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Type
  
Music venue

Closed
  
31 May 2014

Capacity
  
1,500

Owners
  
Dentsu Inc., Nippon TV

Seating type
  
standing

Opened
  
16 December 2000

Phone
  
+81 3-6278-7855

Shibuya-AX

Location
  
2-1-1 Jinnan Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Address
  
2-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0041, Japan

Similar
  
Shibuya O‑East, Shibuya Public Hall, Akasaka Blitz, Nippon Budokan, Yoyogi National Gymnasium

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Shibuya-AX (stylized as SHIBUYA-AX) was a concert hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, near the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.

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It was the only purpose-built concert hall or "live house" in the Tokyo metropolitan area that can accommodate 1,500 people. It was a popular venue for concerts by both Japanese and western artists.

On September 27, 2013 was announced through official site the end of activities for next May 31, 2014. The staff of Shibuya-AX requested J, who is the artist with the most performances at the concert hall, to perform one last time at the venue. The concerts titled -Thank You AX!! Good Bye AX!!- was held on May 3-4, 2014.

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Notable events

  • Buck-Tick's 2004 live album At the Night Side contains songs that were recorded at their April 30, 2003 performance here.
  • Sonata Arctica's performance in this venue in February 5, 2005 (during the Reckoning Night world tour) was recorded and later released as a live DVD For The Sake of Revenge (released in 2006).
  • Lady Gaga performed here on June 8, 2009 during The Fame Ball Tour.
  • From May 5 to 9, 2011, J held five consecutive concerts here titled "J 14th Anniversary Special Live Set Fire Get Higher -Fire Higher 2011-", each day with different bands such as Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, Nothing's Carved in Stone, Avengers in Sci-Fi, Pay Money to My Pain and The Hiatus.
  • South Korean Girl Group, T-ara held First Showcase in this venue in July 5, 2011 before release their debut Japanese single Bo Peep Bo Peep .
  • Shibuya-AX served as one of the venues for A-Nation 2012 Music Week.
  • For consecutive 3 years, Shibuya-AX was the official "home" of Shibuya-based pop idol group Passpo☆ (last show was in March 1, 2014)

    • References

    Shibuya-AX Wikipedia
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