As previously announced,L'Arc～en～Ciel will be performing a two day concert at Tokyo's JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL on March 21-22. Further details have just been released to the public.
On Jan. 8, L'Arc~en~Ciel made big news by announcing their two day performance at the JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL for their second time at the historic venue, whose “L'Arc～en～Ciel WORLD TOUR 2012 THE FINAL” was previously their first time there “as a rock band”. Not only will this year's performance be the group's second two-day performance at the venue, but it will also be their first live performance in one year and ten months. Since then, more important details have come to light, which are presented below.
The performances are scheduled to take place over two days, Fri., March 21 and Sat., March 22. Both shows are scheduled to open at 2 pm, with performances beginning at 5 pm. General ticket sales will begin from Sun., March 9, 2014. The venue will be all-seated, with tickets retailing at 10,000 yen each. Also, LE-CIEL members will be able to apply for fanclub tickets beginning from 12 pm on Jan. 15.
Continuing on. Looking back on the final LED display shown as the “L'Arc～en～Ciel WORLD TOUR 2012 THE FINAL” performance ended that one year and ten months ago, the message read, “L'Arc～en～Ciel will return”. Those words will come true soon enough, this coming spring.
Though it hasn't even been two years since their massive world tour that covered 14 venues in ten countries, with performances in front of a total of 450,000 people, surely many fans thought that it would be much longer before L'arc~en~Ciel performed live again, considering hyde's continuing activities with VAMPS, yukihiro's work with both acid android and geek sleep sheep and so on.
Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on the JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL building, as it has been chosen as a venue for the 2020 Olympic Games. That means it was easy to imagine that there would be no second chance to see L'Arc~en~Ciel on that stage again. However, that doesn't mean that this performance was not an omen of things to come. At the same time, on Mar. 19, the day before the performances, the band will be releasing a complete collection of 18 live performances from “heavenly~films~” to “WORLD TOUR 2012 LIVE at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN” on Blu-ray. To be able to see their past performances in higher quality than ever before is sure to give fans even more to discover, and increase expectations for future shows to come. The upcoming two-day performance at JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL, as well, is set to be done with their typical sense of timing.
Though it is still unclear exactly what plans the band has for their JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL performances this year, L'Arc~en~Ciel has always been a band that has defied even the highest expectations. Surely, 2012's performance is still fresh in the memories of many; their entrance, with a marching band, reminiscent of the Olympic Games. Their playing underneath a blue sky, lit by the flame of an Olympic-torch like platform. “Anata”, played on the lower stage amidst the swaying of tens of thousands of glow sticks. The multicolored balloons and fireworks painting the night sky above a performance of “Neji”. In that moment, it was as if a real rainbow were arching across the night sky.
Outdoor performances below a vast sky suit L'Arc～en～Ciel very well. That could be one of the reasons why they chose the word for “rainbow” to be their name. Just as they can suddenly create rainbows from the surprise, joy and hopes that many give to them, surely they too will accept many things once again from all of us. Spring 2014 will come around again, just as L'Arc~en~Ciel has returned with it.
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