[yoshiki]

Confirmed by Yoshiki at the Grammys red carpet: X Japan will be one of the main headliners of the Lollapalooza festival which takes place in Chicago, US form August 6th to 8th 2010. This performance will be the first of the 're-started' World Tour and an official announcement will be made late this month.

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/ne...0/02/02/06.html
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/100202/gn...20507010-n1.htm
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/e...0202000132.html
http://natalie.mu/music/news/27140
http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000057932

This post has been edited by yoshiki: Jul 31 2010, 01:28 AM

[Queenie]

In before someone decides to do it

[Pan]

....Yeah, I'm not really interested in that festival, I guess I'll try to catch them in an X JAPAN only concert XD

Thanks for the info as always, Eric <3

[winterspelt]

I think it is a nice move to have X Japan on a festival, in fact I find lots of Pros and not even one Cons:

* They will reach an audience that doesnt know about japanese music.
* They will keep their current "I love anime" fans and may even open doors to another japanese bands that somehow have an anime fan base, even if they are not related to anime (like Loudness or EZO).
* They will save a lot of money that (hopefully) will be used in a nice promotion and a proper world tour.
* Their setlist will be shorter than usual so they will focus in playing in a proper way (and avoid those terrible mistakes like the one in Dahlia last year) and will focus in a more "in your face" which, in turn, will make them a stronger act for their shows as headliner, and, since they wont be playing in safe ground, they will show their true power (like they did in Hong Kong)


WAY TO GO!!


EDIT:

BTW it was about time for X Japan to play in a festival outside of Japan, even Moi Dix Mois was one of the main acts in a gothic festival in Europe and, Moi dix Mois is not as big as X Japan!

This post has been edited by winterspelt: Feb 2 2010, 12:04 AM

[X Radical Blues]

I also think it's a great event for them, but not as good as for assisting myself. However, if anyone is in the area, how lucky of them!

Yes, they're promoting themselves in the festival, and will likely also do it with the music PV's they recorded, probably even at MTV. You bet they wanna reach more audience. Seems their plan is to have a huge fanbase to make a big concert in the US. This is great, they should have more experience as a band before playing in big... also I smell that they won't be using hide recordings at all, since it would just be too much of a "WTF?" for people that see them for the first time, they could even think that they suck and they're using playback (hide). So while hide's spirit is with them, only 5 people should play with all their might.

[yoshiki]

And hopefully the festival staff won't give them a stage full of screens and holograms!!

[broken tavern]

how much does lolapalooza usually cost?

[Pan]

how much does lolapalooza usually cost?

Sold out? except for the advanced 3 days which I don't know what it is, lol.

http://www.lollapalooza.com/tickets/index.html

Edit: http://www.onlineseats.com/lollapalooza-tickets/buy.asp

Over $100 ;D

[Junek]

it's a really great idea for them to play on fest. Now they have to show to new audience that they kick ass. It's like a new start :]
looking forward to see it !

[Menacia]

nice to seem em performing at a festival. Hope that some sort of recording (PRO or AUD) will eventually pop up.
The only thing I'm curious about is the setlist...hope to see a killer rock list with fewer ballads, something like those classic X lists from the pre X-Japan era...though I know that that wont happen..but if we remember the 2008 countdown live opening (the actual opening, not the endles-endless rain par :D) this might actually happen.
Let's wait and see. And hopefully they are not going to cancel this one.

[Hypno]

I think it is a nice move to have X Japan on a festival, in fact I find lots of Pros and not even one Cons:

A few cons I can think of right off the bat:
* They might be put on a good timeslot, but not the main stage and they clash with a major act, so they'll have a really small audience.
* They might get to play on the main stage but on a bad timeslot so people are still getting into the festival, getting drunk at the tents, etc.
* The audience doesn't like them, they get bottled and boo-ed at, they walk off, it's a drama, they never play outside Asia again.

Of course everything might go perfect and stuff...

also I smell that they won't be using hide recordings at all, since it would just be too much of a "WTF?" for people that see them for the first time, they could even think that they suck and they're using playback (hide).

Don't know about recordings but I'm 100% sure there will be at LEAST a hide guitar on the stage. And though Sugizo now probably has time to practice and learn hide's solos, I don't know if he'll play them all.

[Joker]

Don't know about recordings but I'm 100% sure there will be at LEAST a hide guitar on the stage.

If they did this since the beginning, it would be AWESOME, instead of playbacks and holograms.

I guess they should do it. Using playbacks at Lollapalooza is not cool, the tr00s would be angry and throw everything they can on them.

[forever fades]

I'd LOVE to see how a 'Yoshiki stumbling across the stage covered in roses' scene followed by 10 minutes of the I.V chorus goes down in a beer fuelled environment such as this.

[yoshiki]

* They might be put on a good timeslot, but not the main stage and they clash with a major act, so they'll have a really small audience.

If as Yoshiki said they're gonna be headliners, they will play on the main stage and on a perfect time.

* They might get to play on the main stage but on a bad timeslot so people are still getting into the festival, getting drunk at the tents, etc.

Is that a problem? Dude, it's a rock festival, what do you expect? People seated, drinking water and enjoying the music peacefully?

* The audience doesn't like them, they get bottled and boo-ed at, they walk off, it's a drama, they never play outside Asia again.

You and I know that this is totally ridiculous and exaggerated.

This post has been edited by yoshiki: Feb 2 2010, 11:36 AM

[Hypno]

If as Yoshiki said they're gonna be headliners, they will play on the main stage and on a perfect time.

I'm pretty sure it was either a translation error or something like that. Do YOU believe they will be the headliners on the main stage? Last year it was guys like Depeche Mode, Snoop Dogg and Kings of Leon and this year X Japan? They might headline a smaller stage but that might make them clash with a bigger band.

Is that a problem? Dude, it's a rock festival, what do you expect? People seated, drinking water and enjoying the music peacefully?

Yes it's a problem if people are getting drunk at their tents instead of watching the bands. Because then no one will see them. Simple.

You and I know that this is totally ridiculous and exaggerated.

From what I have heard about such festivals, it might just come true. Though yes, it's unlikely, but there is a chance.

[yoshiki]

It's not a translation mistake that they will play on the main stage. And if they play on the main stage, I know how festivals work, there will always be people watching them, because they like X Japan or because people will be waiting for the next act or just because they like live music. Really, I think playing in this festival is one of the best decisions Yoshiki has done since the reunion started.

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X Japan headed for Lollapalooza
On Sunday, Yoshiki announced that X Japan intends to play at this year's Lollapalooza festival, scheduled for August 6-8 in Chicago. Tentative reports of X Japan performing there first surfaced last month, but now it appears that the possibility will become a reality.

As a voting member of the Recording Academy, Yoshiki attended the Grammys on Sunday night. During an interview by reporters on the red carpet, Yoshiki revealed the news about Lollapalooza. It is said that X Japan received an offer from the festival's organizers to play on the main stage, and the band has decided to take it. A formal announcement with details is expected to be made later this month.

X Japan would be the first Japanese artist to perform on Lollapalooza's main stage. It would also be the band's first U.S. concert, though they already have plenty of fans around the world. They had planned a world tour in 2009, but due to various circumstances, they canceled most of their shows. However, if all goes well, X Japan is aiming to revive the world tour this year, starting with the Lollapalooza performance.

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-5756
http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2010/02/02/...lapolooza.shtml
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-...-fest-in-august
http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/none/x-japan-at...apalooza-529809 (CNN related site, yes)
http://mainichi.jp/enta/geinou/news/201002...200045000c.html

This post has been edited by yoshiki: Feb 2 2010, 11:57 AM

[MIHO]

Wow, awesome! I really hoped 2010 would be the year for X to go overseas, and they're already doing a pretty good job at it so far! GO X!!

[winterspelt]

Hypno: Cant see what's wrong with that, if they are playing in a non "jrock" related festival is because they are willing to reach a wider audience and, of course, they must be already aware that things can be wrong, I mean, perhaps Sugizo, Toshi, Heath and Pata (to some extent) may not be aware of people's behavior on a western rock/metal festival (with the exception of Pata who already played on a rock festival on Czech Republic) but still it sounds pretty logic to me, if they are willing to use that "old X spirit" this is a very logical step: They are taking a huge risk, just like the old days, so I cant see what's wrong with that.

As for the Main stage thing, yes, I agree, Im not too sure they will be playing on the main stage, but still, they already were doing everything safe: They were playing in places where they are already a big name, playing the same songs that everybody knows, the new songs using recycled bits of already well known songs etc etc, so they were already playing on safe ground, so if they are willing to take a humble place on the western world in order to get a wider audience means they will be giving 110% of their talent instead of the boring last 2 gigs in Japan were everybody failed to play properly so bad that even Pata and Sugizo werent able to play unison with the hide playback.

And agree with you again, there may not be hide recordings but Im pretty sure there will be a hide guitar somewhere which, to me, is a really nice and respectful way to pay a tribute.

As for the band being boo-ed, well, that's a risk, of course, and as I said before, they must be aware of it but it doesnt matter, they will not be the first band in the history of mankind taking this kind of risks, did you knew that the last leg of the Oasis world tour was played by Deep Purple? I mean, both Oasis and Deep Purple are huge worldwide while X Japan is huge in Asia, also, theres no way you can relate Oasis' music to Deep Purple's music, neither in music nor in target audience and still Deep Purple played a festival with little sound check time in front of an audience that wasnt into 60s/70s music and still they won.

If X Japan want to show their true potential they must take risks, otherwise they will become boring.

[Pan]

A few cons I can think of right off the bat:
* They might be put on a good timeslot, but not the main stage and they clash with a major act, so they'll have a really small audience.
* They might get to play on the main stage but on a bad timeslot so people are still getting into the festival, getting drunk at the tents, etc.
* The audience doesn't like them, they get bottled and boo-ed at, they walk off, it's a drama, they never play outside Asia again.

Of course everything might go perfect and stuff...


Don't know about recordings but I'm 100% sure there will be at LEAST a hide guitar on the stage. And though Sugizo now probably has time to practice and learn hide's solos, I don't know if he'll play them all.

One, that's not a Punk festival where one of the main intentions is to even bring stuff like knives and pick fights with everyone including the artists. Two, at places with a bunch of bands and pretty important ones there's something called tight security. Three, they were invited to the main scenario, and X JAPAN have got a pretty good response from people who have never heard them at Rock Band, I.V. is one of the most played and loved songs (I am at the OHP RB's forums, can confirm it), so I really think there's not gonna be any kind of exaggerated problems like you state. Nobody really moves from the main stage at Lollapalooza, that's where the good shit is at.
Now, if they ever get booed.... boo hoo, cry me a river, they chose to take the risk.

And SUGIZO won't have any kind of problem leaning hide's solos, they're not really THA BOMB. Maybe Pata will take the lead, maybe they'll turn, who knows. What they need is synchronization.


Now, where's the translating problem? o_o

[sanorin]

I like the idea too, if they play properly, a lot of people who don't know them may say "wow, those japanese guys rock!" and their world conquer would be closer. Hopefully they probably won't play the loooong boring stuff mentioned before (Endless Rain ending, I.V. intro...), as the schedule would be tight and they would need to play the maximum number of songs, no Last Live videos playing on giant screens, no holograms, no playback... I just hope Yoshiki will be in good condition to play the drums properly. A good intro saying "allright mothefuckers" going to a rocking song would be awesome.

I'd like to go, but my budget can't affor more than $900 just for a flight to Chicago...