Sugizo commented on his
Myspace-Blog about the new year, his plans and the Hong Kong concerts:
A Happy Rockin’ New Year 2009!!!
Happy New Year! ...or rather, Happy Late New Year!
All of a sudden, 2009 has turned into a dizzying series of storms and it feels like I'm on the verge of death, but somehow I'm hanging on and having a good time. (^_^;)
X JAPAN's countdown gig was at the end of 2008, so the beginning of this year was a hellish period of checking and beginning the tangled mess of things I have to do for my solo concert DVD. I also had some really important things to do in L.A. and made a quick trip there, then gave all my energy to the X JAPAN concert in Hong Kong.
I've wanted to finish writing this for several days, but I caught my first cold in a while and have been putting off all of the things I have to do (>_<). I haven't had such a high fever (39 degrees...) in so long…I felt like I was dead. And I couldn't stand, which was pretty scary…
I caught some kind of horrible virus on the way back from L.A., but then only had about twelve hours to spend in Tokyo. When I got back, I was immediately plunged into a hell of meetings that lasted until the middle of the night. Then it got so bad that I had no choice but to accept the help of a friend and be put on an I.V. before heading to Narita Airport early the next morning. It's definitely hard to not be able to get enough sleep…I felt like a corpse in the airplane from Tokyo to Hong Kong, and kept fighting with the virus until the day of the concert.
I've finally emerged from the depths of sickness and am feeling a lot better, though. I'm really in awe of my own astounding resilience, and I'm sorry for making everyone worry! m(_ _)m
The show in Hong Kong was X JAPAN's first overseas concert, and I'm really honored that I was able to take part in such a momentous occasion. The two days of fantastic shows were really filled with energy and beauty, and I think the quality of the shows was the best since X JAPAN got back together. And I definitely feel that hide also had a great time at X JAPAN's first overseas show. I gave my everything to doing what I could and should do, but of course, there are still all sorts of issues to work out…
I personally hadn't been to Hong Kong in a long time, probably for about seven years. I visited frequently before that and used to really like Hong Kong. With our insane schedule and me getting sick, the time when I wasn't concentrating intensely on our performance was spent praying to get better. I didn't get the chance to enjoy Hong Kong, but I felt really energized by the place I hadn't been to in so long. I was also thrilled to be able to see all the Hong Kong fans after such a long time. Things were different than they used to be, but I felt as happy as if I were returning to my second hometown.
When I got back to Japan, I started work on the RISE TO COSMIC DANCE DVD that will be on sale in March – I'll be working on TD and editing all this month. The band is so big that there is an insane amount of things to do. (>_<) I'm really concerned about whether we can get it done in time. I guess all I can do is just give myself up to the flow and hope things work out.
In a lot of different ways, this year is an important one to me. I'm going to work to my full potential and keep on pursuing my "SUGIZO MUSIC." Preparations are under way for the X JAPAN world tour, and JUNO's tour has already started. How are things going to turn out? In any case, as long as I'm alive, I want to give my whole body and soul to working on my music, all of my projects, and expressing the things I want to share.
In any case, 2009 is going to be a very important year,
and I humbly ask for your love and support. m(_ _)m
SGZ
明けました！・・・ホントにだいぶ明けました・・・。
なんか俺の2009年はいきなり嵐のような急がしさで幕を明け、
半分死亡寸前だったけど、なんとか充実はしています(^_^;) 。
年末はX JAPANカウントダウンGIG、
年明け早々鬼のようなチェック仕事地獄、
SoloライヴDVDの複雑極まりない作業も始まって、
そんな中重要な用件でほんのちょっとだけL.A.に行って、
そしてX JAPANの香港公演を全力で全うしてきたばかり。
ホントはもう数日はやく、これを書き終えていたんだけど、
かなり久々に大風邪引いちゃってね (>_<)、
すべての作業が数日間宙ぶらりんになっちゃった。。。
本当に久々に３９℃レベルの高熱に見舞われて、
ほぼ死亡してました。。。本当に立てなかった。。。
怖かったぁ。。。
L.A.からの帰国中に忌まわしいウイルスにやられたんだけど、
そのまま東京滞在時間は１２時間ほど。
帰国したら即深夜深くまで打ち合わせ地獄。
どうしようもなくなって友人のご配慮で急患で点滴打って、
朝早くから成田空港へ。
やっぱりちゃんと寝れないと、つらいなぁ。
東京to香港の飛行機の中では屍状態で、
ライヴ当日までウィルスと格闘てました。
今はもう地の底から這い上がってきたんで、大丈夫。
俺の驚異的な回復力を自分で褒めてやりたい。
とにかくご心配おかけしました m(_ _)m。
今回の香港はX JAPANとしては初の海外公演。
そんな重要な舞台をサポートすることができて、本当に光栄だった。
最高に気合い入った、最高なテンションの、そして美しすぎる、
素晴らしいライヴ２DAYSだった。
クオリティも復活後のライヴではトップクラスだったと思う。
hideさんも初の海外公演、最高に楽しんでたと思う、絶対。
俺も自分にできること、やるべきことを全力で追求した。
まだまだ課題は残るけど。。。
個人的にもかなり久しぶりの香港。
たぶん７年ぶりくらいかな？
それまではメチャクチャよく訪れていたんだ。
俺香港大好きだったんだよね。
怒濤のスケジュール＆ぶっ倒れていたんで、
ライヴに全精力を集中する意外の時間はとにかく回復を祈るのみ。
ゆっくり香港を堪能することは全くできなかったけど、
久しぶりの地でエナジー大爆発させてきた。
香港の素晴らしいファンのみんなと久しぶりに会えたのは
本当に、本当に嬉しかった。
今回は以前とは形態は違っていたけど、
でも第二の故郷に帰ってきた的喜びは本当に大きかったよ。
帰国後は今月いっぱいは３月発売のDVD
「RISE TO COSMIC DANCE 」の怒濤のTD&編集作業に突入。
バンドの編成が多いから、とんでもない作業量だ～ (>_<)。
期限に間に合うかかなり不安。。。
もう流れに身を任せるしかないな。
もうなるようにしかならないしな。
今年はあらゆる意味で俺にとって重要な年。
自分のポテンシャルをフル活用して駆け抜けるよ。
SUGIZO MUSICをよりガンガンに追求していくし、
X JAPANワールド・ツアーも控えているし、
JUNOのツアーも入り始めている。
本当にどうなっちゃうんだろうか。。。
まあ、生きていられるならば自分の音楽に、
関わるすべてのプロジェクトに、
そして自分の意識の発信に全身全霊で取り組んでいきたい。
とにかく2009年は本当に重要な年。
みんな、今年もどうぞヨロシクお願いします m(_ _)m。
SGZ
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