A young crowd waited patiently for the GazettE on the night of March 10th at Zepp Tokyo for the opportunity to celebrate live with the band their 9th anniversary. Both male and female fãs trying to copy their idols displayed a wide range of hair as cores from bright pink/red, to yellow and white gray. The tour t-shirts and towels were another common feature amongst the crowd. On stage the band’s logo was displayed, illuminated por dark red lights. Outside the night was cold but ZEPP was packed with no empty assento in the house. The fãs were on fogo anticipating what the GazettE had in store for them.
the GazettE didn’t make their fãs wait. At 18.30 sharp the lights went down and Beethoven’s Ode to Joy started playing. Immediately a massive cheer echoed through the venue and the thrilled fãs started clapping in perfect synchrony, welcoming the members who stepped onstage one por one. Kai was first, followed por Uruha, Reita and Aoi - all clad in black. Aoi’s pinkish red hair stood out in the sea of black and Uruha looked unusually sober with his now black hair, a white lock popping out under all the black. Ruki was last and the crowd had a particularly warm welcome in store for him.
They were off to a hot start with LINDA~candydive Pinky heaven~ from their 2003 EP Super Margarita, a familiar number the fãs knew at once, clapping first right then left, all in unison. Aoi appeared to have some technical difficulties with his violão, guitarra half way through the song but it didn’t interfere much with the performance, and once the problems were solved he was mais than happy to cadastrar-se in with clapping and dancing. Uruha also delighted the fãs with some sexy dancing. It was impressive how the fãs knew all the hand choreography and to see teenage girls in mini-skirts moshing and crowd surfing.
With the fãs well worked up it was time for another old favorito - Akai onepiece. “Come on!” shouted Ruki and the excited crowd followed shouting “Oi, oi, oi!” while pumping their fists to the music. Ruki managed to thrill the fãs even further por spitting some water into the crowd. The fãs moved as one, a sea of arms waving to the right, the left, then up and down reminiscent of a sand storm.
The mosh continued for Psychedelic Heroine. Kai was very energetic and never stopped smiling whilst Uruha’s performance was impressive with the guitarist showing off his amazing skills without ever neglecting his fans. As the song approached its end, it was time for Aoi to shine with a solo that drove the fãs wild. The song ended and Ruki addressed the fãs for the first time that night, thanking them for coming and for their support over the years. The lights went down and Ruki’s devilish laughter echoed throughout the venue. Immediately, hair of all different as cores started flying violently to Hyena. It was time for some fã service as Uruha approached Ruki and the latter slowly and sensuously licked his ear to delighted squeals. The light show for AGONY was very interesting - red, green and purple lights flashed in turn and transformed the live-house into a night club. “Tokyo!! Come on!!” shouted Ruki over and over as the fãs jumped up and down. The crowd was very enthusiastic and when Ruki screamed “What’s your name?” they immediately understood that Maggots was next. VOICELESS FEAR from their latest single, PLEDGE, left the fãs uncertain of what to do, unfamiliar with the new choreography. Guren and PLEDGE followed and although Uruha did an amazing job on violão, guitarra solos, the show went through a lull.
For the segundo MC of the night, Ruki spoke about the new tour and its concept, thanking the fãs for their support. “It’s our 9th anniversary though it seems like it`s been longer.” The statement was greeted por a loud cheer and the GazettE went back to what they do best as it was again time for head-banging with HEADACHE MAN and VERMIN. HESITATING MEANS DEATH followed and Ruki graced the crowd with his famous legs apart, elbows on the knees, violent head-banging from one side to the other. The fãs followed suit and soon many girls were copying him, some on their knees, others on all fours, hair swaying to the music. “Oi Tokyo!!! Can you give me more?” shouted Ruki, the crowd replying with a loud cheer - but for Ruki it was not enough and he challenged the fãs to raise their voices, saying, “That’s not loud enough! Are you ready for more?” With the audience shouting at the topo, início of their lungs it was time for another old classic - COCKROACH - and some mais Ruki-style head banging. The fãs were not tired yet and did everything to catch their idol’s eye, some jumping, others waving frantically. The head banging continued for the last two songs before the encore - DISCHARGE and Filth in the beauty.
The fãs were not ready to go início yet and patiently waited for 10 minutos shouting “Encore” over and over again like a mantra. After a long wait, Kai and Reita came back on stage and entertained the fãs with the energetic Ride with the ROCKERS. Both took turns with the microphone and thanked the fans. “We have been together for 9 years now having a great time with you guys! For me it will be so for 10, 20, 30 mais years, until we die!” Reita reassured the fans. Soon Uruha, Aoi and Ruki joined the two on stage. “Happy Birthday!!” shouted Ruki in English to which the audience reacted with shouting and clapping. Taking his position in the center of the stage, he introduced the seguinte song, shouting “I am…, I am… I am Ruder." It was Reita’s turn to shine with Ruki warmly calling “Rei-chan” to take the central rise for the baixo solo.
Doro darake no seishun was very energetic and funny with Aoi and Uruha dancing, Uruha kindly shoving Aoi off as if to say “This is my space”. Aoi wasn`t intimidated though, shaking his hips to the música and going to Reita’s side - both dancing together to the fans' delight. Aoi seemed to be in a great mood and kept encouraging his fãs to shout mais and more, and they eagerly complied. As the song ended and the fãs shouted for their favorito band member, a massive birthday cake was brought in and at once the audience started cantar Happy Birthday to the band. Meanwhile, Uruha and Kai made fun of the intriguingly huge hat worn por the person who brought the cake. Everyone was in a great mood and it improved further when Ruki announced that all would have a turn talking for that night’s MC.
Uruha went first. “It’s been a long time”, he said. “I can’t believe they brought a cake! 10 years for a band is legendary, I think! Not that we will break up after another year!” he added, laughing. Kai was next, excusing his short MC with the fact that he had already spoken during the drum and baixo duet. “Wouldn’t you rather hear from someone who hasn’t said anything yet?” he teased, handing the microphone to Aoi. “I amor hearing your voices,” Aoi exclaimed, greeted por a male voice shouting his name. Hearing this, Aoi turned around with a surprised look on his face and asked “Yes?” a massive laugh from both the fãs and the band echoed around the venue making it hard for him to hear his own voice. “I can’t hear my voice. My voice is pretty, isn’t it?” Receiving no reply and seeing Kai stand up and chat to a staff member, Aoi threatened to pass the microphone to someone else, greeted in turn por a big “Eh??” from the crowd. “I feel loved!” he exclaimed with a smile, passing the microphone to Reita, who was thankful for the support. Ruki reinforced what Uruha had said, noting how hard it is for a band to last so long with the same members while tasting the cake with his finger.
As the night approached its climax, the GazettE granted the fãs with mais head banging during THE $OCIAL RIOT MACHINE$ and Kanto dogeza kumiai. The staff and security personnel had a hard time during the latter as the fãs kept crowd surfing. The old favorite, ✰BEST FRIENDS✰, was indeed a perfect choice for the end of the show, reflecting what has kept the band together for 9 years and will, according to the members, keep them together for many mais to come. As the members left the stage one por one, Knocking on heaven’s door por Guns’n’ rosas began. Again, the fãs tirelessly demanded an encore and it was time for the last surprise of the night, Anatanotame no konoinochi. Uruha’s performance and violão, guitarra solo were impressive, and Aoi was very energetic and tried his best to entertain his fans, dancing and shaking his hips to most songs while doing the infamous Aoi-dance to the delight of the fans. It was a perfect way to end the night and thank the fãs for their support and amor with both band and fãs cantar the chorus as one.
Set list
SE
LINDA~candydive Pinky heaven~
Akai one piece
Psychedelic Heroine
MC
Hyena
AGONY
Maggots
VOICELESS FEAR
Guren
PLEDGE
MC
HEADACHE MAN
VERMIN
HESITATING MEANS DEATH
COCKROACH
DISCHARGE
Filth in the beauty
ENCORE
EN1 Ride with ROCKERS
EN2 Ruder
EN3 Doro darake no seishun
MC
EN4 THE $OCIAL RIOT MACHINE$
EN5 Kanto Dogeza Kumiai
EN6 ✰BEST FRIENDS✰
WEN1 Anatanotame no konoinochi
the GazettE didn’t make their fãs wait. At 18.30 sharp the lights went down and Beethoven’s Ode to Joy started playing. Immediately a massive cheer echoed through the venue and the thrilled fãs started clapping in perfect synchrony, welcoming the members who stepped onstage one por one. Kai was first, followed por Uruha, Reita and Aoi - all clad in black. Aoi’s pinkish red hair stood out in the sea of black and Uruha looked unusually sober with his now black hair, a white lock popping out under all the black. Ruki was last and the crowd had a particularly warm welcome in store for him.
They were off to a hot start with LINDA~candydive Pinky heaven~ from their 2003 EP Super Margarita, a familiar number the fãs knew at once, clapping first right then left, all in unison. Aoi appeared to have some technical difficulties with his violão, guitarra half way through the song but it didn’t interfere much with the performance, and once the problems were solved he was mais than happy to cadastrar-se in with clapping and dancing. Uruha also delighted the fãs with some sexy dancing. It was impressive how the fãs knew all the hand choreography and to see teenage girls in mini-skirts moshing and crowd surfing.
With the fãs well worked up it was time for another old favorito - Akai onepiece. “Come on!” shouted Ruki and the excited crowd followed shouting “Oi, oi, oi!” while pumping their fists to the music. Ruki managed to thrill the fãs even further por spitting some water into the crowd. The fãs moved as one, a sea of arms waving to the right, the left, then up and down reminiscent of a sand storm.
The mosh continued for Psychedelic Heroine. Kai was very energetic and never stopped smiling whilst Uruha’s performance was impressive with the guitarist showing off his amazing skills without ever neglecting his fans. As the song approached its end, it was time for Aoi to shine with a solo that drove the fãs wild. The song ended and Ruki addressed the fãs for the first time that night, thanking them for coming and for their support over the years. The lights went down and Ruki’s devilish laughter echoed throughout the venue. Immediately, hair of all different as cores started flying violently to Hyena. It was time for some fã service as Uruha approached Ruki and the latter slowly and sensuously licked his ear to delighted squeals. The light show for AGONY was very interesting - red, green and purple lights flashed in turn and transformed the live-house into a night club. “Tokyo!! Come on!!” shouted Ruki over and over as the fãs jumped up and down. The crowd was very enthusiastic and when Ruki screamed “What’s your name?” they immediately understood that Maggots was next. VOICELESS FEAR from their latest single, PLEDGE, left the fãs uncertain of what to do, unfamiliar with the new choreography. Guren and PLEDGE followed and although Uruha did an amazing job on violão, guitarra solos, the show went through a lull.
For the segundo MC of the night, Ruki spoke about the new tour and its concept, thanking the fãs for their support. “It’s our 9th anniversary though it seems like it`s been longer.” The statement was greeted por a loud cheer and the GazettE went back to what they do best as it was again time for head-banging with HEADACHE MAN and VERMIN. HESITATING MEANS DEATH followed and Ruki graced the crowd with his famous legs apart, elbows on the knees, violent head-banging from one side to the other. The fãs followed suit and soon many girls were copying him, some on their knees, others on all fours, hair swaying to the music. “Oi Tokyo!!! Can you give me more?” shouted Ruki, the crowd replying with a loud cheer - but for Ruki it was not enough and he challenged the fãs to raise their voices, saying, “That’s not loud enough! Are you ready for more?” With the audience shouting at the topo, início of their lungs it was time for another old classic - COCKROACH - and some mais Ruki-style head banging. The fãs were not tired yet and did everything to catch their idol’s eye, some jumping, others waving frantically. The head banging continued for the last two songs before the encore - DISCHARGE and Filth in the beauty.
The fãs were not ready to go início yet and patiently waited for 10 minutos shouting “Encore” over and over again like a mantra. After a long wait, Kai and Reita came back on stage and entertained the fãs with the energetic Ride with the ROCKERS. Both took turns with the microphone and thanked the fans. “We have been together for 9 years now having a great time with you guys! For me it will be so for 10, 20, 30 mais years, until we die!” Reita reassured the fans. Soon Uruha, Aoi and Ruki joined the two on stage. “Happy Birthday!!” shouted Ruki in English to which the audience reacted with shouting and clapping. Taking his position in the center of the stage, he introduced the seguinte song, shouting “I am…, I am… I am Ruder." It was Reita’s turn to shine with Ruki warmly calling “Rei-chan” to take the central rise for the baixo solo.
Doro darake no seishun was very energetic and funny with Aoi and Uruha dancing, Uruha kindly shoving Aoi off as if to say “This is my space”. Aoi wasn`t intimidated though, shaking his hips to the música and going to Reita’s side - both dancing together to the fans' delight. Aoi seemed to be in a great mood and kept encouraging his fãs to shout mais and more, and they eagerly complied. As the song ended and the fãs shouted for their favorito band member, a massive birthday cake was brought in and at once the audience started cantar Happy Birthday to the band. Meanwhile, Uruha and Kai made fun of the intriguingly huge hat worn por the person who brought the cake. Everyone was in a great mood and it improved further when Ruki announced that all would have a turn talking for that night’s MC.
Uruha went first. “It’s been a long time”, he said. “I can’t believe they brought a cake! 10 years for a band is legendary, I think! Not that we will break up after another year!” he added, laughing. Kai was next, excusing his short MC with the fact that he had already spoken during the drum and baixo duet. “Wouldn’t you rather hear from someone who hasn’t said anything yet?” he teased, handing the microphone to Aoi. “I amor hearing your voices,” Aoi exclaimed, greeted por a male voice shouting his name. Hearing this, Aoi turned around with a surprised look on his face and asked “Yes?” a massive laugh from both the fãs and the band echoed around the venue making it hard for him to hear his own voice. “I can’t hear my voice. My voice is pretty, isn’t it?” Receiving no reply and seeing Kai stand up and chat to a staff member, Aoi threatened to pass the microphone to someone else, greeted in turn por a big “Eh??” from the crowd. “I feel loved!” he exclaimed with a smile, passing the microphone to Reita, who was thankful for the support. Ruki reinforced what Uruha had said, noting how hard it is for a band to last so long with the same members while tasting the cake with his finger.
As the night approached its climax, the GazettE granted the fãs with mais head banging during THE $OCIAL RIOT MACHINE$ and Kanto dogeza kumiai. The staff and security personnel had a hard time during the latter as the fãs kept crowd surfing. The old favorite, ✰BEST FRIENDS✰, was indeed a perfect choice for the end of the show, reflecting what has kept the band together for 9 years and will, according to the members, keep them together for many mais to come. As the members left the stage one por one, Knocking on heaven’s door por Guns’n’ rosas began. Again, the fãs tirelessly demanded an encore and it was time for the last surprise of the night, Anatanotame no konoinochi. Uruha’s performance and violão, guitarra solo were impressive, and Aoi was very energetic and tried his best to entertain his fans, dancing and shaking his hips to most songs while doing the infamous Aoi-dance to the delight of the fans. It was a perfect way to end the night and thank the fãs for their support and amor with both band and fãs cantar the chorus as one.
Set list
SE
LINDA~candydive Pinky heaven~
Akai one piece
Psychedelic Heroine
MC
Hyena
AGONY
Maggots
VOICELESS FEAR
Guren
PLEDGE
MC
HEADACHE MAN
VERMIN
HESITATING MEANS DEATH
COCKROACH
DISCHARGE
Filth in the beauty
ENCORE
EN1 Ride with ROCKERS
EN2 Ruder
EN3 Doro darake no seishun
MC
EN4 THE $OCIAL RIOT MACHINE$
EN5 Kanto Dogeza Kumiai
EN6 ✰BEST FRIENDS✰
WEN1 Anatanotame no konoinochi