#ColdplaySingapore ~ so high, so high!

The Coldplay concert in Singapore on 1st April 2017 was EPIC!!!!! It's truly one of the best lives I have ever been to.  I enjoyed it immensely!!!

It felt like the first time I walked out of a Kalafina live and the first time I walked out of a Yuki Kajiura live.  I was deliriously drunk with happiness.  I became an addict.  Once was not enough.  I wanted more and needed more.

#Kalafina in Singapore 2017 - Anisong Fantasy Live

#Kalafina will be back in Singapore in March 2017!!!  Well, according to one of my friends who attended the I Love Anisong lives at Anime Festival Asia tonight, they just announced the lineup for the Anisong Fantasy lives.




The AFA FB page posted a tease about it on the 18th Nov but I paid very little attention to it.  To be honest, I've been pretty bored of the I Love Anisong lives and AFA in general because my taste is generally not very mainstream and I don't like idol style music very much.  And since it seemed like there was no signs of Kalafina returning to our sunny shores, I kind of stopped caring about AFA and their related events.

SOOOOOOOOOO..... when my friend texted me and said that they announced that Kalafina will return to SG for the Anisong Fantasy live....  I was SUPER HAPPY!!!!

flumpool ~ WHAT ABOUT EGGS - live in Singapore

flumpool returns to Singapore for a live!! YAY!!

[ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ]FLUMPOOL RETURNS!!!After 2 years, flumpool is making their return to Southeast Asia for a special concert as part of their newest tour "WHAT ABOUT EGGS?"!Taking place at MILLIAN SINGAPORE, the concert promises to be one of the best, supported by MILLIAN's top-notch lighting and sound system.Don't miss this chance to catch flumpool in an intimate livehouse setting, right here in Southeast Asia!------flumpool tour 2016 「WHAT ABOUT EGGS?」 ～Singapore Special～Date:Saturday, 23 July 2016Time:Show starts 8.00 pm / Doors open 7.00 pmVenue:MILLIAN3 Sentosa Gateway #01-05 Singapore 098544(Located at St James Power Station. Use the link bridge on Level 2 of Vivocity.)Tickets:* Premium VIP*Price: $198/ticket(Limited number of tickets only!)Includes:- Exclusive Autographed poster- Receive poster personally from Members- Entry into VIP area for concert (right in front of the stage, with the best viewing position)* General Admission *Price: $68/ticketIncludes:- Entry into GA area for concert*Tickets on sale from 23 April 2016 at Peatix.More details will be announced at a later date.
Posted by Amuse Inc. Asia on Tuesday, 15 March 2016

It's likely that I will try and go for this live. :)  Okay, can't blog much now. Back to work. :)

NOISEMAKER ~ A-Sketch Showcase- live in Singapore, Millian soft opening

Last night, I went with a couple of friends to the opening of a new live house + nightclub called Millian in Singapore.  We were there partly to check out the place and to check out this Japanese band called NOISEMAKER.

The band was brought in to perform at the soft opening of Millian.  And it was a free live so we thought, we'll check it out since we like Japanese music, we like lives and from what we could tell from the music videos on YouTube, they seem interesting.

Millian is located at St. James Power Station.  Now if, you have never been to St. James Power Station, it might be a little tricky finding the place.  We got a little lost, not terribly, but there's no signage once you get to the building, so instructions would be useful. So I'll give some simple instructions here, should any of you ever need to find Millian, you will be able to.

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu ~ 5th Anniversary World Tour - Singapore

Maybe about 2 weeks ago, KPP said during an interview that Singapore will be one of the stops during her 5th Anniversary World Tour.  And now the details have been released.

Her live will be held on the 13th May (Friday) 8pm at the Esplanade Theatre.  Wow!! That's a nice location.  The ticket prices are also very decent and cheaper than her previous concerts in Singapore too.

CLICK ME to go to SISTIC booking page

She's coming as part of a larger festival called the Super Japan - Japanese Festival of Arts 2016. Here's the link to information on the rest of the acts in the festival.  CLICK ME.

I'm going to try and go with my friends. While I do listen to electronic music and bubblegum pop, they aren't not my favourite genre.  But I don't mind KPP.  Her lives are quite fun and I have several friends who like her so it's fun to go together. :)

NOISEMAKER ~ free concert in Singapore

[ MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ]Exclusive VIP Event at MILLIANWe are inviting you, our fans,to the soft opening of MILLIAN,a...
Posted by Amuse Inc. Asia on Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Oh!!! I almost forgot to talk about this.

Japanese music fans in Singapore should really take note of this event.  Amuse is a Japanese entertainment company that manages various artistes.  They manage several artistes that have thrown lives in Singapore before and I quite like them because they are one of the few Japanese entertainment companies that actually seem interested in marketing to the South East Asian market.  THANK YOU!!!

Ieiri Leo & 家入レオ LIVE at Zepp 2016 ～two colours～ -- impressions of the live

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It's no secret that I rather like Ieiri Leo.  Although I'm not as crazy about her as I am about Kajiura Yuki, FictionJunction or Kalafina, I still like her enough to buy her albums and singles.  Kajiura Yuki's mixed genre work and the lovely and complex harmonies brought to live by some quite capable vocalists will likely reign supreme in my heart for quite some time yet because it's an unusual mix and I like it largely because of that.

Now usually, I'm not a fan of the average Japanese female pop star because they tend to be pretty high pitch and some of them sound quite thin to me.  But some of the garage rock girl bands aren't too bad even if some of them can be a little too high pitch for me too.  I had a particular fondness for Stereopony but they broke up. :(  I used to be fonder of Scandal in their earlier days too because I felt they sounded edgier then, now they sound too J-Pop and a little higher pitch then I like.

Kalafina ~ far on the water ~ SP Final lives in Tokyo Day 2 (31st Jan 2016)

Once again I'm still too high to sleep even though I am physically tired. Kalafina lives hold so much power over me. LOL

Today's live end the "far on the water" Japan lives.  Originally this weekend was suppose to mark the end of the "far on the water" tour, till they announced Mexico and also confirmed the Shanghai leg of this tour.  Sadly, for us in Singapore, we have to still wait for a time when Keiko makes good on her word at AFA 2011 that they will be back. :'(  I suppose they have a lot of concerns and places to visit which would make it hard to come back to Singapore.  So for now, I can do nothing but to hope and hope.  Maybe someday my dream of seeing them live in the Esplanade would come true.  I don't really think it would but one can always dream. :)

Kalafina ~ far on the water ~ SP Final lives in Tokyo Day 1

I was actually working on a post on my visit to Nagano (not Nagoya, I keep getting that wrong and will have to correct my post on Kalafina's 8th Anniversary live Day 2 later, sorry) but it was taking a while because I was too busy having fun, relaxing and sleeping. :P  That's what holidays are for, right?  Especially one which is a bit of escapism from reality. :D

I was seated far right, favouring Wakana, 1st Flr, Row 24 Seat 78.

But I am back in Tokyo and was back on Friday to attend the Kalafina "far on the water" tour end lives. :)  Yup, the Kalafina lives are the biggest reason why I chose to come to Japan in Jan and also the biggest reason why I extended my stay by a week so that I could accommodate the 8th Anniversary lives last Friday and Saturday.  Those were really awesome lives and I gushed about them endlessly for the entire weekend. :P

Kalafina ~ 8th Anniversary Live ~ Day 2

 Ahhhhh.... I wish I had time to write this post last night when I was still so high from the live.  I still have very happy memories of it but if I wrote this post last night it would have been full of gush-a-minute. :P

However, I had to meet my good friend Itsuko for dinner and after that return to my hotel and shower, pack my bags, clear the room a little etc because I was going to go to Nagoya the next day with SY, my good friend and someone I travel to Japan often with.

Kalafina ~ 8th Anniversary Live ~ Day 1

Yesterday was a crazy day for me.  Originally I had only decided to go to the live on the 23rd and was super happy when I won the ticket.  Then I decided that since I was flying in on the 22nd, maybe I should just try and go for the live on the 22nd too.  So when I managed to win a ticket during the 2nd lottery draw, I was both excited and worried.  I knew that getting into Tokyo from Narita would take some time and if there were too many delays, it might be quite stressful or I might even be late for the live.

In the end, the flight landed early and I managed to get to my hotel by about 4pm to pick up the tickets and to rest a tiny bit before I had to head out to take the Chuo line across town to get to Shibuya.  And I have to say Tsutaya O-East was pretty hard to find. I got really lost even with Google maps on navigation.  And even after I managed to find the place where all the live houses were, there were so many people around, I didn't see the sign for O-East and could only find O-West.  I must have walked past the entrance to O-East 5 times and asked 3 different people who kept sending me to the correct general area.... but WHERE IS O-EAST???  was the only thing that was echoing in my heart and I was starting to panic a little as 6pm approached.

Kalafina ~ far on the water - tour live goods - part 2

This is a continuation of my Kalafina ~ far on the water - tour live goods post.  The first post just got too long so I decided to split it up. :)

So first up is the microfibre hand towel.

  

There were two available at the Tokyo lives. One for monochrome and the other was for into the water.  These hand towels will change at every location that they go to except for HK and Taiwan. I'm not sure which ones will be available at Osaka.  Maybe they will be the next two on the tracklist on the album.  That would be Gogatsu no Mahou and ring your bell.

Kalafina ~ far on the water - tour live goods - part 1

I was on medical leave today and now that I feel loads better, I thought I'll try and finish up the live goods post at one go because I didn't buy that much this time. :P  BUT... the post started to get really long, so I'll just do a part 1 now and a part 2 will follow.

I think I didn't go as crazy as I did at the Budokan lives or at Yuki Kajiura Live vol.12.  I didn't buy as many things this time.  Not because I didn't want to but because I thought I should be a little more controlled in my spending since I will be travelling to Japan again to see Kalafina live again in Jan at the far on the water final lives. I'll need money to do that and then there is a planned March trip to Japan to attend a friend's wedding.  Moreover, I didn't bring a very big luggage bag this time and didn't bring along my large duffel bag because I intended to carry back a skateboard from Japan as well. :P

The full list of goods that will be available can be see from the FJC website.  Click me.

So this time this is my damage:

1x t-shirt
1x pamphlet
1x vocal score
1x postcard set
1x B4 size poster set
1x mineral water
1x microfibre hand towel (monochrome)
3x Keiko produced shoelaces (one of them not for me)
1x Hikaru produced wall pocket (also not for me)

So here goes...

First up.... postcard set. :)

AAA Asia Tour 2015 - Attack All Around - in Singapore ~ my experience :)

Wow!!!!!!! This was a really fun live.  I was really jumping and dancing a lot.  I didn't expect it to be so fun, to be honest.  I like AAA which is why when I heard that they were coming to Singapore, I was very excited and decided that I would go for the live.  I wanted VIP tickets but the friends I was with wanted to get Standard tix so that is what I got in the end.

AAA live in Singapore ~ tickets on sale now. :)

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Been really busy, but took a bit of a break to buy two tickets to AAA's live in Singapore at Scape. :)

I wanted to go for the VIP tickets but my friend didn't want to.  So we got GA instead. :(  Still.... at least I'm going. :)

Just a bit of info for those who are interested.  Avex is saying that entry into the hall will be via serial number on the tickets.  So if you want to enter as a group, it would be best to buy the tickets together.  And if you want to stand as close to the stage as possible, it would be best to get your tickets sooner rather than later.  The serial numbers will be generated at the time of transaction, not collection.  So if you can't collect your tickets immediately, it's okay, as long as you purchase them earlier.  You also won't get a notification of what your serial number is via email but they will be printed on your physical ticket when you pick it up.

That's all the news I managed to gather via their comments on FB.  I think they should be correct. :)

Okay... back to work... break over. :)

cheers