Ayano Kaneko’s band, kanekoayano, was in the UK on tour just last year, but this year is the year for her band to take things a step further in Europe, with the announcement of kanekoayano’s world tour. The band will first play a number of shows in Australia in May, followed by a European tour in June. They will conclude the tour with a run of shows in their home country, Japan. The rest of Asia or the Americas are not currently on the schedule, but the four-piece band was on tour in Asia as recently as last October.
A few more European concerts have been announced this week, in addition to the seven concerts announced back in March, bringing the total to ten. The European tour includes several shows in the United Kingdom, followed by concerts in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden.
The singer-songwriter draws inspiration from Japanese music acts such as the punk rock band INU (active in the late 1970s and early 1980s), or more notably the singer, writer, poet and actor Machida Ko, the folk rock band HAPPY END (active in the 1970s) and the rock band Spitz (still active, from the 1980s). Since the release of her acoustic solo debut in 2016, she has released music both as a solo artist and with a band, enabling her to perform on large stages (such as the iconic Budokan) as well as in intimate venues. Since 2024, she has been working with three regular musicians as kanekoayano (stylised in English), whilst she remains active as a solo artist under her name written in katakana (カネコアヤノ, Kaneko Ayano).
kanekoayano World Tour 2026 – Europese Data
Tuesday 2 June, 2026: Deaf Institute – Manchester, United Kingdom
Wednesday 3 June, 2026: O2 Academy Islington – London, United Kingdom
Thursday 4 June, 2026: Exchange – Bristol, United Kingdom
Saturday 6 June, 2026: Trix – Antwerp, Belgium
Tuesday 9 June, 2026: Petit Bain – Paris, France
Wednesday 10 June, 2026: dB’s – Utrecht, Netherlands
Thursday 11 June, 2026 Club Volta – Cologne, Germany
Saturday 13 June, 2026: Frannz – Berlin, Germany
Monday 16 June, 2026: Monument – Gothenburg, Sweden
Wednesday 17 June, 2026: Slaktkyrkan – Stockholm, Sweden
