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The band => The Concerts => X JAPAN World Tour => Topic started by: Sander on August 04, 2010, 09:04:33 AM
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So I made a separate topic for it. Please, from now on post everything directly related to the North American tour here.
Yoshiki just tweeted that "We may be able to announce the details of the US tour dates at Lollapalooza or before. I'm so excited!"
4 days left until Lollapalooza!
EDIT August 16th:
All ticket sales have started:
Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - September 25th Buy tickets - US $39.50 - US $75.00 (http://www.livenation.com/event/0900450C43CF895B?crosssite=TM_US:1481693:73790); Discuss the live here! (http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/index.php?topic=3972.0)
The Wiltern Theatre and adjacent 12-story Pellissier Building are Art Deco architectural landmarks located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as the Wiltern Center. Clad in a blue-green glazed architectural terra-cotta tile and situated on a diagonal to the street corner, the complex is considered one of the finest examples of Art Deco style architecture in the United States.
The Wiltern Theatre [--- allows] for a variety of configurations from a standing room only crowd of 2300 to a more intimate seated arrangement holding 1850 people.
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Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA - September 28th Buy tickets - $37.50 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C00450CF12C80FA?artistid=1481883&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60); Discuss the live here! (http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/index.php?topic=3973.0)
The Fox Oakland Theatre is a 2,800-seat movie theater, located at 1807 Telegraph Avenue in downtown Oakland, California. The theater was designed by Weeks and Day, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and reopened on February 5, 2009.
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Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA - October 1st Buy Tickets - $42.00 (http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=TDC&pid=6835834); Discuss the live here! (http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/index.php?topic=3974.0)
The Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington is a 2,807-seat performing arts venue at 9th Avenue and Pine Street in Downtown Seattle in the United States of America. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1974. It is also an official City of Seattle landmark. The Paramount was built expressly for showing film and secondarily, vaudeville. As of 2009, the Paramount is currently operated as a performing arts venue, serving a diverse patron base that attends Broadway theatre, concerts, dance, comedy, family engagements, silent film and jazz. It is considered to be one of the busiest theatres in the region.
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Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada - October 3rd Buy Tickets - CA$58.75- CA$138.75 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1100450CE53ACB31?artistid=1481693&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=200); Discuss the live here! (http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/index.php?topic=3975.0)
The Queen Elizabeth Theatre is a performing arts venue in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Along with the Orpheum and the Vancouver Playhouse, it is one of three facilities operated by the Vancouver Civic Theatres Department (the Playhouse adjoins the QE Theatre in the same complex).
Formerly the home of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, which is now based at the Orpheum, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre is the home of the Vancouver Opera and Ballet BC, in addition to hosting various other musical events year-round. The theatre has a 70' wide x 40' deep (21.34m x 12.19m) stage / performing area and seats 2,929 people at maximum capacity.
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Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL - October 6th Buy Tickets - $29.00 (https://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&performance_id=1307431); Discuss the live here! (http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/index.php?topic=3976.0)
Located in Chicago’s historic Uptown theater district, at the intersection of Racine, Broadway and Lawrence the Riviera Theatre is a central part of the Chicago’s past and present. Completed in 1917 by architects George and C.W. Rapp (Rapp & Rapp), it was built as a movie theater for the Balaban & Katz chain. Transformed into a private nightclub in 1986, the Riviera Theatre is now one of Chicago’s premier concert and special events venues. The Riviera Theatre is capable of holding some 2,500 spectators.
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Massey Hall. Toronto, Canada - October 7th Buy Tickets - CA$53.89 - CA$83.89 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/10004510C7209FF5?artistid=723909&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1); Discuss the live here! (http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/index.php?topic=3977.0)
Massey Hall is a venerable performing arts theatre in the Garden District of downtown Toronto. The theatre originally was designed to seat 3,500 patrons but, after extensive renovations in the 1940s, now seats up to 2,752.
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Roseland Ballroom, New York - October 10th Buy Tickets - $38.50 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000450DE0427F69?crosssite=LN_US:1482918:95); Discuss the live here! (http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/index.php?topic=3978.0)
The Roseland Ballroom (also referred to as Roseland Dance City) is a multi-purpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theatre district, on West 52nd Street.
The venue, according to its website, can accommodate 3,200 standing (with an additional 300 upstairs), 2,500 for a dance party, between 1,500 and 1,800 in theatre style, and 800-1,000 for a sit-down dinner.
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I'm so excited!"
Yes, me too, and don't forget Europe damned :D
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This is very exciting for the American fans!
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I was just dying in anticipation, but the dates still haven't been announced. I'm praying for a Minneapolis/St. Paul show, but I'll most likely be let down. LA and New York have basically been confirmed, and I'm sure Dallas will get a show, but beyond that we'll just have to hope for the best.
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Washington D.C. also confirmed.
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How do you know DC was confirmed? I'm just super curious and ready to pounce to get my own ticket.
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I was at Otakon and the two cities Yoshiki 'confirmed' for the audience were Washington D.C. and NY
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I thought it was LA and New York that were confirmed at Otakon...
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Nope. Believe me as soon as he said Washington D.C. I was out of my seat screaming. I doubt I misheard him from 10 feet away.
(http://filebox.vt.edu/users/mcstalcu/IMG_2923.JPG)
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According to a Japanese newspaper, he's confirmed Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, New York and Boston (And also now Washington DC.) So, Dallas, Atlanta, and Miami would make the most sense. Switch Miami with Chicago again, maybe.
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Which newspaper? UGH this is frustrating me so much. How come Japanese press gets to know when it's not even in their own country! I understand if some of the dates are still being discussed between management/venues etc but if they know what's going on, it would've been wise to announce it at Lolla for the North American fans! durrrrrrrrrr
edit: ALSO where's the Toronto love! >_< Vancouver has been mentioned since the beginning of this US tour thing and it's no where near the population of Toronto!
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They answered it at a mini-concert and press conference in Tokyo near the end of July.
http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2010/07/09/x_japan_announce_first_us_tour.shtml
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Oh ok, well I knew about that and the press conference in Japan about that and the Yokohama lives. There's still about 4 cities or so that have yet to be announced. It says across ten cities and only 6 or so have been mentioned.
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Apparently Washington DC was confirmed at Otakon. Now it's just a guessing game until they release the others. Though, Dallas and Atlanta have a very good chance of being right, considering. You don't want to play only of the east or west coast, because you'd be missing a vital portion of both the south or the middle of the US.
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Yea that's true. I mean, if they don't come to Toronto I'll be upset cause the closest for me would be New York appox. 12 hours away by car...which I would try and do because after this, who knows what will be happening...I'm considering this a once in a lifetime opportunity. I was ready to go to New York in 2008 for MSG lol
If they figure New York is close enough for Eastern-lying Canadians then why select Vancouver and Seattle? They're even closer than Toronto and NYC. LOL now I'm beginning to get into it too much...Ahhh so much Xcitement in one day.
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I had my tickets and plane tickets bought and ready last time. I thought I was going to murder someone or something last time. And you're right--who knows if this'll ever happen again? If it does, it means we go again. But if not, at least we'll have the memory of seeing X play live at least once.
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Exactly, took the words out of my mouth. It's too good to be true that they're breaking into North America like this and finally, it seems so promising. I'll tell you what though, one of my friends was at the Miyavi concert here in Toronto about a month or so ago and at the end of the concert, on a projector screen, he told me it said: "X JAPAN COMING SOON" and he was flipping out and I was too when he told me. I've got confidence! We know both him and Yoshiki have good connections and why would he allow for that to be shown if it wasn't even on the table, sort of thing.
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I'm really hoping for Dallas. I go to school in southern New Mexico, and it means that it would be only a 10 hour drive to Dallas. My other choices are LA and New York, but I've already got tickets to see VAMPS in New York... Though it would be fabulous if they did it while I was there, on a friday night... That would be awesome.
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...I wouldn't put too much hope in any city before there isn't even at least an officially announced date for it. XD
You American people are so optimistic, I think you still have to learn a lot...! ;D
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...I wouldn't put too much hope in any city before there isn't even at least an officially announced date for it. XD
You American people are so optimistic, I think you still have to learn a lot...! ;D
Sounds like you're just jealous ;p!!! No but seriously I'm just trying to piece together and make educated guesses on where the stops will be. As I've already said, my dream stop would be my hometown, Toronto...Canada's largest city...and it was shown at the last Miyavi concert here that "X JAPAN COMING SOON" It's at least safe to say it's deeply being considered.
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http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/100810/gnj1008100526008-n1.htm
WOOT TORONTO! A few more U.S cities are mentioned too ANNND Europe is on the map for January 2011 and onward!
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From Xplosion-online (http://www.xplosion-online.com/index.php/en/news/x-japan-news/210-sanspo-talks-about-the-x-japan-us-tour):
According to Sanspo, the North American leg of the X JAPAN World Tour is scheduled to start on September 25th in Los Angeles, California. There are concerts planned for several other cities - San Francisco (CA), Seattle (WA), Vancouver (Canada), Chicago (IL), and Toronto (Canada), with more cities yet to be revealed (there have been earlier mentions of Washington D.C. and New York (NY) as well).
The European leg of the tour is planned to start in January 2011. No further information about the concert locations, specific dates or ticket sales has been released, but we'll make sure to let you know as soon as anything becomes available!
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One thing is in my memory; Europe 2011!!!! YES!!! :D
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San Francisco!!! Is this official information from the band management?
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This is a Sanspo article, which quoted some official guy (that DOESN'T mean it's official). But the date (sept. 25th) was also mentioned in a Mainichi article, however without any other information.
I'd say time will tell!
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I hope they manage to come to Helsinki also.
Some small club gig would be so cool.
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any guesses in which timeframe the shows will be? because I want to see them in boston and I can't get the 2nd and 3rd october week off at work (or rather I could get some free days but I would have to know before next week)... -_- with my luck its probably excatly during that time... ( I'm in Japan one week after the yokohama shows... -_-)
*Katrin
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There are no specific dates, aside from the L.A. (Sept. 25th) one released anywhere. The Sanspo article seemed to quote Yoshiki, but again, no specific or official information has been released.
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Hey I'm flying back to Europe from the US on.... 25th september.... *headdesk*
X doesn't like me either. XD But I won't miss them in Paris no matter what!!! ò_o Yoshikicchatte!
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Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver on October 3 :P
http://www.ticketmaster.com/X-Japan-tickets/artist/1481693
Yeah, ok, it's Canada not US
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VANCOUVER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER
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The Queen Elizabeth Theatre is a performing arts venue in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Along with the Orpheum and the Vancouver Playhouse, it is one of three facilities operated by the Vancouver Civic Theatres Department (the Playhouse adjoins the QE Theatre in the same complex).
Formerly the home of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, which is now based at the Orpheum, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre is the home of the Vancouver Opera and Ballet BC, in addition to hosting various other musical events year-round. The theatre has a 70' wide x 40' deep (21.34m x 12.19m) stage / performing area and seats 2,929 people at maximum capacity.
And just to get the link dc21 posted on the second page: http://www.ticketmaster.com/X-Japan-tickets/artist/1481693
The tickets should go on sale today: Onsale to General Public - Start: Mon, 08/16/10 10:00 AM PDT (Pacific Daylight time, at the moment of writing, in 5h 34min)
Ticket prices: CA $58.75 (CA $45.00 Ticket + CA $13.75 Fees)
CA $138.75 (CA $125.00 Ticket + CA $13.75 Fees)
For more info and tickets visit http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1100450CE53ACB31?artistid=1481693&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=200
Kudos darkcat!
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WTF....Canada? Boy, this band is surely random xD
Have fun you lucky Canadians!xD
( or people who can have access there )
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There will probably only be one or two stops in Canada (Vancouver and maybe Toronto/Montreal) out of the whole North American tour, Vancouverians were just lucky to get to know their date now. I think that this information got public a bit too early, since the tour dates haven't been confirmed yet really. But if the tickets go on sale in... 5 hours, then we'll know for sure :)
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I'm hoping that the Toronto date will be confirmed and posted soon!
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Wow!!! NICEE!! I hope Toronto is next! come oonnnn. That Queen Elizabeth Theatre is quite small, I hope they up scale in Toronto because there will be a lot more people going. It's so weird how that info just popped up on Ticketmaster, what about the official announcement by X Japan? Maybe it's still to happen?
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Yes, I think the ticket info got released a bit too early by accident.
And if there is a tour with almost 10 destinations in North America, then I think a 3000 person venue is more than enough. Though if they only have a few shows in Canada... We'll see :)
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This is frustrating...was planning on going out for the day and I'm really surprised tickets seem like they are going on sale today...I don't want to miss out grrrr. Come on, give the official statement.
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Roseland Ballroom
New York, NY
07:00 PM
10/10
http://www.ticketmaster.com/X-Japan-tickets/artist/1482918
:P
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SEPTEMBER
25 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
28 Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA
OCTOBER
1 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
3 Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC CANADA
6 Riviera, Chicago, IL
7 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON CANADA
10 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
http://www.herfitzpr.com/http___web.me.com_herfitz_Site_Welcome.html/X_Japan_First_US_Tour_PR.html
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So sick, no DC tour date. Oh well, looks like a trip to NY is in the offing.
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Seattle here I come baby ;D
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I'm legitimately afraid of not getting tickets, i'm F5ing ticketmaster like it's my job.
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damnit! why cant they give at least a few weeks notice before putting tickets on sale?! i need to ask the bank to give me a loan :(
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Tickets are only $38.50. I'm sure a friend will lend you 40 bucks.
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Why is every band in the world able to plan their tour like at least 3 months in advance but X Japan is not...? although if they announce it in advance it was always canceled, so maybe this is better... *sigh*
Although I'm very happy that this seems to be really happening at least...
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Still only the New York and Vancouver dates are on Ticketmaster. I am refreshing the page in every 5 seconds!
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Congratulations to all the American and Canadian fans, have a good time and don't get carried away with merchandise like I did or you'll end up poor :P
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Tickets are only $38.50. I'm sure a friend will lend you 40 bucks.
The $40 tickets arent the problem, i'm ready to buy them with my credit card.
Its the £500 flight + hotel + expenses of travelling from the UK that is the problem!! :P
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ima headin to seattle then come back home for vancouver
good thing its a 2hr drive LOL
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TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! GO GO GO!
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Got my tickets, booya!
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GOD DAMNIT! I ORDERED 2 TICKETS! The bank manager better give me a loan or i'm gonna fucking SWIM ACROSS THE OCEAN!
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I got a ticket too.. now I just have to explain it to my boss that I need a few days off and find a flight... and some money...
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Lucky you! Nothing for Toronto as of yet....:(
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Hey! You are able to buy tickets today (if all goes well). TODAY! That's over a month from the first date!!! That's the soonest of any X concerts in ages :D
And sorry for the DC people. Luckily the Chinatown busses go for as cheap as a dollar and they take you right to Penn Station (at least the one I took does)!
A little info about the venues
Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - September 25th Buy tickets - US $39.50 - US $75.00 (http://www.livenation.com/event/0900450C43CF895B?crosssite=TM_US:1481693:73790)
The Wiltern Theatre and adjacent 12-story Pellissier Building are Art Deco architectural landmarks located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as the Wiltern Center. Clad in a blue-green glazed architectural terra-cotta tile and situated on a diagonal to the street corner, the complex is considered one of the finest examples of Art Deco style architecture in the United States.
The Wiltern Theatre [--- allows] for a variety of configurations from a standing room only crowd of 2300 to a more intimate seated arrangement holding 1850 people.
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Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA - September 28th Buy tickets - $37.50 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C00450CF12C80FA?artistid=1481883&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60)
The Fox Oakland Theatre is a 2,800-seat movie theater, located at 1807 Telegraph Avenue in downtown Oakland, California. The theater was designed by Weeks and Day, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and reopened on February 5, 2009.
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Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA - October 1st Buy Tickets - $42.00 (http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=TDC&pid=6835834)
The Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington is a 2,807-seat performing arts venue at 9th Avenue and Pine Street in Downtown Seattle in the United States of America. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1974. It is also an official City of Seattle landmark. The Paramount was built expressly for showing film and secondarily, vaudeville. As of 2009, the Paramount is currently operated as a performing arts venue, serving a diverse patron base that attends Broadway theatre, concerts, dance, comedy, family engagements, silent film and jazz. It is considered to be one of the busiest theatres in the region.
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Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada - October 3rd Buy Tickets - CA$58.75- CA$138.75 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1100450CE53ACB31?artistid=1481693&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=200)
The Queen Elizabeth Theatre is a performing arts venue in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Along with the Orpheum and the Vancouver Playhouse, it is one of three facilities operated by the Vancouver Civic Theatres Department (the Playhouse adjoins the QE Theatre in the same complex).
Formerly the home of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, which is now based at the Orpheum, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre is the home of the Vancouver Opera and Ballet BC, in addition to hosting various other musical events year-round. The theatre has a 70' wide x 40' deep (21.34m x 12.19m) stage / performing area and seats 2,929 people at maximum capacity.
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Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL - October 6th Buy Tickets - $29.00 (https://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&performance_id=1307431)
The Riviera Theatre is a concert venue in the north side of Chicago, Illinois. The Riviera Theatre is capable of holding some 2,500 spectators.
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Massey Hall. Toronto, Canada - October 7th Buy Tickets - CA$53.89 - CA$83.89 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/10004510C7209FF5?artistid=723909&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1)
Massey Hall is a venerable performing arts theatre in the Garden District of downtown Toronto. The theatre originally was designed to seat 3,500 patrons but, after extensive renovations in the 1940s, now seats up to 2,752.
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Roseland Ballroom, New York - October 10th Buy Tickets - $38.50 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000450DE0427F69?crosssite=LN_US:1482918:95)
The Roseland Ballroom (also referred to as Roseland Dance City) is a multi-purpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theatre district, on West 52nd Street.
The venue, according to its website, can accommodate 3,200 standing (with an additional 300 upstairs), 2,500 for a dance party, between 1,500 and 1,800 in theatre style, and 800-1,000 for a sit-down dinner.
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Anyone fancy loaning me about £1000 ? :D :D :D
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wow...so it is really going to happen. how nice.
hopefully euro dates are coming soon too.
anyways, anybody who is going have a good time and I hope some ppl decide to tape and share/trade the shows :D
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Awesome :)
I think 2500 tickets per venue is a very, very sensible target to go for.
I don't think any of the venues will actually sell out, but I think there will be a good audience for each show (even with relatively no marketing or promotion).
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and the cool thing is... you have actually chances to see something even if you are in the back...
is it seated?
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and the cool thing is... you have actually chances to see something even if you are in the back...
is it seated?
Good question.
Shows like this in America are usually standing, but I remember that Hide had very strong views regarding standing concerts and thought that they should all be seated after some of his fans were injured in a crush at a concert. He implemented it into his solo tours and also pressed for the same in X Japan.
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Well hide is not pushing much now really...
I think they'll make it standing, as they don't have that many rabid fangirls as in Japan. THOUGH most of the venues are theatres, so it shouldn't be too hard to have seated shows. But the tickets for New York both say Standing and it's general admission so... I'd put my money on standing...
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and the cool thing is... you have actually chances to see something even if you are in the back...
is it seated?
Good question.
Shows like this in America are usually standing, but I remember that Hide had very strong views regarding standing concerts and thought that they should all be seated after some of his fans were injured in a crush at a concert. He implemented it into his solo tours and also pressed for the same in X Japan.
I just answered my question, on the ticketmaster page it says FLOOR STANDING ROOM and MEZZANINE STANDING ROOM
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Awesome :)
I think 2500 tickets per venue is a very, very sensible target to go for.
I don't think any of the venues will actually sell out, but I think there will be a good audience for each show (even with relatively no marketing or promotion).
I disagree, I think that the NY show will sell out a full month before the show. It's basically the only show on the East Coast so every X fan is going to be scrambling for those tickets (like myself in D.C.)
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Well hide is not pushing much now really...
It doesn't mean that his wishes haven't been respected. It's been a decision by the band to perform all-seated concerts in Japan post-reunion, if you can have part standing in a stadium like Wembley you can also have part-standing at Tokyo Dome, Ajinomoto and the Nissan Stadium, there aren't laws against it. The only show which springs to mind on the contrary is the Countdown Live, and even then it was only partially standing.
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Roseland?
O.o
I been there before,....ALOT OF TIMES.
Ok then...anyways, I'll be camping out in NYC.
WHO'S WITH ME? :D
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On the same weekend as X's concert in NY is NY Comic-con and NY anime-fest XDXDXD
NICE ONE YOSHIKI!
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LA is up now
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Roseland?
O.o
I been there before,....ALOT OF TIMES.
Ok then...anyways, I'll be camping out in NYC.
WHO'S WITH ME? :D
I'll be there at 8am on Sunday.
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THe NYC one fucks me over, unless I change the dates for the tickets. You see, we're going there for the vamps concert, and leave the 10th. Will they give too much trouble ot change it to the 11th (the plane tickets?)
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THe NYC one fucks me over, unless I change the dates for the tickets. You see, we're going there for the vamps concert, and leave the 10th. Will they give too much trouble ot change it to the 11th (the plane tickets?)
You could do this pretty easily for a small fee I believe, just get in contact with the airline.
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Ticket sales for Toronto start on Wednesday @ 10 am!!!!!
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BTW, Who is coming to the Toronto show?
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I have a question about the Oakland show if anyone can help me out.
Presales on ticketmaster always have some sort of code that you get off of the band's website or myspace.
Does anyone know where that code will be posted for X?
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ill be at the toronto show bright and early
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...........
Been dreaming about this for over 15 fuckin years and gues what ???? I'll be away on my honeymoon the week they are playing NY and Toronto... WHAT WERE THE FREAKIN ODDS ????? f........ck
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I don't really want to sound too negative. But, do you think they are able to do so many concerts??!!!
It's not more than 2 months until the first concert will take place.
Think about those postponed concets in Paris, Bangkok, Korea..... I wish you all fans in the USA & Canada have fun and luck! Cheers!
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well i wont be fully excited until im in line waiting to get into the venue, until then anything can happen **fingers crossed**
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Been dreaming about this for over 15 fuckin years and gues what ???? I'll be away on my honeymoon the week they are playing NY and Toronto... WHAT WERE THE FREAKIN ODDS ????? f........ck
Just reschedule your honeymoon to a later date ;D
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...........
Been dreaming about this for over 15 fuckin years and gues what ???? I'll be away on my honeymoon the week they are playing NY and Toronto... WHAT WERE THE FREAKIN ODDS ????? f........ck
Just reschedule your honeymoon to a later date ;D
haha.. I wish... we'll be over in Mexico for 2 weeks and we're coming back to Montreal on the 10... man... not even married yet and already testing me like that.. sheesh...
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...........
Been dreaming about this for over 15 fuckin years and gues what ???? I'll be away on my honeymoon the week they are playing NY and Toronto... WHAT WERE THE FREAKIN ODDS ????? f........ck
Just reschedule your honeymoon to a later date ;D
haha.. I wish... we'll be over in Mexico for 2 weeks and we're coming back to Montreal on the 10... man... not even married yet and already testing me like that.. sheesh...
Congrats and all the best to you and your future spouse!
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To be fair, it's a pretty small tour by any bands standards. For X Japan, however, this is probably the most testing tour since the Violence in Jealousy tour. The Dahlia tour had few dates and was filled with postponements due to Yoshiki's neck injury.
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I have a question about the Oakland show if anyone can help me out.
Presales on ticketmaster always have some sort of code that you get off of the band's website or myspace.
Does anyone know where that code will be posted for X?
It says APE Presale and there is a link to Another Planet Enterntainment webpage, so I presume you'll get it if you are a member there or get the promotion code from there... They are the "sole promoter" for the Fox Theatre, but the X Japan show isn't up on their webpage yet.
EDIT: The event is up on the Fox Theatre webpage and the password is flora!
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Been dreaming about this for over 15 fuckin years and gues what ???? I'll be away on my honeymoon the week they are playing NY and Toronto... WHAT WERE THE FREAKIN ODDS ????? f........ck
With X? The odds are quite big. Their first Paris date was during my University entrance exams. I chose X... Luckily I got to do one exam on the day my plane left (had to hurry, finished first and ran to the bus station but I got a nice score) and another one I could re-schedule :)
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I been there before,....ALOT OF TIMES.
Ok then...anyways, I'll be camping out in NYC.
WHO'S WITH ME? :D
If you've been there a lot, any recommendations for accommodation?? :) and hopefully I'll be there bright and early!
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All ticket sales have started, except for Oakland, CA (pre-sale starts on August 19th (password is flora) and general sale on 22nd) and Toronto, Canada (sale starts on August 18th).
Check the first post for prices and ticket links!
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Been dreaming about this for over 15 fuckin years and gues what ???? I'll be away on my honeymoon the week they are playing NY and Toronto... WHAT WERE THE FREAKIN ODDS ????? f........ck
Unlucky! During those 15 years I bet you thought it would never happen! Let alone when you are on your honeymoon!
Congratulations on your wedding! Hopefully the concerts will go well and they will tour again!
Good luck everyone trying to get tickets, flights, accomodation sorted! Can't wait to hear the reports! Glad they are going for smallish venues!
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Finally their first USA tour!
Wish everyone great luck with tickets and great time at concerts!
That will be many reports to read for us hopely :D
Very excited, even if I don't go ;D
I'll wait for Europe.
I am glad it are little theaters where they are gonna play in USA, you will see them very good then.
For Europe: at Japan Expo already more then 8000 people were in the showcase! I will save money to have good places!!!
Go!Go!Go! for your tickets and planes all the American and Canadees people!
Palma, can't you change the date for the honeymoon? Your husband will understand it, or make X concert part from your honeymoon. Anyway congratulations for you and your husband!!!
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MY LIFE IS GOING TO BE COMPLETE!!! I'll be on the pc like a rabid beast refreshing Ticketmaster the morning of Wed. 18th!!! FOR ALL OF US GOING TO TORONTO SHOW WE NEED TO DO AN X MEET UP! I'm putting money they will be staying at the Royal York (knowing Yoshiki's good tastes) lets go find him/them!!!!
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Ann1958,
Astralmind will be going on her honeymoon not me. Even though hubby and I kind of skiped that one. :D
Feudal,
YES we do need an X MEET UP!
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MY LIFE IS GOING TO BE COMPLETE!!! I'll be on the pc like a rabid beast refreshing Ticketmaster the morning of Wed. 18th!!! FOR ALL OF US GOING TO TORONTO SHOW WE NEED TO DO AN X MEET UP! I'm putting money they will be staying at the Royal York (knowing Yoshiki's good tastes) lets go find him/them!!!!
Well since they have a concert in Chicago the day before the Toronto live, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd take an overnight bus (as Yoshiki's private jet might be a bit expensive). But after the concert, why not....
Btw, should I open a thread for each concert - for meet ups and, later, setlists and such...?
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Btw, should I open a thread for each concert - for meet ups and, later, setlists and such...?
I'd say yes, but then again I've been an X Japan fan for too long to take anything for granted. Even ticket sales xD
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Yes! It will be easier to follow with different threads.
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To Astralmind :
Can't you change the date for the honeymoon? Your husband will understand it, or make X concert part from your honeymoon. Anyway congratulations for you and your husband!!!
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MY LIFE IS GOING TO BE COMPLETE!!! I'll be on the pc like a rabid beast refreshing Ticketmaster the morning of Wed. 18th!!! FOR ALL OF US GOING TO TORONTO SHOW WE NEED TO DO AN X MEET UP! I'm putting money they will be staying at the Royal York (knowing Yoshiki's good tastes) lets go find him/them!!!!
Well since they have a concert in Chicago the day before the Toronto live, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd take an overnight bus (as Yoshiki's private jet might be a bit expensive). But after the concert, why not....
Btw, should I open a thread for each concert - for meet ups and, later, setlists and such...?
Good point, it's odd how the Chicago-Toronto shows are one after the other and none of the others are like that..guess they are the closest to each other than the rest. Good idea about the individual threads!
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It might just be that the venues were already booked so they had to do two shows straight.
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X meet up for sure in Toronto, great idea. and yea they will most def spend a night in the royal york, id say its worth camping out after the concert lol
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I'm putting money they will be staying at the Royal York (knowing Yoshiki's good tastes) lets go find him/them!!!!
If you are doing that, do it with respect please for their privacy, don't persue them...
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we could be conveniently placed at Benny Hanas inside the hotel lol
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Or just hang around Massey Hall. They will be there for sound check etc. They might even duck out for a smoke.
As long as we are polite and respectful I think they might be receptive....
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I'm putting money they will be staying at the Royal York (knowing Yoshiki's good tastes) lets go find him/them!!!!
If you are doing that, do it with respect please for their privacy, don't persue them...
Of course, lol. First of all, I'm a guy (eliminates possibility of being a crazed fan-girl) my wish is to be within earshot of them and give them support and encouragement and cheering them rather than groping and trying to touch them.
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Just bought my tickets for the Seattle show, I cannot friggin' wait soooooo happy :D
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see you all in NYC
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I'll be moving to Toronto for university in September, so i'll be seeing X for sure, nothing will stop me! So i'll be waiting at my computer to get first dips on tickets for Toronto on Wednesday!
I heard about an X meet up for the concert in Toronto! Sounds like a plan! :)
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I guess they haven't found available booking in San Francisco.. but I'm definitely attending the Oakland concert! I have school that night but DAMN IF I DON'T SEE THIS LIVE!!!
PS: Anybody know about 'media' passes and if they're available?
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FUCK! I've been without a job for five months, and I don't know if they'll ever do a US tour again. I'm sure they'll make profit off this, but they reality is they would get more money if they just did 7 days at Tokyo Dome in that time instead. I already went pretty far into my funds going to Chicago last month to see Iron Maiden. I like them slightly more than X, but I wish I used that money to see X instead. Oh well, I'll just have to travel to Japan some day.
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Fuckkkk, i m kinda SHOCKING when i read oakland, thought it was oakland in new zealand, soon i realize it was canada, sighhh .... i live in sydney now. 1 hour from new zealdn, i thougt my dream will come true soon, however ........
come on X , more asian tourrrr
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In for the NYC show. Toshi's birthday, heck yeah. <3
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Hey there,
Wow, been a long time since I've posted here (I posted for a bit under the name aaroni but forgot the e-mail I used for that one and totally forgot I had this one, ha ha) but this has broken my silence. Massey Hall here I come!
And it's very nice to see I'm not the only person on here saying that! ;D
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Hopefully going to NYC for Toshi's birthday. I'm buying my tickets as soon as I have money-- September at latest. I hope they don't sell out before then... :(
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Well I'm most definatley going to try make the Seattle show. I'm so excited! I'll have to throw away Thirty Seconds To Mars, Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed to do it but it will so be worth it! I can't believe they added Seattle! It's going to be awesome!
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I... I think NYC is sold out. You can't buy them anymore.
I'm near tears. I thought it would at least wait until friday, when I could buy my tickets. It wasn't even a full day.
*sobs*
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That .. is crushing. :(
EDIT: in a fit of absolute fear (i have to wait till the beginning of september to buy mine...) i went to check ticketmaster, and it seems that they're still selling tickets...? Where did you find this out? x___x I'd like to think there's still hope left..
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Here's some press regarding the tour (already?!?):
http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/08/16/736289.aspx
http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/x-japan-announces-first-north-american-tour,44227/
http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/08/16/x-japan-to-cross-the-pacific-for-north-american-tour/
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=144618
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Huh? There still seem to be tickets... o_O
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000450DE0427F69?artistid=1482918&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
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Huh? There still seem to be tickets... o_O
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000450DE0427F69?artistid=1482918&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
I checked that out too, after a mini heart attack. Which subsided, of course, upon finding it would let me proceed further. xD;
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I wish they would be coming to Europe instead but oh well, I hop this is going to be great. Are ticket prices always that high in the US? I was just checking the prices for their LA show and apparently tickets for the areana-thing are like 80$. Knowing them, the money probably would be worth it but that kind of pricing won't help them getting new fans. To me that seems kind of expensive (never gone to a US concert before so I might be wrong) and won't that drive away those who are just curious and want to check them out?
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It is now--for about 3 hours it was stating that they had no tickets left/no information/no tickets could be found. I figured this meant that they sold out. It also very well could mean that they just screwed up the servers.
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New York, here I come! :D Can't waittt. <3
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NYC! I can't wait now i just need to find a traveling buddy...as all of my friends don't have money.I'm going no matter what even if i have to lie to my mom that someone i know is taking the train/bus with me. When i saw that tickets were on sale i ran upstairs (despite my foot going DON"T RUN IT HURTS) and BEGGED my mom to let me use her card to get tickets.
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I wish they would be coming to Europe instead but oh well, I hop this is going to be great. Are ticket prices always that high in the US? I was just checking the prices for their LA show and apparently tickets for the areana-thing are like 80$.
Well the LA tickets start at $39 (+fees, but I don't think they are over $10-$20)... I think that's pretty normal for jrock concerts (I've only been to Girugamesh and Versailles in Helsinki, and it was a bit cheaper I think)... I'm more worried about the Canadian show prices, but I guess a Canadian can comment on that a bit better...
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yea the Canadian prices are a little $$, If i remember miyivi tickets were the same price. its a nice venue though and one hell of a band so i dont really mind spending that
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Ah okay, thank you for clearing that up a bit.
I wouldn't mind paying that kind of money to finally see them live and was more worried that the prices could keep away new potential fans... whom they defenately need to really make it in the US.
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In terms of the Canadian shows being more pricey, what I can make from it is that the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver and Massey Hall in Toronto are both renowned venues and are fully seated, while most of the U.S shows seem to be standing if I'm not mistaken. The seating and the quality of the venue will probably do it. Massey Hall has been in use since the late 1800's.
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Was anybody else here a part of the research for the Yoshiki Discovery site back in 2008? I was and i emailed them about honoring the 2 free premium tickets yesterday and I hope they answer quick and honor them. I dont want the LA show to sell out :/
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Was anybody else here a part of the research for the Yoshiki Discovery site back in 2008? I was and i emailed them about honoring the 2 free premium tickets yesterday and I hope they answer quick and honor them. I dont want the LA show to sell out :/
I highly doubt that will still have any relevance to the many changes and turnarounds they've had since then. I would get your tickets through TicketMaster asap and not hope for that site to come through, if it was even official/legit/still exists.
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Was anybody else here a part of the research for the Yoshiki Discovery site back in 2008? I was and i emailed them about honoring the 2 free premium tickets yesterday and I hope they answer quick and honor them. I dont want the LA show to sell out :/
I noticed that Ticketmaster has a policy for certain venues (and the LA venue is included in the list) that you can get a refund on your tickets for 72 hours after purchase. So you can buy them now and hope to get a response within 72 hours. ;)
I agree with Feudal that it's safer to buy them now and not depend on the Yoshiki Discovery. But here is the Ticketmaster policy if you want to read about it:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/h/returns.html?tm_link=tm_homeA_i_rp
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After talking with my firends (who originally said they were in but are now out) I realized I may have purchased too many tickets. I may have up to 4 additional tickets that I'd sell (at cost) later down the road if no one picks them up. You guys'll be the first to know if I have extras.
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In terms of the Canadian shows being more pricey, what I can make from it is that the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver and Massey Hall in Toronto are both renowned venues and are fully seated, while most of the U.S shows seem to be standing if I'm not mistaken. The seating and the quality of the venue will probably do it. Massey Hall has been in use since the late 1800's.
I went to a show at Massey Hall back in May, it's a really nice venue and clearly an old one, but the seats inside I found are pretty packed together, so it'll be really funny when everyone tries to X jump, lol. But since its a seated show, that means the sooner we get tickets the better the seats. I'll be waiting at my computer at 10am tomorrow and swipe some first row floor seats! XD
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Yea me too, Brandon! Are you buying through TicketMaster or Massey Hall? I'm sure it's same thing in the end lol just don't know which may have the tickets mailed faster.
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I wish they would be coming to Europe instead but oh well, I hop this is going to be great. Are ticket prices always that high in the US? I was just checking the prices for their LA show and apparently tickets for the areana-thing are like 80$.
Well the LA tickets start at $39 (+fees, but I don't think they are over $10-$20)... I think that's pretty normal for jrock concerts (I've only been to Girugamesh and Versailles in Helsinki, and it was a bit cheaper I think)... I'm more worried about the Canadian show prices, but I guess a Canadian can comment on that a bit better...
Yeah I'm the same distance from Vancouver that I am from Seattle but I agree with the prices from Seattle more than Vancouver. It really shouldn't be that much since the Canadian Dollar is almost on par with the American dollar. In some places the Canadian dollar is actually MORE than the American here so...yeah I'm going to Seattle.
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Yea me too, Brandon! Are you buying through TicketMaster or Massey Hall? I'm sure it's same thing in the end lol just don't know which may have the tickets mailed faster.
I'm just buying through TicketMaster, I buy tickets from them all the time, the shipping is fairly fast too, I usually get the cheapest shipping and I usually get my tickets within a week or so. All the TicketMaster Canada tickets are printed in and mailed from Winnipeg, so its a pretty good shipping time.
Its also going to be awesome, because the back entrance to Massey Hall is completely open to the street beside it, so when the members arrive, it'll be really easy to get a good look at them and scream "X" or whatever before they go inside to get ready for the show.
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I wish they would be coming to Europe instead but oh well, I hop this is going to be great. Are ticket prices always that high in the US? I was just checking the prices for their LA show and apparently tickets for the areana-thing are like 80$.
Well the LA tickets start at $39 (+fees, but I don't think they are over $10-$20)... I think that's pretty normal for jrock concerts (I've only been to Girugamesh and Versailles in Helsinki, and it was a bit cheaper I think)... I'm more worried about the Canadian show prices, but I guess a Canadian can comment on that a bit better...
Yeah I'm the same distance from Vancouver that I am from Seattle but I agree with the prices from Seattle more than Vancouver. It really shouldn't be that much since the Canadian Dollar is almost on par with the American dollar. In some places the Canadian dollar is actually MORE than the American here so...yeah I'm going to Seattle.
Prices in Canada are always higher than that of the Americans, its always been that way and you just get used to it, like for me, I see American prices being significantly cheaper. But when it comes to rare chance to see X Japan live, i'm taking it. It'll also be a real treat, because since the venues their playing are pretty small, you'll get a good view no matter what. Unlike in Japan where if you get a back seat at the 55000 seat Tokyo Dome, all you can really see is the light show. Especially at the Nissan Stadium, when ever they showed a camera angle from the back of the stadium on the broadcast, you could hardly see the giant screens beside the stage. Plus, since the venues are small, the show will be that much louder and more awesome! :)
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I will be @ Massey Hall as well ;D
I also would like to pass a small present to HEATH from his "gaijin fans". Could anyone here help me with that? I don't want it to turn into a crazy fangirl situation so if ANYONE here knows somebody who could help me do this in a respectful and civilized manner I would really appreciate if that person (or persons) would PM me.
Thanks a bunch!
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I will be @ Massey Hall as well ;D
I also would like to pass a small present to HEATH from his "gaijin fans". Could anyone here help me with that? I don't want it to turn into a crazy fangirl situation so if ANYONE here knows somebody who could help me do this in a respectful and civilized manner I would really appreciate if that person (or persons) would PM me.
Thanks a bunch!
I'll be glad to help you out in any way I can! I'll be around the area at LEAST a few hours before the show meeting people and getting xcited for it. Of course, by employing a civilized greeting towards them, it will benefit us a lot!
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Fuck! The bank wouldn't give me a loan. My credit rating isn't strong enough. I'm hoping my mum can help me out and get it under her name. She's done that a few times for me so hopefully I'll be fine :-D
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I will be @ Massey Hall as well ;D
I also would like to pass a small present to HEATH from his "gaijin fans". Could anyone here help me with that? I don't want it to turn into a crazy fangirl situation so if ANYONE here knows somebody who could help me do this in a respectful and civilized manner I would really appreciate if that person (or persons) would PM me.
Thanks a bunch!
Seems like we have alot of Toronto goers here, we should should organize an X meet up for the show!
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Anyone who'll be at the NYC concert, it looks like I may be able to go. VAMPS is the night before (which I have tickets for already) so my sister and I are buying new oneway tickets home on the 11th. We're literally getting out of the VAMPS concert and right back on line. If anything it'll be an experience.
I'm just hoping to every god and deity that exists that the tickets don't sell out before Friday.
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Anyone who'll be at the NYC concert, it looks like I may be able to go. VAMPS is the night before (which I have tickets for already) so my sister and I are buying new oneway tickets home on the 11th. We're literally getting out of the VAMPS concert and right back on line. If anything it'll be an experience.
I'm just hoping to every god and deity that exists that the tickets don't sell out before Friday.
You may not be able to stay on the street if you're sleeping, the cops will make you move. Unless you plan to stay awake for 36 hours, in which case, I commend you.
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I remember NYC having plenty of homeless people sleeping around...
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My uncle's bar/restaurant is about a few minutes away. We're going to change clothes after the concert, eat, and then get back on line. No sleep for usssssssss.
Plus, a lot of my family, including my dad, are police officers in the city. I'm actually staying with my dad in Staten Island for the few days we won't be on line. So, if anything, I'm sure that my sister and I will be okay out in the city that late because if I know my father and his friends, they're going to be driving down the block ever 30 minutes to 'check on us.'
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I will be @ Massey Hall as well ;D
I also would like to pass a small present to HEATH from his "gaijin fans". Could anyone here help me with that? I don't want it to turn into a crazy fangirl situation so if ANYONE here knows somebody who could help me do this in a respectful and civilized manner I would really appreciate if that person (or persons) would PM me.
Thanks a bunch!
crazy fangirl situation? Us? Never! XDDD
Because of course, we don't limit our discussion purely to the musical composition of pre 1996 pieces or what type of locking studs Taiji uses, and HORROR OF HORRORS we actually have the downright PSYCHOTICNESS to say OUT LOUD that Heath is, you know, kinda hot...(wow, we're female and we think a MALE MUSICIAN is attractive...what a heinous crime!) therefore we MUST be fangirls. Naturally. XDDDD Mr. Sexy Bones. Ah hah ah hah. SORRY! Heath. Sincerest apologies and all that. Anyway, that's enough of my derailment of this topic ;D
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Feudal and Brendon:
Yes, we should meet before the show! I most likely will have to be at work in the morning and will have to track back home to gather the rest of people who will be joining us (my hubby and kids) but probably will have a couple of hours in between to meet. Hopefully I will be able to deliver the present during this time to HEATH as well. Keeping fingers crossed.
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I will be @ Massey Hall as well ;D
I also would like to pass a small present to HEATH from his "gaijin fans". Could anyone here help me with that? I don't want it to turn into a crazy fangirl situation so if ANYONE here knows somebody who could help me do this in a respectful and civilized manner I would really appreciate if that person (or persons) would PM me.
Thanks a bunch!
crazy fangirl situation? Us? Never! XDDD
Because of course, we don't limit our discussion purely to the musical composition of pre 1996 pieces or what type of locking studs Taiji uses, and HORROR OF HORRORS we actually have the downright PSYCHOTICNESS to say OUT LOUD that Heath is, you know, kinda hot...(wow, we're female and we think a MALE MUSICIAN is attractive...what a heinous crime!) therefore we MUST be fangirls. Naturally. XDDDD Mr. Sexy Bones. Ah hah ah hah. SORRY! Heath. Sincerest apologies and all that. Anyway, that's enough of my derailment of this topic ;D
FANGIRLS... US?! ....NO! NEVER! ;D
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Feudal and Brendon:
Yes, we should meet before the show! I most likely will have to be at work in the morning and will have to track back home to gather the rest of people who will be joining us (my hubby and kids) but probably will have a couple of hours in between to meet. Hopefully I will be able to deliver the present during this time to HEATH as well. Keeping fingers crossed.
Haha, well sounds good. I have a couple of classes that day...but I won't be attending, i'll be too busy camping outside Massey Hall that entire day hoping to catch a glimpse of the band members. If they play a show the night before, we should have a pretty good chance to catch their tour bus pulling in, and see them briefly during the walk from the bus to the back door of the venue, haha.
I really want to meet PATA and HEATH...but then again, I want to meet all of them, haha.
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I will be @ Massey Hall as well ;D
I also would like to pass a small present to HEATH from his "gaijin fans". Could anyone here help me with that? I don't want it to turn into a crazy fangirl situation so if ANYONE here knows somebody who could help me do this in a respectful and civilized manner I would really appreciate if that person (or persons) would PM me.
Thanks a bunch!
crazy fangirl situation? Us? Never! XDDD
Because of course, we don't limit our discussion purely to the musical composition of pre 1996 pieces or what type of locking studs Taiji uses, and HORROR OF HORRORS we actually have the downright PSYCHOTICNESS to say OUT LOUD that Heath is, you know, kinda hot...(wow, we're female and we think a MALE MUSICIAN is attractive...what a heinous crime!) therefore we MUST be fangirls. Naturally. XDDDD Mr. Sexy Bones. Ah hah ah hah. SORRY! Heath. Sincerest apologies and all that. Anyway, that's enough of my derailment of this topic ;D
FANGIRLS... US?! ....NO! NEVER! ;D
As you sig clearly says ^^
Some people don't seem to understand that, you know, X forums are more active when X are actually DOING SOMETHING, like TOURING, you know? And that makes us fangirls too; talking about X when they're, like, DOING SOMETHING. XDDD
Anyway...no such luck for me to go to Toronto, meh. But congrats to those who are. I'm sure it'll be a fantastic event (whether or not Heath gets his reptilian gift...which he'll most likely just use to beat Pata round the head with, or use as a loo brush, or something useful like that).
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crazy fangirl situation? Us? Never! XDDD
Because of course, we don't limit our discussion purely to the musical composition of pre 1996 pieces or what type of locking studs Taiji uses, and HORROR OF HORRORS we actually have the downright PSYCHOTICNESS to say OUT LOUD that Heath is, you know, kinda hot...(wow, we're female and we think a MALE MUSICIAN is attractive...what a heinous crime!) therefore we MUST be fangirls. Naturally. XDDDD Mr. Sexy Bones. Ah hah ah hah. SORRY! Heath. Sincerest apologies and all that. Anyway, that's enough of my derailment of this topic ;D
Its a pyschoticness to say Heath is hot , caz Taiji is more hansomer :D lol ! Im not mean , its just joke , caz Heath's fan and Taiji's fan is always frenemies :)
Who is Mr. Sexy Bones , is a Japanese word for Heath ?
I have a question of LA live . Its three diffrent prices ? What is difference of the prices ? Do you get VIP package or ectecera
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crazy fangirl situation? Us? Never! XDDD
Because of course, we don't limit our discussion purely to the musical composition of pre 1996 pieces or what type of locking studs Taiji uses, and HORROR OF HORRORS we actually have the downright PSYCHOTICNESS to say OUT LOUD that Heath is, you know, kinda hot...(wow, we're female and we think a MALE MUSICIAN is attractive...what a heinous crime!) therefore we MUST be fangirls. Naturally. XDDDD Mr. Sexy Bones. Ah hah ah hah. SORRY! Heath. Sincerest apologies and all that. Anyway, that's enough of my derailment of this topic ;D
Who is Mr. Sexy Bones , is a Japanese word for Heath ?
It's a nickname my friend J and I gave him, and I started using it in this forum, much to the very vocal dislike of some people. However, yes, the Japanese fans know of our nickname for him and think it very amusing indeed XDDD Ah well, live and let live I say :)
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crazy fangirl situation? Us? Never! XDDD
Because of course, we don't limit our discussion purely to the musical composition of pre 1996 pieces or what type of locking studs Taiji uses, and HORROR OF HORRORS we actually have the downright PSYCHOTICNESS to say OUT LOUD that Heath is, you know, kinda hot...(wow, we're female and we think a MALE MUSICIAN is attractive...what a heinous crime!) therefore we MUST be fangirls. Naturally. XDDDD Mr. Sexy Bones. Ah hah ah hah. SORRY! Heath. Sincerest apologies and all that. Anyway, that's enough of my derailment of this topic ;D
Who is Mr. Sexy Bones , is a Japanese word for Heath ?
It's a nickname my friend J and I gave him, and I started using it in this forum, much to the very vocal dislike of some people. However, yes, the Japanese fans know of our nickname for him and think it very amusing indeed XDDD Ah well, live and let live I say :)
Sexy Bones is very appropriate. The boy needs to eat more often! As for Taiji, well he used to be quite something about 25 years ago. He is still a good looking man just a bit more weather worn...:)
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crazy fangirl situation? Us? Never! XDDD
Because of course, we don't limit our discussion purely to the musical composition of pre 1996 pieces or what type of locking studs Taiji uses, and HORROR OF HORRORS we actually have the downright PSYCHOTICNESS to say OUT LOUD that Heath is, you know, kinda hot...(wow, we're female and we think a MALE MUSICIAN is attractive...what a heinous crime!) therefore we MUST be fangirls. Naturally. XDDDD Mr. Sexy Bones. Ah hah ah hah. SORRY! Heath. Sincerest apologies and all that. Anyway, that's enough of my derailment of this topic ;D
Who is Mr. Sexy Bones , is a Japanese word for Heath ?
It's a nickname my friend J and I gave him, and I started using it in this forum, much to the very vocal dislike of some people. However, yes, the Japanese fans know of our nickname for him and think it very amusing indeed XDDD Ah well, live and let live I say :)
Sexy Bones is very appropriate. The boy needs to eat more often! As for Taiji, well he used to be quite something about 25 years ago. He is still a good looking man just a bit more weather worn...:)
I'm guessing you're joking here, but in case you're not, I'm sure he's the naturally tall, thin type; the type that has immense trouble gaining 1/4lb even if they eat 3x their daily allowance. I think the scientific name for people like that is 'ectomorph'. Lol sounds kinda scary XDDD
And Taiji 2 decades ago was smoking hot, completely. I don't know what type of locking studs he used back then though... Come to think of it, i don't even know what type of locking studs Heath uses! OH MY GOD! I'm letting down my fangirl reputation!! XDD
Back on topic, ENJOY MASSEY HALL, those who are going!
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Hey. I'm new here, but I've been an X Japan fan for a while. Thank you for posting the American tour information, I hope I get to see some of you guys in NYC!
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I'll wait for the Paris gig. I can not see overseas concert because of school. I skip school the next 5 weeks. To be with my mother in japan.
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Changed the topic title - this is a bit more accurate than the last one :P
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Awaiting on the TicketMaster website for the Massey Hall ticket sales to open so I can swipe myself a ticket for the Toronto show. I'll have my X tickets in 40 minutes!! XDD
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So Hypno, are we going to get a seperate forum/topic for each of the shows? :D
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I just got my ticket to X Japan in Toronto! But holy crap! I was reloading that page every 3 seconds for the final few minutes before tickets opened, and still only got row E on the floor! Still a good seat, but holy crap, so many people hovering that page...
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Got the tickets to Massey Hall! Section RSF Row K
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I just got my ticket to X Japan in Toronto! But holy crap! I was reloading that page every 3 seconds for the final few minutes before tickets opened, and still only got row E on the floor! Still a good seat, but holy crap, so many people hovering that page...
I'm pretty sure that the first couple of rows are probably already reserved for other people (i.e. radio station giveaways, VIPs, etc.)
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VIPs should be up on the f*ing balcony so the rest of us could enjoy the show . I mean we actually PAID for our tickets!
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RSF rowL
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I just got my ticket to X Japan in Toronto! But holy crap! I was reloading that page every 3 seconds for the final few minutes before tickets opened, and still only got row E on the floor! Still a good seat, but holy crap, so many people hovering that page...
I'm pretty sure that the first couple of rows are probably already reserved for other people (i.e. radio station giveaways, VIPs, etc.)
I guess that would make sense, but they wouldn`t have that many seats reserved. We`ll probably see first row X Japan tickets on eBay soon for insane amounts of money. But at least my seat is still good, really good view of the stage, and since its assigned seats unlike a pit, you don`t really need to rush in to ensure a good spot...but i`ll be still be rushing in to get first dibs on merchandise!
The only bad thing about not having the pit is that if they play Orgasm, we can`t mosh. All we get to do is just kinda dance around in our seats...which is awkward for a rock concert, lol. XDD
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I just got my ticket to X Japan in Toronto! But holy crap! I was reloading that page every 3 seconds for the final few minutes before tickets opened, and still only got row E on the floor! Still a good seat, but holy crap, so many people hovering that page...
I'm pretty sure that the first couple of rows are probably already reserved for other people (i.e. radio station giveaways, VIPs, etc.)
I guess that would make sense, but they wouldn`t have that many seats reserved. We`ll probably see first row X Japan tickets on eBay soon for insane amounts of money. But at least my seat is still good, really good view of the stage, and since its assigned seats unlike a pit, you don`t really need to rush in to ensure a good spot...but i`ll be still be rushing in to get first dibs on merchandise!
The only bad thing about not having the pit is that if they play Orgasm, we can`t mosh. All we get to do is just kinda dance around in our seats...which is awkward for a rock concert, lol. XDD
I can just see the X Jump! LOL
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I just got my ticket to X Japan in Toronto! But holy crap! I was reloading that page every 3 seconds for the final few minutes before tickets opened, and still only got row E on the floor! Still a good seat, but holy crap, so many people hovering that page...
I'm pretty sure that the first couple of rows are probably already reserved for other people (i.e. radio station giveaways, VIPs, etc.)
I guess that would make sense, but they wouldn`t have that many seats reserved. We`ll probably see first row X Japan tickets on eBay soon for insane amounts of money. But at least my seat is still good, really good view of the stage, and since its assigned seats unlike a pit, you don`t really need to rush in to ensure a good spot...but i`ll be still be rushing in to get first dibs on merchandise!
The only bad thing about not having the pit is that if they play Orgasm, we can`t mosh. All we get to do is just kinda dance around in our seats...which is awkward for a rock concert, lol. XDD
I can just see the X Jump! LOL
Lolz, with Massey Hall being as old as it is (since 1894), when we X jump, we`re going to bring that place down! We`re going to X jump, then the balcony and gallery are going to come crashing down on us!! Then North America will REALLY know who brings the house down! XDD
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Just finished getting my tix! I know how you guys feel! OMG! I clicked the second it hit ten and had the thing searching and the first thing that popped up was row K i was like WHAT!? so I tried for nearly an hour lol ended up getting row C!!! figured it's a gamble to let it go trying for B or A. Damn what a screwed up system. Can't wait to go!!!!
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You know since Massey Hall is in an old fashioned theatre style the first few rows might not give you the best view. You would be looking up at their crotch ;D
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You know since Massey Hall is in an old fashioned theatre style the first few rows might not give you the best view. You would be looking up at their crotch ;D
/cough jealous...:)
The stage is actually not that high. Look at some concert footage or pics and you'll see people from the front row standing up against it able to have their arms resting on the stage floor. It's about up to their chests. I'm pretty happy for row C :D
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Nope! ;D I had to get 4 tickets together so I'm happy with row K
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Yea I had to order 3 and it was giving me hell..bouncing back and forth from row R, P, E, K, then it said balcony..LOL then had a heart attack when C popped up so grabbed it. We'll all have a grand time.
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Hmmm, I wonder if we could place gifts on the stage for them or if security would kick our ass..
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Yea I had to order 3 and it was giving me hell..bouncing back and forth from row R, P, E, K, then it said balcony..LOL then had a heart attack when C popped up so grabbed it. We'll all have a grand time.
It will be fun! I got hubby to buy the tickets , so I couldn't expect him to really try and try again. He is not a convert as of yet. I'm working on it though!
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Heh, convert. I'll be bringing my own convert into the family of X fandom. :P
Fun indeed! I could only afford side gallery tickets myself, but it's first row side gallery and it's one of the sections beside center gallery so I ain't complaining. Sure was a bitch ordering though. They wouldn't take my pay-as-you-go card on the Massey Hall site so I had ta call in and even then still had ta convince them that it's a real credit card!
Hmmm, I wonder if we could place gifts on the stage for them or if security would kick our ass..
I figure if you ask politely and it's not a concealed gift they'd be cool with it. :)
Lolz, with Massey Hall being as old as it is (since 1894), when we X jump, we`re going to bring that place down! We`re going to X jump, then the balcony and gallery are going to come crashing down on us!! Then North America will REALLY know who brings the house down! XDD
Score! An X Japan show and a ride!
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Hmmm, I wonder if we could place gifts on the stage for them or if security would kick our ass..
That's a good question, I bet they would be looked at by staff and if appropriate, given to them backstage or something. I think if most of us are respective and not crazy like we want to grab them and all that, we will get some reception!
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Hmmm, I wonder if we could place gifts on the stage for them or if security would kick our ass..
That's a good question, I bet they would be looked at by staff and if appropriate, given to them backstage or something. I think if most of us are respective and not crazy like we want to grab them and all that, we will get some reception!
No grabbing?! Feudal you're no fun! ;D
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XD! Could you imagine touching one of them? There would be people just dropping to the floor. This is still all too much to take in at once, I'm really excited but it hasn't all sunk in yet. The few nights before the show will be sleepless for me LOL all of us going to Toronto show, lets show them Toronto is worth coming back to! Let's raise the roof on that place, X Jumps and loud singing!!!
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XD! Could you imagine touching one of them?
Yes, yes I could! ;D
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You know since Massey Hall is in an old fashioned theatre style the first few rows might not give you the best view. You would be looking up at their crotch ;D
/cough jealous...:)
The stage is actually not that high. Look at some concert footage or pics and you'll see people from the front row standing up against it able to have their arms resting on the stage floor. It's about up to their chests. I'm pretty happy for row C :D
The views you get in Massey Hall aren't that bad, unless you get the very side views in the balcony or gallery. Just check out this interactive seating view thing I found on the website for Massey Hall! -> http://www.masseyhall.com/mh_seatingplans_popup (http://www.masseyhall.com/mh_seatingplans_popup)
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So Hypno, are we going to get a seperate forum/topic for each of the shows? :D
I'm on a bus to my university town now, I'll arrive in... an hour or so, I'll post the threads then :)
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Also, change the forum description. This isn't the 2008 tour anymore :-P
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my friends and I bought up most of the front row for Vancity show. hell yea!
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my friends and I bought up most of the front row for Vancity show. hell yea!
For Toronto show? I are confused. Explain!
Nvm just realized you meant Vancouver City show. D'oh! Have fun!!!
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The separate threads for the concerts are up! Please discuss any specific concerts there, use this thread only for general talk about the World Tour's North American leg!
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thanks for the extra threads and the nice descriptions :D
good job on that one!!
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Thank you Hypno for putting al the new threads together. I was just looking at all of them and realized that by choosing to play in smaller venues they actually get to play in some of the most beautifull ones in North America.
I always felt that a very theatrical setting would work great for X's music. :)
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Thanks Hypno for adding the images etc on the seperate threads - it is good to see what the venues look like (even although I won’t actually be there! :( lol)
Thank you Hypno for putting al the new threads together. I was just looking at all of them and realized that by choosing to play in smaller venues they actually get to play in some of the most beautifull ones in North America.
I always felt that a very theatrical setting would work great for X's music. :)
I echo this! The venues actually remind me of the setting for the Jade PV. I think the theatrical setting will work really well and even although they will not have the same large arena (Tokyo Dome setup etc) we are used to seeing, it will be good to see them in a smaller environment.
Its better to have a packed out small venue than an almost empty large venue!
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Those theaters are really beautiful!
It is better for the people who are going that they play in this small venues. At least you can look them performing on the scene without to have to look on those big screens! Even in Japan Expo we couldn't see enough and had to look to screens!
I hope in Europe it will be such theaters too, but mayby there are already too many fans in Europe, we'll have to look at screens I suppose.
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i'm quite sure that euro show will be in equal locations.
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the small venue reminds me a bit of their awesome Blue Blood tour show @ Shibuya Koukaidou :) have that one on VHS (gotta upgrade!) and it gives off such a great live vibe.
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small venues always have an air of intimacy. its nice to be "so" close to the band.
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I got ticket for Chicago but It didn't show anything for select the seat.I don't know, never been any concert in US before.
after 17 years's wait.
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I got ticket for Chicago but It didn't show anything for select the seat.I don't know, never been any concert in US before.
after 17 years's wait.
If the website didn't have a seat selection, it's probably first-come first-serve. That means that if you get in line first, you get to sit closer. This can be good or bad depending on how well the staff handles the line.
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I got ticket for Chicago but It didn't show anything for select the seat.I don't know, never been any concert in US before.
after 17 years's wait.
If the website didn't have a seat selection, it's probably first-come first-serve. That means that if you get in line first, you get to sit closer. This can be good or bad depending on how well the staff handles the line.
Thank you very much , I 'll drive from Ohio so I should prepare myself.
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I looked up the theater in Chicago, and it looks like it might not even have seating on the floor in front of the stage. That's a really long drive, so be sure to get some rest. I hope everything goes well. =D
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I looked up the theater in Chicago, and it looks like it might not even have seating on the floor in front of the stage. That's a really long drive, so be sure to get some rest. I hope everything goes well. =D
Thank you,My husband'll drive for me and go with me even thought he isn't their fan,I had ovary's surgery3 months ago.I hope that I can do X jump^_^
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I looked up the theater in Chicago, and it looks like it might not even have seating on the floor in front of the stage. That's a really long drive, so be sure to get some rest. I hope everything goes well. =D
Thank you,My husband'll drive for me and go with me even thought he isn't their fan,I had ovary's surgery3 months ago.I hope that I can do X jump^_^
Ouch bahbah, those hurt! If everything went well with the surgery you should be OK resuming normal activity by that time. I wish you speedy recovery!
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I looked up the theater in Chicago, and it looks like it might not even have seating on the floor in front of the stage. That's a really long drive, so be sure to get some rest. I hope everything goes well. =D
Thank you,My husband'll drive for me and go with me even thought he isn't their fan,I had ovary's surgery3 months ago.I hope that I can do X jump^_^
Ouch bahbah, those hurt! If everything went well with the surgery you should be OK resuming normal activity by that time. I wish you speedy recovery!
thanka you
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What are your ticket sales predictions for the shows? Will any of them sell out? Will all of them sell out? None of them? I'm curious. I notice that for the Toronto show at least, lots of tickets seem to be still available.
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I think if any show sells out, it will be the NY show, given that it's a) in the largest city and b) that it's the only concert really reachable from the east coast (with the exception of maybe Chicago).
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Well it is still only August and lots of people will probably leave buying tickets to the last minute because of the hisory of cancelled shows. I think most of the venues will be sold out about two weeks before the concerts.
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Bahbah, you're going to Chicago, right? In the Riviera there's a special area on the main floor, maybe you can see if your condition applies?
Check the SEATING section
http://www.jamusa.com/riviera/riviera-faq.html
It wouldn't hurt to ask. General Areas can get cramped and rowdy. I wish you the best and good health. :)
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/x-japan-confirms-north-american-tour-details-2056994.html
Word of the tour has made it into The Independant here in the UK. For those who don't know of the paper, it's one of the largest in circulation nationwide. This is a big deal.
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Wow! It is a BIG deal.
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They got some stuff wrong though. Typical British journalists, 5 seconds of research and they think they've got an article.
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They got some stuff wrong though. Typical British journalists, 5 seconds of research and they think they've got an article.
What is really shame, that big mistakes like this happens everywhere.. and I dont talk just about music.
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lol at disbanding in 2007, woot for 1 year hiatus lol
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Good news on being on the independent, even if I dont read it and dont plan to. Bad news on getting the info wrong.. I guess asking a newspaper to try and get information correct about a band they know nothing of is a bit too much to ask for :P
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Bahbah, you're going to Chicago, right? In the Riviera there's a special area on the main floor, maybe you can see if your condition applies?
Check the SEATING section
http://www.jamusa.com/riviera/riviera-faq.html
It wouldn't hurt to ask. General Areas can get cramped and rowdy. I wish you the best and good health. :)
Thank you so much, I appreciate it.
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The X Japan Official MySpace posted a new blogpost - http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=1001161271&blogId=538519611
It's basically just the North American tour dates (with some information on the tickets and contact details), plus the fact that they have signed with William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, a promotion agency working with a lot of famous artists like The Eagles, Whitney Houston, Slash, Paris Hilton, Pet Shop Boys, Lady Gaga, Godsmack, Jay-Z, J Lo and so on (for full lists visit http://www.wmeentertainment.com).
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Sorry for the doublepost, it's an old thing really, but I only remembered to post it now. On August 11th, Wes Borland tweeted:
@richardfortus I wish @YoshikiOfficial wanted us to play with X Japan so we could hang out again.
Now it might be just a random thing, but maybe it was a hint ;) (remember all the tickets that said 'X Japan and guests'? :P )
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Sorry for the doublepost, it's an old thing really, but I only remembered to post it now. On August 11th, Wes Borland tweeted:
@richardfortus I wish @YoshikiOfficial wanted us to play with X Japan so we could hang out again.
Now it might be just a random thing, but maybe it was a hint ;) (remember all the tickets that said 'X Japan and guests'? :P )
Guests usually refer to bands who are opening for them. So maybe Black Light Burns are going to be an opener? Or something? I dunno.
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Richard will not play with X on their upcoming northamerica tour as a guest cause he's with Guns in europe. Don't know about Wes and Limp Bizkit.
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Richard will not play with X on their upcoming northamerica tour was a guest cause he's with Guns in europe. Don't know about Wes and Limp bizkit.
Eh? Well, I think i'm okay without Wes, those guests back in the 2008 shows just didn't feel right to me. I just want to see X themselves perform exactly as they do in Japan.
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Ah, just noticed I messed the grammar of my previous post up, gonna fix it now ;)
If Black Light Burns will open or not for X in America, well I wouldn't mind if that would happen, like their music. But the 'opening act'-question is a good one.
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BLB will not open up for X
and for sure its not limpbizkit
Wes is busy with Bizkit to release this phantom album Fred Durst is talkin about, they have been touring tho
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Question:
It's obvious that none of the shows have sold out, but how well subscribed have they been thus far? It seems like each show has picked up a couple of hundred each - have any even broken the 1000 mark yet?
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Question:
It's obvious that none of the shows have sold out, but how well subscribed have they been thus far? It seems like each show has picked up a couple of hundred each - have any even broken the 1000 mark yet?
Sadly, I figured it would be like this too. That it would be really outstanding for one of the stops to sell out and that it would be a solid group but not sold out. I think that 99% of everyone who will/would go has either already got their ticket or has decided they can't go...I doubt there will be many last minute/impulse go-ers to see X unless they are heavily persuaded. =/ oh well, as long as they are not cancelled I really don't care how many ppl go.
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Question:
It's obvious that none of the shows have sold out, but how well subscribed have they been thus far? It seems like each show has picked up a couple of hundred each - have any even broken the 1000 mark yet?
Sadly, I figured it would be like this too. That it would be really outstanding for one of the stops to sell out and that it would be a solid group but not sold out. I think that 99% of everyone who will/would go has either already got their ticket or has decided they can't go...I doubt there will be many last minute/impulse go-ers to see X unless they are heavily persuaded. =/ oh well, as long as they are not cancelled I really don't care how many ppl go.
If each show only has a couple of hundred attendees, I think that the sheer embaressment of the debacle will probably put an end to X Japan's overseas activity.
So much is riding on this, they should have chosen live house size venues as opposed to theatres. Yoshiki wasn't thinking.
The New York show might come close to selling out, only because there are loads of first or second generation Asian immigrants who live in the area and X Japan is probably quite a big deal to them.
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The New York show should be pretty close to selling out by now. I think they will do well in LA too since there is a history of J-rock events there. Chicago has potential too but the concert is not till October so most people will leave ticket buying after the going back to school craziness is over. Toronto should be packed too. There is a large Asian population, large # of J-rock followers. Vancouver has an enormous Asian population too.
I think these would be the shows that have "Sold Out" or almost sold out potential. The rest is anyone's guess.
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If each show only has a couple of hundred attendees, I think that the sheer embaressment of the debacle will probably put an end to X Japan's overseas activity.
Nonono!!!!!
They have to come to Europe too! Don't forget that :D
Everybody in America: make your friends buy the X Japan tickets damned!
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If each show only has a couple of hundred attendees, I think that the sheer embaressment of the debacle will probably put an end to X Japan's overseas activity.
Nonono!!!!!
They have to come to Europe too! Don't forget that :D
Everybody in America: make your friends buy the X Japan tickets damned!
I agree, I feel so nervous regarding the whole thing. I don't want X Japan to fail and Yoshiki to be put off playing overseas outside of Asia where they are already huge.
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It's not really surprising that none of the shows have sold out. I mean, exactly how many people in America know ANYTHING about them? The album isn't out, the 1st single isn't out, almost no promotion... Unless the group kicks it into high-gear it IS going to fail.
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Vancouver show only has nosebleeds left..
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It's not really surprising that none of the shows have sold out. I mean, exactly how many people in America know ANYTHING about them? The album isn't out, the 1st single isn't out, almost no promotion... Unless the group kicks it into high-gear it IS going to fail.
I also noticed the no promotion issue! I'm not sure what their management is thinking. There are no posters anywhere. No single. No video. No radio play. My hope is that everyone is just so afraid of possible cancellations that they are holding off buying the tickets till the very last minute. Of course I am an optimist and I truly believe that X fans will show their support for real and not just in the way of lip-service.
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Everybody was afraid for Lollapalooza and it was a big succes!
This will be a big success too!!!
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I'm confident they'll be fine and put on a good show for the North American fans.
The choices of location and venue size is appropriate. Let's hope they do something similar for the European fans!
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By Yoshiki's standards this all extrememly low-scale, I doubt his grandiose plans for American domination end at a 7 stop NA Tour, we all know he has MSG and mainstream success in his sights.
I'm part-way thinking that the reason this tour is so short/brief is because it's meant to be a promotional drive in itself.
Lolla' was just one show. It got them plenty of good press, but that's not really enough. My feeling is that Yoshiki will make sure that every show is packed with reviewers from various media outlets, even small blogs, in order to generate some more buzz for the band and get their name out there.
Think of it this way, if they put the album out before the tour and no one has heard of them, by the time the tour generates any interest in the band, the majority of the buzz from their album release will be gone.
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Supposedly Jade was supposed to have been released as a single sometime within the past 2 weeks or so. I don't know about you but here in California there has been nothing. Unless Yoshiki's decided on waiting until Sugizo is done with the short Luna Sea tour (since it's right after the X tour) I have no clue what the heck it might be.
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I think the NY venue has a history of overselling... so I don't think they'll put a cap on ticket sales at all. This might be a problem, especially if some assholes decide to start smoking in the crowd, but it would be awesome if we can get everybody to X jump.
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Regarding the question about possible opening acts, I REALLY hope it's just gonna be X at these concerts performing a good 2.5-3 hour set!
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Same here. I figure there won't be an opening act though because generally those are announced along with the tour dates so, and I think this sort of applies to X concidering thier cult status here in North America, if somebody has no interest in seeing the main act, then maybe, just maybe, they'll be willing to shell out money to purchase tickets to see the supporting act.
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It's not really surprising that none of the shows have sold out. I mean, exactly how many people in America know ANYTHING about them? The album isn't out, the 1st single isn't out, almost no promotion... Unless the group kicks it into high-gear it IS going to fail.
I agree. It's pretty sad to see how poor the PR/marketing side of X Japan is.
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I posted X Japan Tour Schedule on youtube when people asked about it and on my blog also.
They need to do something, just news on TV or be a guest on TV show.
I would like to see SOLD OUT on X Japan's my space again.
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I agree. It's pretty sad to see how poor the PR/marketing side of X Japan is.
It's so true - their marketing and PR is atrocious. I love them to death, but, seriously? Their marketing is piss-poor. I have been practically trying to help market them myself by updating their Wiki with tour info (since it is the #1 hit when you search for them in Google) and begging them to update their Myspace (which they eventually did so maybe they at least understood to do that). But come on, you're going on tour in the U.S., trying to make a splash (or wait... are they trying?). Maybe it's just for shits and giggles for them. Whatever, this is my main gripe with the band - they could at least make an occasional effort to communicate.
On the other hand, I love their music and hearts enough to over-look that and I'm sure I'll enjoy the NY show. Just hope they try harder (and very soon) to let U.S. people know they exist and are freaking awesome!!
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/x-japan-confirms-north-american-tour-details-2056994.html
Word of the tour has made it into The Independant here in the UK. For those who don't know of the paper, it's one of the largest in circulation nationwide. This is a big deal.
This rocks!!! =D
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in Toronto, you would think that the Chinatowns (yes, there's more than one) and Koreatown would have posters everywhere. Instead there's nothing...how dumb is that?
Not only is there lack of promotion, I think a huge, huge problem is the ticket prices. They've essentially confirmed that the only people who will attend are the fanatics like us, with those kinds of prices...someone who's merely 'curious' about X Japan, after seeing them in a newspaper article or whatever, would never pay that much to see them. Makes me wonder just how many tickets will be given away as comps.
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Even crappy chinese singer like Leo Koo get a poster in pacific mall and appears in chinese newspaper but X japan gets nothing in the chinese community in Toronto which is really sad considering they have had concerts in Hong Kong before.
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Even crappy chinese singer like Leo Koo get a poster in pacific mall and appears in chinese newspaper but X japan gets nothing in the chinese community in Toronto which is really sad considering they have had concerts in Hong Kong before.
Haha, well I just moved to Toronto the other day for school, so maybe i'll start slapping up some posters for X's upcoming performance! :D
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Even crappy chinese singer like Leo Koo get a poster in pacific mall and appears in chinese newspaper but X japan gets nothing in the chinese community in Toronto which is really sad considering they have had concerts in Hong Kong before.
There was a lot of marketing for the HK show if I recall correctly. Posters everywhere, newspaper reports, TV commercials! However, tickets were very expensive so I guess they had to draw in a huge crowd, so the excess advertisement was justified.
Maybe you guys should have a word with the Chinese newspaper or your tourism board :)
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Even crappy chinese singer like Leo Koo get a poster in pacific mall and appears in chinese newspaper but X japan gets nothing in the chinese community in Toronto which is really sad considering they have had concerts in Hong Kong before.
There was a lot of marketing for the HK show if I recall correctly. Posters everywhere, newspaper reports, TV commercials! However, tickets were very expensive so I guess they had to draw in a huge crowd, so the excess advertisement was justified.
Maybe you guys should have a word with the Chinese newspaper or your tourism board :)
But then again, X Japan are well known throughout China, Korea, and of course Japan, so the promotion would have been successful, but in the west, X Japan are almost completely unknown, so getting a professional advertising firm to handle promotion for the concerts would prove difficult, because they would see X Japan as not being worth the trouble if no one has any prior knowledge of the group. For example, if a well known group like Metallica or Green Day or whatever had some promotion, a "normal" person would observe the poster and say "Oh cool, I know them, I listen to them, I think i'll get some tickets." But a "normal" person would see an X Japan poster and would say "X...who? Japan? Is this a band? Never heard of them...they must not be good then, Heath? Pa...ta? Yoshi-who?". Therefore, if nobody is aware of X Japan, nobody is going to care, and nobody will buy tickets other than the die-hard fans like us who would already know about the concert without any kind of promotion other than one post on their website.
...well, that might not be why there hasn't been any promotion, but I think its a good argument about why they would not promote in the west until they achieve a larger fan base, and especially until after they release their North American debut album later this year.
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All of the band's shows are listed on Facebooks Events section. The following link are the search results showing each Venue as a separate event - add yourself to the attendees and invite your friends!!! I''ll be at Roseland Ballroom! :)
http://www.facebook.com/search/?flt=1&q=x%20japan%20us%20tour&o=4 (http://www.facebook.com/search/?flt=1&q=x%20japan%20us%20tour&o=4)
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Even crappy chinese singer like Leo Koo get a poster in pacific mall and appears in chinese newspaper but X japan gets nothing in the chinese community in Toronto which is really sad considering they have had concerts in Hong Kong before.
There was a lot of marketing for the HK show if I recall correctly. Posters everywhere, newspaper reports, TV commercials! However, tickets were very expensive so I guess they had to draw in a huge crowd, so the excess advertisement was justified.
Maybe you guys should have a word with the Chinese newspaper or your tourism board :)
But then again, X Japan are well known throughout China, Korea, and of course Japan, so the promotion would have been successful, but in the west, X Japan are almost completely unknown, so getting a professional advertising firm to handle promotion for the concerts would prove difficult, because they would see X Japan as not being worth the trouble if no one has any prior knowledge of the group. For example, if a well known group like Metallica or Green Day or whatever had some promotion, a "normal" person would observe the poster and say "Oh cool, I know them, I listen to them, I think i'll get some tickets." But a "normal" person would see an X Japan poster and would say "X...who? Japan? Is this a band? Never heard of them...they must not be good then, Heath? Pa...ta? Yoshi-who?". Therefore, if nobody is aware of X Japan, nobody is going to care, and nobody will buy tickets other than the die-hard fans like us who would already know about the concert without any kind of promotion other than one post on their website.
...well, that might not be why there hasn't been any promotion, but I think its a good argument about why they would not promote in the west until they achieve a larger fan base, and especially until after they release their North American debut album later this year.
It's more about the fans who aren't constantly checking the bands progress throughout the past few years. I'm not suggesting a full marketing campaign similar to Asia but at least 'something' (maybe something you guys could do?) to catch the attention of casual fans. A couple of posters doesn't equate to 'professional advertising' but has the same amount of 'pulling power', I mean, even a fanmade poster in your University student's union will be of some effect.
Also it doesn't matter if there is a poster up and someone says "who cares", at least the intent was there. Even if it made no difference to the sales, at least it's better than not doing anything at all.
There are plenty of ways to catch the interest of the general public and they don't all cost a lot of money.
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Even crappy chinese singer like Leo Koo get a poster in pacific mall and appears in chinese newspaper but X japan gets nothing in the chinese community in Toronto which is really sad considering they have had concerts in Hong Kong before.
There was a lot of marketing for the HK show if I recall correctly. Posters everywhere, newspaper reports, TV commercials! However, tickets were very expensive so I guess they had to draw in a huge crowd, so the excess advertisement was justified.
Maybe you guys should have a word with the Chinese newspaper or your tourism board :)
But then again, X Japan are well known throughout China, Korea, and of course Japan, so the promotion would have been successful, but in the west, X Japan are almost completely unknown, so getting a professional advertising firm to handle promotion for the concerts would prove difficult, because they would see X Japan as not being worth the trouble if no one has any prior knowledge of the group. For example, if a well known group like Metallica or Green Day or whatever had some promotion, a "normal" person would observe the poster and say "Oh cool, I know them, I listen to them, I think i'll get some tickets." But a "normal" person would see an X Japan poster and would say "X...who? Japan? Is this a band? Never heard of them...they must not be good then, Heath? Pa...ta? Yoshi-who?". Therefore, if nobody is aware of X Japan, nobody is going to care, and nobody will buy tickets other than the die-hard fans like us who would already know about the concert without any kind of promotion other than one post on their website.
...well, that might not be why there hasn't been any promotion, but I think its a good argument about why they would not promote in the west until they achieve a larger fan base, and especially until after they release their North American debut album later this year.
It's more about the fans who aren't constantly checking the bands progress throughout the past few years. I'm not suggesting a full marketing campaign similar to Asia but at least 'something' (maybe something you guys could do?) to catch the attention of casual fans. A couple of posters doesn't equate to 'professional advertising' but has the same amount of 'pulling power', I mean, even a fanmade poster in your University student's union will be of some effect.
Also it doesn't matter if there is a poster up and someone says "who cares", at least the intent was there. Even if it made no difference to the sales, at least it's better than not doing anything at all.
There are plenty of ways to catch the interest of the general public and they don't all cost a lot of money.
While all that is true, nothing seems to be happening for promotion anyway...
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Well, there have been articles in the Sun Times, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, and small TV snippets on ABC and Fox. They have done a little, (not a lot though).
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Yeah, promotion has been lacking to say the least.
I've always had an idea for something of a viral/guerrila ad campaign. If I ever actually got into a band that recorded more than one track I had the idea of leaving CD-Rs with info about my group and it's doings with a handful of our better tracks on it in strategically placed locations (the section of a store that sells the kinda music we make, popular items in the electronics section of a department store, by essentials like milk or bread at the grocery store, food court at the mall, guitar testing room at Long & McQuade, etc.) and seeing how it goes from there. Sure, I figure most of the CDs would end up being thrown out or something, but who knows, maybe some people would find them, listen to them (I would, and I can't be the only one!), think "cool" and play or send it to friends.
Not saying it'd work or suggesting anybody try it (though I just might, if only just to see if one day somebody posts on here saying "wow somebody left a disc of some of some of their live stuff at Tim Horton's and these guys are great!") but it'd be something. And something different to boot.
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Good idea, and I'd try it. Nothing ventured nothing gained, after all.
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FYI, I'm on the ballroom attending list as "Lee 'Kratos' Ritson" :D
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Ill agree the promotion for the band has been less than great, but this is something more of word of mouth from the fans. Bands from outside countries will get info on forums and anime websites and certain anime channels over main stream like newspapers, yahoo news and such because alot of people don't care too much for it because its a foreign language which is sad.
X Japan fans know who they are because they've heard the songs and its easier for them to tell a friend, post in on a blog of forum and hopefully more people will open up and try or not their choice. I found out about the concert thanks to Anime News Network first then followed by J rock Revolution which prompted me to tell my friends and all of us get out tickets for 2 different shows just to see them twice.
Overall this is something thats more in the fans hands and while the Promotion company does what it can to get the name out there.
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Well the thing is that fans will go anyway - promotion or no promotion. But what Yoshiki wanted was to get the name into mainstream in the US, and if they have a concert tour and only old fans show up, it will never happen.
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...if they have a concert tour and only old fans show up, it will never happen.
Exactly! I think perhaps they tried a little with the mainstream media, but, I doubt they care if X wants an article either (they too will say, 'who are you again?'). It doesn't seem they really have many connections outside of L.A. or Marc Geiger. Granted, that doesn't mean they couldn't do their marketing independently, as Yoshiki did by founding Extasy in Japan.
I guess they either want to be underground, or they are lazy (and/or dis-organized) haha. They can't possibly lack the financial resources to make it happen and they rarely seem to make legitimate efforts (until recently) of having a good channel of communication to their fans. After all, their official websites and Myspaces get updated about once a year on average...
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Although I did just see JRockRevolution post this link on Twitter for an American X Japan website: http://www.xjapanmusic.com/
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Now if only the website was up and running :D
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It's X Japan, it probably won't work until three days before the first show :D
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In Toronto, I haven't seen anything. However, the other day on the GO Train, I saw a newspaper which had an X Japan ad in it. That's about it. It was pretty small.
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In Toronto, I haven't seen anything. However, the other day on the GO Train, I saw a newspaper which had an X Japan ad in it. That's about it. It was pretty small.
Which newspaper was it? I was on the GO Train twice, for 3 hrs to and from Hamilton the other day, now I wish I had poked around at some papers on the seats, lol. I'm going back up to Hamilton this thurs on the train so I'll look again.
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Why all of a sudden X has to give us this stupid supporting band that no one gives a damn about?????
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The support band won't get much time don't worry! I'm going to use that time to check out the merch booth, or maybe get something to drink.
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In Toronto, I haven't seen anything. However, the other day on the GO Train, I saw a newspaper which had an X Japan ad in it. That's about it. It was pretty small.
Which newspaper was it? I was on the GO Train twice, for 3 hrs to and from Hamilton the other day, now I wish I had poked around at some papers on the seats, lol. I'm going back up to Hamilton this thurs on the train so I'll look again.
I believe it's in Now Magazine. You can sometimes find it at GO Stations. Check the section in the back with the concert listings haha.
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In Toronto, I haven't seen anything. However, the other day on the GO Train, I saw a newspaper which had an X Japan ad in it. That's about it. It was pretty small.
Which newspaper was it? I was on the GO Train twice, for 3 hrs to and from Hamilton the other day, now I wish I had poked around at some papers on the seats, lol. I'm going back up to Hamilton this thurs on the train so I'll look again.
I believe it's in Now Magazine. You can sometimes find it at GO Stations. Check the section in the back with the concert listings haha.
Ah! I live in Toronto now! Must go find this magazine!
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It is free and available on every corner. Just look for the NOW magazine box.
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It is free and available on every corner. Just look for the NOW magazine box.
Will do! If I manage to locate this X Japan ad, I shall photograph it and post it here!
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Hey, I just wanted to inform everyone of the gift package (which includes: wristband, signed photograph, tote bag, etc. . .) that Jrock Revolution is offering to the fans that are going to the X Japan shows and book a hotel/a flight with H.I.S International Tours. For more information on the fan package, click here (http://tinyurl.com/2dnt2kl).
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Sorry dude, but you are about a month late :P
Also I wonder why the JRR people use a different account every time :D
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JRR are a bunch of idiots. Why cant they announce these packages sooner? I've already booked all my shit. Would have preferred to get a nice gift bag aswell.. oh well.
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Meh, they're just volunteers at the end of the day, the fact they can organise anything like this is pretty cool by those standards I guess.
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JRR posted a link for the X Japan Street Team this afternoon:
http://jrockrevolution.com/index.php/news/69-site-news/1592-x-japan-north-america-tour-support-team.html
I signed up so we'll see what they say.
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Did you sign up for the on-line or the off-line support?
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I signed up for online for all and off-line for NYC (Roseland Ballroom)
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Way to go! I am considering off-line for Toronto. I'm wondering if anybody else from TO would be interested...
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I wish I didn't live an hour from Toronto. I'd totally do the off-line one.
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Oh screw it, I'm going to sign up and do this. :)
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I'd totally do the offline one as well, if I lived in Toronto...I'm about 2 hours away - i wonder if it's any use that far away?
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Not sure if this counts as real promotion or not, but X have their own official Facebook page now:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/X-Japan/124298817619313?ref=ts (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/X-Japan/124298817619313?ref=ts)
And so does Yoshiki:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yoshiki/148183251887331?v=wall&story_fbid=148246408547770#!/pages/Yoshiki/148183251887331?v=wall (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yoshiki/148183251887331?v=wall&story_fbid=148246408547770#!/pages/Yoshiki/148183251887331?v=wall)
I found this post particularly intersting
"We may alter our setlist as we move from city to city... Let us know your favorite X Japan song!"
Vote people!
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So he originally was gonna use the same setlist throughout the whole U.S tour? Wow yove got to be kidding me. And not like voting will matter. Remember the voting fans did for the Yokohama shows? They voted for a ton of Taiji songs and did we get any of them?
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I think we've found out since then that they had basically no time for rehearsels and according to Sugizo's blog posts they were having a lot of problems getting the show ready, they probably didn't have time to rehearse three or four songs that they havn't played in eighteen years.
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So he originally was gonna use the same setlist throughout the whole U.S tour? Wow yove got to be kidding me.
Well it's pretty common for bands to use similar setlists throughout their tour, specially if promoting a new album (which X is kinda doing...) - a bunch of new(er) songs and the most famous old songs...
EDIT: X Japan's 2010 North American Tour Video Message - X Japan's Yoshiki gives a video message regarding the band's first-ever North American tour:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqBDg7FmJ84[/youtube]
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In response to Snapback, 99% of bands stick to the same setlist when they do a tour. They may change one or 2 songs but its usually the same so that all the different locations get the same experience. It would only piss some people off if it was constantly changed.
Me personally, i'd be pissed if LA got I'll Kill You, Art Of Life and Stab Me In The Back and I got DAHLIA, Rusty Nail and Drain. Everyone has their own preferences and completely different setlists would just alienate fans. A couple of songs yeah thats fine but an entirely different setlist will piss people off.
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EDIT: X Japan's 2010 North American Tour Video Message - X Japan's Yoshiki gives a video message regarding the band's first-ever North American tour:
That totally made my day.
...Roseland Ballroom xD
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It worries me that he seemed surprised that they're going to Canada.
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I did make me laugh when he said Roseland Ballroom. "The Japanese find it hard to pronounce the R's. Roseland Ballroom. MOTHER FUCKER"
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Can I fangirl now???
Or should I do it somewhere less publicly?..XD
Anyway, it really looked as if it was the first time he read/saw the tour dates and places they are going..o_O;;;;
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Anyway, it really looked as if it was the first time he read/saw the tour dates and places they are going..o_O;;;;
To me it looked like he had already drunk a good wine :D
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He looked a little bashful in the youtube video. It seemed like all of a sudden he was given a piece of paper with the tour dates and told "Read this and smile pretty for the camera".
*fangirl squee*
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haha I was about to post the video but I failed, anyway the video is awesome because he couldn't even say his name ^^ complete fan girl moment there. The cussing was also funny seems more of a amusing laid back promo video then normally expected.
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is there a x meet up at the wiltern show? Im going to paint hide for yoshiki <3 how early is good enough to get the best seats?
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J Rock Revolution is planning a meet up with some people going as early as Friday, so there should be a good lot of us there hanging out and talking, wondering if we are going to have the same here but so far no ones said a thing
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Well that's up for the people going to organize :) The topic is here - http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/index.php?topic=3978.0
X Freaks, as a forum, sadly cannot organize anything, mainly because I live a few thousand miles away and cannot attend any part of the tour. But the Canadians are organizing a small meet up for sure, so I can't see why couldn't others :) After a quick overview of the thread I counted 8 people saying that they will be attending (some with friends or family) so go for it :)
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ThanX buzzymusic from XRD for this :)
"New news about the tour.
This article saids that the radio promotion for the new album starts on 10/1.
And JADE will be the first single that would be sold on iTunes (doesn't say any date.)
Also, they are gonna use some HIDE videos on the North American tour, i guess they negotiated with
his family.
Last but not least, American band called Vampires Everywhere! are gonna perform as opening act for 30min on this tour.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100922...00337-bark-musi "
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ThanX buzzymusic from XRD for this :)
"New news about the tour.
This article saids that the radio promotion for the new album starts on 10/1.
And JADE will be the first single that would be sold on iTunes (doesn't say any date.)
Also, they are gonna use some HIDE videos on the North American tour, i guess they negotiated with
his family.
Last but not least, American band called Vampires Everywhere! are gonna perform as opening act for 30min on this tour.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100922...00337-bark-musi "
Woot! If radio promotion starts that soon, then that really hints that the album must be near! By the end of the year for sure, or hopefully before then!
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again not happy with Vampires Everywhere but its a bar deal, ill be at the bar while they play XD.
I remember hearing they were filming a new music video in July and used Stan Lee in the video, so hopefully that comes out soon, as for a new album awesome!! You just made me week even better
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X Japan rehearsing Silent Jealousy (in LA probably):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB7fOuxC8oc[/youtube]
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thanx for posting hypno! youtube does not work for me.
Who is attending seattle gig? My brother go there with my mother maybe i can join the as well. depends if my niece go with them.
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Yes! Silent Jealousy! Hopefully that song continues it's way to Toronto! Thanks for posting the video! :D
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This is interesting, I don't know if Toshi is just making stuff because its a rehearsel, but I can hear Toshi singing different lyrics during the chorus, I'm listening really carefully and there's definatly a difference. The quality is so bad though i can't tell if he's singing in english, different Japanese lyrics.
Don't take this too seriously, I could easily be wrong.
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I hope it'll be on the new album. It's good that they're doing it again finally!
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It could be a possibility that Silent Jealousy is going to be on the album, or maybe Yoshiki rewrote some songs we dont know of and plans to showcase them for the N.A tour.
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More press:
SF Station interview with Yoshiki:
http://www.sfstation.com/x-japan-a32751 (http://www.sfstation.com/x-japan-a32751)
Crawdaddy Interview with Yoshiki:
http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/09/22/x-japan-glam-metal-legends-set-to-conquer-north-america/ (http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/09/22/x-japan-glam-metal-legends-set-to-conquer-north-america/)
RockStar Weekly regurgitating the Press Release which was sent out ages ago, quite lame, but it's still publicity:
http://www.rockstarweekly.com/x-japan-excited-about-coming-to-north-america.html (http://www.rockstarweekly.com/x-japan-excited-about-coming-to-north-america.html)
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cool, thanx for posting ^^ I cant wait to hear this song performed live during the US tour *_*
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Cool, thanks for the info!
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And an article from the Revolver Magazine: http://www.revolvermag.com/features/post/x-japan-embarks-on-their-first-american-tour/
X Japan vocalist Toshiki sits down with Revolver to fill us in about the tour.
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Toshiki, lol *i wonder whether they knew who they were talking to*
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Ahahaha Toshiki!! The transformation is complete, he can form a band by himself now!!
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Ahahaha Toshiki!! The transformation is complete, he can form a band by himself now!!
And on drums, piano, and vocals...Toshiki!
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Toshiki - the forgotten member of X.
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It's like a fusion of Yoshiki and Toshi....hmmm. imagine just how big his ego would be if he could compose, play drums, play piano, AND sing? His head would be bigger than that giant inflatable Yoshikitty.
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On Guitar, base, drums and vocals,
PAHEATOSHIKIZO.
Me: holy SHIIIIIIIIII~
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lmao that would be nuts, but Toshiki hmmm I stick to the not fused version *imagines dragon ball fusion movements* -_-
them separate is good enough, just 2 more days and the night will belong to the X freaks!!
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Aand a pretty long and interesting (though mostly stuff we already know) interview on Rafu Shimpo (LA daily Japanese news) - http://rafu.com/news/2010/09/yoshiki-opens-up-before-u-s-tour/
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Wierd. I read that same interview somewhere else before the Lollapalooza show. I think someone just got lazy and decided to copy everything word for word unless it was the same writer.
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Wierd. I read that same interview somewhere else before the Lollapalooza show. I think someone just got lazy and decided to copy everything word for word unless it was the same writer.
Ha, I thought I had read the same comments before!
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In the recent interviews he speaks pretty much the same stuff. The authors can't really come up with interesting questions I think :P
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On Guitar, base, drums and vocals,
PAHEATOSHIKIZO.
Me: holy SHIIIIIIIIII~
With some cloning and DNA splicing this could become X Japan circa 2030 ;D
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2030 here we come XD. LMAO
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If they play Silent Jealousy, I will not talk to anyone who attended again! (out of pure jealousy on my behalf!). ;-)
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If they play Silent Jealousy, I will not talk to anyone who attended again! (out of pure jealousy on my behalf!). ;-)
The REAL Silent Jealousy :D
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hahaha yep, I'm livin' it!
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An interview with Yoshiki:
http://guestlist.radio.com/2010/09/29/interview-with-glam-metal-legends-x-japan/
Nothing new here really...
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Out of everyone who's been to the first 3 shows, how has the sound been? I'm debating on bringing my plugs since I'm 3 row from front and going to be by the wall of speakers. I've only had bad ringing in my ears from a concert last year but this is fuckin X LOL and I have work the next day x_x
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On Guitar, base, drums and vocals,
PAHEATOSHIKIZO.
Me: holy SHIIIIIIIIII~
haha this.. will save Toshi the mouthful ><,
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On Guitar, base, drums and vocals,
PAHEATOSHIKIZO.
Me: holy SHIIIIIIIIII~
*PAHEATOSHIKIZODE.
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Out of everyone who's been to the first 3 shows, how has the sound been? I'm debating on bringing my plugs since I'm 3 row from front and going to be by the wall of speakers. I've only had bad ringing in my ears from a concert last year but this is fuckin X LOL and I have work the next day x_x
If you've had problems with your ears before, then I say bring ear plugs. 80% of the concerts I go to are shoegaze/noise shows, and they're EXTREMELY loud, so I'm not too worried.
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Out of everyone who's been to the first 3 shows, how has the sound been? I'm debating on bringing my plugs since I'm 3 row from front and going to be by the wall of speakers. I've only had bad ringing in my ears from a concert last year but this is fuckin X LOL and I have work the next day x_x
I've been using plugs since back in the 80's (yeah, I'm old) after I lost some hearing from going to too many gigs. Ringing in your ears, of any kind, is not good. Bring plugs...and if you feel you don't need 'em, don't use 'em. The show last night was moderately loud.
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Out of everyone who's been to the first 3 shows, how has the sound been? I'm debating on bringing my plugs since I'm 3 row from front and going to be by the wall of speakers. I've only had bad ringing in my ears from a concert last year but this is fuckin X LOL and I have work the next day x_x
I've been using plugs since back in the 80's (yeah, I'm old) after I lost some hearing from going to too many gigs. Ringing in your ears, of any kind, is not good. Bring plugs...and if you feel you don't need 'em, don't use 'em. The show last night was moderately loud.
Ah really? That sucks :( At least you've been taking care of your ears for over 20 years now though! I think I'll bring mine anyways cause they aren't hard to carry around if not needed. I'm not an avid concert-goer... the last concert I was at was last September and I had some ringing then and hated it. Just wondering if one concert will cause any significant damage and how loud they've got it.
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Be careful with even one concert - I lost some of my hearing ability after the D'espairs Ray concert last year and haven´t gotten it back since then - totally sucks. I am using earplugs now. Lesson learned the really hard way ...
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Be careful with even one concert - I lost some of my hearing ability after the D'espairs Ray concert last year and haven´t gotten it back since then - totally sucks. I am using earplugs now. Lesson learned the really hard way ...
Damn..I never knew it was this common. A few people have told me "Don't go without plugs, you'll be thankful in your later years" type thing. I'm taking them with me for sure lol who cares if it muffles them a bit, I'd rather enjoy music with good hearing for years to come lol
edit: I'll definitely want them for Vampires Everywhere LOL
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It is always better to take earplugs with you.
Here in our country many young people have lost hearing ability. It is a big problem now in concerts that music is too loud and with the mp3 and other players that people set too loud. And once lost, it doesn't come back!
I didn't go to many concerts too the last years, it is my daughters who said me to always take earplugs when going.
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We are taking earplugs especially for my 6 year-old who will be coming with us.(This will be his second concert. He started with Them Crooked Vultures) However, we will have a pair there for everyone just in case. :)
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I too wear earplugs all the time now. I was front row at a Manowar concert in 2005, ever since then my hearing hasn't been the same. Lesson learned!
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We are taking earplugs especially for my 6 year-old who will be coming with us.(This will be his second concert. He started with Them Crooked Vultures) However, we will have a pair there for everyone just in case. :)
That's one lucky 6 year old!
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At loud concerts especially near the stage the music actually sounds much better with good ear plugs
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I bought a 10-pack of earplugs the other day, because I'm going to so many concerts this week. I hope they work well. =P I've actually never had to use them before...I guess I'm lucky that I haven't lost any hearing yet.
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A nice interview with Yoshiki that manages to make fun of Nickelback! (extra points for that) - http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/10/05/x-marks-the-spot-an-interview-with-yoshiki-of-x-japan/
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I know the new album is set for release sometime early next year, so how close is it to being complete?
[Laughs] I would say 90 percent done. We wanted to try to finish it before this North American tour was done, but we’re probably going to have to finish it afterwords.
I was really hoping they would manage to release it before Christmas because I want an excuse to get a copy for everyone I know x)
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I know the new album is set for release sometime early next year, so how close is it to being complete?
[Laughs] I would say 90 percent done. We wanted to try to finish it before this North American tour was done, but we’re probably going to have to finish it afterwords.
I was really hoping they would manage to release it before Christmas because I want an excuse to get a copy for everyone I know x)
It sounds like a repeat of the Dahlia album, lol. They release all the songs and then release all the songs on an "album", lol.
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To be fair, this is how most Japanese artists do it. Singles are way bigger overseas than they are here in the states.
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One of their tour buses -
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/172994725.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1286378554&Signature=ENrVYm2CjcFKjo64z0RoeFnr%2BZs%3D) (http://twitpic.com/2uzvl1)
Actually, this is just 1 of their buses. There were a total of about 5-7 vehicles. Big show=big cars.
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A nice interview by Yoshiki: http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/10/08/exclusive-interview-with-x-japans-yoshiki-hayashi/
He talks about the bands he likes now and other stuff!
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Very cool! I didn't know Yoshiki was a fan of Slayer and Tool!
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A nice interview by Yoshiki: http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/10/08/exclusive-interview-with-x-japans-yoshiki-hayashi/
He talks about the bands he likes now and other stuff!
"We want to do a longer tour next year..." <- I like the sound of that!
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A nice interview by Yoshiki: http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/10/08/exclusive-interview-with-x-japans-yoshiki-hayashi/
He talks about the bands he likes now and other stuff!
"We want to do a longer tour next year..." <- I like the sound of that!
I got all excited again when I read that too! That concert meant so much to me that I would want them to play Massey Hall again just for it's intimacy. I mean, imagine them playing the Air Canada Centre, it would be epic but Massey Hall just has that close-knit feel. Whichever venue they return to, I'll be there as a loyal fan awaiting their arrival :D
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That was a really great interview. We actually LEARNED something about the man this time! If they come again to Canada there's no way I'm missing it!!