Some exciting news for SideM were announced during the New Year Producer Training niconama.

First up is a continuation of the IDOLM@STER x Tales of Asteria collaboration. Yuri and Luke will be appearing in the collaboration event in SideM while Touma and Shiki will appear in Asteria.

Second up is THE IDOLM@STER SideM Greeting Tour 2017 ~BEYOND THE DREAM~! It will be held in 7 cities and the details are as follows:

Hiroshima (2 April 2017) @ BLUE LIVE HIROSHIMA
・Open 15:00, Start 16:00
・Ticket Price: ￥6,500 (Tax-in), All standing
・Performers:

• DRAMATIC STARS [Nakamura Shugo (Tendou Teru), Uchida Yuuma (Sakuraba Kaoru), Yashiro Taku (Kashiwagi Tsubasa)]
• High×Joker [Nogami Shou (Iseya Shiki)、Chiba Shouya (Akiyama Hayato)、Shirai Yuusuke (Wakazato Haruna)、Nagatsuka Takuma (Fuyumi Jun)、Watanabe Hiroshi (Sakaki Natsuki)]

Osaka (16 April 2017) @ Orix Theater
・Open 17:00, Start 18:00
・Ticket Price: ￥7,000 (Tax-in)
・Performers:

• FRAME [Kumagai Kentarou (Akuno Hideo)、Hama Kento (Kimura Ryu)、Masumoto Takuya (Shingen Seiji)]
• Cafe Parade [Karino Shou (Kamiya Yukihiro)、Amasaki Kouhei (Shinonome Souichiro)、Furukawa Makoto (Asselin BB II)、Kodama Takuya (Uzuki Makio)、Kobayashi Daiki (Mizushima Saki)]
• Special Guest: Kanbara Daichi (Jupiter Ijuin Hokuto)

Aichi (6 May 2017) @ Century Hall
・Open 17:00, Start 18:00
・Ticket Price: ￥7,000 (Tax-in)
・Performers:

• Cafe Parade [Karino Shou (Kamiya Yukihiro)、Amasaki Kouhei (Shinonome Souichiro)、Furukawa Makoto (Asselin BB II)、Kodama Takuya (Uzuki Makio)、Kobayashi Daiki (Mizushima Saki)]
• THE KOGADO [Terashima Junta (Taiga Takeru)、Komatsu Shouhei (Kizaki Ren)、Hamano Daiki (Enjoji Michiru)]
• Legenders [Kasama Jun (Kuzunoha Amehiko), Shioya Fumiyoshi (Kitamura Sora), Komada Wataru (Koron Chris)]
• Special Guest: Matsuoka Yoshitsugu (Jupiter Minarai Shota)

Aichi (7 May 2017) @ Century Hall
・Open 16:00, Start 17:00
・Ticket Price: ￥7,000 (Tax-in)
・Performers:

• DRAMATIC STARS [Nakamura Shugo (Tendou Teru), Uchida Yuuma (Sakuraba Kaoru), Yashiro Taku (Kashiwagi Tsubasa)]
• High×Joker [Nogami Shou (Iseya Shiki)、Chiba Shouya (Akiyama Hayato)、Shirai Yuusuke (Wakazato Haruna)、Nagatsuka Takuma (Fuyumi Jun)、Watanabe Hiroshi (Sakaki Natsuki)]
• Shinsoku Ikkon [Masuyama Takeaki(Akai Suzaku)、Fukamachi Toshinari(Kurono Genbu)]

Tokyo (4 June 2017) @ Toyosu Pit
・Open 16:00, Start 17:00
・Ticket Price: ￥6,500 (Tax-in) All standing
・Performers:

• S.E.M [Itou Kento (Hazama Michio)、Enoki Junya (Maita Rui)、Nakajima Yoshiki (Yamashita Jiro)]
• Mofumofuen [Yano Shougo (Okamura Nao), Furuhata Keisuke (Tachibana Shiro), Murase Ayumu (Himeno Kanon)]
• F-LAGS [Sanpei Yuko (Akizuki Ryo), Urao Takehiro (Kabuto Daigo), Tokutake Tatsuya (Tsukumo Kazuki)]
• Special Guest: Terashima Takuma (Jupiter Amagase Touma)

Hokkaido (11 June 2017) @ Zepp Sapporo
・Open 16:30, Start 17:30
・Ticket Price: ￥6,500 (Tax-in) 1F All standing, 2F seated
・Performers:

• W [Yamaya Yoshitaka (Aoi Kyosuke)、Kikuchi Takeru (Aoi Yusuke)]
• FRAME [Kumagai Kentarou (Akuno Hideo)、Hama Kento (Kimura Ryu)、Masumoto Takuya (Shingen Seiji)]
• Altessimo [Nagano Yuusuke (Kagura Rei)、Toki Shunichi (Tsuzuki Kei)]

Ishikawa (17 June 2017) @ Honda no Mori Hall
・Open 17:00, Start 18:00
・Ticket Price: ￥7,000 (Tax-in)
・Performers:

• Beit [Umehara Yuuichirou (Takajo Kyoji)、Horie Shun (Pierre)、Takatsuka Tomohito (Watanabe Minori)]
• Sai [Baretta Yutaka (Hanamura Shouma)、Yamashita Daiki (Nekoyanagi Kirio)、Nakada Yuuya (Kiyosumi Kuro)]
• Mofumofuen [Yano Shougo (Okamura Nao), Furuhata Keisuke (Tachibana Shiro), Murase Ayumu (Himeno Kanon)]

Application codes can be found in the Beyond the Dream CD slated for release on 1 February 2017. Application starts on 1st of February at 10:00 JST and ends on the 26th of the same month at 23:59 JST. Results will be released on the 3rd of March at 13:00 JST and you have until the 21:00 JST at 6th of March to pay.

Each code can be used to apply for up to 4 venues, and you may apply up to two tickets each.

The 4th Original Pieces CD will also be released on the 26th of April and it will feature Hokuto, Kaoru, Kuro, Saki and Kei.

Last but not least, the name card function will be added to the SideM game!