BABYMETAL DEATH

Hello! I havent managed to update for a while, so I thought I'd write about something that Im looking forward to!

I am going to see BABYMETAL in July!!! They annouced world tour dates and they are in London when me and my partner are there for our engagement anniversary! So I begged my partner and she said she would go with me! Im quite excited! And im meeting up with a girl who i met through to AKB48 fandom! 

I just need to figure out what to wear!

Live Report - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu 。(⌒∇⌒。)

I have just got back from travelling to London to see Kyary Pamyu Pamyu! It was only a one night stay in London and a 4 and a half bus journey each way but it was worth it !!!!

Thats my girlfriend waiting with all our stuff at Manchester bus station! I dont know why I shared these hahaha I dont even think her eyes are open in that one!

We were worried as we were going into London on the day of the tube strikes, so the traffic would be /horrible/. When we got to Watford Gap, the coach driver came upstairs and told us that the driver who was supposed to take over from him was stuck in london because of the bad traffic - and had been stuck there since about 12. (；￣Д￣）

So as we pulled into London I was worried, we only had a little time to check in and with the tube strike it would take us a while to get to the hostel and then to the gig! But as we got into London the streets were quite clear!!!! （°o°；）

It seemed like we missed the heavy traffic thank god! We even arrived into London early! So we headed off to the underground and had a bit of trouble with the amount of people but made it to our hostel in one piece! They even left us little after eight mints on our pillows! It was such a cute greeting Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ

I proceeded to get ready and this was my outfit above! I was meant to wear creame tights with it, but I had gotten the wrong size, I had picked up an L for shorter people! So I couldnt even put them up ;__; so i luckily had my glavil necklace and black leggings to make it more pastel goth than pastel cutie!

We finally made it to the queue no thanks to the underground! We arrived 15 minutes before the doors opened and got confused as there happened to be 2 lines, one for standing and one for the seating - however this line made a big circle :| so we didnt know where it ended. Luckily we managed to figure it out and get the two queues separated but it was so confusing! We met 3 girls in the queue who were behind us and got talking to them /o/ /Its always nice to make friends! Before the gig I also got to speak to one of my friends and have a mini catch up - also got talking to a cute gal who spotted my glavil necklace - we then proceeded to speak about the staff at shibuya 109 and how convincing they were at getting you to buy stuff XD

Once I was in the  building I made my way to the merch booth which was right by the door and then made my way to level 2. I sat 4 rows back in the corner and had quite a good view! I ended up sat next to someone who was also on their own and got to dance with them at times :D it was fun! I was so nervous waiting for Kyary to come out, seriously, my heart was beating so fast and my stomach was turning so badly!

＼（＠￣∇￣＠）／ AND HERE IT KYARYYYYYYY

She is SO cute in real life! Her voice is adorable and her dancing skills and her dancers are so....on point! Seriously, they were brilliant and so in-sync. You can tell they practiced hard! She played all my favourites! PON PON PON, Invader Invader, Yume no hajima ring ring, Candy Candy, Fashion Monster, Super Scooter, Mi, Kura Kura! The list goes on hahaha! I was also stood in front of this cute couple who just got up and danced (ok it was a bit of dad dance, but jfc it was brilliant!). I was happy I got to do the Fashion Monster dance!

My girlfriend met me outside of the gig hall and brought me a cup of tea ヾ(@°▽°@)ノ Best girlfriend ever! I also bought a poster and a lanyard from the "bootleg men" and made my way to the tube station

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To find out the tubes had stopped running. So we quickly headed to Shepards Bush train station, where we got the over ground to another stop. The trains were still running acordding to the board - but when the timer to the next train went down and it was due in - the train just drove on saying "not in service". I was so annoyed. 

I rang my friend who was lovely and found us a bus to get! Just as we left the tube station our bus pulled in and we got off at our stop. We quickly had a burger king (as we hadn't anything to eat since our coach trip due to tube lines making our journey longer T___T) 

But it didnt ruin the concert and I was so happy I went! 

My haul!

Hopefully I can see her again if she comes back! Or hopefully she will be touring in Japan in November!

Day 6/7 - Under the ScReW tour Final

So Day 6 was just a lazy day. We stayed in Ikebukuro and did some washing - our hotel had a washinng service so, we just had a wander of ikebukuro, did  some washing and relaxed because we were excited for the next day!

Day 7 - Ebisu - Liquidroom!

We found out that we were going to be in Japan for Screws tour final whilst sat in a japanese restaurant and we went a little mad. I think I started shaking. Not only was it Screw, but it was a tour final AND it was in the Liquidroom gig hall! I've always wanted to go to a live there! So when we got tickets (using a shopping service ofc) we were so happy! All we had to do was wait! And on the day, we were so excited - it was our first concert in Japan. And we found out that if we bought a cd at the merchandise stall, we would get a ticket for a handshake event. Which ofc, we wanted so bad haha

This was my outfit! Kazuki is a big mickey/minnie fan hahaha so this top was perfect! I also worked on my hair and make up a little bit haha

We also headed for the purikura booth!

There are loads of purikura boots in ikebukuro, so we went to find them! We used them nearly everyday after that haha. 

There arent any more pictures for this day because I didnt take my camera - I didnt know the rules for Japanese gigs - So we heeaded to ebisu and got lost haha. We took a wrong turning and had to ask some police officers, who by the way, in Japan, are SO helpful even if you dont speak japanese. So they pointed us in the right  direction. 

We got there 2 hours before the gig, cause thats when the merch went on sale! We were 2nd in line hahaha not bad for a gaijin XD We headed for the  cds first and when we got them i didnt see a ticket, so i was like "ERM HANDSHAKE TICKET?" which was hilarious because it took her ages to understand me. But we got them! And then we bought the other merch stuff, braclet, Tshirt, cheki etc :3 I got a kazuki shirt! Its so big and comfortable - Im wearing it the next day, so look at that entry for the shirt! :3

We went to McDonalds after that for something to eat and then we went back and spoke to some lovely german girls who helped us understand the system. We had a bit of trouble when they called the numbers out, but we figured it out hahah :| We had B1 and B2, which means the first 2 tickets after the A numbers (fanclub etc) had gone in. We got such a good spot. In the middle :D 

We were so nervous, and it was SO weird. I mean, I've been to loads of gigs in europe but the ones in japan, are, dare I say it, so much better. So much more laid back and more organized! At the end of the gig they played their new PV and a surprise annoucement! For their anniversary live and something happening in December, but we still dont know what yet!

Setlist;

Red Thread

マスカレード 

アウトキャスト 

The Abyss

DUALITY

Fester

UNWORDLINESS KINGDOM

death candle

微笑みを亡くした愛と自由

EVERYTHING’S A LITTLE CRAZY RIGHT NOW. 

Bring It On

DEVASTATED LAND

明晰夢

Barbed wire

Get You Back

En. 1

FREEDOM OF CHOICE -Drum solo-

Damned!! -Rhythm Session-

スカーレット

VEGAS

Teardrop

enduring memories

XANADU

DIE・KILLER・DEAD

S=r&b 

En.2

惨殺Fiction

The set list was awesome! The gig was amazing! And I loved every minute of it. When we all had to hold hands, a Japanese girl quickly grabbed my hands and we did the furi thing right and we did everything. It was so energetic and fun BUT NO ONE PUSHED WHATSOEVER. Like in europe, stupid people always want  to get near the front THIS NEVER HAPPENED. 

So the gig was /perfect/. 

After the live we were so confused where to go for the handshake event but luckily the two lovely german girls helped us again! We waited ageeeees but it was worth it. My girlfriend went first since she loves them a liiiittle bit more than me haha and she wanted to meet Byou first hahah XD

Jin - I got to him and did not know what to say. I was so, in awe. We shook hands and it was awkward. So I said aaa gomen nasai, laughing nervously and he just laughed. 

Manabu - I got to him and he shook my hand and instantly said "hello, thank you, I love you" He looked at my shirt and pointed "minnie" (scroll back up, I did not have a minnie mouse top on xD). I was about to leave Manabu and meet Byou, but he was in a handshake lock with my girlfriend and was energetic with her and would. not. let. her. go. Im just stood there holding manabu's hand looking all awkard cause I wanted to move on to Byou haha :|

Byou- So after he finally let go of my girlfriend haha XD I got to byou who was SO ...happy! I gained the courage to actually say something, so I told him I came from england and he was AHHHHH :DDDDDDD skhflksfhs

 

Rui - Bloody hell, he grabbed both of my hands and started shaking them. I told him the same thing and he said "OOOOH COOL!" sdifhsdkf

Kazuki - ...this was the bit I was most nervous for haha. I got to him and he spoke english "Hello! Thank you!" and I told him I came from England and he gave me thumbs up and fusdhfksdhf yea, he pointed to my mickey shirt, like MICKEY and tugged on his own (he was wearing his rock mickey shirt). 

So yea, that was one of the best things ever. Seriously. They were perfect live. They were sweet in person. I hope I get a chance to see them again in Japan later on this year. :D We are in Japan for the first half of December, so fingers crossed!

Next ; My first event live!