Usagi Hoshino
Vampress Mod
Shows: L'arc~En~Ciel 20th Anniversary WT:
- New York (first time seeing L'arc~!)
- London
- Paris
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RE: X-Japan: First North American Tour to Kick Off Oct. 1st?
(07-10-2010, 10:39 PM)vegetapr69 Wrote: Although I already realized how important X-Japan is in Jrock history by the things mentioned in this threat...let's remember that L'Arc~en~Ciel is a HUGE influence in j-music as well...even when they are still called visual-kei more than one had admitted to feel admiration and the wish to make a song with them.
And let's remember that maybe the success in VAMPS last year tour in the US motivated some other bands to come to America as well [I've read rumors about KAT-TUN going to LA this year as well]. And the fact that in Japan when they talk either HYDE or VAMPS they always have space to mention 'when they went to the USA', so I think they opened the door to see more Japanese performers touring in America soon...
In the end, because of this influence I believe that ANY other act planning to perform in the US should check if someone will be there on the same dates...at least as a sign of respect towards the one who dared to come FIRST and is bold enough to do it again.
Well X Japan started the whole Jrock movement and most likely Tetsu decided to make a band because X Japan showed them it could be done (don't kill me here but if we are talking about who came first then is X Japan, and regardless of that, checking for who is going to perform where is uncalled for).
X Japan and Vamps have totally different sounds and fan base targets. But one of the issues of X Japan performing the same day as Vamps, besides promotion is that in my opinion most of us "old" (more than 10 years of Jrock fandom) "Jrock fans" began with X Japan, and since it was disbanded for more than 9 years seeing them in an actual concert (Lolla is just 1 hours show, kinda like warped tour but more songs ^^"). is a huge opportunity, thankfully they will have more dates.
I won't miss Vamps but would die if I loose my chance to see X Japan. Seeing how flickering Yoshiki's decisions can be, this is huge.
Now I do hope people go to see Vamps but if they don't I wouldn't blame them, is the first X Japan Show in the USA. is like L'arc at Otakon 2004. Plus Yoshiki wanted to come like 2 years ago and then he couldn't because of a neck-back surgery or something like that. Who knows if he got sick and maybe the other shows would get postponed.. x_x
I already bought my Vamps ticket so I'm going to Vamps show ^^ but would love to go to at least one X Japan show before I leave the states yet again x_x.
L'Anniversary~! <3
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