Gen Hoshino Announces World Tour! Entire Discography Now Streaming, Instagram and Weibo Accounts Opened

Singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino kicked off his five-stop, eight-concert domestic “POP VIRUS“ dome tour in February—now he’s taking it global! The tour will hit Shanghai, New York, and Taipei, and Yokohama starting this November.

British–American musician Mark Ronson, who Hoshino double-headlined two concert dates with last December, will support the “Koi” singer as a special guest in New York and a performer at the Yokohama dates.

Ahead of his international activities, he has opened up his music to all streaming services and set up Instagram and Weibo accounts.

“I’m going to start a lot of things,” he writes in his very first first Instagram post. “In order to meet, connect with, and have fun with the people I love and people I haven’t met yet.”

Gen Hoshino POP VIRUS World Tour Dates

November 23: Shanghai, National Exhibition & Convention Center Hong Arena
November 25: New York, Sony Hall (Special Guest: Mark Ronson)
December 9: Yokohama, Yokohama Arena “LIVE in JAPAN 2019 Gen Hoshino × MARK RONSON”
December 10: Yokohama, Yokohama Arena “LIVE in JAPAN 2019 Gen Hoshino × MARK RONSON”
December 14: Taipei, Legacy MAX

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星野源です。今日から色んなことを始めます。僕の好きな人達や、まだ会ったことのない誰かと、出会い、そして繋がり、楽しむために。今までやっていなかったことを、今まで知らなかったことを、ずっとやりたかったことを、好きなことを、やっていきたいと思います。出会いは未来だと思います。夕方ふらっと散歩に行くように、気軽に、色んな場所で、音楽や、芝居や、言葉や、写真や、何かで、未来を作り、繋がりたい。どんな遠い世界も近所だと思います。始まります。 – – Gen Hoshino here. I'm going to start a lot of things starting from today. In order to meet, connect with, and have fun with the people I love and people I haven't met yet. I want to do things I've never done before, things I've never known about before, things I've always wanted to do, and things that I already love to do. Meeting all kinds of people, new and old, IS the future. Just like aimlessly going out for a stroll in the evening, I want to go to many different places with not a care in the world and through my music, acting, words, pictures, and so forth, help shape the future and connect people. So that even distant worlds feel just like home. Everything starts today. #星野源 #genhoshino

A post shared by Gén Hoshino 星野源 (@iamgenhoshino) on Aug 29, 2019 at 4:23pm PDT

Since opening his Instagram yesterday, Hoshino has already made 8 updates with captions in both Japanese and English.

His Weibo page shares an exclusive self-shot video updating Chinese fans about this new tour dates.

(via Natalie)