What happened to SEKAI NO OWARI’s Saori after the Kokuritsu event?

1: 三毛猫 φ ★＠＼(^o^)／ 2014/05/31(土) 14:47:45.41 ID:???

Saori, pianist/stage director of band SEKAI NO OWARI, expressed her strong frustrations on Twitter on the 30th.

The band performed on the last day of JAPAN NIGHT held on the 29th at the Kokuritsu Kyogijo in front of a crowd of 60,000. But late at night, Saori suddenly Tweeted: "I'm fuming mad. Even if we get #1 in Oricon, and even if we get to play at the Kokuritsu, I didn't know that I could still feel this way.".

"What should I shout out on nights like this?". She continued, "If we can't produce results, then it's all pointless. We don't need any special award for our efforts.".

What happened to Saori? Some fans have worried if something happened during the concert.

Source: http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp0-20140530-1309632.html

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L'Arc~en~Ciel's 2 Kokuritsu concert dates immediately get sold out

1: 三毛猫φ ★ 2014/03/09(日) 19:59:02.30 ID:???0

Rock band L'Arc~en~Ciel's concert tickets for March 21 and 22 at Tokyo's Kokuritsu Kyogijō went on sale at 10 am on March 9 and sold out in an instant. 

L'Arc's last concert at the Kokuritsu was the finale of their 20th Anniversary World Tour in 2012, which was attended by a total of 110,000 people over 2 days. This month's shows break that record as 1 day has an 80,000 crowd capacity, making it 160,000 in total.

Their previous concert had a marching band reminiscent of an Olympics opening ceremony, complete with the lighting of the Olympic torch, and had over 1,000 fireworks on display. The gimmicks for this month's shows are expected to surpass those of the previous one.

The concerts this month will be simulcast live in cinemas around Japan, as well as in England, France, the US, Mexico, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Live viewing tickets will start to go on sale from the noon of the 16th onwards.

Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2034913/full/ 

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L'Arc~en~Ciel to hold a solo concert at the Kokuritsu on March 21 & 22

1: 禿の月φ ★ 2014/01/08(水) 05:14:40.13 ID:???P

It was revealed on the 7th that rock band L'Arc~en~Ciel will be performing at the Kokuritsu Kyogijō on March 21 and 22. It will be 1 year and 10 months since their first performance at the stadium, dating back on May 26 & 27, 2012. L'Arc has been on hiatus since their May 31 concert in Hawaii on the same year, and will be making their grand return to the music scene with a bang.

Monster band L'Arc has been silent ever since their world tour in spring 2012, spanning 10 countries and 14 cities, which was attended by a total of 450,000 people. Following their tour finale in Hawaii was a DVD release, but there were no new songs from them, which led to fans becoming worried as to what the future holds for the band.

During this break, vocalist hyde and drummer yukihiro were busy with their respective side bands while guitarist ken and bassist tetsuya were recharging, as each member raised his motivation leading to this comeback gig.

As their way of saying thanks and apologizing to the fans, they are promising an even bigger and more extravagant production compared to their previous concert here nearly 2 years ago. 

Source: 

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140108/oth14010805030008-n1.html 

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Sho Sakurai's mature comments on AKB's Kokuritsu concert

1: 禿の月φ ★ 2013/12/29(日) 14:43:43.40 ID:???P

A portion of Arashi fans vented out their anger on the Internet once news broke out that AKB48 will be holding their concert in March 2014 at the Kokuritsu. This is because the Kokuritsu Stadium will be torn down starting July 2014, and Arashi's 2013 concert was widely reported as the "last concert at the Kokuritsu".

(Related post HERE)

Sakurai was quick to notice this and comment on a sports newspaper.

He was asked the question, "Which scenery has left a lasting impression on you?", to which he replied, "The Kokuritsu. We were able to hold our concert there right after it was announced that the Olympics will be held in Tokyo, and it was huge that we got to light the torch. I want AKB48-san and many other artists to witness that scenery".

This comment received a lot of positive comments, not only from Arashi fans but AKB fans as well. Some comments were:
"That's Sakurap for you!"
"Thank you Sakurai!"
"What a good guy."
"Let's have him as our next theater manager!"

Some people called this a "mature" response from Sakurai who tried to pacify the Arashi-fans, and drew a comment like, 
"What an ikemen. He's even an ikemen inside. I admit total defeat to this guy".

With AKB48's performance scheduled on March 29 and 30, and Momoiro Clover also announcing their Kokuritsu concert dates on March 15 and 16, Arashi fans were quick to vent out their frustrations: "The Kokuritsu is Arashi's sacred grounds", "I thought Arashi's was the final concert to be held at the Kokuritsu", and "Think about the feelings of Arashi's fans". 

Arashi will no longer hold the prestigious title of being the last artists to perform at the Kokuritsu, as Arashi's legend will come to an end. Here's to hoping that Sakurai's words have somewhat calmed the Arashi fans down. 

Source:  http://japan.techinsight.jp/2013/12/sakuraisyou-kokurituakb48-satajyany20131228.html

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Arashi fans angered by AKB's Kokuritsu Kyogijō concert: "That's Arashi's holy land!"

1： 魔神風車固め(埼玉県) 2013/12/18(水) 16:36:03.91 ID:M2m3FqeWP

It was announced on the 3rd AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Uta gassen on the 17th that they will be performing on March 29 next year at Tokyo's Kokuritsu Kyogijō. This drew the ire of some Arashi's fans, as they could not accept AKB48 using the so-called "holy land" of Arashi according to their fans.

"It's so frustrating that AKB will be performing at the Kokuritsu."

"But the Kokuritsu is Arashi's sacred grounds..."

"Sorry to say this, but it's not something that someone like AKB can just trample on."

"But why----!!! That place is a sacred venue!!"

"The Kokuritsu is Arashi and the Arasick/Arashick/Arachic's mecca."

"I cannot forgive these cheaters who use handshake passes and other weird stuff to increase their sales for using the place that Arashi has won the rights to use fair and square."

"I hate AKB who copies Arashi's stage and goods, and can't even sell CDs if it wasn't for handshake passes. Kokuritsu should've just stopped with ARAFES."

"So AKB will be performing at the Kokuritsu? Arashi-san isn't the last? (skipped) Why do you have to imitate Arashi-san?" 

Another thing of concern is the ARAFES 2013 live DVD. The DVD for last year's ARAFES was announced during mid-November, but there's still no word of their DVD for this year as of December 18. Fans are now beginning to speculate that the MCs where they said "the last artists on Kokuritsu" will be cut from the DVD; if it even gets released at all. 

Source:

http://news.merumo.ne.jp/article/genre/1543206

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