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On September 14, the rock band “Yabai Tshirt-ya-san” (lit. “That Awful T-shirt Shop” — a self-deprecating name) revealed ticket sales figures for their tour on their official X account. As part of their 10th-anniversary year, the band is in the middle of a solo tour running since August, with six shows scheduled at Zepp Haneda in Tokyo between October and November — but the fifth show, on November 10, has reportedly sold only about half as many tickets as the others. The band pleaded “Why though?!” and “It’s such a rare chance!”, pointing out that it’s their first unrestricted live-house show since the pandemic. On 5ch, users traded jokes about the band’s name and songs, while others pointed out the gap in ticket sales compared to other artists.
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Rock band Yabai Tshirt-ya-san updated their official X account on the 14th, revealing the current state of ticket sales for their solo tour.
The band, marking the 10th anniversary of their major debut and currently on their solo tour “‘Magical Tank-top Parade’ ONE-MAN TOUR 2026” since August, posted under the heading [Sad News]: “We’re doing 6 shows at Zepp Haneda in Tokyo in October and November, but only the 5th show on 11/10 has sold half as many tickets as the others.” They continued, “Why though?!?! Tank-top Flower for Friends is such a great album!! Plus, the tour for this album happened during the pandemic, so it was our first-ever hall tour — meaning this is actually our first chance to enjoy it in a live house with no restrictions, and it’s such a rare opportunity!!!!!!”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Pick one already
The band's the T-shirt shop —
Yazawa's the towel shop (referring to rock legend Eikichi Yazawa, famous for his towel merch)
Not a single true word in that whole post
Impressive, honestly
Hey! Come back and say something
That was kind of funny lol
temple guy, right? (echoing the classic folk song 'Shojoji's Raccoon Dog Festival')
Looked it up, that was 8 years ago lol
The band name was originally a jab at musicians who do nothing but sell merch
Never heard a single one of their songs
Oh, that actually changes my impression a bit lol
Don't shove the stuff that's about to expire to the front of the shelf!!
People are just laughing at the weird band name
This'll sell out once it gets closer to the show
I've been wearing mine as everyday wear this summer too (Sayumi Michishige, ex-Morning Musume, known for her merch)
Vaundy's already sold out a national tour two years in advance, for comparison
Even Bialystocks is selling out
And that's still months to half a year away
Background and Discussion Points
Yabai Tshirt-ya-san formed in 2012, and their name is said to derive from a self-deprecating joke about “musicians who put a lot of effort into selling merch.” The topic that sparked this thread is that just one out of six scheduled shows is selling more slowly than the rest — not that the tour as a whole is struggling. On multi-date tours, it’s not unusual for a single show to lag due to the day of the week or timing, and commenters pointed to acts like Vaundy and Bialystocks, whose shows months to half a year out are already sold out — framing this less as a simple popularity problem and more as a quirk specific to that one date. At the same time, a fair number of commenters questioned how well-known the band’s name and songs actually are, and the disagreement over the link between name recognition and turnout is something the original article alone doesn’t fully clarify.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Popular band Yabai Tshirt-ya-san’s [Sad News]: Tokyo tour tickets not selling — ‘Why though?!’ ‘It’s such a rare chance!’.”
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