It was written in the sky and everybody saw it coming... yet we were once again naive enough to ignore it. I almost booked a flight/hotel, seriously considered it and then got a flash back of the Paris debacle. Yay me.
Pata's health condition is a sad affair, obviously, we wish him well and all but it is utterly convenient. 1 year! March 2017, that's so far away and hypothetical for most bands with X-japan you KNOW this is bullshit and won't happen. How about flights, hotels and the ticket themselves ? Nowhere is there any mention about having the possibility of getting your money back for the tickets. That would be preposterous! Any event cancelled in that fashion offers that option even if the show would have been postponed by just a couple of weeks... 1 freakin year.
I'm sorry but they could have found other means to fix this. Have a guest guitarist (a big name or a no name but a talented guitarist), if possible have Pata say a few words to the fan, even if on the recording and offer people the option of being reimbursed (which 99% wouldn't take).
As for the album... come the f*ck on! There was NO promo so far for it, little if even a bit of talk about it, unknown track listing so how convenient! They did modify their pathetic marketing material silently ahead so something was up from the get go. An album that we know will most likely not contain ANY exclusive or new material... maybe..maybe one freakin song
The other songs were written and played over and over for many years.
Lumping in their pseudo album failure and blaming it on Pata's health is discusting.
X-japan are big, they've got the ressources to plan and adapt according to the means a band of their caliber have. The so called drama is in most part the reflect of piss poor planning and communication, not "unfortunate events that could not be foreseen".
I hope Pata recovers quickly for his own sake so "X-Japan" can stop using him as an excuse... but who am I kidding ?
