#MIYAVI Announces First North American Tour Since 2019

MIYAVI is getting ready to bring his virtuoso guitar skills to North America for the first time since 2019. The musician announced plans to kick off a 19-date North American tour later this year, starting with Calgary, Alberta, Canada on September 30 and ending in Atlanta on Halloween.

Tickets go on sale June 11 via MIYAVI’s official website. 

Here’s the full list of dates:

9/30 – Calgary (MaCewan Ballroom)

10/2 – Vancouver (Imperial)

10/4 – Seattle (The Crocodile)

10/5 – San Francisco (Great American Music Hall)

10/8 – Los Angeles (El Rey Theatres)

10/9 – Mesa (Club Red)

10/11 – Las Vegas (House of Blues)

10/13 – Salt Lake City (The Depot)

10/14 – Denver (Marquis Theatre)

10/16 – Austin (Come and Take It Live)

10/17 – Dallas (Trees)

10/20 – Chicago (Cobra Lounge)

10/22 – Pittsburgh (Thunderbird)

10/23 – Toronto (The Opera House)

10/25 – Montreal (Le National)

10/27 – New York (Sony Hall)

10/28 – Boston (The Paradise Rock Club)

10/29 – Washington D.C. (State Theatre)

10/31 – Atlanta (The Masquerade)

More about MIYAVI:

MIYAVI is a musician, actor, and philanthropist, bridging cultures across the globe with his music and message. His unique style of guitar playing has taken him on 8 world tours in over 30 countries. Fans refer to MIYAVI as the “Samurai Guitarist.” In 2020, MIYAVI partnered with Amazon Music to produce the groundbreaking live stream experience MIYAVI Virtual 5.0: Synthesis, captured live in Unreal Engine. He is currently the face of Gucci Japan and has served as a brand ambassador for American Airlines, Fender Guitars, BMW, Rakuten, Beats, Moncler and for his own branded beverage MIYAVI Sake.

As an actor, MIYAVI made his big screen debut in the Oscar nominated film Unbroken and has since appeared in the 2017 blockbuster Kong: Skull Island, the live-action adaptation of the popular manga Bleach, and the Maleficent 2 sequel (2019).

MIYAVI also continues his important work as a Goodwill Ambassador to UNHCR, visiting refugee camps in Colombia, Kenya, Lebanon, Thailand and Bangladesh, and performing at the United Nations in New York, spreading the message of the refugee crisis around the world.

Source: Press release

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.