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Utada is the English language project name of 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru). She is a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer in Japan and United States. Utada maintains this name in the west as she intends to keep her English style separate from her Japanese music. She has sold an estimated 52 million albums worldwide. Utada is fluent in both English and Japanese as she was raised in both New York and Tokyo. She is most notable in the west for composing and singing the Kingdom Hearts themes 光 (Hikari) and Simple And Clean, as well as the theme songs for Kingdom Hearts II, Passion ~Opening Version~ and Sanctuary ~opening version~.

Utada Hikaru was born on January 19, 1983 in New York City to Japanese parents who both had roots in the Japanese music industry; her father, Teruzane Utada, was a producer, while her mother, Junko Utada, was an enka singer (she performed under the stage name 藤圭子/Keiko Fuji). Utada has been recording since 1993, and made her first professional recording at the age of twelve. She released her first album comprised of all English songs, Precious, in 1996 under the pseudonym Cubic U. The album led to her career overseas. In a recent MTV interview (MTV’s You Hear It First, October 2004), Utada said: “Someone in Japan heard it, at a Japanese record company, and he said, “Oh, can’t you write in Japanese? You speak Japanese.” And I didn’t want to say no, so I had to try it.”

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uberbjork wrote:
yesterday evening

seeing her ON MY BIRTHDAY in san fran. i'm hoping for some japanese stuff.

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xForTheRecord wrote:
yesterday evening

Yeah when I bought mine it said I would get them at least 72 hours before the concert but I already got them so idk lol.

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utadarulez wrote:
yesterday afternoon

If you don't get them a week before the show you should try and contact LN and see what's up. <-- when i bought mine it said they would be delivered at least 48 hours before the event D: so i'm expecting them to come during the week of the show. i thought it said that to everyone when they got them for the UK show but i guess not. / some ppl got a mail that due to an error they wouldn't get their tickets... <-- you got yours in the pre sale right? you'll be fine if you did.

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xForTheRecord wrote:
yesterday morning

I got my tickets in the mail already, they came like a week after I bought them. If you don't get them a week before the show you should try and contact LN and see what's up.

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Kamikamikami wrote:
Friday evening

@Chocobooo: Your not from the U.K. and are expecting the ticket to be delivered at home? I didn't have that choice when I bought it, I could only choose getting it in the place.

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utadarulez wrote:
Friday afternoon

I still haven't received my tickets <-- we don't get them until like a week before the show lol.

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chocobooo wrote:
Friday morning

I still haven't received my tickets :( I hope everything is alright - some ppl got a mail that due to an error they wouldn't get their tickets...

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Hikadu wrote:
Wednesday evening

I hope she sold out everywhere :)

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sally_deandra_ wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

livenation only has 7: la, seattle, san fran, las vegas, chicago, boston, ny

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xForTheRecord wrote:
Wednesday morning

She has 8 tour dates for the US and 1 for the UK, not 6.

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BRACKDIAMON69 wrote:
Tuesday evening

It's a shame she has only 6 US tours dates, while missing out on some other big cities. :( Lazy Utada? :P

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xForTheRecord wrote:
last week

I'm glad I got my tickets when I did, yay for the concerts selling out <3 hopefully the rest sell out soon.

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jenny2 wrote:
last week

@Lynfor I sure hope so. :(

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madanonymous wrote:
last week

Just bought tickets to New York City actually!! If you haven't got 'em try again!

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Bravepower wrote:
last week

Utada "In The Flesh" Tour news: San Francisco, Boston, New York City, Hawaii and London are all sold out! Tickets still available for Los Angeles, Seattle, Las Vegas and Chicago. [1]

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peachpan wrote:
last week

I like Utada Hikaru very much! I love her ballade songs. I respect her speaking good English.

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madanonymous wrote:
last week

:'( i think nyc is sold out. i hope she adds 2-3 more dates like kylie did for her first tour here. i don't wanna go through craigslist.

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sxesven wrote:
last week

i agree france or germany (or both) would be viable options; both are rather large and centrally-located countries with rather large anime/jpop scenes themselves (especially the french anime market is quite big, i think?). i have no doubt whatsoever that she could as easily sell another 800 seats in either country or both. i for one would go anywhere within a day's drive to catch her live and i'm sure i'm not the only one.

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chocobooo wrote:
last week

sold-out 800 ppl venue is hardly an impulse to release a CD but I would like that, of course :)))

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Bravepower wrote:
last week

v Yeah but I meant no touring or promotion. She at least did a couple public performances and TV appearances around the US for Exodus. (The UK cover is awesome btw) Since the London show sold out she had better do an EU release of TITO fast imo.

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Jan 15 Utada "In the Flesh" 2010 Pipeline Cafe, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Jan 19 Utada "In the Flesh" 2010 House Of Blues (Sunset Strip), West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, United States
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Jan 21 Utada "In the Flesh" 2010 Showbox At The Market, Seattle, United States
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