Miku Expo

Hatsune Miku Expo (stylized in all caps) is a series of world tours organized by Crypton Future Media starring the virtual singing software character Hatsune Miku. The performances include notable user-created Vocaloid songs and digital choreography of Miku dancing, projected onto glass screens. The tour started on May 28, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia, with new shows added every year, with the exception of 2021, 2022 and 2023 where Hatsune Miku-related events were held virtually and livestreamed on platforms such as Twitch, YouTube and Niconico. In-person Miku Expo shows were resumed on April 4, 2024 in Vancouver, Canada. As of 2024, the tour consisted of 82 shows spanning the continents of Asia, North America, Europe and Oceania.

The latest show, and the last show of Miku Expo 2024, was set on November 26, 2024 in Perth, Australia. The latest scheduled tour is Miku Expo 2025, scheduled from November 5th to November 29th in Asia.

History

2010s

The first Miku Expo was held in 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia and in the United States, specifically in Los Angeles and New York City. The theme song for the tour was "Sharing The World", produced by Bighead.

Miku Expo 2015 was held on June 26 and 27 in Shanghai, China.

Miku Expo 2016 was held in Japan from March 23 to April 10, in North America from April 23 to June 5, in Taiwan from June 25 and 26, and in China from December 3 and 4 in Shanghai, and from December 10 and 11 in Beijing. Anamanaguchi was the opening act for the North American tour.

Miku Expo 2017 was held on December 16 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Miku Expo 2018 was held from June 29 until July 19 in the United States and Mexico, and on December 1 until 8 in Paris, France; Cologne, Germany; and London, England.

Miku Expo 2019 was held on May 11 in Taiwan and on July 27 in Hong Kong.

2020s

Miku Expo 2020 took place in Europe on January 11 to 28, in London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. A United States and Canada tour was originally scheduled to take place in April and May, but it was postponed to the following year after initially rescheduling to September and October, and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In October 2020, a virtual livestream performance online was announced and funded by a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that ran for 2 months starting on November 12, 2020, and raised over JP¥60,000,000 (equivalent to US$388,764.72), more than double its intended target of JP¥25,000,000 (equivalent to US$161,985.30) and took place on June 6, 2021.

Miku Expo Rewind was held on June 5, 2022. Unlike previous years, this event consisted of a specially-curated compilation of performances of songs that were recorded at past Miku Expo concerts, many of which had not been released beforehand. In addition, a variety of online sub-events, exhibitions, and workshops were also held in conjunction with the event. A second online event, "Miku Expo Rewind+" was also held on November 6 of the same year.

Miku Expo VR took place on November 12, 2023.

In September 2023, it was announced that Miku Expo 2024 will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a tour across North America, with tour dates scheduled to take place from April to May. In March of the following year, it was also announced that there would also be a tour in Europe, scheduled in October and November. In July, a tour in New Zealand and Australia was announced, scheduled from November 15 to November 26, marking Miku's first appearance in these countries.

The 2024 tour was the first to use LED screens to display the virtual performers, as opposed to the commonly used Rear projection techniques (wrongly marketed as "hologram") used at previous Miku Expo tours. The fans at the first showing (April 4, Vancouver) did not expect this change and voiced their frustration and disappointment on social media. Kotaku reported the change as a "drop in quality". On April 12, Crypton Future Media confirmed that the LED screen will be used throughout the North America and Europe tours, noting that this controversy wasn't the first of its kind as the MikuPa Tokyo '11 had a screen instead of the expected hologram, which has caused a huge backlash among Japanese fans causing 5pb to publicly make an apology on Twitter.

In July 2025, it was announced that Miku Expo 2025 would tour Asia, scheduled from November 5th to November 29th. This marks the first ever Asia tour.

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