It has been announced that footage from singer Ado's latest live performance, held on July 4th and 5th at Nissan Stadium (Kohoku Ward, Yokohama), will be broadcast and streamed on WOWOW on September 27th. In addition, a major special feature broadcasting and streaming of her past major live performances, including her first performance at Nippon Budokan (2023) and her first performance at the National Stadium by a female solo artist (2024), has also been announced.
In 2025, the year marking her 5th anniversary since her debut, Ado successfully completed her second world tour, "Hibana," and in November of the same year, she completed her first dome tour, "Yodaka," as a homecoming performance. The next stage she took on was "Ao," her first-ever live performance at Nissan Stadium, which was "the largest scale in Ado's history."
WOWOW will broadcast and stream the Nissan Stadium concert, titled "Ado STADIUM LIVE 2026 'Ao'," on WOWOW Prime and WOWOW On Demand from 7 PM on September 27th.
Other featured articles are as follows:
◇ October Broadcast/Streaming: "Ado 2nd Live 'Campanella'"
The legendary one-night-only live performance held on August 11, 2022, at Saitama Super Arena (now GMO Arena Saitama) will be broadcast and streamed. The setlist included all the songs from her 1st album "Kyogen," as well as the theme song "Shin Jidai" and insert songs "Watashi wa Saikyo" and "Gyakko" from the movie "ONE PIECE FILM RED," in which she participated as the singing voice actress for the character Uta. She also performed Vocaloid songs such as "Darling Dance" and "Zaneri," and covered Sheena Ringo's "Tsumi to Batsu" during the encore. The stage conveyed her gratitude to the "utaite" culture and the artists who influenced her throughout the performance.
◇November broadcast/streaming: "Ado National Tour 2023 'Mars'"
The broadcast and streaming will feature footage from her first-ever performance at the Nippon Budokan, held on August 29th and 30th, as part of her nationwide tour "Mars," which took place in 11 cities and 14 shows from June to September 2023. For Ado, who debuted amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, "Mars" was her first live performance after she was allowed to sing again. She premiered new songs such as "Uta," which she also performed at the 74th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen at the end of that year, and "DIGNITY," the theme song for the movie "The Silent Service," which garnered attention for being written by B'z. She also performed "Kazari Ja Nai no yo Namida wa," "unravel," "Villain," and "Buriki no Dance," which will be included in her "Ado's Singing Album" to be released in December 2023.
◇December broadcast/streaming: "Ado SPECIAL LIVE 2024 'Shinzou' (Heart)"
The broadcast and streaming will feature footage from the concert held on April 27th and 28th, 2024, which drew a total of 140,000 people and became the first solo concert by a female artist to be held at the National Stadium. Drone art and fireworks lit up the sky, and Ado rode a birdcage-shaped trolley around the arena, creating a stage experience unique to a stadium venue. In addition, she had her dream first collaboration with Hatsune Miku on stage, and Takahiro Matsumoto appeared as a guest during the performance of "DIGNITY," a song that garnered attention for being written by B'z.
◇Broadcast/Streaming in January 2027: "Ado WORLD TOUR 2025 'Hibana' at Saitama Super Arena"
The broadcast and streaming will feature footage from the April 26th and 27th Saitama Super Arena (now GMO Arena Saitama) performances that kicked off Ado's 2025 World Tour, which drew a total of 500,000 people—one of the largest attendances by a Japanese artist in history. The setlist included many of her signature songs such as "Usseewa," "Odori," "Shin Jidai," and "Uta." Highlights also include "Rockstar," a new song from her first best-of album "Ado's Best Adbum," released just before the tour, and the first live performance of "Stay Gold," her first attempt at singing in English, in collaboration with Jax Jones.
