w-inds. THREE FOURTEEN postponement / Earthquake relief
Hello, everyone. As you have probably already heard, w-inds.'s Anniversary Live has been postponed until April 28th, 2011 because of the Earthquake. I know some of you were planning to attend the live, and I hope you are all safe. If anyone is looking for someone who is missing, please let us know.
Furthermore, for those of you who bought tickets from us, we'll be in contact with you soon.
Official announcement.
http://www.visionfactory.jp/news/news_archives/11031700_winds.html
Someone made a post about doing a hashtag project. I think it would be a nice thing for you show your support, but please keep some things in mind:
1) Some Japanese people who are hurt, in trouble, or otherwise effected by the Earthquake are using famous people to gain attention to their situation, so if you have a message PLEASE ONLY SEND IT DIRECTLY TO W-INDS. ONLY ONE TIME. You can spam the hashtag as many times as you want, but please don't bombard w-inds. with tweets.
2) Many people in Japan are without power and the government is forcing blackouts to conserve energy, so the Japanese fans may not participate as usual.
If you have visa or mastercard and would like to donate money, some w-inds. fans have set up this charity for w-inds. fans who want to donate: http://justgiving.jp/c/2042 . w-inds.'s producer Ryosuke Imai has set up his own charity as well through his company Tiny Voice Productions: https://justgiving.jp/c/1729 . There should be an English option on the site.
We'll be tweeting information like this from time to time here: w-inds. worldwide twitter
We will also be talking from time to time on facebook: w-inds. worldwide facebook
w-inds. is safe. If they go long periods of time without tweeting, it's most likely because of electricity conservation. Don't worry, but please keep them and all of Japan in your thoughts.
Thank you,
-Ash