UPLIFT SPICE ØØØ EUROPE TOUR 2014

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More info:

 

http://www.upliftspice.com

 

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Tickets are already available via Bishi-Bishi (regular & special or VIP)!

 

Premium tickets come with an early-access to the show, an access to a meet-and-greet with the band and an exclusive limited edition ØØØ EUROPE TOUR 2014 good.

 

ticket facebook-overview:

https://www.facebook.com/bishibishi/app_190322544333196

 

ticket direct-links for people who are not on facebook:

PARIS - http://www.weezevent.com/uplift-spice-ooo-europe-tour-2014

MUNICH - http://www.weezevent.com/uplift-spice-ooo-europe-tour-2014-munich

VIENNA - http://www.weezevent.com/uplift-spice-ooo-europe-tour-2014-vienna

PRAGUE - http://www.weezevent.com/prague

POZNAN - http://www.weezevent.com/uplift-spice-ooo-europe-tour-2014-poznan

HAMBURG - http://www.weezevent.com/uplift-spice-ooo-europe-tour-2014-hamburg

DORTMUND - http://www.weezevent.com/uplift-spice-ooo-europe-tour-2014-dortmund

BERLIN - http://www.weezevent.com/uplift-spice-ooo-europe-tour-2014-berlin

LONDON - http://www.weezevent.com/uplift-spice-ooo-europe-tour-2014-london

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Short Tour-Message is also up on YT 

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Just to mention;

 

 

OFFICIAL: Want to win an EXCLUSIVE VIP 10 min meet & greet with the band & awesome prizes? Join the OFFICIAL UPLIFT SPICE street team now & enter the contest!!!!

 

Linkage: https://upliftspice.jammer.fm

 

This seems to be purely based on Facebook-shares so if you don't like facebook you'd better stay away - but if you don't mind sharing stuff over there (which is the purpose of a good street-team regarding online-promo anyways) this is a good chance to win the VIP-status for free...

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UPLIFT SPICE's contest with our partner JaME !

 

Gewinnt tickets fur UPLIFT SPICE, win tickets for UPLIFT SPICE's shows, gagnez des places pour les concerts d'UPLIFT SPICE!

 

ENG. http://jame-world.com/uk/articles-109891-uplift-spice-ticket-giveaway-contest.html

GER. http://www.jame-world.com/de/articles-109857-gewinnt-tickets-fyr-uplift-spice.html

FR. http://jame-world.com/fr/articles-109834-concours-uplift-spice.html

 

Seems like they want to ramp up the Promo a little bit

Good for the fans at least -> you can win 3x 2 Tickets to the shows with JaME now!

For details just follow the Links with the language that fits your location best.

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The concert in Vienna was totally awesome... Not many people (around 25 I guess) but a very good show, incredible skills and total joy from the band (that's how it felt at least)! You might now think; hey - this guy is involved, never would he state any different -> but trust me, I've seen many japanese bands live now (I don't count anymore actually, more then 200 different artists) and they are one of the really really good ones - live at least! It was better then I expected from the PV's alone - great stage presence especially - and very nice guys overall.

 

Here's the setlist from 21/05/2014 @ Aera, Vienna:

Credits for this setlist-picture go to Carine Coelho!

 

And on twitter you can see UPLIFT SPICE together with Austrian/Viennese Support-Band 'Headgrenades';

https://twitter.com/UPLIFT_SPICE/status/469238524626354176/photo/1

 

I highly recommend you to go and visit the show(s)!

Even if you might think they're just "Pop-Punk" and not your genre or if you think "nobody will be there anyways"! You will be proven wrong - quality-wise, not audience-wise tho I guess (but they totally kill it even in front of 20 people - so you'd better be one of them)!

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Whoooooaaaaa, over 200 artists? That is so awesome.

Thanks so much for posting info like this too, I love reading it even if I am not living in Europe.

It is great that you spread the word, and I hope the attendance builds.

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I can be glad, happy and fortunate enough that there are people over here who support me with this - but that's like only a few persons. In this case the timing was a bit unfortunate (I didn't choose it tho, can't change that) - next week Giru is playing with a much higher price-tag and basically most of the self-proclaimed "J-Rock fans" go there and put all of their money at Giru-tickets and merch (Giru ticket is 2-3x higher then UPLIFT ticket - no doubt that they'll be good enough, but 2-3x better then UPLICT -> I highly doubt that after seeing and hearing them!)...

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Mmm, I can see why there might be some disagreement with Giru being 3 times as expensive, but at the same time, I know that Giru has been one of the top ten most requested and popular Japanese bands with fans outside of Japan, and they are sort of an ambassador of Japanese rock music that act as a gateway for people to get into Japanese music starting from more hard and VK stuff to eventually other bands. So I am optimistic that their popularity and live shows lead to more and more attendance for all sorts of Japanese acts in the future. They are one of the only bands I know that people have listened to or like even if they arent into Japanese music (another being Dir en Grey or Larc or Vamps).

Even anime and some video games can lead people into this winding road of Japanese music, so I think it is all one not-so-distant family we are a part of in the end.

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© Gerald Naber, nowayout.at -> More pictures to be uploaded soon, make sure to check out this Facebook-album here the next few days;

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.685288618185798.1073741862.146988335349165&type=3

well, seems like I have to go watch Giru now (still tinkering about it because usually I'd say the price is too high - even for the name they have), to be fair I didn't see them live so I better don't pre-judge this until next week... But still, I don't see how they could be 2-3 times better And I know what you're saying or meant to say but I feel like as if especially for people without the whole 'japan-background/bias' seeing a 'small' Band that totally blows them away expectation-wise could be an even better option. The singer of the support band told me after the concert that if he had known how good they are actually (the PV's don't do their live-performance justice) he would have made double the amount of promotion (paying for that on his own, like I do)...

And yeah - it's a big family after all, this is not meant offensive, especially not towards the band(s) themselves - because the bands basically only do their job and most of the time they do it pretty well. But what I see with Giru over here (and this might be only the case for Austria, I don't know about the management/promotion for other countries) is not only a high price (which I can live with if the 'service' is alright) but also a concert where I don't see the involvement of local promoters/support so I don't see any sort of promotion over here in Austria at all for Giru - despite like some things fans or parts of street teams do for free... And I don't see or feel why I should pay more then 40 Euro when I know there is not much effort nor any money put into promotion here in our country (ok, to be honest - it's pretty normal that there is no promotion-budget but at least you see some more effort, where in this case it's pretty German-focussed)... So I don't criticize the band at all but I rather critizise how this is handled here promotion/event-organizer wise... But well, I guess I'll watch it and tell you what I think later on... I hope you can follow my thoughts about this (not meant as band-critique, more like as critique at how this is handled here in Austria - might be handled different/better in other countries tho)... Because how this is handled over here is not what I'd see as a benefit to the J-Music (live) scene in Austria. Sadly this happens a lot as we often don't have or get the status to be handled separately from Germany and are often seen as "just another small country next to Germany" (same language, not far away, no real specialized J-Music labels or organizers ).

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Maybe I'll go see them in London then.

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You really should

I'd go as far as paying you back the ticket if you don't like it (because that just won't happen)

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went to see them yesterday and even though the crowd wasn't that big in dortmund as well, it was a really fun concert! lots of energy both on stage and in the audience. i really hope they come back to germany / europe sometime in the future (and maybe bring some labelmates, i mean, dynamord helllloo), so check them out if you still have a tour stop near you!

 

it's so refreshing to see some bands play here that aren't just big names in the vk scene (or established in their own scene such as ska). these are the shows i mostly go for when i'm in japan, but sadly, most people don't notice them if they ever make it overseas.

it's interesting to note that while tickets for those punk(pop/rock/whatever) acts go for around 2500-3500yen, the vk gigs i see on the schedule of the same livehouse are 4000yen and up. and that's not related to popularity, i paid 2500 for ellegarden (plus two other bands) well after they made it big time.

 

we used to joke that all that hairspray and makeup is gonna cost the fans as well, but looking back i'd say it is connected with the way the labels make their money. maybe that reflects on the way ticket prices are calculated overseas as well.