Hisashiburi, all you people out there in LJ Land! It’s finally time for a new show review! Lately, I haven’t been writing them because even though each show is fun and unique, all the recent MYV gigs that I’ve attended would basically go like this on paper:

“We went to a festival. MYV played his standard 5-song festival set ( Read more... )

    So, I'm late. I am extraordinarily, inexcusably late, and I know it, and I'm sorry about that. It's been a busy few weeks here in Tokyo; my friends and I are working on launching a company of our own from the ground up, among other things, and on my only days off I've been at the shows, and therefore too busy to write about them. But to make up ( Read more... )

    Show reviews aren't easy to write. "True facts", as my tour sister Steff would say. Five years ago, I wrote my first show review after Miyavi's birthday show in Ikebukuro. I wrote it drained and exhausted and still in my show clothes, holed up in an internet cafe in Kudanshita at two in the morning. I wrote it because I'm a writer, plain and ( Read more... )

I’ve been thinking about it, and I decided that from here on out, I’m going to do something a little bit different with my tour blog. As an author, I’m always thinking about style, and until now I’ve always tried to do these reviews in a style that focuses primarily on the concerts themselves - something that fans can enjoy whether they know me or ( Read more... )

2011/06/21: ALTERNA JAPAN @ Shibuya O-East

Those of you who have been reading my show reviews for a while should already know that I love Shibuya O-East - it’s close to my house, it’s easy to find, and it’s a great venue in and of itself. In fact, I’m a fan of all the O-Group live houses - I’ve never been to one that I didn’t like. ( Read more... )

2011/06/03: Everlust

I said whose houuuse?

MYV'S HOUUUSE!!!

So I'm writing this on my phone because if I don't, I am gonna fall asleep on the Oedo line, which is never a good plan. It's 5am and I have this Splitting Headache of Doom going on and I am pretty sure that this crazy week is about to catch up with me and I'm going to wake up sick as a dog ( Read more... )

We're siiiiiiiingin' in the rain...
Just siiiiiiiingin' in the rain!
What a glooooooorious feelin' -
MYV's back home again!
We're rockin' under clouds
so dark up above
A song's in our hearts
and we're sharin' the love
Let the stormy clouds chase
everyone from the place -
c'mon with the rain,
we'll still burn up the place!
Then we'll walk down the lane
with a ( Read more... )

Gah! Sorry for being so slow with the reviews, guys - it's been hectic over here! To make up for it, here's a triple review of the last three shows on the tour, including the tour final! We'll start with...

2011/02/24 : Sendai Darwin

I love Sendai. It's a beautiful, friendly and diverse city full of amazing food and wonderful people. It's also not ( Read more... )

What's My Name? 2011 World Tour
Review #4

I really like Drum Be-1 - I've seen about four Miyavi shows here, and now the name is more fitting than ever! (BE ONE!). It's a fairly small live house with a tiered floor, so pretty much everyone gets a decent view of the stage. Not many of my friends made it all the way down to Fukuoka for this one, but me ( Read more... )

What's My Name? World Tour 2011
Review #3

First off, let me preface this tour review with something entirely unrelated:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLIE JOE!! I've been a Green Day fan since I was 9 years old - and I'm old, so we're talkin' 1990, here. Back then, they were just a little indies band playing tiny club venues and selling their own swag after ( Read more... )