Second-round fan-club ticket sales have opened for Hello! Project’s winter concert series, “2027 Winter ‘Crossroads’.” On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, posters expressed surprise that the already-closed first round sold out Shibuya’s weekday January 4th show, and that Sendai — which hadn’t hosted a Hello! Project concert in a while — also sold out its first round. Meanwhile, discussion turned to complaints and theories about ticket sales in Osaka and Aichi, the size of the Fukuoka venue, and how the tour schedule was put together, with the conversation ranging from ticket sales figures to whether the venue choices made sense.
Re: #3
Even the Shibuya weekday Jan 4th show sold out — that's impressive
6AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:06
Don't need the full Hello! Project concert package, just let Juice=Juice tour solo already
12AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:13
I feel like it's inefficient for 69 Hello! Project members to spend two months touring 1000-capacity venues
They should use bigger venues in Tokyo/Nagoya/Osaka and just cut the number of shows instead
30AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:19
Re: #12
That's exactly why they did 7 major cities in winter and Tokyo/Nagoya/Osaka in summer this year
13AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:14
It's basically a gacha pull whether you land the 'X' or 'Y' show (the so-called front and back versions)
Well, there's also stuff like last year when the flu hit and a 3-member bit became a 1-member bit
There's maybe a 30% random element to it
Used to be you could watch one show first and then decide whether to buy more
15AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:14
Re: #11
Makes me wonder if a Juice=Juice solo tour would've sold out completely
16AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:14
Forget everything else, Sendai's first round actually sold out? For real?
25AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:17
Re: #16
It's been a while since Shibuya, so Kanto fans are starved for it
17AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:15
If Hiroshima/Kure still had openings I was gonna go through general sale, but looks like that's not happening
18AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:15
Sendai hadn't had a Hello! Project concert in a while, so that tracks
19AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:16
Aren't Osaka and Aichi a little embarrassed?
Miyagi and Hiroshima are pulling their weight
And even then, capacity still isn't enough
20AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:16
A Fukuoka show capped at 1000 capacity for just one performance — isn't that a loss?
21AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:16
I wonder if we'll get another legendary 'Murakoshi solo' moment this year (a famous instance of a member having to carry a song alone)
22AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:16
Kure selling out is wild — is that the Ebata/Danbara effect? I was sure it'd definitely need a second round
23AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:17
Hiroshima's turning into a fierce battle since it falls on Eba's (Ebata's) birthday
26AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:17
Osaka's getting dragged down by the Orix schedule (the baseball team's games likely eating into venue dates)
27AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:17
Should I apply? I probably haven't been to a winter Hello! Project show in something like 12 years
32AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:19
Re: #27
You should go
Starting next year it'll probably go back to being a half-empty Hello! Project concert, so burn this sold-out, electric one into your memory
28AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:17
Shibuya's first-round sellout is impressive, but the quietly more impressive one is Sendai's first-round sellout
29AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:18
Hello! Project's on fire right now — guess the rest of us just sit back and save our money
31AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:19
Maybe Sendai did well because it landed on the first day of a long weekend, good scheduling
33AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:19
February looked wide open, so I applied for Sendai for the first time in about 10 years
34AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:20
Juice=Juice is seriously the one keeping Hello! Project afloat right now
35AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:20
Did this year's 'Sutebo' also get a second-round release? (a fan nickname for a specific show)
37AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:21
Back when Nakano Sun Plaza closed down everyone complained nonstop, and now look how tamed we've all become
38AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:21
Second round for Winter Hello! Project 2026
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39AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:21
Feels like Juice=Juice is being used as a babysitter for the other groups, such a waste
Juice=Juice's time is precious right now
57AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:33
Re: #39
Well, Morning Musume played that exact role for years back in the day
40AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:21
Was 'Super Saori Time' a thing last year? (fans' nickname for a solo segment featuring member Saori)
41AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:22
Did Shinagawa not sell well because it's standing-only?
43AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:23
Re: #32
If a war breaks out, Hello! Project concerts probably won't be a thing anymore
45AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:24
That's part of it too
People complained endlessly about it, right
Having to wait around before the show even starts, and then it's standing the whole time once you're inside
47AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:25
You can't do multiple standing shows — your legs won't survive
48AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:26
Well, honestly at Hello! Project concerts everyone's standing the whole time anyway, even during ballads
So standing-only probably doesn't change much
49AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:27
Oh, it's paper tickets, not e-tickets
That's just friends double-applying together, multiple accounts, and scalpers flooding in
51AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:28
Standing just during the performance and standing non-stop from entry until the show ends are two completely different things
52AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:28
And at Shinagawa, on top of everything, they make you line up on that slope too
54AnonymousNov 12, 2026 18:29
Hiroshima's a fierce battle since it's literally Eba's birthday
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Hello! Project is the umbrella unit overseeing multiple groups including Morning Musume ’26 and Juice=Juice. For its winter and summer national tours, it runs fan-club presales in stages — first round, then second round — deciding show counts and venue sizes based on demand as it goes. The Sendai first-round sellout that surprised so many posters reflects, as noted in the thread, pent-up demand in a region that “hadn’t had a Hello! Project concert in a while,” rather than necessarily a sudden spike in overall popularity. The debate over using bigger venues with fewer shows in Tokyo/Nagoya/Osaka while adding more regional dates, and the view that Juice=Juice is propping up the tour, remain fan impressions and speculation, not official statements. It should also be noted that at this point only the Shibuya and Sendai first-round shows are confirmed sold out — as mentioned in the thread, Osaka, Aichi, Fukuoka, and others may not be fully booked — so this shouldn’t be mistaken for every show having sold out.
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