First Stop France, Then America
X-Japan will finally be holding their first American live concert on September 13, 2008 at Madison Square Garden. In a press conference on April 3, the band announced their plans to hold the concert in New York City, and indicated that it was band leader Yoshiki Hayashi’s dream to do a world tour. This seems to be coming true since in another press conference on March 28, X-Japan said they will also be holding another concert in Paris, France on July 5, 2008. Yoshiki also said that it is possible for the band to have concerts in Southeast Asia and South America in the future.
For American fans of X-Japan this should come as great news.
Prior to these concerts the band held a reunion concert, after a ten year hiatus, on March 28-30. However, the concert was held at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, making it hard for international fans, including us Americans, to go. Besides the fact that there was a very limited number of tickets available to international fans, there was also the fact it is very costly to travel and stay in Japan. With this Madison Square Garden concert coming in just a few months we can finally see X-Japan without having to leave the country. Plus, for those who have never been to New York, going to the concert will allow goers to have a mini vacation and tour New York City as well.
Source: Anime News Network
[JAPAN] X-Japan holds reunion concert, concert cost 2.5 billion yen
0 comments Posted by Herri at 11:22 AM
TOKYO —
Popular rock group X JAPAN held its first live concert in 10 years at Tokyo Dome on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Some 50,000 fans came to hear the charismatic rock band which disbanded in 1997. During the concert, vocalist YOSHIKI sung several popular titles and new songs. On Friday, he fainted after he finished the last song at the end of the concert.
Since X JAPAN fans were famous for getting extremely excited during their concerts, about 5,000 staff and 6,000 security personnel as well as several ambulances were deployed for the three-day event. The organizer said the total cost for the three-day event was 2.5 billion yen.
This petition is from the fans of X-Japan situated in Singapore. We all bear a common wish, that is that you, consider playing in Singapore as one of the destinations in your upcoming World Tour. I will try my best to spread this petition so that all X-Japan fans in Singapore sign this. X-Japan fans who live in Singapore, please, we need your help to spread this petition around, in hope of having an X-Japan concert right here in our homeland. Every signature is greatly appreciated by the fans of X-Japan here in Singapore. Lastly,
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Just a few days after the news got out that the ticket sales would start on November 10th (only 12 days before the actual concert), we get the news that the concert has been postponed (again!) (not cancelled though).
At a press conference that same day, it was revealed that X Japan have changed to another tour organizer for their world tour. All concert that were to be this year, have been cancelled (including Paris and Japan), and the world tour will now start with the Countdown Live concert at New Years Eve. The next arc of the tour will be in Japan during Spring 2009, and the last part of the tour in Fall 2009 will be in Europe, having concerts in Paris and Sweden. So this means that the Paris concert has actually been postponed for a whole year. The other concerts in the rest of Asia (Korea, China & Taiwan), will go on as planned.
I guess I'll have to go to the concert in Japan again next year.
Japan Reunion Concerts Confirmed for March in Japan (Updated)
0 comments Posted by Herri at 10:49 AM
Yoshiki Hayashi, the drummer, pianist, and songwriter of the X Japan rock group, has confirmed in two January 20 events and on his Myspace web page the dates for the group's reunion concerts in Japan. X Japan will perform in the Tokyo Dome, which is among the largest arenas in Japan, on March 28 and 30. Those dates had been previously reported in the Japanese press. X Japan's Attack Resumes 2008 I.V.: Heading Towards Destructionwill be X Japan's first full-length concert since it performed at the same locale on December 31, 1997, and the first since the death of guitarist Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto on May 2, 1998. The four surviving members — Toshimitsu "Toshi" Deyama, Yoshiki, Tomoaki "Pata" Ishizuka, and Hiroshi "Heath" Morie — will all return for both nights, which have been titled "Night of Destruction" and "Night of Creation." The group performed the music in the X² animated music video collection and the "Forever Love" ending theme song in Rintaro's X anime movie. Both Madhouse works were based on the X by CLAMP.
"I.V." is the title of the band's new song which features Hide's guitar work and plays within the Japanese release of the Saw IV movie. It has just begun selling on Apple's online i-Tunes Store in 23 countries, including Japan, United States, and Canada, on January 23. The website of the Jrock Revolution music festival is hosting the promotional video for "I.V" and the promotional video for the X Japan Returns Complete Edition DVD. J-rock Revolution is also planning to organize a travel package for people wishing to attend the concerts. No North American concerts have yet to be announced.
