[live] Lives April 2015

2015.04.09 - BORN@Osaka MUSE

2015.04.12 - Grieva, Gossip, Kuroyuri to kage, DIAURA@Osaka MUSE

2015.04.18 - LEZARD@Akasaka BLITZ

2015.04.19 - GIGAMOUS, Arurukan, Lycaon, etc.@Shinjuku ReNY

2015.04.26 - BORN@Shinjuku BLAZE

Still waiting for the tickets of two other lives to arrive,
and hoping to get tickets for another two lives while in Japan o(〃'▽'〃)o

BORN x Lycaon EU Tour THE RAMPAGE - Paris

I hate going to Paris >_>
No really, this city always puts my nerves to the test... >_>

Nevertheless, I was looking forward to the tour final a lot!

When we arrived it was around 13:00 or 14:00. The queue wasn't that long at that time, but that didn't mean anything. It felt like every new person who arrived just went to front and lined up right there. It was quite bullshitty. I didn't know what to expect of the French fans, since it was my first French live ever (except for the Golden Bomber live at Japan Expo, but you can't really count that one..).
Well, let's say that they didn't really leave a good impression on me. Apart from Hamburg we had a lot more fun with the German fans! :) Most of those guys rocked ☺

We waited with our Swiss friends Claudia, Lizzy and Steffi and it was really strange to speak Swiss German again after a week of only speaking German XD It felt quite funny lol.

Well, after entrance started we did our best to get a good spot and we were more or less able to go to 2nd row ;_;

Lycaon played first so it was clear we wouldn't stay there for long XD
And a really huge guy stood next to me ;_; I'm aways really really unlucky when it comes to good spots orz

We still had fun during Lycaon. Zero was directly in front of us and I was really starting to like him more and more after that week. He has kind of a mysterious aura about him, and really pretty eyes. I really liked that.

Yuuki had a red velvet sofa on stage today, next to his small table that he also had during the German shows :D
I think he really liked that. He often sat down on it and sprawled out on it etc etc. During Kuchibeni he had a broken mirror in his hand and a bright red lipstick in the other and he painted his lips in the beginning of the song.

After they finished their setlist it was BORN time again. For the last time.

Aah, this is so painful.

Well, setlist first:

-SE-
1. Extremely Waltz
2. THE STALIN
3. SKIN
4. Devilish of the punk
5. SATISFACTION?
-interlude-
6. ProudiA
7. BLASTED ANIMALS
-random- Country roads, take me home...
8. RADICAL HYSTERIA
9. 鴉
10. BREAKTHROUGH ✌
11. DEMONS
-en-
1. more Deep
2. RADICAL HYSTERIA (with Lycaon)

The setlist was the same as in Cologne, but the setlist was always quite the same so I didn't expect any surprises :)

I was giving my everything at that live. The thought that this would be the last time for a while that I would see them... that was horrible.
During ProudiA I was just crying and crying and I almost couldn't stop and it was so hard to smile again when they started playing BLASTED ANIMALS just afterward, but I tried my best.

I don't remember where exactly that was, but at one point, when they had a short break on stage and everyone was shouting their names, I went "RYOGA, KAKATTEKOI YO!!" as loud as I could and LOL... Ryoga grinned the prettiest and cutest grin I had ever seen in my entire life and I got a thumbs up from him and K haha ;~;♥ For this moment alone it paid off to go to Paris ;~; I wish those pictures would never fade from my mind...

Well, after BLASTED ANIMALS, they had a short break again and Ryoga sat down to drink some water when he suddenly... out of nowhere... started to sing "Country roads, take me home..." in Japanese.

"Country Road kono michi zutto yukeba
ano machi ni tsuzuiteru ki ga suru Country road

Hitoribocchi... arigatou"

The crowd was clapping along and he was singing acapella and aah so beautiful ;~;

The peace sign during BREAKTHROUGH didn't work as well as it did in Germany XD Ryoga tried, but I didn't see anyone going ✌ :(

After DEMONS it was already encore time and May and I screamed our lungs out... I don't know if French people don't shout for encore but the encore shouts were really small >_>

Well, of course they reappeared anyway! :3

And... oh dear... they played more Deep!! MORE DEEEEEP!! That's one of my absolute favourite songs!! Q___Q I was so so so happy!! I could still cry over it and die.

Then Ryoga was like "Now let's shout for this cool band called Lycaon" and everyone went "Ly-ca-on, Ly-ca-on!". The first one to reappear was Satoshi and everyone else came out too, except for Yuuki. So Ryoga animated us to shout for Yuuki and when he appeard on stage he was wearing a pinkish, lilac, black yukata with a flower pattern and a pink ribbon on the back. He looked very cute :)

And then they played Saba again, whoohoo!! Well, BORN played and Lycaon members were jumping around stage and randomly shouting "SUCK MY DICK OR DEATH" in whichever microphone was nearest lol.

During the very last song I banged my head on an ellbow of a non-headbanger, just above my eye... outch. I was wondering when I'd get some battlefield injury, but who could have known that it would be during the very last song of the tour LOL.

Ah. And then it was over.

The bands were both enthusiastic about promising us to come back to Europe, so I really really hope they will come back soon ;~;

Before that, May and I will certainly go back to Japan, probably for BORN's anniversary live next year. We don't know yet if we also want to tour with them in Japan, but, who knows. Gotta save lots of money before that~

So, the tour is over now, and on Tuesday we will have to go back to work and live our boring lives.

I'm so thankful for everything I have experienced during this week, for all the memories, for the friendships made and deepened, for all the fun at the lives. I couldn't be more happy.

BORN x Lycaon EU Tour THE RAMPAGE - Cologne

We arrived in Cologne one day before the live, so we went to do some sightseeing at the Cologne Cathedral ;~;
I'm not sure if I have seen it from the inside before so I was very happy we had time enough to visit it~

We also went to the famous bridge where lovers fasten locks on the fence to fasten our own lock~

The next day we got up at around 7am and got ready. We waited for our friend Anna to receive her premium ticket via express delivery which wasn't that fast in the end D<
But in the end we all made it and met up at the train station near the live hall.

And then we waited.
Again.
Aaah, the waiting is the worst part of all of it D:
You have awesome people surrounding you, but you still want it to finally start ;~;

There was a number "system" again, but in the end it didn't work, again.
Well when we finally got in we were in like 3rd row, so it was pretty OK.

Third rubber band get haha.
I love these thingies ;~;

BORN were first that night, a fact I was really happy about! It meant enjoying my fav band and then going to the back to chill out during Lycaon ¦3

BORN's setlist of that night:

-SE-
1. Extremely Waltz
2. THE STALIN
3. SKIN
4. Devilish of the punk
5. SATISFACTION?
-interlude-
6. ProudiA
7. BLASTED ANIMALS
8. RADICAL HYSTERIA
9. 鴉
10. BREAKTHROUGH ✌
11. DEMONS

There was no encore that night, because they played first. But they played one song more during the regular setlist than in Munich and Hamburg (namely Extremely Waltz).

Putting Extremely Waltz at the beginning of the setlist really changed the overall feeling of the setlist completely!
However, all the other songs were the same as before, even though it didn't feel like it. Anyway, it was a blast! We had soooo much fun!
It was a little difficult to do furi properly since our space was quite limited. Even headbanging wasn't that easy ;A;
Circle jumping during Saba et al. was almost impossible, although we tried. But I already jumped on too many feet as it were so yeah XD"

Anna caught K's pick in the end and omg I was so so so happy for her ;A; I didn't see it since I didn't stand next to her but apparently she fought for it so yeah... you go girl! XD

After that we went to the back and enjoyed Lycaon ^-^ It was a really nice show and I was glad I had enough space to do some proper furi finally~.. that was fun!

When the show was over Anna, May and I went to Mc Do at Cologne main station and revelled in the memories of the past week. Ah, we didn't want to say good bye, but then it was time and we went back to the hotel while Anna went back home ;_;

Cologne was so so so much fun!! I had a great time ^-^
Thank you so much Cologne!

BORN x Lycaon EU Tour THE RAMPAGE - Hamburg

It's already been two days since the live in Hamburg, today will be the live in Cologne!
So I better write a little something about Hamburg before we head to the venue ^-^

Our Hotel was next to... this...

Which was fine with us XD"
We only had to sleep there so it really didn't matter.

We went to the venue in Hamburg "Knust" at around 9.30 in the morning. We usually don't go to lives so early but this time we thought we'd give it a try! :D

There were already people camping in front of the venue, and since we're shy we didn't go to them at first. Instead we went to the other side of the small square next to the hall and sat there on a bench.

To be honest, our main motive to sit there was to see when the tour bus will arrive. And it did arrive pretty soon. The bus approached at around 10.00. However, they first parked along the street and we were wondering why they wouldn't park inside of the plaza. There was a barrier for cars but it was automatic, so that couldn't be the problem. Well, so we just sat there and waited.

Since there were parked cars in our field of view, we couldn't really see the bus, but suddenly we saw people going to the little coffee shop that was opposite of us. And we knew immediately it had to be them. K was the first one we recognized. And he remained the only one we recognized 100%.

Well he sat there for quite a long time, drinking coffee at first and then just smoking one cigarette after the other 8D He was wearing his black-gold Adidas jersey. I think after some time a member of Lycaon joined him (I think it was Hiyuu but I'm not sure). Maybe there were other members as well but we couldn't see the second table that was blocked by the parked cars.

Suddenly a lady spoke up to us and we jumped because she startled us. Turned out she was one of the German bus drivers. Such a nice lady <3
She told us that if we want autographs we should do it before the live because apparently there were people in Wroclaw who asked them after the live and yeah..
We told her we don't want to disturb them and we don't really need any autographs, but we had our present for Ryoga and I was hopeful I could give it to him personally.

Well, we didn't see him anywhere though, so we just observed what was happening around us. The bus couldn't park inside because a lot of cars were parking along the no parking space >_>
Apparently they had to call the police and get people to move their cars. One car had to be towed XD""

Yeah, while we watched, one of the Japanese managers was walking around, taking pictures and videos. When he saw us, wearing our BORN hoodies, he gave us a thumbs up and started filming us very... inconspicuously... lol.
I waved and made a stupid face into the camera so I hope the guys won't see it orz

Well, at one point the bus was finally able to drive into the plaza and we got our things and followed it slowly. I was still hopefull we would see Ryoga. But we were still debating whether we should really do it or not.

But then he got out of the bus and.. he was just there in all his perfection. My heart was beating so fast aah T_T
We just stood there for a while, looking forlorn and all and a lady who was working there somewhere in that house came up to us and asked us if they were our favourite band and where they come from etc. and encouraged us to just go there and stuff and yeah...

So when the manager-san saw us again he pointed at us and told Ryoga to look and signaled for us to turn around and show them our hoodies. I first didn't get it and turned around only after May told me what he wants us to do orz
Embarrassing moment no 1.
Well, we got a lot of thumbs ups and Ryoga said something, but my head was already all foggy at that point... so I didn't get it orz

Well after that... I just took all my courage together and... I guess these were the longest 50 meters I ever went but I went towards Ryoga to hand him our stupid present. I think manager-san wasn't too happy about it, but Ryoga took it anyway. I fumbled for the words I wanted to say but I... just stuttered horribly. orz
Embarrasing moment no 2.

After that I quickly went back to May, just shaking and all.
I was attacked by three girls suddenly who apparently watched me going over there and they asked me what he did what he said whether he hugged me etc and I was just like ô___O" .. what?
Well, I would have liked to enjoy that moment in peace for a little while, thank you, but yeah...

Well after that (it was around 12.00? I don't remember) we watched them getting their things inside. It was sooo sweet to watch! All the band members helped each other carrying. Everyone was carrying amps and drum pieces (Ryoga carried his costume LOL) and it was a joy to see how nice they are with each other.

In the end K waved at us before he went inside for the last time and we waved back. After that we finally went to the other side of the house to get.... in line? Well, there was none.

Someone thought it would be a great idea to go with a number system.
Guys...
THAT SHIT NEVER WORKS!
Well, since we didn't have any other choice, we also had to get our numbers. We were there since morning but got number 30 and 31?
Yeah well that was the first bummer but well. It was fine with us...

After that we just waited for our friend Anna to arrive since she decided in Munich to come to Hamburg too, spontaneously. ^__^
We waited and waited and we talked to an older fan who had some interesting stories to tell about VK bands who toured Europe, since she'd been a reporter for some time. It was nice to chat with her, the time went by rather more quickly :D

At 16:00 May went to finally fetch Anna ;A; Long long minutes for me >_>

After that everything went shitty...
When entrance time approached, people without number or with high numbers just went to the front of the line, ignored everyone who told them to go back etc.
OF COURSE IT DIDN'T WORK!! IT NEVER DOES!
Holy cow...
I was really disappointed at that time because we could have had better spots but nooo...

Anyways, it was still fine with us. We went inside and took our spots. They were cool at first. 2nd or 3rd row, plenty of space. Totally acceptable.

But after that, some group of selfish shitheads arrived behind us (because they pushed their ways through) and our formerly comfortable space dwindled to nothing.

Lycaon was first. Sadly. It was so nice in Munich to see BORN first in 2nd row and then go to the back to enjoy Lycaon. Well, two of the girls behind us tried to push to second row all the time and pretended to not being able to do anything against being shoved to the front... yeah, sure.
I really tried desperately to keep my spot, because really, I fail to see why I should move away for some selfish bitches who probably don't even know the names of the songs?
OK, I was really angry at that point, but I also knew that you just can't discuss with people like that.

Well, when they played Saba it was over anyways. The above mentioned group also consisted of a really big, really heavy guy who apparently thought it was a great idea to mosh around small girls who would just be getting crushed by his immense body.

Look, I don't know much about life and stuff, but do you really think that in VK, where 90% of the fans are female teenagers, it would be acceptable to mosh without consideration of your surroundings?
I know that the favourite saying of such people is "well, if you go to a concert you have to expect that!". I'm fine with moshing, really, it's fun and cool and stuff but if you are a huge guy surrounded by small girls, if you mosh selfishly, you're just another asshole on this planet.
And don't be surprised if you get my ellbow in your fat belly.

So, that was that. Rant over.

The band was, of course, lovely.
The setlist of that day was:

-SE-
1. THE STALIN
2. SKIN
3. Devilish of the punk
4. SATISFACTION?
-interlude-
5. ProudiA
6. BLASTED ANIMALS
7. RADICAL HYSTERIA
8. 鴉
9. BREAKTHROUGH
10. DEMONS
-en-
1. with hate
2. 黒蟻

They were soooo good. I don't remember much since I was busy keeping my spot and not getting crushed.

During BREAKTHROUGH Ryoga wanted everyone to make the peace sign with their fingers, something they picked up on in Munich I guess XD I wonder whether they will take that back to Japan XD

The interlude thingy by the way...
It was a short, unplugged kind of interlude between SATISFACTION? and ProudiA. I don't know if it's part of a new song (it was NOT -&-) or if it was kind of improvised or whatever... but it was really beautiful and quite a smooth bridge for ProudiA.

I loved that they played with hate and 黒蟻 as encore ;~;
with hate is quite special and we heard 黒蟻 when we were at last year's christmas live.

Yeah that was it!
Next one is Cologne, whooo~

BORN x Lycaon EU Tour THE RAMPAGE - Munich

Yesterday was the BORN x Lycaon live in Munich (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))

May and I took the train in the morning and arrived at around 13:30 at Munich main station and went straight to the hotel. After getting ready we met our friends and headed to the venue.

I took as few things as possible with me but it's still heavy ヽ(´o｀；

May in the train ^-^ She's so cute ♡

Waiting for the entrance was really relaxed, until it started to rain! D: It was pouring for about an hour or so!! Everyone got super wet, but we were sooo lucky because our friends were there with their car! I was so thankful we could spend that time inside the car ;~;

Soon enough it was time to enter the venue and I went to hand our first present for Ryoga to the staff ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ

The girl there was really nice and I was glad I found the right place to hand over the present.

After that I went to look for my friends since I lost them during entrace...

found them again in second row on kamite where we stayed during BORN's turn.

BORN were awesome! Of course!

The setlist was as follows:

-SE-

1. THE STALIN

2. SKIN

3. Devilish of the punk

4. DEMONS

-interlude-

5. ProudiA

6. BLASTED ANIMALS

7. RADICAL HYSTERIA

8. 鴉

9. BREAKTHROUGH

10. SATISFACTION?

-en-

1. ケミカルロマンス

They played Devilish which made me super happy ;~; The setlist was awesome in general!!

The interlude before ProudiA was so beautiful! Ryoga is such a talented musician, full of genuine emotion and a wonderful, pure voice. He's gotten so much better, too, compared to a few years ago.

ProudiA itself made me cry. Even though I actually don't like the song do much.

The fact that they were genuinely surprised to get an encore as the first band who played that night was soo cute. I'm glad we started shouting for an encore because they came on stage again and played ケミカルロマンス for us!! >w<

After BORN's turn we went to the back and calmed down a little. We bought a ton of BORN's merch (whatever wasn't sold out yet and whatever we didn't own yet anyways). We enjoyed Lycaon from afar and took it easy since they aren't our honmei.

Well, at some point we saw a cute someone mingling with the crowd and didn't have much attention left for Lycaon after that but it was worth it. So freakin much.

Now we're in Hamburg waiting for the second live!! Can't wait! Touring is so much fun!!

See you soon~

ONE OK ROCK to tour Europe

Not a ONE OK ROCK fan, but they're coming to Switzerland on Wed, December 3.

The venue is Komplex Club in Zurich.

BORN x Lycaon EU Tour - THE RAMPAGE -

May and I will take part of the BORN x Lycaon EU Tour this September!

We will be in Munich, Hamburg, Cologne and Paris (*´∀｀）/

I hope we will meet other fans there and have fun together ♥

I'm looking forward to it! （＞ω＜）

『the GazettE WORLD TOUR13』

・Sep. 6th. 2013 Mexico City, Mexico / Jose Cuervo Salon, http://www.ticketmaster.com.mx/Jose-Cuervo-Salon-boletos-Mexico/venue/163961
・Sep. 8th 2013 Santiago, Chile / Teatro Caupolican, http://www.teatrocaupolican.cl
・Sep. 11th 2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina / Teatro Vorterix http://www.elteatroonline.com.ar/home.php?teatro=1
・Sep. 14th 2013 Sao Paulo, Brazil / A Seringueira, http://www.aseringueira.com.br
・Sep. 20th 2013 Paris, France / Le Trianon, http://www.letrianon.fr
・Sep. 22nd 2013 Toulouse, France / Le Phare, http://www.premiere-pression.com
・Sep. 25th 2013 Dortmund, Germany / FZW, http://www.fzw.de
・Sep. 27th 2013 Munich, Germany / Muffathalle, http://www.muffatwerk.de/de/
・Se 29th 2013 Helsinki, Finland / The Circus, http://www.thecircus.fi/etusivu

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We'll be in Munich and maybe in Parisヽ(･∀･)ﾉ