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The band => The Concerts => X JAPAN World Tour => Topic started by: Sander on April 15, 2011, 10:08:37 AM
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Columbiahalle, Berlin - July 4th Buy Tickets from Eventim - €42 (http://www.eventim.de/x-japan-tickets.html?affiliate=EVE&fun=artist&doc=artistPages/tickets&action=tickets&kuid=72958) - Buy Tickets from TrinityMusic - €40 (http://www.trinitymusic.de/product_info.php/info/p3346_X-Japan.html)
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bought the ticket through eventin.de.......the shipping cost to Hong Kong is 35 euro! why can't they just do electronic ticket like the UK show........
Anywayz, it's good to see that the tickets are selling so fast, hope to see you all there:P
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I would imagine that coming from Hong Kong is so expensive that a small €35 is not that much compared to that :P
Wasn't there an option of picking the tickets up at the venue?
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I probably should've gotten/printed an electronic ticket for the London show, I ordered mine instead...hopefully it will arrive.
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I would imagine that coming from Hong Kong is so expensive that a small €35 is not that much compared to that :P
Wasn't there an option of picking the tickets up at the venue?
you are absolutely right, in fact compared with the cost of the trip that 35 postal fee is like 1-2% only:P
I saw no option of on-site pick up when i ordered the ticket, they only allow you to choose postal option for European countries like Germany/Austria/Switzerland, or "Worldwide"
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I'm coming to this concert! :D
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Count me in as well.
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Sadly, as I mentioned before, I'll be drafted to my 11-month military service on that day :(
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Got my ticket from Trinity - wow, I never thought this would really happen one day! X in Germany ...
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Sadly, as I mentioned before, I'll be drafted to my 11-month military service on that day :(
And as you first action being in the army, you could invade Berlin ;)
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I´ll be there too, in Berlin,
got my ticket from a theater & concert ticket shop for € 42,-
if anybody is looking for a good and cheap hotel check this www.berlinhostel24.de(if it is not allowed to post this, please remove it)
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great news ^^ I'm glad for everyone who's coming at the event.
too bad that you cannot be there, Hypno =(
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I'm going to Berlin as well!
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Berlin Location was updated to the Bigger "Columbiahalle" with the standing capacity of 3500
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Berlin Location was updated to the Bigger "Columbiahalle" with the standing capacity of 3500
haven´t found anything about that, not at the ColumbiaHalle site, nor at Huxleys site, from where did you got this?
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www.xjapanmusic.com
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Thanx, I´m not sure, if it is an fallacy, because Huxleys and C-Halle are different location, but somehow they do belong together, there ain´t an anouncment on the sites of the columbia venues that the location has changed
http://www.c-halle.com/events
http://www.huxleysneuewelt.com/events.html
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Count me in as well. And it's good that they moved the concert to a bigger hall.
@Elanor
Thanks for the link it looks good.
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Don´t think they moved the show, and for Berlin the tickets are still available,
and Huxleys is not that bad, it´s a really nice place
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Gonna book some tickets, but if they move it, does it matter?
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don´t know, if X plays bigger halls than formerly planed may be it will make them come back soon,
C-Halle will be ok too, it´s not unusual that concerts are moved between the 3 Columbia venues if there are more or less tickets sold than expected, we will see and by the way it´s a long time untill july 4th
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I mean about booking tickets, if i book now, even they change the venue, will i still have a ticket for X Japan?
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I mean about booking tickets, if i book now, even they change the venue, will i still have a ticket for X Japan?
Yes. They changed the venue in London and the old tickets will do fine so I'm sure it's going to be the same thing in Berlin.
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I mean about booking tickets, if i book now, even they change the venue, will i still have a ticket for X Japan?
absolutly, get your ticket, it´s for the show not for the location and if the location will be changed, you don´t have anything to do, but to come, so welcome to Berlin :)
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Location changed: http://www.xjapanmusic.com/
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I got tickets as well....therefore, I'm coming...\(^o^)/
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Trinity hasn´t updated anything about a different hall, and tickets are still available ... huh, wouldn´t a bigger hall be more expensive? Somehow this just makes me a little bit nervous. But at least they kept the 4th!
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@ Ashemanu: no, that won´t happen, if you bouhgt a ticket and the promoter change the location, they can´t demand more money from you, and as I said before sometimes events are switched between those places depending on the sold tickets. So at last is´s the 4th and no later than that we will know where the show will take place ;)
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i'm coming² :D
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So where can I buy a ticket ?
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http://www.eventim.de/x-japan-tickets.html?affiliate=EVE&doc=artistPages/overview&fun=artist&action=overview&kuid=72958
http://www.trinitymusic.de/
see you in Berlin :D
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ThanX ;D
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X vanished on trinity again. Seems like X is nearing another sold out? XD
(good for me.. I have a spar ticket for berlin because my sister won't be able to come afterall but noone will buy it as long as they can buy them at the store, too xD)
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They are on Eventim but the venue is still Huxley.
So maybe they are waiting to annouce the new venue until they have a better estimate of how many will come to the concert.
In the end they'll have to move to a stadium ;) :P
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In the end they'll have to move to a stadium ;) :P
Lol, I hope not! I don´t want to see them only from 500m afar ^^
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In the end they'll have to move to a stadium ;) :P
Lol, I hope not! I don´t want to see them only from 500m afar ^^
please, no stadium, there ain´t one in Berlin with a good acoustic in, so Columbia Halle will be fine
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on xjapanmusic.com, the status of Huxley is sold out. I cannot find X on Trinity, on eventim, it's still written Huxley.
I am a little bit confused......
Auskamiyu, I am willing to buy your spar ticket, if it's ok for you.
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Oh I think it's just not updated properly yet oO; and magucathy, please contact me by PM about the ticket. :)
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In the end they'll have to move to a stadium ;) :P
Lol, I hope not! I don´t want to see them only from 500m afar ^^
please, no stadium, there ain´t one in Berlin with a good acoustic in, so Columbia Halle will be fine
wuhlheide!! haha :D
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@ myuu: thats a quite great idea ;D
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i heard from a friend who lives in berlin, that the sound isn't really great.. :/ hope for the best.
edit: well, he talked about green day ;) not X!
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i heard from a friend who lives in berlin, that the sound isn't really great.. :/ hope for the best.
edit: well, he talked about green day ;) not X!
I think that green day played at O2 Arena, that´s a total different location, and yes the sound is really bad there, that´s why I hope it´ll be Huxleys or C-Halle
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I'm there too =)
Soooooo happy about it!!! *Dancing * :D
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I'm absolutely looking foreward to this concert... 12 hours by train...
Is anyone else staying at the Hotel Columbia? It seems as it is really close to the venue...
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Hotel Columbia is near Platz der Luftbrücke in Tempelhof, but up to now the concert seems to take place in Huxleys at Hasenheide in Berlin-Kreuzberg, end there are still tickets available, I was asking Columbia Halle by e-mail, if they do know anything about the changing of the venue, but they don´t, so it´s always streching...
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Well, the Huxleys Homepage has announced, that the event will be moved to the Columbia-Halle, due to high demand...
and on eventim are now tickets for the columbiahalle available...
So i think, that Columbiahalle will be the venue...
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Jupp. I´ve found it too, but still nothing at C-Halle homepage, so stay at Columbia Hotel, you can walk from there to C-Halle
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So I received my concert ticket today and the venue printed on it is Huxley's. Do I even get in the Columbia Hall? I looked on the Eventim HP but found now notice that tickets bought for Huxley's are also valid for Columbia Hall and which category. Does anyone know this?
Also is anyone going to be in Berlin on Sunday? We could meet up and do a little Berlin sightseeing tour or simply sit down and chat? :D Just curious.
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I'll arrive on sunday morning approx. 10am.
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I'll arrive on Monday morning at around 10am. Just received my ticket today as well, Huxlet's Neue Welt is shown as the venue, guess we just need this ticket to enter the Columbia Hall and there's no difference in category from the ticket being sold now (though the Huxley ticket is 2 euro cheaper)?
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So I received my concert ticket today and the venue printed on it is Huxley's. Do I even get in the Columbia Hall? I looked on the Eventim HP but found now notice that tickets bought for Huxley's are also valid for Columbia Hall and which category. Does anyone know this?
Also is anyone going to be in Berlin on Sunday? We could meet up and do a little Berlin sightseeing tour or simply sit down and chat? :D Just curious.
Moin,Moin! Take your ticket like it is and go to Columbia Halle, you don´t have to change anything, it´s valid for, and there are no categories there.
about seightseeing in Berlin, if anybody wants to see something special, ask me :)
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Hey, bought a few tickets to the show. I understand there's two airports around Berlin? I haven't been doing much planning for the trip yet, but it would be nice to receive some tips on what's the best place to fly to, how to get to the venue and tips on where to book a ho(s)tel. Thanks in advance!
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Hey, bought a few tickets to the show. I understand there's two airports around Berlin? I haven't been doing much planning for the trip yet, but it would be nice to receive some tips on what's the best place to fly to, how to get to the venue and tips on where to book a ho(s)tel. Thanks in advance!
Hallo, welcome to Berlin,
wich airport you choose depends on the direction you´re coming from and the airline you take, both are well connectect with the city, the venue is in Berlin Tempelhof, there is a nice hostel in Bln.-Wedding www.Berlin-Hostel24.de, and for public travel you can get a tourist card, any further questions feel free to send me a PM
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Cheers, thought I'd just ask here in case someone else is wondering. Guess I'll have to read up on some details, but was just wondering if there runs a metro next to the venue or something similar. I probably won't have that much time to enjoy the city unfortunately so I'm trying to make pretty straightforward travel plans :)
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Jupp, take the metro U6 till "Platz der Luftbrücke",or U7 till "Gneisenaustraße", for further info look at www.bvg.de and www.c-halle.com:)
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Okay, it seems that my sister and I are coming to Berlin also. :'D I have a cheap-ish set of flights+hotel checked but the hotel is ~10 kilometres from Columbiahalle... How is the transportation at the night or that time when the concert ends? Or just in case, is it easy to get taxi from Columbiahalle? :D
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Okay, it seems that my sister and I are coming to Berlin also. :'D I have a cheap-ish set of flights+hotel checked but the hotel is ~10 kilometres from Columbiahalle... How is the transportation at the night or that time when the concert ends? Or just in case, is it easy to get taxi from Columbiahalle? :D
everything is easy with public transport in Berlin, during the rush our you will find a S-Bahn every 20 min. - no, was a joke... :P
mostly concerts are finished between 10 and 11 pm and the metro (the nearest transport) will go every 20 min. untill midnight, for more information http://www.bvg.de/, and a taxi: 08004433222
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At what time do you girls/boys plan to arrive at the concert hall?
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not that early, ´cos I don´t have to stand in the first row, and depent a bit how the weather will be, but on the other hand, not that late I do normally go (arrive 5 min before the concert starts), to have a little chat personally with the other X Freaks :D
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I'll be arriving on Sunday late afternoon in Berlin. Probably able to go out again around 6 PM.
Anyone already there to meet up with? And what about Monday? When and where are we going to meet before the concert?
Sorry for all the questions I'm a bit out of the loop. I currently feel like I'm married to my work :(
@elanor
Any place you can recommend for eating Japanese food that's not too expensive? :)
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@Jill 1808: not really a japanese restaurant, around my place (Bln.-Friedrichshain) is a small asian restaurant where you can get very good sushi (that´s not expensive), and there is a sushi restaurant in Bln Mitte, Kochstraße, near checkpoint Charlie, that´s al I know personally
about the meeting place, I think it´s the best to meet around C-Halle, about the time, no idea
if somebody wants to see something else in Berlin and doesn´t wanne do that alone, you can PM me
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Oh, something else guys... We're planning to do and "after show party" after the Berlin concert. Who's in?? :D
Will post more details the next days...! :3
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Oh, something else guys... We're planning to do and "after show party" after the Berlin concert. Who's in?? :D
Will post more details the next days...! :3
me!
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Oh, something else guys... We're planning to do and "after show party" after the Berlin concert. Who's in?? :D
Will post more details the next days...! :3
Me, too! Few days ago we've talk about this at animexx.
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Oh, something else guys... We're planning to do and "after show party" after the Berlin concert. Who's in?? :D
Will post more details the next days...! :3
That would be nice. I'm so looking forward to see all of you!!! :)
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http://www.xplosion-online.com/index.php/en/news/x-japan-news/319-celebration-after-show-party-in-berlin
Alright here you go! :D
And we also have an facebook event! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131028373642918
So if you have facebook, please add yourself to the list so we might get an idea about how many people are coming. XD
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@ AsukaMiyu: really great, what you have organized, thanx a lot, added myself on facebook and now I´m looking forward to the concert and the party ;D
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Hello Guys, I would like to ask if anyone is planning to go Berlin by car coming from South-Western Germany (or Switzerland)? I'm living in Karlsruhe and looking for a lift (Mitfahrgelegenheit) for me and my friend.
Is anyone interested in sharing travelling expenses? Guess it will be quite an entertaining trip. :D
Please contact me.
Sorry, I'm rather new to this forum and not sure if there's a separate thread for these kinds of questions ...
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@ AsukaMiyu: Count me in. I'm curious to meet you all. :)
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in Germany is it possible to camp at the venue, I know it from Bochum and Hamburg, Don´t think it´s forbidden in Berlin, if anyone wants to camp at C-Halle, than ask they by email, if it´s o.k. there
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Anyone know what time the doors open? And when's the showtime?
See you in Berlin!
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the doors will open at 7pm and the concert starts at 8pm
see you too ;D
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@AsukaMiyu : I'm not on Facebook so I can't add myself on the list, but me and my friend will probably come ! (if we can find you guys xD)
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@AsukaMiyu : I'm not on Facebook so I can't add myself on the list, but me and my friend will probably come ! (if we can find you guys xD)
you will, for sure, I think AsukaMiyu is carrying a flag and than we can spot her,
and about the c-halle, the better place is near the sound mixing area, for listening and so on ( was just reading your report about the concert in Paris)
so nice to meet you in Berlin
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@AsukaMiyu : I'm not on Facebook so I can't add myself on the list, but me and my friend will probably come ! (if we can find you guys xD)
you will, for sure, I think AsukaMiyu is carrying a flag and than we can spot her,
and about the c-halle, the better place is near the sound mixing area, for listening and so on ( was just reading your report about the concert in Paris)
so nice to meet you in Berlin
Oh, if there's a flag the spotting will be easy then ! :D
Thanks a lot for all of your advice ~ and see you in Berlin ! :)
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already started the show in germany
have played
01) Intro
02) Jade
03) Rusty Nail
04) Silent Jealousy
05) Drain
06) SUGIZO Violin Solo
07) Kurenai
08) Born To Be Free
09) YOSHIKI drums & piano solo
10) I.V.
11) X
--- Break
12) Forever Love (Short Version)
13) Endless Rain
14) Art of Life
http://www.xplosion-online.com/index.php/pt/noticias/x-japan-news/329-x-japan-in-berlin-live-updates
credito is thanks
XplosionOnline
http://twitpic.com/5l85d2
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Oh, its Sugizo's birthday, well, Happy Birthday Sugizo!
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Yoshiki's birthday present for Sugizo: let him play the solos. How great would that be... and ridiculous.
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thank you all the Xplosion for news
congratulations
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What a surprising setlist! :----D
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They actually played Forever Love live?! Such a pity they didn't do that at the other shows :(
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yes, they did, very lovely, and they started just in time, we got a short version of "Pour Elise" from Yoshiki, Heath didn´t took his shirt off, there were some news about Currywurst and by my opinion was there more energy in the show this time, and for Yoshikis side much more drama... ;D
actuelly I liked it, bit more than the Utrecht show
@AsukaMiyu: Thanx a lot for the idea with the "Halford", I enjoyed it much :)
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They need to stop playing the short version of Forever Love, is Toshi really not able to hit the high notes on that song anymore or something.
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This concert was the most amazing experience of my life.
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It was the best concert that I ever been
Great! ;D
I was close stage but my photos are really bad ^^
I mean everyone are like:
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h322/masamitsychiya/eX/04072011245.jpg)(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h322/masamitsychiya/eX/04072011246.jpg)
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h322/masamitsychiya/eX/04072011248.jpg)
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h322/masamitsychiya/eX/04072011250.jpg)
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The show was amazing. By the end of the show my feet were killing me so no Halford for me. Perhaps next time? :)
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They need to stop playing the short version of Forever Love, is Toshi really not able to hit the high notes on that song anymore or something.
I´m not really sure, if that was not out of the situation, because it happened only in Berlin, but I´m not sure, it was great, even it was short
@eda: seems your were standing not that far from me, was nearly 2nd or 3rd row,lefthand side :)
will check my pics and load they later
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here we go
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I´m a bit pround of my neat little camara :D
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I was in 2 row, lefthand side ^^ opposite Pata and Heath.
Your photo are nice!
I don't like taking photo on gig's becauose uno- I don't have good camera
segundo- I just want to watching they and listening music all time I can.
You have great pics!
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@elanor
I love your pics... thanks for posting.
You are all lucky guys and gals ;)
Up close to them.
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It was absolutely great, I loved every second! Even if I couldn´t see that much ^^ And during Kurenai, IV and Art of Life I almost couldn´t hear Toshi´s voice at all. But all in all X fulfilled every expectation I had :) I even could touch Yoshiki :p
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Wow you touch him! ;D
I just find some video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEkee9Bia8k&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2jajYbWDQg[/youtube]
This YT user have it more
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eda
thanks for the video
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more video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anqDLoO6WO4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A08uFTa00xE[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5joDyhYhRr0[/youtube]
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I was in 2 row, lefthand side ^^ opposite Pata and Heath.
Your photo are nice!
I was in the 2nd row as well!! But right hand side, a bit towards the middle xD It's the part where Yoshiki stage dived 2 times hehehehe xD
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The way Toshi's voice went on "what I'm looking for" during art of life on that last berlin video was hilarious.
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more video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoZtrxvtF8[/youtube]
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After X I saw Yoshiki throwing drumsticks into the audience, I was even thinking 'wow if he throws that hard he might even hurt someone who doesn't see this coming'. Then I felt something hit the back of my right shoulder very hard. I looked back, and saw the girl behind me pick up a drumstick. So I guess I was lucky Yoshiki didn't throw the thing in my face, and a bit unlucky that I didn't see it coming and didn't catch it. But the girl looked very happy with it :)
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The concert was awesome....
has anyone a video of his entire speach? I just found parts of it on youtube?
*Katrin
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@XScars: just even found out, that you have this german page about X-Japan, I do like it much, thanx for doing it
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Haha it was like the first website where I read up on them after stumbling over one of X's youtube vids. Totally agree with elanor, thanks a lot!
Sounds like it was an amazing concert again. Wish I could've been there but after the reception they got in Europe I'm sure they'll be back. Probably with a gig in Spain considering how many spanish fans there were around.
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Thanks elanor and noise.... I wish I had more time for it now -_- when I started it in 99 I was a student, now I have a full time job *sigh* ...
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X JAPAN live in Berlin
In spring 2011, one of Japan’s most influential bands announced their very first Europe tour, with stops in London (UK), Paris (France), Utrecht (Netherlands) and Berlin (Germany). The last was to take place on July 4 at Columbiahalle, where already other Japanese bands like The GazettE or Dir en Grey had played. Alas, the sun was not exactly shining that day upon the thousands of fans who had come from all over Germany and some even from as far away as Japan to watch X JAPAN’s tour finale. “Endless Rain”, one of the band’s older songs, would actually be the best title to describe the weather. Yet, neither rain nor thunderstorms stopped these very dedicated fans from camping in front of the C-Halle.
The venue doors opened on time and once fans passed security and entered the actual hall, they were greeted by the intimate stage illuminated in blue. As usual, drummer and pianist YOSHIKI’s instruments were situated on a platform and vocalist ToshI’s microphone stood in the middle of the stage.
More and more fans of every age entered the hall, searching for the perfect place to have a good view of the concert. In the hour before the scheduled start, music could be faintly heard in the background.
With a delay of about 10 minutes, the final concert began, with the lights going out and the opening song starting. An opera-like tune with Italian lyrics composed by X JAPAN’s leader was resounding throughout the hall, giving the audience goose bumps.
Close to the song’s end, YOSHIKI entered the stage, first ascending the platform’s steps and then to his crystal-like drum set. Standing on his stool and bass drums, he looked into the madding crowd who greeted him with screams and arms crossed above their heads. Then, HEATH, PATA, ToshI and SUGIZO came on stage and the first song of the evening, “Jade” began. Raging drums and bass, searing guitars and the singer’s clear voice made the venue quake.
Once the song finished, they headed directly to “Rusty Nail”, with fans singing along enthusiastically, pumping their fists into the air. When ToshI went to YOSHIKI, guitarists PATA and SUGIZO met in the middle of the stage only to change their places, so that people on all sides had the chance to see them.
The next song of the night was “Silent Jealousy”, which started out with YOSHIKI playing the intro on his piano, only to return to his drums, when the main part began. ToshI held his microphone towards the audience at times to sing along enthusiastically.
Next was “Drain”, which featured ToshI, PATA and HEATH only. HEATH had taken SUGIZO’s side, so that the fans on the right side had also the chance to see him play. Something he did in his usual laid back manner, though obviously enjoying the whole spectacle. Once the song finished, everyone left the stage.
The band’s newest addition, LUNA SEA’s guitarist and violinist SUGIZO, who had become the sixth member in 2009, returned to the scene with his violin in his hand. He took his place on the platform next to YOSHIKI’s Kawai grand piano and started playing a gentle melody to which the fans listened devoutly. From time to time they cheered for him but otherwise it was stock-still in the Columbiahalle.
Close to the end of SUGIZO’s solo, band leader YOSHIKI snuck back onto the stage, causing fans to scream his name, and sat down on his piano bench, listening to the final notes of the other musician. Smoothly, they started playing the intro of “Kurenai” on piano and violin, while the other band members slowly returned, too. With the stage bathed in red, they headed into this melodic song while fans passionately sang along. ToshI performed the English version, while the refrain remained in Japanese. Though it was clear that the singer had his fun, crying the chorus in his native tongue into his microphone and had the audience accompany him.
When “Kurenai” finished, YOSHIKI got a hold of ToshI’s microphone and started to fire up the crowd with “We are” and “You are” screams, which the fans passionately answered with crying “X” at the top of their lungs, while crossing their arms over their heads, thus forming an “X”. In the meantime, the singer enjoyed his temporary position as drummer.
Eventually, YOSHIKI made himself comfortable on his piano and directed a few words in English to fans, whereas ToshI had earlier even talked a bit in German – very much to the fans’ surprise, his pronunciation had been very good. Apparently someone was celebrating his birthday on the very same day as the Berlin concert was taking place and held up a poster on which that person thanked X JAPAN for this present. YOSHIKI noticed the sign and congratulated, only to start playing “Happy Birthday” on his piano seconds later. A rather entertaining moment was, when he forgot how to continue the song and shrugged quite sheepishly with his shoulders. After trying out several keys, he remembered the tune and finished the song. His short “Happy Birthday” intermezzo soon turned into the piano intro of “Born to be free”, which also meant the return of HEATH, PATA, ToshI and SUGIZO.
“Born to be free” is still a rather new song which was first performed live last year, yet the audience knew the lyrics by heart and sang passionately along, especially during the refrain. In the middle of the song, YOSHIKI returned to his Kawai CR-30 to play the bridge, only to get back to his drums once he was finished.
Again, everyone except for the band leader, who played a short drums and piano solo, left the stage, once the song finished. Where fans cheered during his powerful play on the drums, they were silently listening to him playing Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” as well as the theme of Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake”. X JAPAN is probably one of the few bands that can even make people who never enjoyed classical music before, listen to such tunes often thought of as outmoded music.
Eventually, YOSHIKI started playing the by now infamous refrain of “I.V.”, while the other band members returned and took their places. ToshI had his sheer joy, teaching the fans the lyrics they had to sing and both he and the singer enjoyed teasing the crowd to sing even louder. Once they were satisfied, the actual song began, with the audience as ToshI’s choir. The final chord still resounded throughout the hall, when he announced the last song of the show: the band’s hymn “X”.
The atmosphere within the C-Halle can only be described has fired up and electrified, as X JAPAN gave their all on stage, while fans sang and screamed as well as jumped as high as they could, crossing their arms high above their heads. YOSHIKI had Twittered that they were going to “X” Berlin, but in this moment it seemed like, the fans wanted to do the very same to the band just as much. On the screen behind the drum set you could read the words “WE ARE X” and at one point the band leader even hit the gong next to his drum set, with one of the cymbals resulting in it falling off the stage.
When the sound had faded away, the five members left the stage, while the fans were crying out their names in the dark concert hall. Over and over they initiated the famous “We are X” call, as if they wanted to draw out the band once again. Soon the entire crowd began chanting “Encore!”, clapping their hands in time.
This went on for quite some time, til ToshI and YOSHIKI finally reappeared. The latter one sat down on his piano bench with a microphone in his hand and started talking to the fans who cheered for him. In German he told them that they were the best and that he loved them. He further continued that the band was very energetic, today, as they all had eaten currywurst the night before – a typical Berlinese specialty.
Much to the amusement of the people attending the concert, he started screaming “currywurst” as well as “curry-fucking-wurst” in the same manner he usually cries “We are X”. Once he had calmed down, he explained in a quiet voice that playing in Europe had been a dream for them coming true. They had performed in London, Paris and Utrecht, but Berlin had been the best. He also thanked everyone for their support, because without the fans they would had never been able to reunite in the first place.
Eventually, he also talked about the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which hit Japan on March 11. All of X JAPAN had been in Japan at that time, thus experiencing the natural disaster first hand. On that day they had to realize all over again, how fragile human live is and how easily it can be wiped out in one single moment. Shakily, he thanked the fans for all the supporting messages the whole band had received during that time and promised that they would continue to rock the world.
YOSHIKI’s quite emotional MC led to him playing a short part of “Forever Love”, which ToshI accompanied. He looked rather surprised at the pianist, when the entire audience started to sing along. In the meanwhile, HEATH, PATA and SUGIZO returned, too and soon “Endless Rain” began. As usual, fans sang along, but at one point the whole band had stopped playing and listened devoutly to their followers going on, while waving their arms. Finally, they started again and finished the song, only to disappear backstage soon after.
For now, SUGIZO was the only one to return to the scene with his violin in his hand. He played a short solo which led to the very last song of the night: “Art of Life”. It started with the piano part and on the very right sight almost invisible for the audience you could see a second piano on which another pianist played one part of the duet. Soon, YOSHIKI came back on stage, with people screaming his name. He sat down on his bench and started playing the other part. At one point, he stood up, continuing to perform while standing, only to kneel down a bit later. When the piano part ended, the other band members returned to finish this epic song.
Afterwards everyone said their goodbyes, with SUGIZO taking pictures and ToshI filming the audience. YOSHIKI insisted on jumping into the heated crowd and once he was back on stage, all five of them lined up near the edge of the stage, bowed and jumped while holding hands. Under the screams of the audience they left the stage waving. One last time ToshI took the microphone and cried “Bis bald”, a promise to come back, before he was finally gone with everyone else.
“Forever Love” played in the background, while fans only slowly got away from the stage, as if they did not want this two and a half hour long concert to end. Again and again you could hear people crying “We are X”, even though the staff had already started to disassemble the stage. It was like everyone was slowly awakening from the dream this show had been, still trying to realize that this had really just happened and hoping at the same time that it would not take X JAPAN too long to come back to fulfill their promise.
Let’s wait and see, when they will return to Europe to X the Old World once again…
http://www.jrockrevolution.com/index.php/feature-articles/1724-x-japan-live-in-berlin-.html
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more stuff
http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000071381&p=0
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this was on television in Germany
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oQnunPDpw4[/youtube]
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nice to see so many fans in Germany, Thanx for the video, Rafaelo ^^
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Much to the amusement of the people attending the concert, he started screaming “currywurst” as well as “curry-fucking-wurst”
Is this an injoke for this tour he's trying to make, to mention different types of food and drink he only gets in these countries he visits and then shouts them out with 'fucking' inserted in the middle.
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Europe rocks, thanks everyone for the reports, links, pics.
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Is this an injoke for this tour he's trying to make, to mention different types of food and drink he only gets in these countries he visits and then shouts them out with 'fucking' inserted in the middle.
That's typically Japanese in general :) When Japanese people go on holiday, the first thing to ask them is not "What can you see there?" but "What special food is there? What do you eat there?" Typical food is very important for them :) (and adding "fucking" to every possible word is important for Yoshiki ;) )
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toshi photo in the show
http://www.afpbb.com/article/entertainment/music/2810953/7462307
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Yoshiki on twitter today:
http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000071381
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=396WuxnigEw[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbGi_NgRxRw[/youtube]
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Thanks, really nice videos.
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I found these pictures here of the show in berlin cool
http://spheric.de/x-japan-konzert-in-berlin-wunder-geschehen
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ThanX!
Toshi's voice in Art was strange ...^^
In X jump Yoshiki look like he could to tear out Pata's hand ^.^
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ThanX!
Toshi's voice in Art was strange ...^^
In X jump Yoshiki look like he could to tear out Pata's hand ^.^
I think that was bad sound engeneering or smth like that,
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Yep
On concert I didn't heard it, only when I watched video I realize it
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It was the only song with bad mixing,everything else was quite good,
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Ussualy I don"t listen to Drain but live this song was great, I didn't expect it
I even forget that Sugizo kissed Pata!
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the vids didn´t open properly on my laptop, think there are problems with my W Lan ???,
they kiss? did they,haven´t seen this from my angle, was somewhere in the 2.-4. row on the very lefthand side, couldn´t see Pata that often.
and I do like Drain, don´t know why..., but seems that I´m a bit unique here with this ;)
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I like Drain but I don't listen it very often (like Kurenai for example) and now I think it is the best on live
Well, Sugizo kissed Pata in a cheek or somewhere there ^^ when they were playing together, bit I can't remember what song it was
More stuff
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo1d5aXmOM1qm9wmvo1_500.png)
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo1dd18K9V1qm9wmvo1_500.png)
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very good pics, are those yours?
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No......... I just find it.
I was downstairs ^^
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=396WuxnigEw[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbGi_NgRxRw[/youtube]
Damn..you can tell Toshi's voice is hurting during Art of Life there. :(
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so kurenai was english in berlin as well..... what a pity :(
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and I do like Drain, don´t know why..., but seems that I´m a bit unique here with this ;)
I like it too!!! ;)
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X JAPAN Berlin 04.07.11 Complete [Best_HD]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mUewyAxq00[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ssxGwhHKv0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u5UipOzma4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtjYgWBD8hU[/youtube]
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rafaelo, here's the link to 1.5, the rest of Rusty Nail, include it in your post after part 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUgodRG13B4
And thanks for the links :)
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more video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNcIH9SpJx0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjqgNgl-ICM[/youtube]
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db-cEFc-loU[/youtube]
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continuation of videos
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8RXoZYcLX0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3guX4eAKg[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0jqQuUN8JQ[/youtube]
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oh, thanx, takes me back to the nice days