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- GRAND CROSS TOUR 990717/18 Osaka Cosmos!!!
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Stage setup (the black block is the stage)
My ticket...ehm..at first my ticket's much more nicer, with the logo bunnies
and stuff becoz it's the official one
coz i ordered it from the "Ciel" fan club, at first my ticket is block D-4,
but then that day, D-4 was cancelled, and i got promoted to A-6!~~
although i have to give up my nice looking ticket, but i get to go very close
to the stage~~ \ ^o^ /
What i
bought:
Ken-tshirt & hyde tshirt
( at first i want tetsu, but it's sold out! nooo anyway i got it later thru
the fanclub)
L'arc Can
bandana
Pamphlet
Cell phone strap
body bag
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| I
went to Grand Cross Tour 1999 8/22 Final. I arrived at Japan on
August 21st. The whole night i was really excited..hehe...and finally
morning came, i woke up at 8:00 AM and set off to find my friend in Shinjuku.
After
i found her, we went to Harajuku to take sticker pics with Hyde ( of
course not real Hyde..there are Purikura machines that have Laruku/Glay/Hide/TMR/Pierrot/Sophia
frames etc. Anyways..after that..we took the JR and then changed
to Yurikamome and arrived at Tokyo Big Sight.
Fortunately..without
much trouble we arrived. We took pics with cosplays^_^
then i started to line up...a long line up...under the sun..very very hot!!! i lined up for about 1 hour..and finally got inside !!! Almost died..many people bought the "L'arc fan" and "Ice Rockets" to help cool down on their way. They gave us a catalogue of tour goods etc..(but i forgot to take it when i leave because i used it to cover up the boiling hot floor to sit ) Then as i have said above..the luckiest thing happened to me!!!! my block "D-4" was cancelled and i had to change new tickets. The guy said i have to return my original ticket and he'll give me a new ticket to go in.....i begged him for keeping the good looking ticket but he said he really can't because he have to collect the original in order to give me a new one. Despite the disappointment, i was overjoyed that i can sit so close!! I was like the 5th person in block A-6, and it's at the corner, so it's EXTREMELY close to the stage (especially the part of the stage where tetsu stands) With eagerness....i waited 4 hours and more under the hot sun...sweating like hell..there was this "L'arc~en~Ciel radio" thing and it keeps playing english rock songs...and then the "Copy band contest" starts. I was glad that at least i get some entertainment rather than plain waiting. The contest was held at the smaller stage which extends from the main stage to the middle through a passage. there were 8 copy bands...there were girls and guys...and the group who sang "Forbidden Lover" won..they were pretty good! Then...when the clock ticks and ticks closer to 6 PM....suddenly, there's a voice !!! my heart totally stopped! The whole stadium was in shock too, coz we thought it was Hyde, but then it wasn't, it's just the MC...oh yeah..one thing..there were 130 thousand (ehm..13 man, is that 130 thousand? ) people at the concert...ok continue..then...not long after the MC...the screen had count down numbers. The whole stadium once again become very excited. Between countdown there were flashes of member's names, and everyone cheers when each name appears. Then the concert was started with the song " Trick ". Yukihiro joined playing guitar ne!!! Everyone was super super excited and we all jumped and waved. Tetsu was really close to us!! he wore his platform shoes as usual, but the whole suit was in neon colors of green, orange etc. I can't really remember the complete order of all the songs sang. Right after "Trick" without MC, Honey follows and everyone gets even more exicted. Hyde was wearing a snake skin shinny shirt and he didn't button !! So sexy!! ^_^;; then the concert continued..Shi no Hai, It's the end, Sell my soul...i'm completely soaked in sweat from jumping..and then there's L'heure, in which all members were gone and only the screen was on with a french guy and woman...finally had a little rest..and the concert goes on with songs like Snow Drop, Niji, Kasou, Lose Control, Dive to Blue etc etc...then when it comes to Shout to Devil, Hyde came out with devil wings!! ( not angel wings anymore~~ So cute) Then i think after this song they all left.... with everyone clapping with Laruku....the whole band left.for about..15 min. Everyone were screaming their names, yelling for encore etc. Then they came out in a car (Heaven's drive feel car....) on from the left side of the stage. They got on the stage and walked through the "bridge" to the smaller stage to sing "Perfect Blue" Hyde played those..little "hawaiian drums" (i dunno the prof name for it..) and he looks SOOOO CUTE...um..also one thing about the stage design...there's this big "globe" thing..and inside there's like a small pub. Hyde was drinking water after the first few songs, and everyone was screaming coz the camera's on him. THen he looked at the camera..of course..we scream even more! and then he "cheers" with the camera( with us) and then KISSED the camera!!! we all screamed soooo loud!!!! Anyways..also Hyde kept asking us " Atsui na....atsui?" and of course we all answer "ATSUIIII" coz it really was super hot..and since my Jap sux i dun really know much about what Hyde said during his MC..but when he said...for the whole Grand Cross Tour, it was sunny, we all clapped and felt happy for him ^_^ There were huge blow up dolls of the girl in Heaven's drive..that "Pinky Honey" ( I think that's the name?) ...also before Hyde sang "The Silver Shining", he asked us to look at the moon up the sky..it was round and beautiful..and we all went like " He!!!Kireiii!" then he starts to sing. Dunno if anyone noticed..but he sang wrong lyrics ^_^...the first paragraph.." want to sleep want to sleep..WITH the silence" . Hyde said " IN the silence" ..but the second time he sang it right ^^;; Also there's a hot air balloon with "Grand CRoss Tour" words ..so cool~~~~ oh yeah...About throwing picks...Tetsu threw a guitar pick and so funny..it landed right infront of him, didn't even get off the stage! so he took another one and threw again, and it landed at the block beside me. Ken also threw a pick and it landed in my block!!! about 1 m or so beside me!! Everyone jumped for it..and for some reasons..we can't find it!! everyone was confused..i think probably someone took it and pretend they didn't or they'd get beat up... When
Hyde said "kore wa saigo no kyoku" ( this is the last song..)Everyone
scremed! and (i think) he said " I'll sing it without crying.." and
it wasn't him, but it was me who cried....and as i have expected ..the
song was "Pieces" ( Well it's the most touching song suitable for ending)
.....and it reallly really was touching...when i think about it again
a chill would run down me!!! many others cried too!!!!! T_T and especially..when
i was crying ...hyde sings " Nakanaide" ( don't cry) and the camera
had big head shots of each member, and everyone screamed and yelled
their name ( i was crying badly and yelled out their name in weird voice)
The concert then ended with lots of beautiful fireworks blooming at
the sky..and with me crying.. T_T There were lots of fireworks used
..not only at the end.. however this time there wasn't those " Strings"
.u know those...em..shiny papers strips that explodes out from the side...
Songs performed Tokyo
Big Sight 8/22 (This
is what i remembered!! haha it is kinda close to what they really did...
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Driver's
High
___________________________________________________________________________________ Osaka 7/17 (in order) Heaven's
Drive
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there are many other locations for this LIVE but yeah..well its about the same songs performed. the most significant ones i guess would be the TOKYO and OSAKA Show. |