I had to read through all the comments first. And then I totally forgot my password when I was trying to login

I always have a problem with street teams, and thus why I never involve myself with them. I'm just a nice person who doesn't care about band acknowledge, power, or what have you, but just my offering help to actually promote good music gets me into trouble because everyone thinks everyone else is out to get something and you get snubbed for absolutely no reason—which has been my past experience with VAMPS fans.

If I promote them, I do it on my on time, my own way, with a small group of friends. It may not be professional, but it's the passion of the music and getting it out there that drives us. We don't care for a "thank you" or anything of the sort, we're just glad to get the word around and maybe introduce a few new fans (which was the case with VAMPS 2009 and 2010—and I got to meet Tokio finally ). Reading on the FB page, it looks like they are asking fans to help whenever they receive whatever materials. Although, I do think throwing "fangirls" in there was just kind of... not right. Because in reality, they're fans and they're girls. Female fans get bad reps because of psycho stalkers and should never all be lumped together as "fangirls."

I've known several female fans who have worked with Japanese artists, but it's like Tokio said, it's about trustworthy people. It would be highly uncomfortable for an artist to try to work with someone when that person is screaming "OMGILOVEYOUIWANNAHAVEYOURBABIES!!!!" and spreading confidential information via [insert social networking site] or texting their BBF about it >_> I heard from different people that something similar happened to J, where his private cell phone number was given out. Don't know if that's actually true or not, but still. I don't know about you guys, but I certainly would not want to work in that environment or even represent the U.S., if I knew private or secret info was being thrown all over the place.

As far as adding more shows, I'm on the fence about that. I just don't see them only doing one U.S. show, because they know not all of their fans can make it to NYC. I'm an East Coast-er, so I'm grateful, but I agree that it sucks for the West Coast-ers if they don't. It wouldn't be "WORLD TOUR (and more...)" if they were doing more Japan shows after the already listed dates, right? Wouldn't that be just another national tour, completely seperate? But then, maybe they'll just be adding more places, like Chile or something. We won't know until they announce (and I'm talking about the band, not the street team).

Overall, regardless of who's promoting or whether or not more shows will be added at a later date, I think we should all just be happy that the band has made it 20 years. Not a lot of bands do. We should also celebrate that L'Arc will be the first Japanese band to perform a full, solo concert at Madison Square Garden, making history that night.

Rejoice in the music and your love of the band, ladies and gentleman. Do not dwell on the conflicts, whatever they may be.