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EDITED 2012.05.14
DURING THE SHOW
Setlist:
Thanks to Shi no Hai
01. いばらの涙
02. CHASE
03. GOOD LUCK MY WAY
04. Killing Me
05. SHINE
06. wild flower
07. MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM
08. metropolis
09. REVELATION
10. SEVENTH HEAVEN
11. Driver’s High
12. DRINK IT DOWN
13. shade of season
14. STAY AWAY
16. READY STEADY GO
16. 未来世界
17. Pieces
18. X X X
19. NEXUS 4
20. Link
21. BLESS
(01. Ibara no Namida, 16. Mirai Sekai)
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I'm posting once again here the whole article written by Risa chan from L'Arc~en~ciel UK Fans Unite (English Street Team)!! I hope you all enjoy her translation of the MCs and comments on the live as much as I did :D
DAY 2
01. Ibara no Namida
02. CHASE
03. GOOD LUCK MY WAY
-hyde MC-
h: "Tadaima-! We’re back! We are L’Arc~en~Ciel. We’ve travelled the world. Have you guys been well? You’ve been ok?? Every country we went to, our music crossed the borders. It was like we were communicating via the language of music. It was all very memorable. From the rest of the world it may only look like a small step, but for us Japanese, I think it was a very big step. Please enjoy the final today.
JAPAN! Or Nippon? Or maybe “1,2,3” (audience seem confused), you know, as in “1,Nissan” (NB hyde is trying to make a joke/pun here – the Japanese word for “2,3” is pronounced “ni, san” which sounds a lot like NISSAN. Still hyde, it’s a bit of a stretch!) (audience finally understand and go “ahhhh”). Or Yokohama… LET’S GO JAPAN!!! JAPAAANNNN!!!! “Killing Me”!!!"
04. Killing Me (apparently a very fast version!)
05. SHINE
06. wild flower
07. MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM
-advert – for Doa-l’arc Chocolate-
So following hyde’s marshmallow advert yesterday, today was yukihiro’s Doa-l’arc chocolate advert! In case anyone missed this on-going joke, Doara is the mascot character for Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese baseball team. Yukihiro has recently been expressing his love (?) for the character, and so created the Doa-l’arc chocolate as part of the goods. The advert shows Doara prancing around and doing funny dances around places like Nagoya Castle and Nagoya Dome (which is where the baseball team are based) with New World playing in the background. The advert finally ended with Doara holding the chocolate and posing.
As yesterday, then the members got on the cart-trolley thing and travelled to the substage whilst the intro of REVELATION plays in the background.
Once they got to the substage, apparently hyde’s ear monitor got tangled in his braids, so he asked the members to wait before they start. Apparently, then tecchan came along and untangled it for him (aaaaawwwwwwwwwwww). Then tecchan looked around proudly, waved his hands about, and then got ready for the next track. And in the meantime apparently ken was pretending to open the flies of this trousers along to the beat (hahaha). And with hyde’s word of approval, the next track.
08. metropolis
09. REVELATION (with some nice headbanging from all the members around yukihiro’s drumset – although at one point ken was banging so hard that he fell over!)
And another funny incident! During REVELATION, yukihiro seemed to have some trouble with the drums/equipment and during the bit where they make the audience shout, he was fiddling with it trying to fix it. But there still seemed to be a problem, but nevertheless he carried on. At the end of the track, when he tried to get up he tripped on a wire and nearly fell over, so he kicked the equipment (some sort of box), kicked it again and then threw it (lol). Not satisfied, he threw another box, jumped onto it and then stuck his finger up proudly at the audience (lol) and happily marched off onto the cart-thing. You’re a true rock star, yukkie!!!
Then, as ken and yukihiro were travelling via the cart-thing back to the mainstage, yukkie entertained the audience with a dance!!! Go yukkie!!! Apparently it was this sort of dance (the first youtube video I found, lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otm0FaKor8A ) and then ken-chan noticed yukkie doing this dance, stood behind him and also danced, waving his arms about. HOW ADORABLE!!! Also, during the travelling the members were given a canon that shot out some big plastic balls (?), and because there was some left at the end of their travels, ken-chan and yukkie carried on firing them, playfully in synchro as they danced. AAWWWWW!!!!
10. SEVENTH HEAVEN
11. Driver’s High
-ken MC-
k:"Arrggghhh it’s hot!! It’s so hot!!! Yesterday it was cold and windy, so today I wore an extra layer underneath (he was wearing a black top underneath), but now I’m hot! But because it’s under all these layers, I can’t take it off!!
practiced swimming like dolphins and everything! But no one came…and although it wasn’t 11pm yet, they turned the lights off, even when we were still there! So we had to get out…
(since tecchan was still not back on stage) You want me to talk about something else? We went to go and see a show in Paris that featured boobs! …wait, you guys aren’t being put off like yesterday are you? Anyway, it wasn’t anything sleazy, it was meant to be artistic, but I thought maybe I’d feel turned on. The thing was, it was a massive place with around 2000-3000 people, so they were really far away. So what I learnt is, if you can’t reach the boobs, they don’t count as boobs! (LOL SERIOUSLY ken!!!) So in the end I fell asleep. It was going to be a massive event, but I felt bored…
Today’s live is so hot that I want to take off my inner top! Since it’s getting darker the next track (audience cheer) I haven’t even said what sort of song is next yet but you’re cheering already! Anyway next song, DRINK IT DOWN!"
12. DRINK IT DOWN
13. shade of season
14. STAY AWAY
15. READY STEADY GO
-yukihiro drum solo-
-ENCORE-
16. Mirai Sekai
17. PIECES (apparently hyde was seen crying! Aaaahhhhh!!!!!)
18. X X X
19. NEXUS 4
20. Link
-testuya MC-
t:"Good evening, I’m Shioya Shun (see yesterday’s notes for details! Apparently today he was doing an impression of him crying as well (the guy was seen crying during interviews and stuff)). No? I did that joke yesterday but still not funny?
Erm, my hair looks like Odagiri Jo (N.B. Odagiri Jo is another famous actor, who at the moment has a shaved bit like tecchan!). Hmm… even worse…! Good evening!!! Ogenki- (how are you?)??? Wasshooooi!!! Egg-! Pocho pocho pocho…you know I can speak French now (NB this is another on-going joke where tetsuya thought that the French language sounded like “pocho pocho pocho” lol). You want to eat my banana-??? You want to lick my lolololollipoooop???” (apparently hyde was gesturing “no no” lol)"
-hyde MC-
h: "Did you guys see the Doara advert?? I haven’t seen it yet, I’ll watch it with yukihiro-kun later!!(YEAH!!) I’m glad it didn’t rain again! I felt some water earlier but it was just the effects (NB during Killing Me they had some water shooting out beside the stage). Overseas it was as if we were bringing the sunny weather with us – even if it was raining lots it would become sunny just before the start of our lives! So you know, the Ajinomoto Stadium last year was part of the effects…
You all look really cute! I’m happy that everyone is smiling. I see some of you in the audience crying…which makes me laugh… like, you wanted to see us so much?? It was the same wherever we went in the world – all our fans were cute. I can’t remember where, but whilst we were abroad an interviewer asked us “do you not get tired while you’re doing so many lives?” But I don’t feel tired at all. How could I, when there are so many fans overseas who have been waiting for us for so many years? All the fans give me strength/energy during the lives...well at least mentally (laugh). Physically…is another story (laugh).
It was the first time we’d set up such a large-scale world tour. And I think it must have been so much work for the staff. Everything was different – the language, how to make the bookings, the value of money being different... It was thanks to their hard work and efforts that we managed to step out into the world. And thank you to you guys for welcoming us back in Japan – we are such a lucky band to have you all. Thank you. We’ll do it again. Maybe the next one will be our 30th anniversary (laughing – yukkie plays the drums as if to say “nooo!” It better be a joke hyde, we want you sooner!)
We’re a band that can keep going… we can continue together, right (looks at members who nod)?(**RIGHT!**)
We’ll carry on going, on and on.
Finally tonight, a song of celebration. BLESS".
21. BLESS
As they left the stage, hyde shouted “See you at the National Stadium!!” and bowed. Tecchan threw plenty of bananas as usual ;D
AFTER THE LIVE
Articles
Natalie
Natalie's article was wonderfully translated by Risa chan!!
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Natalie
Natalie's article was wonderfully translated by Risa chan!!
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L’arc~en~Ciel open their "welcome-home" gigs! 150,000 gather for their 2-day gig in Yokohama
L’Arc~en~Ciel’s opening show of their string of ‘welcome-home’ gigs from their tour ‘L’Arc~en~Ciel 20th L’Anniversary WORLD TOUR 2012 THE FINAL’ was held on the 12th and 13th May at the Nissan Stadium, Kanagawa, Japan.
The band have been touring 10 countries around the world as part of their ‘L’Arc~en~Ciel WORLD TOUR 2012’ since March, playing to excited fans all around the world. They have now returned to play their ‘welcome-home’ gigs, bringing home the heat and excitement to share with their home fans. The opening gigs held at the Nissan Stadium brought together 150,000 fans over the 2 days, welcoming the band’s return with manic excitement.
The first show on the 12th was opened with hyde greeting the packed crowd, shouting “We’re back! We’re L’Arc~en~Ciel!”. He told the audience “Seeing so many of you gathered here today has made me teary already. Today I want to make it a day to remember, so make me think “See, it’s always best in Japan”!”, which was received with cheers and applause. ken, who has been addressing the audience during the world tour with his ‘local souvenir MCs’ sent the crowd in waves of laughter, telling them in Japanese (which he hadn’t done in a while) "I don’t have any souvenirs today. So I was wondering what to speak about, when I thought of something, 2 minutes before the live. You know, I have a hole in my trousers (laugh)".
The setlist included a wide variety of tracks, ranging from songs from their newest album ‘BUTTERFLY’ released in February, their biggest hits that they played on tour, and even some tracks which have rarely been played recently, which were all well-received by a thrilled audience.
On the second day, hyde greeted the audience from each of the runways extended from the stage, shouting "Come on Japan!". Looking back on the world tour, he emotionally expressed "Every country we went to, our music crossed the borders. It was like we were communicating via the language of music. From the rest of the world it may only look like a small step, but for us Japanese, I think it was a very big step". ken entertained the crowd with some special memories of the tour, telling them "The weather was really different wherever we went. In Indonesia it was really hot so I went swimming in the hotel pool, but there was no one there apart from me and the stylist!! I rang everyone saying “A dolphin show is about to start at the pool!” hoping someone would turn up – we practiced swimming like dolphins and everything! But no one came (laugh)".
In the final MC, hyde thanked the fans both from Japan and all over the world, saying "We wouldn’t have managed to tour the world without the fans who were waiting for us there. And I guess it’s because we’ve carried on for so long that we have fans everywhere. There were fans who told us ‘we’ve been waiting for years’ everywhere we went, which made me glad that we carried out the tour. And once we returned, all of you welcomed us back. We are such a lucky band to have you all. Thank you". The audience seemed touched by his heartfelt message.
Over the two days, the band continued to surprise the audience with dynamic effects and staging only possible in such a large-scale venue. The four members excited the audience with an energetic performance full of spirit, showing them how much they accomplished and achieved by touring the world.
L’Arc~en~Ciel will now go on to play at the Universal Studio Japan, Osaka, and then end their World Tour with their grand finale at the National Stadium, Tokyo. This will mark the first time a rock band will play at the National Stadium. At the end of Sunday’s show, a message from the members was shown, promising the fans that “The National Stadium gig will be a festival!!”.
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