooter". She was accompanied by Asami Shimoda, and the character Black★Rock Shooter. [1][2][3]
At the "MikuFes '09 (Summer)" event on August 31, 2009, Miku's image was screened by rear projection on a mostly-transparent screen. [4]
Anime Festival Asia (AFA)
Date
November 21, 2009
Featuring
Hatsune Miku
Company
Crypton Future Media
Miku also performed her first overseas live concert on November 21, 2009, during Anime Festival Asia (AFA) in Singapore. She sang "Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru♪", "Koisuru Voc@loid", and
On March 9, 2010, Miku's first solo live performance titled "Miku no Hi Kanshasai 39's Giving Day" was opened at the Zepp Tokyo in Odaiba, Tokyo. [7][8] The tour was run as part of promotions for Sega's Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- video game in March 2010. [9]
GUMI and Gackpo made special appearances in the 2010 new year celebration event known as King Run Anison Red and White.The songs they covered were; アニソン紅白2010 M-32[Love Letter]神威がくぽ(がくっぽいど) "Love Letter" covered by Gackpo originally from "Mobile Suit Z Gundam", which had originally been sung by Gackt and アニソン紅白2010 M-33[星間飛行]GUMI(メグッポイド) "Interstellar Flight" covered by GUMI from "Macross Frontier", which had originally been sung by Megumi Nakajima. Their appearance was strictly a one off event. [10][11]
2011a
Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 (Mikupa)/Tokyo
Date
March 9, 2011
Featuring
Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka
Miku's 2nd Concert titled "Hatsune Miku's Live Party 2011 39's Live in Tokyo" took place in the same venue in Zepp Tokyo, Odaiba, Tokyo. The concert was sponsored by 5pb., and was the first concert to be broadcast at select theaters throughout Japan. [12]
Mikunopolis in Los Angeles
Date
July 2, 2011
Featuring
Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka
The events leading up to this one tie into Hatsune Miku being used to advertise the Toyota Corolla Campaign. In addition to her live concert, Miku was Anime Expo’s first 'Virtual Guest of Honor'. On the 26th of May all 3,500 tickets sold out, making Miku the first performer to sell out such a number compared to the singers booked for the month.
This concert was formerly referred to as MikuFes 2011 before being retitled MIKUNOPOLIS in LOS ANGELES -Happy to meet you! I'm HATSUNE MIKU-. [13][14]
Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 (Mikupa)/Sapporo
Date
August 16 - 17, 2011
Featuring
Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka
A replay of the same concert that took place in Odaiba took place in Sapporo Hokkaido, Miku's hometown, under the name Hatsune Miku's Live Party 2011 39's Live in Sapporo. It had been broadcast in the same theaters throughout Japan with 2 additional theaters overseas in Taiwan and Hong Kong, but it did not broadcast on NND. [15]
Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 (Mikupa)/Singapore
Date
November 11, 2011
Featuring
Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka
Following the success of the Sapporo concert, various screenings of the said concert took place at many cities in the US, England, Thailand, Brazil and France in theaters showcasing the Sapporo concert on different dates, with a special concert in Singapore taking place on November 11. This was done as part of selling the Mikupa DVD Blu-ray versions of the Tokyo and Sapporo concerts. [16][17][18]
GUMI, Akikoroid-chan, VY1v3, Tone Rion and Aoki Lapis appeared in a concert together in Japan dancing on stage. Though other concerts have been done for Vocaloid, this is the first offical "3D" concert, previously all concerts had been done with 2D technology. This concert allowed Vocaloids to dance with real life dancers on stage for the fist time. [19][20]
"Hatsune Miku Live Party 2012 (Mikupa)" and "Miku no Hi Dai Kanshasai 39's Giving Day" were held on March 9 and featured both the graphics of the MikuPa concerts and the -Project DIVA- Arcade graphics. The event took place at Tokyo Dome City Hall. [21]
SeeU appeared on stage for the first time. She was part of a Korean music show called "인기가요 (Inkigayo)" singing with GLAM, a Korean music group (Kim Dahee, one of the members, is the voice provider for SeeU). The event was produced and broadcasted by SBS. SeeU's animation was made by Tourbox. [22]
Animelo Summer Live 2012
Date
August 26, 2012
Featuring
Hatsune Miku (guest appearance)
Company
Crypton Future Media, Dwango, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Good Smile Company, Bushiroad
Miku's first appearance at Animelo Summer Live since her concert debut 3 years before. She sang "(The) World Is Mine" and "Tell Your World". [23]
Natsu no Owari no 39 Matsuri
Date
August 29, 2012
Featuring
Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin (cameo), Megurine Luka (cameo)
Once again in Yokohama Bay, as part of Miku's 5th Anniversary and promoting her newest videogame: -Project DIVA- f, Miku was projected onto a "water stage". The whole concert was live streamed on Nico and later uploaded too. The event is called "夏の終わりの39祭り" (39 Festival at the End of Summer). [24]
ANGEL Project
Date
September 13 - 23, 2012
Featuring
Hatsune Miku
Company
Crypton Future Media
As part of the 39 CARAVAN's event happening at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama Bay called "ANGEL Project presents -HATSUNE Appearance -", Miku appeared on stage as a MMD model everyday from September 13th - 23rd, 2012. [25]
Hatsune Miku Live Party 2012 (Mikupa)/Hong Kong and Taiwan
Date
October 2 (Hong Kong), October 6 (Taiwan), 2012
Featuring
Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka
"Hatsune Miku Live Party 2012", Miku's third overseas concert, took place in Hong Kong on October 2nd, 2012, and Taiwan on October 6th, 2012. She was accompanied by Rin, Len and Luka. There were two performances at both locations, day and nighttime. [26] The Taiwan evening concert was streamed on Tokyo MX. Unlike a Nico stream, there were commercial breaks and the whole concert did not air. [27]
Tokyo City Opera Hall
Date
November 23, 2012
Featuring
Hatsune Miku
Company
???
In collaboration with electronic music pioneer Isao Tomita, Miku appeared on stage as the main singer. This was held at Tokyo City Opera Hall. His new piece Ihatov Symphony, which expresses the world of Kenji Miyazawa’s novel, will be performed by Japan Philharmonic Orchestra with a conductor Naoto Otomo. Miku will appear on stage as 3D image and sing and dance in time to music. [28]
IA collaborated with Nippon engineering to preform at Kamarok Festival 2012, however, no footage was leaked. On November 28, IA performed with Jin at Voice Fes 2012, singing "LIVEDRIVE" and "World Calling", the theme song of the event. [29]
Dongne Festa
Date
December 30, 2012
Featuring
SeeU
Company
SBS Artech
SeeU was featured in a concert at Dongne Festa. [30]
CountDown Japan
Date
December 30 - 31, 2012
Featuring
Hatsune Miku
Company
???
Hatsune Miku and Teddyloid at CountDown Japan: The biggest Japanese Rock Countdown Festival. [31][32]
On February 9 and 10, 2013, Miku had another concert called "初音ミク ライブパーティー 2013 in Sapporo 「ミクパ♪」 ("Hatsune Miku Live Party 2013 in Sapporo 'MikuPa♪'). A two day concert in Sapporo, Japan, during the Snow Miku festival. MEIKO and KAITO made an appearance as well.[33][34]
Internet; Vocalekt Visions
Date
March 3, 2013
Featuring
GUMI
Company
Internet, Vocalekt Visions
This Megpoid English launch event took place at NEW PEOPLE, San Francisco. The all-day event commenced at 12:00 noon, and offered a variety of dance and VOCALOID performances, free Megpoid VOCALOID software workshops, demos, and other activities that ran to 6:00 PM. [35]
This was the fourth year in a row a concert took place on March 9. The event, titled "初音ミク ライブパーティー 2013 in Kansai(ミクパ♪) (Hatsune Miku Live Party 2013 in Kansai (MikuPa♪) -39's Spring the 3rd Synthesis-" was held in the Wakayama Prefecture, in Kansai, at the Wakayama Big Whale. As this was a collaboration with WOWOW, the show was also broadcast live over WOWOW’s satellite channel. This was the first time an official Miku concert was held in the Kansai region of Japan; previous concerts have been held in Tokyo (which is in the Kantou region of Japan) and Sapporo (which is in Hokkaido). It lasted for three hours. [36][37][38]
THE END (JAPAN)
Date
May 23, 2013
Featuring
Hatsune Miku
Company
A4A (Production)
THE END is a modern opera by Keiichiro Shibuya and Toshiki Okada, starring Hatsune Miku as the main character, through a projection on multiple screens on stage. It was held at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media. Miku's costume for the show was a Louis Vuitton dress designed by Marc Jacobs Intl team. A full scale Miku statue was also exposed.
This opera is a work in its own right and is in no way connected to the usual VOCALOID lives. It is an audiovisual work dealing with questions such as, "Is Miku alive? Is it a separate being and can it die? Can an imaginary character know death? What connection does it have to users and fans?"and many other issues, all in a dark atmosphere. However, those questions are not only related to VOCALOID or Miku, but to virtual/imaginary character in general. THE END (JAPAN)'s differences from the FRANCE performance are the promotional poster and some details during the live show. [39]
Crypton Future Media and Tokyo Metropolitan Television organized Magical Mirai, a concert-and-exhibition event at the Yokohama Arena to celebrate Miku's 6th birthday. An under 18 concert and an evening concert were organized on that day. [40][41]
Voctro Labs, S.L., he Lab Barcelona, La Merced (ICUB)
The event is a free virtual concert scheduled as part of the cultural events in celebration of the Mercè 2013 Festival. This concert was an interactive event which allowed the people backstage control the models of Bruno or Clara while dancing, and propose the lyrics sung by ONA via Twitter. [42]
THE END is a modern opera by Keiichiro Shibuya and Toshiki Okada, starring Hatsune MIku as the main character, through a projection on multiple screens on stage. It was held in Theatre du Châtelet. Miku's costume for the show was a Louis Vuitton dress designed by Marc Jacobs' Intl team. A full scale Miku statue was also exposed.
This opera is a work in its own right and is in no way connected to the usual VOCALOID lives. It is an audiovisual work dealing with questions such as "Is Miku alive? Is it a separate being and can it die? Can an imaginary character know death? What connection does it have to users and fans?"and many other issues, all in a dark atmosphere. However, those questions are not only related to VOCALOID or Miku, but to virtual/imaginary character in general. It's differences from the JAPAN performance are the promotional poster and some details during the live show. [43][44]
2014a
1st Place 10 - 11th Celebration LIVE: "KEEP HAVING FUN!"
Date
March 1 - 2, 2014
Featuring
IA
Company
1st Place Co., Ltd.
An event organized by 1st Place in celebration of over a decade of existence, featuring artists under queens label and IA PROJECT record labels, as well as several musical guest appearances. IA was featured in a hologram/live segment performing songs from producers/musical artists Jin, Ishifuro, and ASY, as well as an encore collaborative duet of My Soul, Your Beats! with her voice provider, Lia. [45]
Hatsune Miku opened up and will open up for Lady Gaga during her world tour. She appeared as an all-new module and performed for 25 minutes with background dancers. [49]
Likely to have been SeeU's last concert, a concert held in Ax Hall, Seoul. It featured SeeU and YANHE. SeeU performed "Love is you", "Kkum-ui Bi", "Be my boy", "Rain", "Pain Killer", "Cube", "Naeileun Eops-eo", "Higher", "Ulji Molra", "Chim", "Eon-eori Norae", "Sesang Kkeut-eseo", "Party! Party!", "Geurae Annyeong", "Kkeuti Anikil", "Paparoach", and "The first or the last". YANHE performed "Xin zhi Guang" and "Daolian Chunqiu". [50][51][52]
A modern opera-style 30-minute play using bunraku puppets, it featured VOCALOID voicebanks for the songs, including Yuzuki Yukari as the voice of the psychologist. It also featured daily talk shows to spread knowledge about the VOCALOID program.Video and audio recording of the concert are planned to be sold during the Fall/winter shopping season. [56][57]
The sequel to the Magical Mirai 2013 concert, made to promote Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- F 2nd and the Magical Mirai 2014 Official Album. It featured a concert and an exhibition at both venues. Additionally, a 120 minute Blu-ray disc of the Osaka concert will be available for purchase starting March 11, 2015. The Blu-ray will be available in both regular and limited editions. [58][59][60]
Tokyo Crazy Kawaii
Date
September 9, 2014
Featuring
IA
Company
Tokyo Crazy Kawaii Committee, 1st Place, YAMAHA
This concert featured IA, along with many other artists throughout the night. Her performance took place during the "Tokyo Crazy Night" part of the show, on the second day.This was the first tradtional European VOCALOID concert. [61]
The Late Show with David Letterman
Date
October 8, 2014
Featuring
Hatsune Miku
Company
Crypton Future Media, SEGA
Hatsune Miku performed "Sharing The World" on The Late Show with David Letterman, showcasing the technology that will be used in the upcoming MikuExpo concerts in America, dated from the 9th to the 19th. [62]
NY Comic Con 2014
Date
October 9, 2014
Featuring
IA
Company
New York Comic Con, 1st Place, YAMAHA
IA performed at the New York Comic Con 2014, using the same projection technology as in other VOCALOID concerts. She performed with her voice provider Lia, and booth #547 sold IA related merchandise. [63]
HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2014 in Los Angeles and New York
MikuExpo/LA and NY 2014 was a set of concerts and events in the United States, with the official expo theme "Sharing The World". Coinciding with the concerts were exhibitions such as a Halloween Party and an artwork themed "Universal Positivity" event at Wallplay. The official Nendoroid figurine was the Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: Halloween Ver. by Good Smile Company. [64]
Luo Tianyi will be performing at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in China during the POPULAR SCIENCE PRODUCTS EXPO. Additionally, this event will be accompanied by cosplay and a "backstage experience".
↑Vocaloid Otaku (July 19, 2012). Retrieved on November 21, 2012.
↑[Hatsune Miku Tda "Append" Miku on Stage@Animelo Summer Live 2012 Saitama Super Arena Stadium] (English) (September 3, 2012). Retrieved on October 10, 2014.