SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2015「HELLO WORLD」in SG ~ ticket info released

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I must say that the cost of the tickets aren't too bad at all.  I thought with them moving to a nicer location that the cost will also go up by quite a bit.  Early bird VIP is SGD138 and comes with a hi-five session.  That's actually not bad at all.

I'm still considering if I'll go because I've already decided that I will be going to Kajiura Yuki's vol.12 live in June.  My friend in has already helped me apply for the lottery and I managed to get tickets for 5 out of the 6 lives.  I would like to have gotten all 6 but 5 is very, very good already and I'm very happy about it. This time I will get to listen to all 3 set-lists. :)

Anyway... enough of that, break over... back to work. :)

cheers

Scandal live in Singapore - date & venue announced

Finally we have more news regarding Scandal's live in Singapore.  As announced previously, they will be performing in SG as part of the "Hello World" world tour.  The date and venue have been announced.

Date: 8th May 2015 (Friday)
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Coliseum at Hard Rock Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa,

I attended their live once before, at Scape and I also attended their autograph session the day before that live. :)  It was fun.

Radwimps in Singapore, Japan Music Festival

I really like this Radwimps song. As they've done for the past few years, they've released a song on the 11th March in memory of the terrible earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck the Tohoku region in Japan in 2011.

This is a really lovely song and it's because of this song that I want to see Radwimps live in Singapore on the 7th June.  They are one of the bands / vocalists / performers that are being brought in by Japan Music Festival.  They are the same people who brought in May'n for the Singapore and Jarkarta leg of her solo world tour.  Those two lives were just completed a few days ago, I think.  They will also be bringing in Kyary Pamyu Pamyu at the end of June.  I didn't go to May'n's live.  I know that Kalafina and her are friends but I'm not a big fan of her music and as much as I would love to support Japanese music in Singapore, my pockets dont't run deep enough for me to pay good money to go to the live of a performer I'm not really interested in.

Radwimps, however, does interest me.  They sing a brand of Japanese pop / rock which I do enjoy and I really like this song in the youtube video above.  BTW, the title of that song is Kaiko.

Anyway, I thought I would a bit of free promo for JMF, Radwimps and Japanese music in Singapore because I really want more solo acts to come. :)  I don't want them to just show up for Music Matters or the Anime Festival Asia and I also want bigger names to come to the a-nation live. Although I know it's very unlikely but still I can hope that one day I will be able to see Kajiura Yuki / FictionJunction / Front Band Members, Kalafina and Ieiri Leo solo lives and also another angela solo live in Singapore.

Anyway, here is the link for JMF page for the Radwimps live with all the ticket info etc. CLICK ME.  BTW, the price of the ticket is a flat rate of SGD78 which is pretty cheap, in my opinion.  They are a pretty well known band in Japan even though I think most Singaporeans have never heard of them.  If they get more exposure in Singapore, we might never have the opportunity to see them at this price again.  So I am super tempted to go but I have to think really hard because I also want to go to the flumpool live and tickets for those go on sale on the 24th May.... maybe I'll write a post about that in a bit... but maybe not today because I think I want to write one about Kalafina before I go to bed.  I actually want to write one about a relatively unknown Japanese band which I really like... they're called Karasu... not sure how many people know who they are but I really like their music.  Maybe I'll write that tomorrow night, if I have time and remember to do it. :P  For now, I'm off to work on a Kalafina post before I go to bed. :)

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu & the Japanese Music Festival in Singapore

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Late last year Kyary Pamyu Pamyu said that she will be returning to Singapore in 2014 and when my friends and I were discussing who may be the first artist that the Japan Music Festival announce would be about, I guessed KPP.  And now it's official.  It is KPP... if only I had put money on it. :P

While I would still rather the announce had been about a Kajiura Yuki x FictionJunction solo live or a Kalafina solo live, the chances of them coming to Singapore for a solo live is, in my opinion, not that high since they are more closely linked to anisong than J-pop or J-rock etc.  Sozo, the company that is behind the Anime Festival Asia and J-Live etc in Singapore, has, to my knowledge, never brought in any anisong artist for a solo gig outside of AFA.

Last year KPP performed to a full house at the Scape Warehouse and my friends and I went.  It was a lot of fun.  We plan to go this year too.  Hope it works out. :)

Most of the details aren't out yet.  This was just announced today via Facebook, Twitter and the JMF website.  JMF is a new thing that Sozo is doing.  I think they are trying to make it BIG... much bigger than just the occasional J-Live, J-Rock lives they have been organizing for the last 2 years.

While I must confess, I am not a huge KPP fan... I do like watching her live... very fun.  And I actually really like some of her songs like Ninjya Re Bang Bang.  So I'm really looking forward to seeing her live again.  I wonder if Sozo will try and use a bigger venue this time or stick to Scape.  One thing I really like about lives at Scape is that the venue is small and it really has a great live house kind of vibe.

While KPP's coming doesn't stop me from moping about not being able to see Kajiura Yuki x FictionJunction or Kalafina live anytime soon.... still... she is a performer that I like and enjoy... so it'll help tide me over till I can get enough money together to make another trip to Japan to see either Kajiura Yuki x FictionJunction live or Kalafina live. :)  And if their live dates are close to an Ieiri Leo live... that would be like super and maybe I could see her live too!! :P

The next announce from JMF will be on the 27th Jan.  I wonder who?  Perfume?  SID?  Flumpool?  Someone else from the artists Amuse manages?  Amuse seems to have a pretty good relationship with Sozo.  Maybe Fukuyama Masaharu?  He is going on tour to Taiwan and HK in June.  I don't think it'll be Ieiri Leo, even though I would be super happy if she comes to Singapore, but I have a feeling she isn't popular enough in SEA yet for a solo live... but I could be wrong... fingers crossed.  So exciting for us Japanese music fans!! :)