Tokyo Opening Set for the Exact Anniversary
Ado will begin a six show tour devoted to cover songs on January 10, 2027, exactly 10 years after she first posted a singing video on Nico Nico Douga. The opening performance at Tokyo's Ariake Arena will launch Ado no Utattemita Tour 2027, with two concerts each in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya through February 28.
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Universal Music Japan announced the tour on October 19, 2026. Its official tour announcement sets ticket prices between ¥10,000 and ¥20,000, including tax, and confirms that the earliest ticket lottery will accept applications from paid fan club members between October 20 and October 27.
The anniversary reaches back further than Ado's major label debut. On January 10, 2017, she uploaded a cover of Kuwagata-P's Kimi no Taion, beginning her activities as an online singer. Her breakthrough major label release, Usseewa, followed in October 2020.
The tour puts that first chapter at the centre of the celebration: Ado singing songs originally associated with other creators. It also follows the scheduled December 23, 2026, release of her second cover album, Ado no Utattemita Album Sono 2, giving listeners new recordings just 18 days before the opening concert.
Why Cover Songs Define This Milestone
Utattemita roughly means "I tried singing" and is widely used for videos in which someone performs an existing song. An utaite is a singer associated with that online performance culture. For Ado, the format is part of how her career began, making it a natural focus for an anniversary counted from her first upload.
Ado released her first collection in this series, Ado no Utattemita Album, in December 2023. The second instalment arrives three years later, shortly before the anniversary tour. Together, the albums and concerts bring her interpretations of other artists' music into a distinct strand of her recording and live work.
The concert set list has not been announced. The four songs named for the forthcoming album give listeners a preview of its musical range, while the selections for the six live performances remain to be revealed.
Six Dates Across Three Cities
Ariake Arena will host the first two concerts on January 10 and 11. The tour then moves to Asue Arena Osaka on January 30 and 31, before finishing at Port Messe Nagoya Hall 1 in Aichi Prefecture on February 27 and 28. Each city receives two consecutive performances.
The schedule uses the same opening and starting times at every venue. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. for the first performance in each city, with the concert beginning at 5 p.m. On the second date, doors open at 2:30 p.m. and the show starts at 4 p.m. All times are local to Japan.
- January 10, 2027: Ariake Arena, Tokyo. Doors at 3:30 p.m.; concert at 5 p.m.
- January 11, 2027: Ariake Arena, Tokyo. Doors at 2:30 p.m.; concert at 4 p.m.
- January 30, 2027: Asue Arena Osaka. Doors at 3:30 p.m.; concert at 5 p.m.
- January 31, 2027: Asue Arena Osaka. Doors at 2:30 p.m.; concert at 4 p.m.
- February 27, 2027: Port Messe Nagoya Hall 1, Aichi. Doors at 3:30 p.m.; concert at 5 p.m.
- February 28, 2027: Port Messe Nagoya Hall 1, Aichi. Doors at 2:30 p.m.; concert at 4 p.m.
The January 11 concert falls on a Japanese public holiday. The later starting time applies to the opening day at each venue, so anyone choosing between the two dates should check the performance time as well as the date.
How the First Ticket Lottery Works
Paid members of Ado no Dokidoki Himitsukichi, her official fan site, can enter the earliest advance ticket lottery from 10 a.m. on October 20, 2026, until 11:59 p.m. on October 27. The application address will appear in the site's news section at 10 a.m. on October 20.
A lottery means fans submit applications during the stated window, and tickets are allocated through a draw. Entering an application does not guarantee a seat. The announcement identifies this as the earliest advance opportunity for members, with access tied to paid membership.
Each application can request up to four tickets. Applications for wheelchair seats are limited to two. Those limits matter for families and groups planning to attend together, especially when deciding which seating category to request.
The dates give fans an early decision to make: the first ticket application period closes almost two months before the new cover album is released. Listeners entering this lottery will therefore be choosing their concert dates before hearing that album in full.
Ticket Prices and Family Entry Rules
Tickets come in several categories, with prices including tax. VIP seats cost ¥20,000 and include benefits. Family seats, S seats and wheelchair seats cost ¥15,000, while A seats cost ¥10,000. Both S and A categories also have options where audience members must remain seated.
- VIP seats: ¥20,000, with benefits included.
- Family seats: ¥15,000, with audience members required to remain seated.
- S seats: ¥15,000, including a separate option requiring audience members to remain seated.
- A seats: ¥10,000, including a separate option requiring audience members to remain seated.
- Wheelchair seats: ¥15,000.
The price range is substantial: a VIP ticket costs twice as much as an A ticket, ¥20,000 compared with ¥10,000. S, family and wheelchair seats sit halfway between those prices at ¥15,000. For two people, the ticket cost alone would be ¥20,000 in A seats or ¥40,000 in VIP seats.
Children aged three and older need a ticket, and children aged two or younger cannot enter. Anyone applying for family seats must attend with a child aged three to 12 who is of elementary school age or younger. Staff may check the child's age at the venue.
The family category therefore carries both an age condition and a requirement to remain seated. Parents choosing tickets need to account for those rules alongside the price, rather than selecting the category simply because several relatives are attending.
The New Album Reaches From Vocaloid to Metallica
Ado no Utattemita Album Sono 2 is scheduled for December 23, 2026. Its selections draw on fan requests and span Vocaloid music, Japanese pop and songs from outside Japan. Vocaloid is software used to create a singing voice, and many songs made with it also become popular through performances by human singers.
Four planned covers have been named: wowaka's Unknown Mother-Goose, Minami's Kawaki wo Ameku, EGO-WRAPPIN's Kuchibashi ni Cherry and Metallica's Enter Sandman. The list connects music associated with Japan's online song culture to a track by an internationally known metal band.
That range gives the anniversary project a broader musical scope than a collection drawn from one artist or genre. Ado's voice is the common element across songs with different creators and styles, continuing the approach that began with her Kuwagata-P cover in 2017.
The album also arrives amid other releases. Her digital single Raven Sky is dated October 16, 2026, and the Blu-ray and DVD release Yodaka is scheduled for October 21. The cover album then leads directly into the January and February concerts.
From an Online Upload to Major Venues
Ado was 23 when Universal Music Japan announced the tour. By then, her career had grown from online covers to major releases and large concerts, including a performance at Nissan Stadium in July 2026.
Her work after Usseewa included the songs sung by the character Uta in ONE PIECE FILM RED and the release Show. In 2025, she undertook a world tour spanning 33 cities and, in November that year, her first dome tour covering Tokyo and Osaka.
The 2027 itinerary has a different focus and scale: three Japanese cities, with two dates at each venue, built around cover songs. Its anniversary date connects those arena performances to a specific beginning, the January 2017 video, rather than the later start of her major label career.
For fans, the coming months bring a clear sequence of decisions and releases. The first ticket lottery opens on October 20 and closes on October 27, the second cover album follows on December 23, and the tour opens on January 10 before concluding in Nagoya on February 28.
Key Points
- Ado no Utattemita Tour 2027 will mark 10 years since Ado began posting singing performances online.
- Six concerts are scheduled across Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya from January 10 to February 28, 2027.
- The earliest ticket lottery is for paid fan club members, with applications open October 20 to 27, 2026.
- Tickets cost ¥10,000 to ¥20,000 including tax. Most applications allow up to four tickets; wheelchair seat applications allow two.
- Children aged three and older need tickets. Children aged two or younger cannot enter, and family seats have additional age conditions.
- Ado's second cover album is scheduled for December 23, with planned songs by wowaka, Minami, EGO-WRAPPIN and Metallica.
- The concert set list has not been announced.
