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Virtual Artist IA Made Successful New York/East Coast Debut at Gramercy Theatre

1st Place Co., Ltd./Cool Japan Music, Inc.
Virtual artist, IA made successful New York/East Coast debut at Gramercy Theatre.

Photos by Mayumi Nashida

New York (Oct 13th, 2015) – IA, who's known as a virtual artist - originally developed as a voice library for [VOCALOID TM3], made NYC debut with her Special 3D Live Showcase on October 11th (Sun) at Gramercy Theatre as part of NY Comic Con presents NY Super Week!

Fans started to line up as early as 10am on Sunday for 7pm door, and it eventually went all the way around the block of 23rd and Lexington. Many of them were already geared up with IA live T-shirts and other merch they had picked up at the Comic Con, and the glow stick, the must have J-Pop concert item. IA was accompanied by two live dancers who were also performing with her at Anime Expo in Los Angeles earlier, and gave very energetic live performance with several wardrobe changes. Audiences were also wowed by IA's guitar playing that was added after the LA concert as well as her singing voice, which was so clear and humanly smooth, especially noticeable when she was singing a ballad. 60 minutes of full stage went so fast, but passionate crowed did not let her go. IA sang two songs as an encore and promised to come back soon.

The next stop is London Hyper Japan on Nov. 28th and 29th! IA is a virtual artist brought to life as part of the VOCALOID3. 「 IA -ARIA ON THE PLANETES-」and「IA ROCKS」are both ranked #1 on Amazon Japan Music Software chart. IA-related videos have collectively garnered more than 100 million views.
IA started her artist career by embarking on a live tour in 2012, followed by a dance music collaboration with the game, “GROOVE COASTER”, as well as collaborations with several fashion brands. IA is also the featured singer of KAGEROU PROJECT by the multi-talented JIN and also included in Evangelion final chapter comics CD. Since 2013, IA has reached out to her international audience by doing live shows in France and Taiwan as well as the string of successful concert movie screenings in New York, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. IA made her North American live performance debut with more than 2000 screaming fans in July 2015. On July 30th「IA/VT ‒COLORFUL-」 for PlayStation(R) was released and ranked #2 on the game chart. IA performed her first solo concert in Japan in September followed by her New York Show on Oct 11th.

IA OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://1stplace.co.jp/artist/ia
IA 3rd Year Anniversary Song, “Diamond Days” (MV): https://youtu.be/8EabC3OCOi8
IA FB World Page: https://www.facebook.com/IA.WORLD.PAGE


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