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yup, musical differences

LONDBOY will disband after their oneman at TSUTAYA O-WEST on 2017/10/28   They will hold Rio's birthday live at 新所沢 THE ROCK on 2017/08/25 and ROY's birthday live at 恵比寿aim on 2017/08/30.    

I still can't believe they're going to disband T_T wayyy too many good band disbanding this year T_T
I can't imagine how they must be feeling. Like, earlier this year they had gotten into that accident and a couple of the members were hospitalized. They got through that, and then everything that happened with Rio, but they were getting through that to and their fans continued to support them... but now this T_T

First week sales for their album was 1140 copies which def wasn't BPR level (Royz in comparison usually sell at least 6000-8000). But there's far less weight given to sales than the potential labels recognize in the band, which in the case of LONDBOY was pretty promising in terms of their growing popularity (at least around that time last year).
 
I've heard rumors that they had already secured a deal to sign with BPR in principle, but something happened at their tour semifinal in Nagoya last year which led to the deal being dropped and the rest of unannounced dates cancelled.
 
But those are unverified and I don't really want to say more about that, other than the band pretty much went downhill from that point. They also seem to have the worst of luck with just about everything (Kanade's accident, Rio's affair, etc.)
 

i've literally just been talking to @echo about londboy this entire past week before this happened. i feel so terrible.
 
pretty sure 90% of MH will be rushing to join the queue that's chalking this up to the rio affair. for what it's worth i'm skeptical about that. anyone who's actually following the band would have noticed that just as everyone thought they were about to sign to BPR last year (which didn't happen), they downgraded their website, releases slowed down, and generally activities became suspiciously spotty for a band their size.

The band will continue. As for Takashi he says he hasn't decided what he's going to do after 8/25...

LONDBOY will disband after their oneman at TSUTAYA O-WEST on 2017/10/28   They will hold Rio's birthday live at 新所沢 THE ROCK on 2017/08/25 and ROY's birthday live at 恵比寿aim on 2017/08/30.    

First week sales for their album was 1140 copies which def wasn't BPR level (Royz in comparison usually sell at least 6000-8000). But there's far less weight given to sales than the potential labels recognize in the band, which in the case of LONDBOY was pretty promising in terms of their growing popularity (at least around that time last year).
 
I've heard rumors that they had already secured a deal to sign with BPR in principle, but something happened at their tour semifinal in Nagoya last year which led to the deal being dropped and the rest of unannounced dates cancelled.
 
But those are unverified and I don't really want to say more about that, other than the band pretty much went downhill from that point. They also seem to have the worst of luck with just about everything (Kanade's accident, Rio's affair, etc.)
 

i've literally just been talking to @echo about londboy this entire past week before this happened. i feel so terrible.
 
pretty sure 90% of MH will be rushing to join the queue that's chalking this up to the rio affair. for what it's worth i'm skeptical about that. anyone who's actually following the band would have noticed that just as everyone thought they were about to sign to BPR last year (which didn't happen), they downgraded their website, releases slowed down, and generally activities became suspiciously spotty for a band their size.

First week sales for their album was 1140 copies which def wasn't BPR level (Royz in comparison usually sell at least 6000-8000). But there's far less weight given to sales than the potential labels recognize in the band, which in the case of LONDBOY was pretty promising in terms of their growing popularity (at least around that time last year).
 
I've heard rumors that they had already secured a deal to sign with BPR in principle, but something happened at their tour semifinal in Nagoya last year which led to the deal being dropped and the rest of unannounced dates cancelled.
 
But those are unverified and I don't really want to say more about that, other than the band pretty much went downhill from that point. They also seem to have the worst of luck with just about everything (Kanade's accident, Rio's affair, etc.)
 

i've literally just been talking to @echo about londboy this entire past week before this happened. i feel so terrible.
 
pretty sure 90% of MH will be rushing to join the queue that's chalking this up to the rio affair. for what it's worth i'm skeptical about that. anyone who's actually following the band would have noticed that just as everyone thought they were about to sign to BPR last year (which didn't happen), they downgraded their website, releases slowed down, and generally activities became suspiciously spotty for a band their size.

LONDBOY will disband after their oneman at TSUTAYA O-WEST on 2017/10/28   They will hold Rio's birthday live at 新所沢 THE ROCK on 2017/08/25 and ROY's birthday live at 恵比寿aim on 2017/08/30.    

i've literally just been talking to @echo about londboy this entire past week before this happened. i feel so terrible.
 
pretty sure 90% of MH will be rushing to join the queue that's chalking this up to the rio affair. for what it's worth i'm skeptical about that. anyone who's actually following the band would have noticed that just as everyone thought they were about to sign to BPR last year (which didn't happen), they downgraded their website, releases slowed down, and generally activities became suspiciously spotty for a band their size.

:c shame still, I thought they had something.

LONDBOY will disband after their oneman at TSUTAYA O-WEST on 2017/10/28   They will hold Rio's birthday live at 新所沢 THE ROCK on 2017/08/25 and ROY's birthday live at 恵比寿aim on 2017/08/30.    

new band "Hs" has formed and they have held their first live on May 26.
 
lineup:
Vo.T@K
Gt.樹奴 (junu) (ex-alp-->DarkSide-->GODZILLA (support))
Gt.のぶお。 (nobuo.)
Dr.masato
 
Twitter
OHP
 

 

OMG @hirokiThis is sounding sooooooo goooooooood<3

Clear played at Takadanobaba AREA for the first time in a year the other night (7/17)! But it was also their last time playing there T_T They all really love this livehouse (it seems like a lot of bands do actually) <3
 


 
Their set list:
1.星流る夜に (Hoshi nagaru yoru ni)
2.DizzlingDance
3.モノクロの未来  (monochrome no mirai)
4.Surround
 

 
It was a completely different setlist from 7/11. I love how they can have a completely different set list, but I'm never disappointed. Like most bands have that one song that they will play without fail at every single live, but Clear doesn't really do that. I mean like if it's their shusai I think they tend to play Yume Utsutsu for their encore, but it's not like a MUST at EVERY live. Like if they DON'T play a song, maybe I'll be like "oh I wanna hear that next time" but it's not like I'm upset about it. I mean, like last time I saw Tra they didn't play Kamikaze and I felt SUPER weird about it haha. But yeah, CLear also usually does a pretty good job of matching the other bands their playing with so that the other gya will maybe give a shit about them haha idk they're just really smart with their set lists <3
 
Anyway, I really liked their set list last night! I mean, I love their set list every time really haha When I first got into CLear, Surround, Dizzling Dance and Hoshi Nagaru Yoru Ni were like my top three songs for sure so it was just really nice for me <3333 Also, I think I just like jumping in circles, which you def do a lot of in Dizzling Dance lolol <333 Jumping in circles and throwing hearts. It's the fucking best. hahaha <333333 Maybe that's why they don't really play Dizzling Dance the same time they play Mousou Closet... too much spinning in one set list?? lolol I'm glad more ppl joined in for Dizzling Dance! I always feel kind of dumb if I'm the only one doing the furi for it in the second row haha it's really fun though!! lolol
 
Before they went into Surround, Miu (the support bassist) had some technical difficulties (all the bassists were having problems that night for some reason), but Tsukimi didn't notice and played the track to go into Surround cos he didn't notice, so they had to stop it suddenly lol they recovered pretty well like Tsukimi just started playing a good beat and Wataru and Kai joined in and it was like a nice jam session, but then they stopped suddenly. They should've just kept going lolol then Ryota started talking and Tsukimi told us a story of him spilling his salad all over the floor before he was even able to take one bite... but no one really laughed and Ryota was like... yeah that's not very interested (I found it interesting though cos I've def done that before??? lolol)
 
Anyway, but then they fixed w/e problems Miu was having and all was well. 
 
I really REALLY like Surround <33333 That was the first song that from CLear that I was SUPER obsessed with haha
 
Anyway, here's some picspam from after the live <3
(they all changed their looks a bit! Ryota pinned his bangs back! <3)
 
 
Their next live is 8/8 @ Shinjuku Club Science!

http://eplus.jp/sys/T1U14P0010843P006001P002231230P0030001
(they aren't listed on the eplus site cos they were added last minute I think, but they will def be performing!)
 
The only other live they have in August is on the 31st, but they haven't announced any details yet.

ラミエル (Ramiel) 5-month consecutive one-coin singles will be released at 2017/9/6, 2017/10/4, 2017/11/15, 2017/12/13 and 2018/1/6, respectively. (1 track, 500 yen, limited 300)
 
2017/09/06 "アイカギ (Aikagi)"
2017/10/04 "Innocence"
2017/11/15 "僕の動かない筈の時計 (Boku no Ugokanai Hazu no Tokei)"
2017/12/13 "ダイヤモンドダスト (Diamond Dust)"
2018/01/06 "星に願いを (Hoshi ni Negai wo)" 

SID grew pretty quickly too. They formed towards the end of 2003, and had their first oneman tour in the autumn of 2005, and tickets sold out almost immediately. They played at Budokan on 2006.08.29 - just short of their 3rd anniversary.
 
Other major milestones:
2010.07.31 - Saitama Super Arena (sold 32,000)
2010.12.11 - First Tokyo Dome live (sold 40,000)
 
The rock band holding the record for the least number of days between formation and their 1st Budokan live is ViViD

oh dear.. wonder where REVIVE will hold their utsunomiya lives now T_T