Hi There,
Finally I write this post after a month.
Yes. Japan. Again.
First Event : TV Asahi 55th Anniversary Dream Festival 2013 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on 22 Sept 2013
The Story Behind
When we hit this ticket in the first ballot, we decided to extend our trip from around 9 days to…. 14 days. Actually, this trip was held cos my friend wanted to attend 2-days flumpool 5th Anniversary, but as always for Japan Trip, it turned into long music trip with 6 events, lol.
We arrived at the hostel on 22/09 morning from Haneda (Yes, we stayed overnight at Haneda. No, we didn’t arrive at Haneda, but Narita instead. Yes, it took 1520 yen and 2hours and 20 minutes trip from Narita to Haneda. Yes, we didn’t get the hostel for that night. Yes,it had long story). And the ticket itself has the story, we nearly couldn’t attend this event since days before we arrived, one of the staffs at our hostel rejected the tix cos the sender forgot to put my middle name on the envelope, so considered as different name by him and it’s Sunday so the nearest post office was close! But Thanks to the VERY HELPFUL staffs on duty that Sunday who phoned the post office headquarter, and Thank God its counter was open! so we could pick up the tix. Again : kalo jodo itu emang ga kemana Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ
– kalo sampe gw ga bisa nonton, gw pelorotin itu celana si mas-mas (yang gondrong kece tapi lagi hangover waktu petama ketemu) yang nolak nerimain tiket gw –
After picked up the tix at Post Office Headquarter, we headed to Yoyogi First National Stadium. We took Subway to Harajuku Station, it’s located across the Yoyogi Park. Ah! there was Arafest too on that date, so there were lots of girls using their merchandises around Harajuku.
Open gate time was 2 PM, and the show started at 3 PM, while the goods sold at 12 PM.
When we arrived at venue, we found out there was 3 lining : Official goods (Dreamfest), Artists’ Goods, and………. One OK Rock ‘s Goods! seriously, they had their own lining for people who wanted to buy their goods. and guess which line is the longest? Yes, One OK Rock’s .
I didn’t aim for their goods, i’m gonna meet them again in November anyway, better get their latest Tour shirt.
So, we lined up for Artist’s goods and then bought the Official goods too. Fyi, it’s noon and the weather was so hot that day, the sun was burning us /halah
The Festival
We entered the venue, arena part, showed the tix to staff then he led us to our chairs.
Before i got to this place, I always thought that Yoyogi National Stadium is so big, but after i saw the inside, it’s only as big as Istora Senayan, in other words, nope, not that big that i thought before.
Before we got in, staff gave us this bag :
Okay, and the show began.
For this Dream Festival, they didn’t announced the line-up schedule, so it’s always a surprise who would be the next artist.
For MC part, won’t make a post of it, my Japanese is bad.
For the crowd, I was so happy to meet Japanese crowd again. The most interesting crowd, imo.
NICO Touches the Walls
NICO as the Top Batter. Shocked? Yes. I never thought they would come as first artist!
Tatsuya greeted. Man, finally i heard his voice live again and watch their Live again. Happy. So Much. Very Much. Words could not express how i was feeling.
They started with ニワカ雨ニモ負ケズ , love it. Then continued with Broken Youth, I jumped like crazy, just before i thought “can i listen to this song live? since they didn’t play it last year at venues that i attended”, and they played it at Dreamfest!. Happy. Again. So Much. Very Much. Mr. Echo just like what i hope before (again), Micchan started it with acoustic, then…. yes, awesome as always, they’re NICO anyway, lol. Diver! I was shocked! I didn’t predict they’d play this song too. so should i explain what i was doing? ..Jumped of course! it’s Diver! and Live! 夏の大三角形 this was the best live version. They arranged the song with percussions (is it what people called? the big instrument that ppl hit?). Micchan – Daichan – Sakkan each of them had their own, and played it at the end of the song. it’s AWESOME. The Bungy, who would disregard its live?. “ooooo~” part, always fun. and since “jump” is the part of the lyrics, so jumping is A MUST! Closing : 手をたたけ. Yes, Clapped and Jumped. There’s a part when Micchan put his guitar on the ground then run into the very front of the stage, then sang without mic “kono~~ ” . Should i said how i was feeling? . Happy. So Much. Very Much. Brekele, gw seneng gila.
White Ash
To be honest, i didn’t have their songs in my ipod, i only knew them from youtube and rockfests vids.
But after I watched their live, i could say, they’re awesome in live!
I really like the vocalist, Nobita, he’s funny! and he has that Doraemon miniature, cute!
Their music is interesting, they played with rythm combination (slow – upbeat – rock ) in a song
Result : Would love to see them again.
Androp
AWESOME!
They are famous with their lighting in Live. So I was curious about it.
Yes, their lighting during their performance was superb.
they hit the stage MirrorDance, then Boohoo, Bell, and Bright Siren ( I LOVE this song)
the best lighting was at World.Words.Lights. So good, that even if someone could see my face that time, my mouth was wide open seeing that crazy supeb lighting during that song.
and then….. Voice! Ooooooowaaaaaaah! yes, they started with awesome lighting, upbeat intro, and clapping. and “wooooo~ ” part , oh man, that was so freakin’ awesome.
They closed their performance with End Roll. Uchisawa started it with soft voice. it was a beautiful performance.
Result : If i had a chance, I really want to see their One-Man-Live. They’re too awesome (｡♥‿♥｡)
The Bawdies
This was the groovy performance.
Roy talked much in speed, haha.. He loves to talk, doesnt he?
Your body would automatically dancing when you watched them live. You would jump, seriously.
My favorite live songs : Rock Me Baby and Lemonade. until now, everytime i listen to, I always feel like jumping.
Then … their new song from their upcoming single : The Seven Seas, it was a sweet song. yes, too sweet to forget /lho
Result : If i had a chance, I really want to see their One-Man-Live.
One OK Rock
Actually, I was sleeping while waiting for the next artist after The Bawdies (they had 15-minutes break for the next performance), then being woken up by crowd’s screaming. so I automatically stood and scream too.. lol
OOR hit the stage with Deeper Deeper, continued with Nothing Helps, it was started by crowd’s screaming “yea..yea” and threw a punch in the air (?). Nice. ah, and everytime the reff start, ppl were jumping as high as they could (including me, lol). Then, My fave from recent live songs : Clock Strikes. that was awesome live, yes. Crowd’s screaming when “wooooo~~ oooo~~~ooo~~” was WOW. I took a glimpse of ppl around include the 2nd floor, all of them screaming and raised their hand. Wow. The Beginning(and the girls next to me were screaming with high-pitch-note) , it was good, second time i saw The Beginning live, tbh, i’d prefer that last year’s Zepp’s , but this year was good too. Their lives always good for me.
Result : Can’t wait to watch them this month, since it’s gonna be OOR Trip.
9mm Parabellum Bullet
If you’re talking about Rock. This is what i called real Rock
They’re Rockstar. Well said.
I have difficulties in explaining their performance, i LOVE their live. It’s so Rock. Okay, i give up trying to explain.
Black Market Blues and ハートに火をつけて , my fave.
and they got Encore!
Actually they have ended their performance, the venue’s door had been wide opened, light had been turned on, and staffs were clearing the stage. But people, were clapping over and over and over and over, screaming “ankoru~~ “, and then they came out again, hit the stage again, with their rock-ish performance.
Result : If i had a chance, I really want to see their One-Man-Live.
full setlist :
http://www.setlist.mx/events/8135
It was an awesome festival. We had a great great great time.
It’s a perfect way to start our trip.
Oh no, I’m so bad in writing.
Sorry for my failed English.
Life as Human Being 