Love Me Tender

Sorry for the lack of posting. My trip to Asia was great. I got to have a lot of family time and spend time with my grandmother. I enjoyed it very much. Big thanks to Kazuma for posting while I was gone.

So someone tried to leave a comment on my seemingly popular post about Tiffany from SNSD by leaving a link to an online petition for Tiffany anti-fans for SNSD to disband. What the heck? Seriously, people need lives. If the commenter is reading this, your comment went into my spam folder where it belongs. I personally don’t care about Tiffany or SNSD and while I am an advocate for free speech, I do not want to endorse childish stupidity or bullying when there are so many more serious issues that need the efforts of petitioning.

In other news, has anyone else noticed the increasing reunion tours/concerts/album productions by old disbanded groups? First it was the Spice Girls, and then it was Jewelry (yes, I’m jumping across nations here), then it was X-Japan and now it’s New Kids on the Block. When the Spice Girls first stated that they were going to have a reunion tour I thought to myself, who would be stupid enough to go see them. Well, I found out that there were many stupid people in the world including some of my friends. All I have to say to that is oiy! I didn’t care much for Jewelry and I found their debut song really annoying and sickeningly catchy. I was looking forward to the X-Japan tour and I was hoping to see them in New York if I could get tickets. So much for that. NKOTB…I actually came to Canada just after their craze had died down so I wasn’t really there for their initial hype. Their song Summerdays is really catchy (damn those catchy pop songs!) and I wonder if they will have the same success as the Spice Girls. Anyway, that is all. =)

The previously announced international reunion tour of X Japan will be postponed indefinitely due to Yoshiki, leader of X Japan, experiencing medical problems. He has been suffering from chronic disc herniation, and his conditions have worsened during the memorial concerts held in May, in honor of former band guitarist, Hide, who passed away on May 2, 2008.

This announcement will affect the concerts scheduled for Paris (July 5), Taiwan (August 2), and New York City (September 13). All ticket sales have been stopped, and neither cancellation nor rescheduling of the shows have been announced.

I’m sure there are many disappointed fans out there, but Yoshiki health comes before the concerts.

Source: Sankei Sports via Tokyograph

For those who haven’t heard yet, X Japan has started reunion concerts in Japan. They recently announced that they will be holding a concert at Madison Square Garden in NYC on September 13th, 2008. From what people have said about the concerts they’ve already done in Japan, sounds like it’s going to be a blast! They even included a hologram of Hide playing the guitar — which reportedly cost Yoshiki $1.5 million (USD?).

I haven’t seen any place to purchase tickets yet, but when I do I’ll try to get them ASAP. I expect them to sell out rather quickly. If anyone hears anything please let me know! :P

Talking about the reunion concert, about two weeks ago, during the March 28th concert, Yoshiki collapsed while in the middle of performing Art of Life. He is doing fine now, and the collapse was due to exhaustion. I found the clip on YouTube, see here.

If you need more X Japan reunion goodness, search up “X Japan Night of Destruction” on YouTube. The site is loaded with goodies. :)

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X Japan To Perform in the U.S.

Yes, a back-to-back post, but I just HAD to post this now. I’m sure many people have read about the recent three series reunion concert held by X Japan in Tokyo last month. Yes, I was disappointed too that I couldn’t attend. Well, for those of you in the U.S. and Canada (and anywhere else you want to fly from), they are coming to the U.S. They will be performing in New York at Madison Square Garden on September 13, 2008. I guess all my complaining about artists not coming to Canada or to New York paid off. Haha! I probably won’t be able to go (no money) but for those of you who can, have fun. =D

Tour Dates:
07.05.08 - Paris, France
09.13.08 - New York, U.S.A.

References:
1. Japan Zone: X Japan to Play Madison Square Garden