RESET>>LIVE*000
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reported by Kintaro
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Set List
1. finale
2. caress of venus
3. Driver's High
4. LOVE FLIES
5. fate
6. ibara no namida
7. trick
8. HONEY
9. Promised Land
10. Shout at the Devil
11. NEO UNIVERSE
12. HEAVEN'S DRIVE
13. DIVE TO BLUE
14. niji
15. winterfall
16. Blurry Eyes
17. milky way
18. Pieces
The line to get
in was incredibly long. We (my friend and I) got there
around 5:30 pm and the doors were supposed to open at 7:30. With
2 hours
to wait I decided to walk around the Big Site. There were many cosplays;
some were better than others. My friend and I got in line finally.
It
looked like we were at the end =(. I decided to walk around and see
if
they were selling any official goods. I went inside the Big Site
and found
nothing but a bunch of people sitting around. I spotted some people
with
bags that said "L'Arc-en-Ciel RESET>>LIVE*000" so I assumed they
were
selling some stuff. I got tired of looking around by myself and decided
to ask some people where they got the stuff. They told me and I was
on my
way. When I finally found it, it was the same place as they sold
the tour
goods for the GCT and where they were going to hold the virtual reality
thing.This time they were selling 6 items and left overs from the
GCT.
They had "The Vamphook" which is produced by hyde. It is a brass
colored
vampire bat with a hook coming out of it so you can hang a hanger
or a
coat or whatever. "Aibu" is produced by Tetsu. It's a wannabe of
the Aibo,
(the Sony dog) but this one is only a remote controlled dog. They
were
already sold out by the time I got there. Ken had a "manicure set"
which
is just three different colored nail polishes. The colors are:Soap
Orange,
Soap Pink and Pearl Red. They are all glittery. Next on the list
is a
pair of black pajamas produced by Yukihiro. There is a clothing brand
in
Japan called "Y's for men" and Yukkie's is a wannabe called "Y's
for
room". The remaining two items are an orange colored flece vest that
has
a patch on the back that reads "*000" (It was WAY too big and only
came
in one size) and "kairo" which is those little warm packets that
you
shake and they get warm (the opposite of the Ice Rockets from the
GCT
since it is winter now).
After I bought my stuff I went to go back
in line and on my way back
I spotted some "unofficial" goods. Mostly just small posters and
telephone
cards with L'Arc on them. They had some T-shirts and towels that
said
"L'Arc-en-Ciel Grand Cross Tour 1999" on them. A few minutes after
I got
back in line it started to move...but everyone else that I thought
was in
front of us wasn't moving!?! For some reason a small portion of the
line
was moving forward and I was included!! We moved up the stairs fairly
close to the entrance now.
It was about 8:00 when they finally started to let people in. The
line led into the Big Site and down the same route I took to get
to the
GCT. They took our tickets and gave us a pamphlet that had that girl
riding the dragon on the cover.Inside was mostly just advertisments
of
the members sponsering their instruments. We followed the line that
led to
the goods room and then finally led out and let us free to go to
our
blocks. I had A-2 tickets!!! Which were basically front middle. All
the
A blocks were in the front row.There were 5 A blocks, (A-1 being
the
furthest left and A-5 being the furthest right)and A-3 was the middle.
By
the time I ran in and found my block to my supprise there weren't
many
people there yet, but the front right corner and right side was already
taken. I was able to get a spot really close to the front rail though.
It
was about 8:30 when some people took out portable TVs to watch L'Arc
on
Kohaku. The concert was to start at 10:30, so there was a while to
wait.
There were 2 big TV screens on at the front left and right sides
that
displayed the asteris (*) thing from the RESET>>LIVE*000 titile.
Its was
that green color like it is on the LArcom website. There was a BIG
curtain
that covered the whole front stage and it was also that green color
(because they had lights shining on it).
At about 10:00 a display from behind the
curtain read "L'Arc-en-Ciel"
with the letters running from right to left in the same green color.
At
10:15 everyone started to stand up and I got pushed to the front,
so now I
was REALLY close to the rail. At about 10:25 the display froze and
everyone gasped...but then it started back up again and everyone
laughed.
We all stood till around 10:45 then the lights began to dim...everyone
let
out a big cheer and small little white light dots appeared on the
curtain.
It looked like stars were dancing...then the music started...but
it was so
unfamiliar. A green light shone from behind the curtain and we could
see
the silhouete's of four people...L'Arc-en-Ciel!!
Hyde started to sing a wonderful new song which was finale.
On the screens you could see blurry
images of the members as the camera switched from person to person.
The song was so hypnotic and soothing. After the song ended
it was black
again...then a rainbow of spotlights appeared on the curtain and
began to move around and caress of venus started. Then the
curtain fell. Hyde
was wearing a black jacket that seemed to be made of black feathers.
He also wore a black shirt and leather pants. Tetsu had
on a red leather trench coat and leather pants and his hair
was red again. Ken wore a pair of sunglasses that looked
like they were from the old show "CHiPS" about
those highway patrol guys. Yukkie had on a silver looking dress shirt
I think leather pants (can't really see his legs behind the drums).
By the time everyone was jumping up and down excitedly
and pushing even more
forward. Next was Driver's High. After that hyde had an MC. He just
basically welcomed everyone and asked if we were having fun and if
we wanted to hear more. Of course we all yelled "KIKITAI!"
(we wanna hear more!)
After this I am not sure about the order of the songs because I was
too excited and it isn't really clear anymore...sorry!! But this
is what
I remember.Tetsu came out in a new outfit. It was a red and black
top and
black and red shorts (I think =P). Next they performed Love Flies
then
Ibara no namida then fate. Then they had a short intermission during
which hole (I assumed) was playing. Then we could see Yukkie getting
a
guitar ready so that meant trick was next...and it was. Then hyde
put on
his guitar and started to sing honey after that came Heaven's Drive.
At
this time three doors behind L'Arc opened up and there where three
girls
dancing on poles like in the PV. Then came another MC. Hyde asked
if we
were "nemui?" (sleepy) and everyone answered, "nemukunai!!!" (we
are not
sleepy!) then hyde said "ahhh...boku nemui" (ahh...I am sleepy).Then
he
asked if everyone was having fun and asked if the people in the back
were
having fun, then if the next door people (the virtual reality thing)
were
having fun and we couldn't hear anything and hyde held his hand to
his ear
as if he was waiting for them to answer. Then hyde yelled "PROMISED
LAND!!"
During Promised Land the back opened up again and this time there
were
flames from there. After that hyde yelled "shout at the devil!" and
then
started the intro "1 2 3 GO!!!" Everyone started to jump around.
After
that it was black and they all left the stage. Some rave style sounding
music started to play. Then on the TV screens images started to flash
up
and spin around. There were imagaes of Jesus on the cross and buddha
and
what looked to me like the statue of David. There was also a little
man doing kung fu stances that flashed up really quickly and looked
like
he was sorta moving. After a while of that images of the members
started
to fly toward us. First hyde then ken then tetsu and finally yukkie.
They
kept on coming towards us with the music getting weirder and more
odd
images poping up and spinning around. Then it got faster and faster.
Then
finally L'Arc came out.
Hyde
was wearing a white suit and had his hair
slicked back. I kinda forget what everyone else was wearing. Just
their
usual clothes...nothing special. Then a timer poped up and read something
like 3:14 and was counting down with the images still spinning and
flying
towards us and the music started to sound like a bomb or something
was
about to go off. Then hyde said some stuff...and at 14 he started
to
countdown.13..12..11..10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1..0...BANG some
stuff
popped up and hyde yelled and said "NEW MILLENIUM!!" And then he
said
"NEO...UNIVERSE!!" and they started NEO UNIVERSE and then hyde said
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!!" and when that was over hyde had an MC. Where he
just
said "happy new year" and "omedetou" and talk about how this was
their
first countdown concert and how they were having fun too. Next came
niji
then milky way then dive to blue. The whole stage turned blue while
they
sang it. Then they sang winter fall to everyone's supprise. Next
came
blurry eyes. Hyde had a wistle and then he threw it into the crowd.
Some
lucky fan caught it. During the part in blurry eyes after hyde sings
"why do you stare at the sky with your blurry eyes" they stopped
just like
they did at the GCT. And Tetsu started to talk again. First he asked,
"minna genki!?!" (is everyone OK!?!) Everyone replied "GENKI!" (we
are
OK!) then he said again "GENKI!?!" and everyone replied again "GENKI!"
then he whispered "yahoou!" and looked out at the crowd. Then he
went
away and came back with a bananna and held it up and said, "ore no
bananna!" (this is my bananna!) and everyone screamed. Then he went
up to
the egde of the stage as if he was going to throw it and then he
suddenly
peeled a little of it then everyone screamed again and he finally
threw
it out and someone actually caught it whole. Then he asked, "KIKITAI!?!"
and everyone answered "KIKITAI" then hyde said "KIKITAI?" and everyone
said "KIKITAI!!!" then they started the rest of blurry eyes. Then
came the
last MC where hyde said it was a fun first countdown live and how
it was
the begining of a new year (and millenium) and the next song was
the last
song and of course everyone screamed. Then they started pieces. After
that hyde said "domo arigatou gozaimashita" (thankyou very much)
and he
said "happy new year" then Tetsu came out with mochi and threw it
into
the crowd. Two were thrown at my block but none came close to me.
Most
of the stuff they threw out (hyde's whistle, tetsu's bananna, guitar
and
bass pics, and most of the mochi) was thrown at the center block
(A-3).
Then they all bowed and waved good bye and went backstage and while
they
were walking backstage hyde jumped up and waved good bye one last
time.
Then a message appeared on the TV screen that said L'Arc-en-Ciel
RESET>>LIVE*000 and below it, it said "see you" and then the lights
came
on and the concert was over.
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