O -o Wow, I haven't been to the forum in a day~ xD I must say, the concert was amazing~ I wrote a livejournal entry on it (it's pretty long; I dont want to copy/paste here)
http://www.kira-nari.livejournal.com
It should be the most recent entry~ xD
Hey, I have a question for you all. Who got to the venue before 5:00am? I had gotten there at 5, and there were about 35 people...
Also, anyone know about the group of people who skipped the line at 11:00? Wow, I was with a group of people who by 3:00 was ready to start a mob...we were all so pissed off. And lol, when everyone in the front started running to see the band, I was worried they were chasing after the people who cut the line...

XD I hope you all had fun at the concert, besides it being a giant mosh pit~!

Seriously, all these pushing stories scare the hell out of me. I'm REALLY short (under 5ft lol) so if im in the back i have no chance at all of seeing anything but if i try to get up front I might be killed lol and to top it off I have Spina Bifida so that makes matters even worse for me.

(07-13-2009, 01:14 AM)tracycoder Wrote: Seriously, all these pushing stories scare the hell out of me. I'm REALLY short (under 5ft lol) so if im in the back i have no chance at all of seeing anything but if i try to get up front I might be killed lol and to top it off I have Spina Bifida so that makes matters even worse for me.

Well it may have just been the NYC concert~ I haven't been to the other concerts so I don't really know what's been going on since the concert. xD

Well...
I'm still sore and tired from last night but it was fun...
Though I agree with a lot of guys complaining about few things.

First of all, the mosh pit whatever that is at the front section of the hall!
It was HORRIBLE!!!
I'm not trying to scare any of upcoming tour goers or anything, but it was just bad. I went to Dir-en-grey last year, and it was ok. Bit of pushing but enjoyable and kinda fun. I'm 5 foot tiny tiny asian girl and I do go to many concert and I always survive at front or second line through the whole live. I actually enjoy little bit of physical thing at the concert. But yesterday wasn't like that.
I don't know why, but people were just crazy and mean. They would hit yon on the face, step on your foot, pull your hair (I actually found so many hair balls on the floor when the live is over. Was it a concert or catfight?!?!), and most of all, they wouldn't care whether you fall on and get stempeded on the ground to death. I was on 2nd-3rd line until the first 4 or 5th song and decide to go to back cuz I got really scared. The crowd was just mean! When I decided to get out of that hell and tried to go back, people wouldn't even let me and my girlfriend to pass because they were thinking that we were just stilling their spot! So I have to scream at them and make a mean face! Because of harsh pushing I and my girlfriend both lost our glowsticks. And my shoes got ruined a little bit too. (My rocking horse!!! T-T)

So we went to the back, right next to where the main camera was set. (I think I saw the Hyeist members from Japan. I could tell by their unique hand motion lol)
And actually the view at the back was so much better!!!!!!
I could breathe, cool air, lot of space, and I could see Hyde and Ju-ken's face better than the front. Believe me, when I was front I couldn't even see the stage of anything, all I saw was just crazy people's head and back cuz they just wanted to burry everybody else.
And more, I was able to record HD video of Evanesence, the whole song! A guard was right behind me and he dind't even bother us!

Another bad thing about the yesterday's sound quality.
I'm not trying to compare the whole thing with Dir's live but, Terminal 5 (where Dir performed) is a midiocre live house, not like they are famous for great sound quality or anything. But the sound was amazing, I could feel the whole bass sound through my whole body.
And Fillmore? It was so bad.
The sound was just loud, and hurting my ears. I'm not sure whether it's just sound system of Fillmore, or VAMPS' sound equip. But I could tell, it was just not good. When Hyde hit the high notes, my ears was just hurting.

Well, overall it was fun!!!
I've been following Hyde for more than 12 years, and finally I could see him so it was all good even though the crowd was horrible.
I didn't buy any goods, cuz we're running to St.marks to hang out with other friends and got drunk. lol

Hope all upcoming events goed well!
And do not camp out! It just doesn't look so good and let's not to be crazy, just enjoy it.

(07-13-2009, 01:14 AM)tracycoder Wrote: Seriously, all these pushing stories scare the hell out of me. I'm REALLY short (under 5ft lol) so if im in the back i have no chance at all of seeing anything but if i try to get up front I might be killed lol and to top it off I have Spina Bifida so that makes matters even worse for me.

Yeah, I'm not thrilled about all the pushing tales either. The one really bad thing about general admission shows. The people in the picture in the vampsrosexxx Live Journal posting look like sardines. Happy, sweaty sardines....but still.

(07-13-2009, 01:21 AM)cathb Wrote:

(07-13-2009, 01:14 AM)tracycoder Wrote: Seriously, all these pushing stories scare the hell out of me. I'm REALLY short (under 5ft lol) so if im in the back i have no chance at all of seeing anything but if i try to get up front I might be killed lol and to top it off I have Spina Bifida so that makes matters even worse for me.

Yeah, I'm not thrilled about all the pushing tales either. The one really bad thing about general admission shows. The people in the picture in the vampsrosexxx Live Journal posting look like sardines. Happy, sweaty sardines....but still.

Dittoooooo~~. I don't like the severe pushing stories either! I hope people will calm down...
I understand why people would go crazy because it was the first time HYDE has played in the East Coast and everyone has been excited about this since March, but really... No need to forget about others....

Hopefully, stories of the NY pushing incident will spread to people outside of this forum attending the upcoming concerts so that we'll all control ourselves better!

..... Maybe us fans are the ones that need to caged instead of JIN-chan! (referring to last year's Japan tour set)

Just got back from Hartford Warped show and am too tired to read though all the posts. New York show was awesome! My body was so exhausted and in so much pain afterwards...but worth it. I was also crushed against the barrier. I will post preshow photos and photos from Hartford later. It was really great finally meeting some of you! And Marigold, don't worry about it! We were all physically exhausted, dripping in sweat, and hyped up from the show. ^^ Hopefully we will get to say a much longer hello in Baltimore!

Hartford show was very short but awesome! There was a pretty good turnout and we were in the front but didn't get squished this time. Also we were able to take LOTS of great photos and some of us took video. They only played 5 songs, but they did sign a couple of autographs. I couldn't get to them in time before the left. They went directly to their hotel to rest. Poor guys. They apparently went straight to hartford from the NY show and didn't check in to their hotel until like 5am. They played at 210pm.

Merch: !!!!!!! They did have a merch booth set up at Hartford but they only had a handful of shirts left. They said that they sold out of alot of things in NY and that this was all that they had left FOR THE ENTIRE TOUR!!!!! I hope they are wrong....

MissyKitty's Fanbook: We feel bad that we didn't get to everyone in line to sign the fanbook (only about halfway through the line). It's not even halfway full yet. :( So if you are going to be at Columbia or Baltimore please find Missy and sign the book. If you have time to already draw or write your message and just want to paste it in the book, that would be helpful. The only time she will be able to personally hand it to them is during the 2pm autograph session. O.o which means that we probably won't get to everyone again. -_- We plan on printing out some of the photos we took of the fans and the line to put in there as well. So if you have any photos you want to add, that would be great too.

i know i have much more to say, but my body is in much need of sleep. ^^;; it's been a crazy past few days. Hope to see you all at Sonar!

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oh...also a problem with the glowsticks was that they were already breaking b/c of the heat. :(

(07-13-2009, 01:52 AM)visualgurl Wrote: Just got back from Hartford Warped show and am too tired to read though all the posts. New York show was awesome! My body was so exhausted and in so much pain afterwards...but worth it. I was also crushed against the barrier. I will post preshow photos and photos from Hartford later. It was really great finally meeting some of you! And Marigold, don't worry about it! We were all physically exhausted, dripping in sweat, and hyped up from the show. ^^ Hopefully we will get to say a much longer hello in Baltimore!

Hartford show was very short but awesome! There was a pretty good turnout and we were in the front but didn't get squished this time. Also we were able to take LOTS of great photos and some of us took video. They only played 5 songs, but they did sign a couple of autographs. I couldn't get to them in time before the left. They went directly to their hotel to rest. Poor guys. They apparently went straight to hartford from the NY show and didn't check in to their hotel until like 5am. They played at 210pm.

Merch: !!!!!!! They did have a merch booth set up at Hartford but they only had a handful of shirts left. They said that they sold out of alot of things in NY and that this was all that they had left FOR THE ENTIRE TOUR!!!!! I hope they are wrong....

MissyKitty's Fanbook: We feel bad that we didn't get to everyone in line to sign the fanbook (only about halfway through the line). It's not even halfway full yet. :( So if you are going to be at Columbia or Baltimore please find Missy and sign the book. If you have time to already draw or write your message and just want to paste it in the book, that would be helpful. The only time she will be able to personally hand it to them is during the 2pm autograph session. O.o which means that we probably won't get to everyone again. -_- We plan on printing out some of the photos we took of the fans and the line to put in there as well. So if you have any photos you want to add, that would be great too.

i know i have much more to say, but my body is in much need of sleep. ^^;; it's been a crazy past few days. Hope to see you all at Sonar!

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oh...also a problem with the glowsticks was that they were already breaking b/c of the heat. :(

yaaaay I'm glad to hear something- I feel bad that I missed them- I really wanted to be there ><

(07-13-2009, 01:52 AM)visualgurl Wrote: Just got back from Hartford Warped show and am too tired to read though all the posts. New York show was awesome! My body was so exhausted and in so much pain afterwards...but worth it. I was also crushed against the barrier. I will post preshow photos and photos from Hartford later. It was really great finally meeting some of you! And Marigold, don't worry about it! We were all physically exhausted, dripping in sweat, and hyped up from the show. ^^ Hopefully we will get to say a much longer hello in Baltimore!

Hartford show was very short but awesome! There was a pretty good turnout and we were in the front but didn't get squished this time. Also we were able to take LOTS of great photos and some of us took video. They only played 5 songs, but they did sign a couple of autographs. I couldn't get to them in time before the left. They went directly to their hotel to rest. Poor guys. They apparently went straight to hartford from the NY show and didn't check in to their hotel until like 5am. They played at 210pm.

Merch: !!!!!!! They did have a merch booth set up at Hartford but they only had a handful of shirts left. They said that they sold out of alot of things in NY and that this was all that they had left FOR THE ENTIRE TOUR!!!!! I hope they are wrong....

MissyKitty's Fanbook: We feel bad that we didn't get to everyone in line to sign the fanbook (only about halfway through the line). It's not even halfway full yet. :( So if you are going to be at Columbia or Baltimore please find Missy and sign the book. If you have time to already draw or write your message and just want to paste it in the book, that would be helpful. The only time she will be able to personally hand it to them is during the 2pm autograph session. O.o which means that we probably won't get to everyone again. -_- We plan on printing out some of the photos we took of the fans and the line to put in there as well. So if you have any photos you want to add, that would be great too.

i know i have much more to say, but my body is in much need of sleep. ^^;; it's been a crazy past few days. Hope to see you all at Sonar!

Gaaaaaaaa!!!! No more shirts!!! They had better be shipping more over from Japan for the west coast. What's up with that??
Good to know that people were not getting squished. Anyone who saw Hyde at San Francisco and LA a few years back....what were the fans like??

XD I highly doubt that that is true. I'm almost positive that they will somehow obtain more shirts for the other concerts.
About the pit... I think maybe it's just the location. Irving Plaza is known to be chaotic... The MUCC concert there was hell also. I feel a little jipped (I think I spelled that right O.o). I went there to see VAMPS not get killed.
Well there is hope yet for Baltimore...
I feel like begging people not to crowd surf or suffocate other fans... XD I really don't want to sweat like that ever again. It was so terrible. I have no idea how I made it to second row in that insanity.