[discussion] VISUALIVE - next is the last?

[pyroyale]

The issue of PATi-PATi with that gorgeous cover hit the shelves yesterday, and alongside the beautiful photos and double sided poster is an interview with GACKT (plus one with GACKT, Jon and Takumi promoting the YFCz album).

GACKT is asked about VISUALIVES, and specifically when the next one is likely to be.

This is his answer -

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Comments

[saurgristiel]

Several ideas:
-Maybe these VISUALIVEs are obscenely expensive and Avex doesn't want to pay for that. (The "I'm spinning this because the company says so"/cynical version).
-They're rough on him, and like he keeps saying, he'll go 1000% till his body gives out. RRII was 4 hours long, YFC is much shorter.
-Maybe his Well of Creativity is drying up :\. Or the earthquake last year changed some things for him.
-Or, as you pointed out, maybe he is giving that "time to re-evaluate things" hint again. Or Cher's billionth "farewell" tour XD

Does this make you more determined to go to Japan for a VISUALIVE? Started saving already?
*resigned to the fact that I'll probably never see him in concert, or even go to Japan...*

[gothrockrulz]

I with you on this one, especially the part about actually seeing him in concert.

[asukasan87]

IDK.He wanted to retire so many times, but he can't - he loves his job too much :D But he promised coming again to Europe...and he said he want now in solo... maybe he's going to take the whole visualive thing to all around the world? If it will be the last, it have to be the biggest live! I hope it will be worldwide, though it would be difficult. I believe in him :D

[omgakuto]

Reminds me of This ( Fool's Mate 05.2010 )

I'm not happy with this statement but..whatever he mean, I NEED to get my ass to see it. Seriously.

[mun_chairudo]

Oh right. Now that you mention it, I recall excused-early's post on it here.

Back then, before the earthquake happened, he thought the next Visualive would be in 2013, didn't he.

[pyroyale]

I have to say, everyone here is a lot calmer than some of the Japanese fans I saw talking about this on Twitter yesterday. Maybe we view things a bit more cynically, or maybe it's because VISUALIVES are so out of reach for the vast majority of foreign fans that as long as he isn't talking full retirement, we don't mind as much.

The amount of pre-production work that goes into something like RRII is insane. Just watch the DIABOLOS documentary and see how many hours GACKT and the staff put into it. It must be both physically and mentally exhausting. The tours tend to be longer too, IIRC, RRII was 60 shows long. You can add up all of the dates in both the 2010 and 2011 YFCz tours (Japan and Europe) and they probably won't hit 60. I can completely understand where he's coming from and why he's thinking this.

I can also see him completely changing his mind, because as ドS as he is to everybody else, he's most ドS to himself.

[excused_early]

"The amount of pre-production work that goes into something like RRII is insane. Just watch the DIABOLOS documentary and see how many hours GACKT and the staff put into it. It must be both physically and mentally exhausting."

I agree with you. It must take such a long time to create one Visualive, and we're talking at least a few years. After the next Visualive he's planning on doing, he'll be well over 40 if/when he does another Visualive. I think he's trying to branch out his career to more acting and voice-acting now, and seeing how much focus a single Visualive production requires of him, I can totally understand why he's saying this, like you.

But I also do think he's very good at hyping things up to his advantage X'D, so I sure hope he'll change his mind, but.... Meh... :/

So, I don't think he'll retire from creating music, but as far as "Visualives" are concerned, I wouldn't be surprised one bit if this is indeed the last.

[pyroyale]

A long time to create, and then six months to tour it. At least with YFCz and Gakuen he can do it in small chunks, just stop and start (like he did when he was doing Nemuri Kyoshiro), it must be far harder to leave a VISUALIVE for several months and then come back to it.

[lazuli888]

Very correct in everythn.
I always wonder why wont he do less shows in Japan.As u say if u add all the YFCz they dont even come close to Japan tour.I already know the answer of course but if he feels he cant do ths many anymore why wont he dn less shows?
Im also wondern about what he ll do now.
Album isnt ready,dvds possibly will be late and he was supposed to go to America in March,the play is on its way AND he is already planin next VISUALIVE.
Day has only 24hours.
I think it be very sad if he cancelled the American tour alltogether.
I dont believe he is gonna stop anywhere.And after tastin the quality a V I S U A L I V E has i dont think his mind will ever stop producin more ideas of the sort.

[phililen3]

I know for FACT that he is not going to be doing his last. Why? BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE YET.
I need to get a job and get myself over there FAST. Don't go scaring me like that G.