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And now, for the biggest news in Buck-Tick land since the launch of Lingua Sounda: as announced this morning by an email bulletin from Fish Tank, Mr. Sakurai has started his own solo band, entitled The Mortal.
And now, for the biggest news in Buck-Tick land since the launch of Lingua Sounda: as announced this morning by an email bulletin from Fish Tank, Mr. Sakurai has started his own solo band, entitled The Mortal.
Little is known as yet about the band - no word on who the other band members might be (will felines be involved? we can't say for certain yet), or what the music will sound like, though I'd say a good guess would be that they sound like several hundred shades of Black, Such Goth, Many Darkness. The band also has an official FaceSpace page, from which we shameless ripped this promotional image, so give the page a "like" and you might get more info that way.
The Mortal is due to release their first album in fall of this year, with a tour to follow, and the tour dates have already been announced:
Tour The Mortal 2015
November 17th (Tuesday) at Orix Theater Osaka
(open 17:45/start 18:30)
November 25th (Wednesday) at NHK Hall
(open 17:45/start 18:30)
November 26th (Thursday) at NHK Hall
(open 17:45/start 18:30)
Tickets will go on general sale from September 5th. Children under the age of six will not be allowed in the venue, and all persons over the age of six will require a ticket. All seats are reserved, and the tickets cost 6500 yen each, including tax but excluding fees.
Fish Tank will be holding a ticket presale lottery for Tour The Mortal 2015, between Wednesday July 22nd and Tuesday July 28th. Entries close at 14:00 on July 28th. Therefore, if you are a not yet a member of Fish Tank, but you would like to attend this tour, the time to join the fan club is now.
In addition, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Mr. Sakurai's first solo album Ai no Wakusei a year late, and also to take this convenient opportunity to rake in more fangirl cash, Victor will be releasing a special Collector's Box re-issue of Ai no Wakusei on September 30th. The collectors box will contain an SHM-CD disc with all the original Ai no Wakusei tracks, and two bonus SHM-CD discs - one with all the singles and b-sides associated with Ai no Wakusei, and one with remastered live recordings from the Ai no Wakusei Explosion show held at NHK Hall in 2004. In addition, the collection will include a Blu-Ray disc with the full Explosion live concert video, as well as the promotional videos for "Sacrifice," "Taiji," and "Wakusei" in HD format. Then of course, there will be the requisite fangirly photobook and special box. Things it doesn't come with: razor shavings of Acchan's beard. Sorry, fans. The price is 8619 yen, including tax. Victor has no plans to release any of the discs individually, and furthermore, supplies are limited, so order yours asap!
And let it just be said that as part of my official Cayce Buck-Tick Horoscope 2015, I've been saying for the past six months that I had a feeling Buck-Tick was going to bust out and do something different and unexpected this year, and I wasn't wrong.
So I'll take this opportunity to gloat, and say: I've said it before and I'll say it again - ignore my advice at your peril.
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UPDATE: There will also be ticket presales for The Mortal Tour 2015 held through Love & Media Portable (July 29th-August 4th), and The Mortal FaceSpace Page (August 5th-August 11th). Tickets go on general sale September 5th. Each fan is allowed to reserve up to four tickets.
There are no words to express how happy this news makes me. I. can't. wait. YES!
ReplyDeleteOh my God! I am suspicious of this one ...
ReplyDeleteThat hat looks suspicious.
DeleteThe hat reminds me so much of Snape’s outfit when Neville is fighting the boggart in the Harry Potter movies.
DeleteUpdates in English. Wow! Overseas fans' effort of making themselves present at live shows finally paid off. Or maybe the Tumblr gif army did this, who knows.
ReplyDeleteLet me ask you this: if you were famous, would you look at gifs of yourself on Tumblr?
DeleteYes I would.
DeleteTotally! I mean that's what these gifs are made for, right? RIGHT? *Ok, I'm bad at irony, I get it. I'll see myself out and do my best next time!*
DeleteI'm broke. :((((
ReplyDeleteAtsushi Sakurai: breaking women for a full half-century, since 1966 ;)
DeleteI wonder what got into Mr.Sakurai at this age all of a sudden. Can't wait for your report of the Lunatic Fest though. From what we saw it looked like e huge thing.
ReplyDeleteLook at the title of the band again. It has a lot to say about what got into him at this age.
DeleteI chuckled too hard at this.
DeleteWhat about normal DVD-disc? It won't be available, only Blu-Ray?
ReplyDeleteIf you buy music videos or movies on regular basis and the artists release both DVDs and Blu-rays, I highly recommend investing into a Blu-ray player. BD-ROM might be a less expensive option, 70-100 USD depending on the model and your place of residence.
DeleteI am another person.
DeleteLaptop have only one hole for discs. Can they also play the bluray?
You should check out the specs for your specific model. If it doesn't have a BD-rom, you can probably upgrade it anyway, but if you're not tech-savvy this will cost you some extra money. You can also check out the external Blu-ray drives. Please note that in case the manufacturer doesn't provide any software with the drive, you'll probably have to buy it. Or download it illegally, but I didn't say it. As I said before, it's worth the price if you buy a lot of stuff on discs. Check the prices for various options you have. If you just buy B-T stuff - I wouldn't bother.
DeleteAh! I can answer this one for Cayce. Unless your lap top has a blu ray player, it can't play blu ray. At least mine can't:-( and sadly, since I went blu-ray for B-T, I can't even rip my own DVDs for either my phone or tablet!;-(. Have to wait for someone else to do that, then download from them!
DeleteI am thinking of buying a separate blu ray player/burner to attach to my lap top though....just a question of $$$ which I currently don't have ;-)
It depends on the laptop. Some can play Blu-Ray, some can't. Mine can't. Some games consoles can though - I watch Blu-Rays via our PS3 hooked up to the TV, because we don't have the room for a stand alone player.
DeleteYeah, he remembered that he is mortal. I guess we have to suffer on this with him too.
ReplyDeleteAye, thanks for the information Cayce!! I was so confused - Is he going to release a new album? What about Ai no Wakusei? What tour? But I get it now. What would I do without your translations? I was so suprised though! I totally didn't expect Achanchan to work on a new solo project!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cayce for the info, I wasn't too sure about what I read through a translator. Thought he was re-doing his songs from his solo. From what you say, its something totally new.
ReplyDeleteAnd gah!, I am so broke! Had so hoped this big B-T push wouldn't come till next year....Powers that Be, I need some $$$ to go to Japan!!
My boyfriend's reaction: "You just know he is screwing his stylist again. They want him to divorce, but he says no. Therefore the stylist gave him this hat, as revenge."
ReplyDeleteIf you imagine that Mr. Sakurai felt anything besides love and joy when he put this hat on his head, then you're imagining a very different Mr. Sakurai from the one who actually exists. Also, if you were Mr. Sakurai, would you become sexually involved with Yagi Tomoharu?
DeleteThe identity of the stylist was something my boyfriend did not know at the time. But to be honest, with Mr. Sakurai’s rumored libido? One never knows.
DeleteThe problem is that I'm sure he felt nothing besides love and joy when he put THAT hat on. Sigh. uwu
DeleteSaw this on Tumblr, thought I might have a heart attack from surprise. Straight off to Blog-Tick to confirm. Thank you, Cayce! Not a great fan of Ai no Wakusei, to be honest, but as much as I appreciate the more fun, dreamy B-T songs, I'd missed my dose of gothy doom and gloom. Let's hope for the best!
ReplyDeleteOk, so now we have an idea about what mr sakurai is up to. The next obvious question is whether we're in for some content from mr imai as well ( lucy reloaded anyone?) - Delana
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't be the only one to be excited about Lucy Reloaded. But I fear we may be in for a solo acoustic guitar tour, as Mr. Imai traverses the country by train (because he's afraid of airplanes) with nothing but an acoustic guitar on his back, singing songs about love, flowers, tears of the moon, babies and green cheese.
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