6/8 L'Arc~en~Ciel Tour 2008 L'7 Trans Asia via Paris Tour Final @ Kyocera Dome
Stage setting:
Before the concert started, the main stage was covered
with a large white curtain. The sides of the stage
were set-up like the bow and stern of a ship with
large video screens on either side and many flags
hanging with the tour logo on them. There were maybe
five cannons under each screen.
After the curtain came up, we could see that the
entire stage was like a pirate ship. In the middle was
a huge mast with a disco ball on the top and a bird’s
nest below. Later on in the concert, the ship’s sail
unfurled and it had L’Arc~en~Ciel printed on it with
the star from the tour logo. The drums were set above
the stage level on a platform.
Member outfits:
hyde: Black vest over a white long sleeve shirt and it
looked like the shirt had cuff links in the shape of a
cross. Damaged jeans (either dark blue or black). On
each side of his head there was some kind of braided
ribbon or flowers in his hair, very pretty.
tetsu: Black jacket over a white t-shirt with some
decorations on it. Red pants with a blue & red skirt
over it. In the back of his head, he had some red &
white shinny ribbons entwined in his hair.
ken: White suit over a multi-colored patterned shirt.
Maybe similar to the shirts he wore earlier in the
tour. From THE NEPENTHES, he took off his jacket.
yukihiro: White sleeveless shirt.
The concert:
The concert started around 5:20 PM .
When the lights turned off, everyone jumped to their
feet and screamed! The whole dome was a sea of
different colored hoshizo lights! Red, Green, Pink,
Blue, and Yellow.
On the large white curtain covering the stage, a video
started playing of a ship sailing over the ocean to
all of the different countries of the L'7 tour. Each
member appeared on screen one by one with lots of
screaming after each member was shown:
yukihiro *yay!!*
tetsu *yay!!*
ken *yay!!*
hyde *yay!!* (hyde was wearing an eye-patch and a
black hat like a pirate.)
Then the curtain flew up in the air and was gathered,
with bright red lights flashing, they started
playing Ebr>
01 REVELATION
This was a great song to start off with. Lots of
energy and it was so much fun jumping and yelling
during the chorus part! We were all moving our arms
front to back in unison with the hoshizo light in our
hands. It looked really cool seeing all of the lights
waving in the air together.
In general, throughout the entire concert, the motions
of the crowd were very coordinated! Hand motions,
jumping, singing, were all done in unison at certain
places in each song. It was such a fun atmosphere to
be a part of! The hoshizo lights were really a
highlight. It was really cool to be able to see them
all moving together in the dark!
02 Pretty girl
03 Caress of Venus
The disco ball was spinning and flashing during the
song which added the perfect ambiance.
-hyde MC
04 DRINK IT DOWN
During the song there were green laser lights and then
they added red, orange, and pink moving spotlights on
the stage.
05 SHINE
hyde’s vocals really soared. During the song there
were vertical lights that started out white and then
they eventually changed colors. A black and white wavy
pattern was projected onto the drum platform.
06 Sell my Soul
For this song, hyde (wearing a black hat) sat on the
platform in front of the drum set with tetsu & ken
sitting on either side of him. It had the feeling of
friends relaxing together playing some music. It
really fit the mood of the song.
-Serial Drama Love Story Part III
07 get out from the shell
During the song, there were white circling lights on
the stage and they raised a large L'Arc~en~Ciel banner
in front of the ship mast. There were also red
flashing lights on the stage that kind of reminded us
of police car lights.
08 THE NEPENTHES
There were skeleton pirates that came out on either
side of the stage that had very long skeletal arms
that they used to help them walk. Their eyes were
green laser lights as they looked out into the crowd.
It was really cool!
09 My Dear
Started off with ken playing a piano solo. It was so
beautiful and hyde sounded really wonderful during
this song. tetsu’s bass was also wonderful to hear.
Everyone was waving the hoshizo lights from side to
side during the song.
10 LORELEY
hyde played the sax. There were torches lit on the
stage. At some point during the song, some bright
orange stadium type lights turned on and it was really
blinding!
11 forbidden lover
Throughout this song, there was an aqua colored light
on hyde. It was entrancing. His vocals were really
spectacular! This song swelled to a great crescendo!
12 DAYBREAK'S BELL
ken started playing the intro like a madman and then
suddenly put his hands to his head like something was
wrong and he stopped playing. hyde started singing
just as ken stopped and so then he stopped too. hyde
said "mou ichido" and then they started again. This
time, everything went perfectly. We’re not sure what
happened.
-ken MC
During his MC, ken called out different colors for the
hoshizo lights and we held them up and yelled when he
called the color we were holding.
13 SEVENTH HEAVEN
The audience sang the part "under your feet!" The
large banner dropped and the ship sail had
L'Arc~en~Ciel’s name on it with the star from the tour
logo.
14 Killing Me
hyde invited the audience to sing the chorus.
15 STAY AWAY
As usual, tetsu did a bass solo in the beginning with
his banana. His solo seemed longer than usual. After
he threw the banana, the song started.
16 READY STEADY GO
hyde started the song off with the usual "Are you
f*ckin' ready!!" A wild ride from beginning to end.
The words to the chorus were displayed vividly on the
screens. The song ended with a drum solo by yukihiro
which seemed shorter than usual and when he was done,
he threw his sticks on the stage.
After a break E'UNK~EN~CIEL!
Looking at the main stage, the members came out from
the right side on a moving stage that was in the shape
of a small boat. It had a skull on the front and a big
black flag on the back. Skeleton pirates were on
either side of the ship pointing at the crowd. The
stage slowly circled the outer perimeter of the dome
floor with the members throwing balls into the crowd
and tetsu squirted water out of his banana water gun.
hyde was wearing a red eye patch and his hair was tied
back a bit with a bunch of white ribbons in his hair.
tetsu no longer had his jacket on (not sure if he took
it off earlier or only from P’UNK).
They stopped the stage when it was directly in the
back.
17 milky way
18 Feeling Fine 2007
The stage started moving again and they completed
going around the dome while continuing to throw balls,
tetsu squirting water, maybe hyde too?
-L'7 Tour Video
A video collection of some news clips from the L E
Tour was shown.
Then "NEXUS 4" was shown on the screen.
19 NEXUS 4
20 Driver's High
At the beginning of the song, flames shot out several
times. At the end, hyde took the mic stand and smashed it
into the stage.
21 Link
At the beginning they shot out sliver ribbons.
Everyone was jumping and clapping their hands over
their heads non-stop during the chorus part Ebr>
Tatoe haruka tooku
*clapclapclapclap*
*jumpjumpjumpjump*
-(about mid-way through Link) Member Introduction
yukihiro - He laughed after he was done talking.
tetsu - Was asked to say "do you want to eat my
banana" in the different languages he spoke in during
the tour. It looked like he was thinking really hard
before saying each one and then was so proud of
himself when he did. He was smiling the whole time.
ken - They showed a picture of some whole fish? bird?
Then they showed a picture of him at a table with both
arms up showing the "peace" (or maybe "victory"?)
sign.
hyde
In general, each member was so cute and looked like
they were listening very hard to the question they
were asked.
21 Link (continuation)
22 MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM
Started off with ken’s solo in the beginning. Near
the end, the music stopped and the audience sang the
chorus "yume o egaku yo" over and over and when hyde
first joined back in, it was a cappella and it was so
beautiful.
-hyde MC
23 Hoshizora
During the song, they projected lights on the ceiling
of the dome so that it looked like a star filled sky.
hyde seemed to be over come with emotion near the end
and couldn't quite do the vocals during the extended
ending part. This was such a beautiful and emotional
song, a great song to end the concert with.
The lights kept increasing in intensity until they
were blinding at the end.
After the song was over, the members walked around the
stage a bit, hyde threw kisses. They all held hands
and bowed together before leaving the stage. tetsu
said "mata ne".
The members left the stage and then Enya background
music started playing.
-Serial Drama Love Story Conclusion
-Release announcements
A video played during which announcements were
displayed for the release date for the upcoming single
as well as some future releases with screams from the
audience after each piece of information was
displayed.
After that, the stage lights came on and everyone
screamed! tetsu came out again!!! He threw many
bananas and left saying “Mata ne!
At around 8:10 PM , the concert was over.
After the live:
As we were leaving the dome, when we looked back,
there were laser lights of different colors coming out
of the top of the dome.
Our first L’Arc~en~Ciel live! It was wonderful and we
were so happy and thankful to have had this
opportunity! Thank you so much L’Arc~en~Ciel!!
Set-list:
-Opening video
01 REVELATION
02 Pretty girl
03 Caress of Venus
-hyde MC
04 DRINK IT DOWN
05 SHINE
06 Sell my Soul
-Serial Drama Love Story Part III
07 get out from the shell
08 THE NEPENTHES
09 My Dear
10 LORELEY
11 forbidden lover
12 DAYBREAK'S BELL
-ken MC
13 SEVENTH HEAVEN
14 Killing Me
15 STAY AWAY
16 READY STEADY GO
P'UNK~EN~CIEL
17 milky way
18 Feeling Fine 2007
-L'7 Tour Video
19 NEXUS 4
20 Driver's High
21 Link
- (mid-way through Link) Member Introduction
22 MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM
-hyde MC
23 Hoshizora
-Serial Drama Love Story Conclusion
-Release announcements
- m from U.S.A