Legendary English rock band The Rolling Stones are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, there’s a new live album on sale featuring unreleased recordings from the band’s two secret shows at The El Mocambo in Toronto from 1977, but fans in Tokyo are getting something extra special. We’ll be treated to an epic firework festival at Tokyo Racecourse this summer, hosted by Tokyo Sugoi Hanabi.
The Rolling Stones don’t have any plans to visit Japan during their summer tour, but you can still watch fireworks synchronised with the band’s greatest hits at this show on July 6. Expect to see 14,000 fireworks shooting above the entire two-kilometre-long field at Tokyo Racecourse, all produced by pyrotechnician Hideo Hirayama from H2 Show Design Associate and Beniya Aoki Fireworks. Hirayama has previously worked on synchronised fireworks for other major projects, with his most recent one being a Queen-themed firework festival in Osaka, Fukuoka and Miyagi prefectures.
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Standard tickets go for ¥6,600 or ¥7,700 per person for A seats and S seats, respectively. However, superfans will want to upgrade their experience with one of the special bundle deals. You can get an S seat ticket which comes with a copy of the new live album in an exclusive CD case (¥12,000) or an S seat ticket with an event T-shirt (¥11,000), both of which are only available for limited quantities. Box seats for up to four people are also available for ¥30,000.
Early bird tickets are available for purchase now via the Lawson ticketing website, so be quick.
Visit The Rolling Stones 60th Anniversary The Greatest Fireworks website for more information.
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