List of X Japan concert tours and performances


Japanese heavy metal band X Japan has performed more than 250 concerts from 1987 until October 2018. This number does not include the so-called "film gig" concerts, which are included below.

Concerts and other performances

YearTypeNameStops / Location
1987festivalBakuhatsu Sunzen recording 4. 10. Kagurazaka Explosion, Tokyo
1987festivalSkull Trash Zone
1987contestBand Explosion '876. 7. Tateyama Sōkōkai-kan
1987concertOneman Gig7. 25. Meguro Live Station
1987concertXclamation muryō haifu gig
1987festivalRock Monster August8. 30. Sports Valley Kyoto
1987tour1987 Winter Tour
1987contestCBS/SONY audition '8712. 26.
1987festivalHeavy Metal Days Extra12. 23. Saitama Prefecture
1987festivalDaynamite Year End Party12. 29. Meguro Live Station
1987festivalAll Night Metal party '87 to '8812. 31. Meguro Rockmaykan
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1988festivalMetal Indies 21. 10. Nakano, Tokyo
1988tourVanishing Tour '88 Spring
1988tourVanishing Tour Special
1988tourVanishing Tour Vol.2
1988festivalHeavy Metal Days Vol.78. 27. Saitama Kaikan
1988concertX at Sports Valley Kyoto9. 4. Sports Valley Kyoto
1988concert1. Extasy Summit9. 30. Osaka Bourbon House
1988tourBurn Out Tour '88 Oct.
1988festivalExtasy Summit11. 6. Meguro Rockmaykan
1988festivalStreet Fighting Men11. 12. MZA Ariake
1988festivalAll Night Metal Party '88 to '8912. 31. Meguro Rockmaykan
1989tourBlue Blood Tour
1989concertThe 4th Flower Festival
X Comin Home. Kaette iku ze! Kiai o irete mattero yo!		3. 25. Tateyama Family Park
1989festivalClub Wonderland3. 29. Shibaura Ink Stick Sibaura Factory
1989festival5. Sat Rock Wave '894. 30. Nagashima Spa Land
1989festivalExtasy Summit Vol. II5.2. Meguro Rockmaykan
1989tourBlue Blood Tour Special Big Gig
1989festivalHeavy Metal Days Vol. 87. 22. Saitama Kaikan
1989festivalJR-EAST Pop Rockets '897. 30. Yuzawa, Niigata
1989festivalKirin Sound Together Pop. Hill '898. 12. Ishikawa prefecture
1989festivalThe Rock Kids '898. 19. Fuji-Q Highland
1989festivalRock'n roll Olympic '898. 20. Sportsland SUGO
1989Secret liveSecret Gig daimajin gonin gumi8. 28. Osaka a.m.HALL
1989festivalExtasy Summit in ClubHouse8. 29. Meguro Rockmaykan
1989concertRock Monster "X" Special9. 17. Sports Valley Kyoto
1989festivalExtasy Summit Special: Jōgai rantō-hen9. 28. Shibuya Kōkaidō
1989festivalEnfent Terrible: Kovaru beki kodomotachi12. 3. Shinagawa Terrada Warehouse F Building
1989
1990		tourRose & Blood Tour
1990festival5. Sat Rock Wave '904. 29. Nagoya Sōnai Park, athletic field
1990Film gig1990 X Film Gigs: Chi to bara ni mamirete
1991Film gig tour1990 X Film Gigs: Chi to bara ni mamirete
1991festivalJT Super Sound '91 7. 31. Sendai Resort Park Onikōbe
1991tour
Violence in Jealousy Tour 1991: Yume no Naka ni Dake Ikite
1991concertX Produce: Nani ga okoru ka wakaranai. X ga pavasute o karikitta!
1991festivalExtasy Summit 199110. 29. Nippon Budōkan
1991Secret liveSecret Gig11. 17. Shibuya EGG-MAN
1991concertX with Orchestra12. 8. NHK Hall
1991concertKore de Saigo ka!? Violence in Jealousy Tour 1991 Final Film Gig Special12. 20. Nippon Budōkan
1991festivalAll Night Metal party '91 to '9212. 31. Meguro Rockmaykan
1992concertTokyo Dome 3 Days: On the Verge of Destruction
1992festivalExtasy Summit 1992
1993Film gig tourX Japan Film Gigs 1993: Visual Shock Kōgeki saikai
1993Film gig tour X Japan Film Gigs: Kōgeki saikai
1993concertShingata X dai 1-dan Nihon Chokugeki Countdown X Japan Returns
1994festivalThe Great Music Experience
1994concertSega Saturn Presents: X Japan Tokyo Dome 2 Days
1995concert Kobe Returns12. 24. Osaka-jo Hall
1995
1996		tourDahlia Tour 1995-1996
1996concertDahlia Tour Final 1996 Tokyo Dome 2 Days
1997concertThe Last Live: Saigo no Yoru12. 31. Tokyo Dome
2002Film gigX Japan Film Gig: X Japan no kiseki
2002Film gigX Japan Film Gig: X Japan no kiseki version 2
2003Film gigX Japan Film Gig '03 featuring Art of Life9. 21. Nippon Budōkan
2008concertX Japan Kōgeki Saikai 2008 I. V.: Hametsu ni Mukatte
2008festivalhide memorial summit5. 4. Ajinomoto Stadium
2008concertX Japan Countdown Gig: Ubu ni kaette12. 31. Akasaka Blitz
2009concertX Japan World Tour Live in Hong Kong
2009concertX Japan World Tour Live in Tokyo: Kōgeki zokkō-chuu
2009concertX Japan World Tour Live in Taipei: Hontōni yaru yoru5. 30. Taipei Banqiao Stadium
2009Film gigX Japan Film Gig: Suzuka no yoru8. 22. Suzuka Circuit
2010concertThe Yoshiki Foundation America Kickoff Party6. 1. Los Angeles Club Nokia
2010festivalLollapalooza 20108. 8. Chicago Grant Park
2010concertX Japan World Tour Live in Yokohama chō kyōkō toppa shichitenhakki: Sekai ni mukatte
2010tourX Japan World Tour Live 2010 North American Tour
2011festivalAsia Girls Explosion3. 6. Yoyogi National Gymnasium
2011tourX Japan World Tour Live 2011 European Tour
2011festivalSummer Sonic 2011
2011festivala-nation 10th Anniversary8. 27. Tokyo Stadium
2011tourX Japan World Tour Live 2011 South American Tour
2011tourX Japan World Tour Live 2011 Southeast Asian Tour
2014Secret liveGuerilla Live8. 17. The square in front of Shinjuku Station
2014concertX Japan World Tour 2014 at Yokohama Arena
2014concertX Japan Live at Madison Square Garden10. 11. New York City Madison Square Garden
2015festivalLunatic Fest.6. 27. Chiba Makuhari Messe
2015festivalTV Asahi Dream Festival 201511. 23. Yoyogi National Gymnasium
2015tourX Japan World Tour 2015-2016 in Japan
2016festivalVisual Japan Summit 2016
2017concertX Japan Live 2017 at the Wembley Arena in London3. 4. London Wembley Arena
2017tourX Japan World Tour 2017 We Are X Acoustic Special Miracle: Kiseki no Yoru 6 Days
2018concert4. 10., 11. Tokyo Zepp Divercity
2018festivalCoachella4. 14., 21. California
2018festivalTV Asahi Dream Festival9. 15. Chiba Makuhari Messe
2018concertX Japan Live Nihon Kōen 2018 ~Kurenai ni Somatta Yoru~ Makuhari Messe 3 Days9. 28., 29., 30. Chiba Makuhari Messe

  • film gig: projection of a recorded concert in a real concert hall