{"id":91723,"date":"2025-04-18T12:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/?p=91723"},"modified":"2025-04-19T13:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:22:28","slug":"ayano-kaneko-back-for-third-uk-tour-in-may-with-her-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/2025\/04\/ayano-kaneko-back-for-third-uk-tour-in-may-with-her-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayano Kaneko back for third UK tour in May with her band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese singer-songwriter Ayano Kaneko, known for her unique blend of indie pop, is set to head back to Europe with her band for her third UK tour in May. Although the main focus will be on headlining concerts, she will also be attending the Dot to Dot festival at the end of the tour. It will start on the 16th of May in Glasgow and end with the festival on the 25th of May in Nottingham.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While Ayano Kaneko originally made music as a soloist who collaborated with different musicians over the years, she has been looking for the right people to join her permanently. During last year\u2019s UK tour she performed with guitarist Hirotoshi Hayashi, bass player Takuya Iizuka, and drummer Hikari Sakashita whom she has now officially formed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-NXTsIvhRq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the band kanekoayano<\/a> (stylised in English) with, although that doesn\u2019t mean solo activities are out of the picture as those will remain separated under her name written in katakana (\u30ab\u30cd\u30b3\u30a2\u30e4\u30ce).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30ab\u30cd\u30b3\u30a2\u30e4\u30ce - \u3055\u3073\u3057\u304f\u306a\u3044 \/ Kaneko Ayano - I\u2019m not sad\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oYo4eNL3nbo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Although she has played many amazing venues in Japan and even sold out the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100041383399704\/posts\/1669254521130645\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Budokan stadium<\/a> (twice!), her tours in the UK so far have been a bit smaller and cosier in scale but with every UK tour she has been playing slightly more venues so hopefully she can expand her tours to the rest of Europe in the future. Until then: If you want to listen to her live make sure to tune into her YouTube channel on Thursday the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kanekoayanoinfo\/status\/1911390900166578353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">24th of April<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3><b>Ayano Kaneko UK Tour 2025 Dates<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Friday 16 May, 2025: Stereo \u2013 Glasgow, United Kingdom<br \/>\nSaturday 17 May, 2025: Cluny 2\u2013 Newcastle, United Kingdom<br \/>\nSunday 18 May, 2025: The Deaf Institute \u2013 Manchester, United Kingdom<br \/>\nTuesday 20 May, 2025: The Hare &amp; Hounds Heath \u2013 Birmingham, United Kingdom<br \/>\nWednesday 21 May, 2025: The Hope &amp; Ruin \u2013 Brighton, United Kingdom<br \/>\nThursday 22 May, 2025: The Garage \u2013 London, United Kingdom<br \/>\nSaturday 24 May, 2025: Dot To Dot Festival 2025 \u2013 Bristol, United Kingdom<br \/>\nSunday 25 May, 2025: Dot To Dot Festival 2025 \u2013 Nottingham, United Kingdom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese singer-songwriter Ayano Kaneko, known for her unique blend of indie pop, is set to head back to Europe with her band for her third UK tour in May. Although the main focus will be on headlining concerts, she will also be attending the Dot to Dot festival at the end of the tour. 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