Kanjani Eight
During the 8sai festival, on August 5, Kanjani Eight announced their concert tour the year. Titled, "Kanjani Eight Live Tour 8EST: Minna no omoi wa doudai? Bokura no omoi wa mugendai!", it was scheduled for ten cities with a total of 35 performances. The tour kicked off with the group's first stadium performance at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on September 15, 2012. During those performances, it was then announced that the tour would be extended to include two dome performances at Tokyo and Osaka. This brought the total attendance, scheduled, of the tour to a grand total of 880,000 attendees. The tour continued on to Osaka for the Nagai Stadium performances but was ultimately canceled on the last day, September 30, due to Typhoon no. 17. In response to the cancellation, Kanjani Eight released a statement,