NEWS Concert Report (Osaka 2013.08.24 afternoon show)
The sequence of the concert in this report may not be in order, becoz my memory is overflowing now...
"You have come a long way, everything is for today" (L'Arc~en~Ciel - BLESS)
That song is a perfect one to describe how Aya (@Soracchi27) and I successfully passed all the hardships before finally we could see NEWS, the four of them in front of our eyes. To make long story short, we took the flight from Jakarta - Kuala Lumpur, then took the connecting one from KL to Osaka with arrival time of Aug 23 morning. But the flight from Jakarta to KL was delayed so we missed the flight from KL to Osaka! "Stranded" in KL for a night, we could only take KL - Tokyo flight if we wanted to arrive on time for the concert, because the next flight to Osaka was on Aug 24 afternoon =_=. We took the Tokyo flight, which was also delayed for 2 hours *OMG!!*, arrived at Haneda, then took the first monorail train to Tokyo Station, continuing with Shinkansen Nozomi to Osaka.
Arrived in Osaka on Saturday, Aug 24 about 9:30 AM, we found difficulty to find our hotel, so we arrived at Osakajo Hall at around 11:45, where the show was started at 12:30. We didn't have time to have our breakfast, and later we'd be amazed by Tego saying something about this XD. All of the ruckus that happened were tiring, and jokingly Aya & I said to each other, "It's Tego's fault! Coz he always does something that makes us "bully" him, now he sent the karma to us" XD Stupid joke, but then Tego did something which made us cracked because of this.
Our seats were good! It's on the 1st floor, quite in front. I was wearing my NEWS costume (Tegoshi's one) which I used for cosplaying long time ago. Many fans commented on that, of course XD Most of the fans, as usual, dressed very high-effortly and every girl looked beautiful. I was still in disbelief that my 7 years of dream would finally come true today, until the lights were turned off and ~compass~ was playing. ~compass~ video opening was awesome, now I'll never look at the compass the same way I used to look at. Funnily, there's a part that said "From Tokyo, to Osaka they came" LOL it somehow fitted our experience. My feelings were so overflown that it's difficult to breathe. Glad that during World Quest, I started to control my emotion. Their red kimono costumes were super cool! I didn't remember the order, but they performed Chankapaana, 4+FAN, Nagisa no Oneesama.
First MC. It's their first time to have a concert in Osakajo Hall after they became 4. It's also the first time they had a concert in the afternoon. Basically they said, "Let's be lovey dovey with us during this concert" (Tego said, "Even guys too!") LOL.
VTR of them discussing about Osaka. Massu of course said takoyaki, then TegoShigeMassu mentioned USJ (to which Kei-chan posed as Spider-Man), Glico and Tsutenkaku Tower, which was also monomane-ed by Kei-chan and received cold reaction from the 3 XDD. They also discussed how cute Pokoponpekorya dance is (they gave example the "gyu" part), while they should be looking wild or manly. Then each of them made a sexy pose & look, and all of the fans screamed like crazy. They closed the VTR with manly expressions and deep voices (and burning fire sfx LOL) saying, "Pokoponpekorya". The song and the dance....were still the cute ones hahaha we got trolled thinking that they made a remix. They performed Greedier (with standing mics decorated with shells and starfish), Koi Matsuri (and the mass towel-playing), Endless Summer.
Coz my memory is messing with me, so here what I could remember afterwards:
- They performed SHOCK ME, which made me really shocked, because I was wearing the costume when they performed SHOCK ME during pacific concert...or N-E-W-S one? The choreography and music were changed a bit, it was so refreshing!
- Massu seriously look very sexy during Remedy. Wearing a sleeveless shirt with very low side-cut, his muscles showing...No need to look cute anymore!
- Shige's solo Dreamcatcher....so Shige-ish! A bit jazzy with the screen showing 2 Shiges, one live (wearing pink suit) and another one was recorded (wearing simple white shirt).
- Keichan's solo was as beautiful and gorgeous as always...with K-popish touch as we all know about his style.
- Tegoshi's Loving U...Performed with guitar and strong expressions.
- MC. This was where the hilariousness happened. So they talked about Tego being late when they supposed to go to Niigata. Instead of saying sorry, Tego just calmly greeted them and sat (Massu imitated him veeery well XD). They made it to arrive at the venue 30mins before the show! Shige said exaggeratingly, "What if Tegoshi didn't appear..How many people in NEWS will remain? Three?!" LOL. Tegoshi's lateness wasn't the first time. One time he was so late that they picked him up at his house, where he just woke up because his alarm was put in "oyasumi mode". They were also panicked because Tego can't be reached by phone, they even called his mom XD. And Tegoshi just commented, "I was only 5 mins late!" which got protested. They demanded him to apologize and Tego imitated Massu's gag "Gomen gomen gomen namaste". Keichan said he should kneeled down while apologizing, and they made a simulation where Tegoshi was late and came during World Quest song. So they returned to backstage using the hydraulic stage...with Keichan n Tego kneeled down. Keichan suddenly said, "Ohh! Why I'm kneeling down too?!" to which Tego replied, "because you're an airhead". They performed the beginning part of World Quest with Tego kneeling down and saying, "Gomennasai", which made Aya & I bursted into laughter, remembering we blamed Tego when we got problems before coming to their live XDDD
- They performed Liar, which I didn't think will happen.
- Last MC was hilarious coz the member giving speech imitated what the previous member said, and how they said it, then they made their own speech.
- Shige said, "Arigatooooooooooooo" with a very long "ooooo" that even surpassed Tego's "Chankapanaaaaaaaaaaa". We applauded him, but then Koyategomass made fun of it by harmonizing "arigatooo", then changed it to "Shigekatoooo shagareruuuuu" (=hoarse voice).
- Tego said that he was worried of fans coming to the afternoon show, whether we have had breakfast (oh he knew us so well! XD) or we got rained.. Keichan asked what time did we wake up and most fans said 6 AM. We shouted the time randomly and he said, "Urusai!!"
- Keichan asked if we're having fun, coz it's the most important. then he continued, "Will you marry me?" (yaaaaaaaaaaay), "Who wants to marry me?" *lots raised their hands up*
- Delusional time: I thought I got spotted by Massu & Keichan because they pointed their fingers around my seat (thanks lighting operator for the spotlight to my area XD). My costume must be so blindingly bling bling just like theirs so they (maybe) noticed it. Yay! *delusional*
- Shige was like taking glances, moved away, then waved coolly, all the time. Tsundere!!
- Tegoshi and his speech skills were lovely! So positive! He made us believe that NEWS is okay and will continue to be doing great.
- Massu..... Damn I didn't remember much because I was too stunned by him, blamed him for coming to our area often XD. Massu changed clothes, Massu drank water, Massu wiped his sweat etc etc he did it at the stage near my seat.
- Songs performed (not in order): World Quest, 4+FAN, Chankapana, Nagisa no Oneesama, Endless Summer, weeeek, Koi no ABO, BE FUNKY, Liar, Bolero...(didn't remember the full title), Dance in the Dark (sexy Massu!!!), Higher Ground. Futari/130000000 no Kiseki and Summertime were remixed into slower tempo, almost ballad-like. Cherish (which made me cry again).
- 1st encore: 4+FAN, Happy Birthday
- 2nd encore: Nagisa no Oneesama, then Kei introduces all the Juniors including Massu who danced happily XD When they went down the stairs to backstage, Massu said "Bye bye my kittens" just like how Tego did. #foreverteasing
I think that's all that I can write tonight. Will add some details when my memory is back.
"You have come a long way, everything is for today" (L'Arc~en~Ciel - BLESS)
That song is a perfect one to describe how Aya (@Soracchi27) and I successfully passed all the hardships before finally we could see NEWS, the four of them in front of our eyes. To make long story short, we took the flight from Jakarta - Kuala Lumpur, then took the connecting one from KL to Osaka with arrival time of Aug 23 morning. But the flight from Jakarta to KL was delayed so we missed the flight from KL to Osaka! "Stranded" in KL for a night, we could only take KL - Tokyo flight if we wanted to arrive on time for the concert, because the next flight to Osaka was on Aug 24 afternoon =_=. We took the Tokyo flight, which was also delayed for 2 hours *OMG!!*, arrived at Haneda, then took the first monorail train to Tokyo Station, continuing with Shinkansen Nozomi to Osaka.
Arrived in Osaka on Saturday, Aug 24 about 9:30 AM, we found difficulty to find our hotel, so we arrived at Osakajo Hall at around 11:45, where the show was started at 12:30. We didn't have time to have our breakfast, and later we'd be amazed by Tego saying something about this XD. All of the ruckus that happened were tiring, and jokingly Aya & I said to each other, "It's Tego's fault! Coz he always does something that makes us "bully" him, now he sent the karma to us" XD Stupid joke, but then Tego did something which made us cracked because of this.
Our seats were good! It's on the 1st floor, quite in front. I was wearing my NEWS costume (Tegoshi's one) which I used for cosplaying long time ago. Many fans commented on that, of course XD Most of the fans, as usual, dressed very high-effortly and every girl looked beautiful. I was still in disbelief that my 7 years of dream would finally come true today, until the lights were turned off and ~compass~ was playing. ~compass~ video opening was awesome, now I'll never look at the compass the same way I used to look at. Funnily, there's a part that said "From Tokyo, to Osaka they came" LOL it somehow fitted our experience. My feelings were so overflown that it's difficult to breathe. Glad that during World Quest, I started to control my emotion. Their red kimono costumes were super cool! I didn't remember the order, but they performed Chankapaana, 4+FAN, Nagisa no Oneesama.
First MC. It's their first time to have a concert in Osakajo Hall after they became 4. It's also the first time they had a concert in the afternoon. Basically they said, "Let's be lovey dovey with us during this concert" (Tego said, "Even guys too!") LOL.
VTR of them discussing about Osaka. Massu of course said takoyaki, then TegoShigeMassu mentioned USJ (to which Kei-chan posed as Spider-Man), Glico and Tsutenkaku Tower, which was also monomane-ed by Kei-chan and received cold reaction from the 3 XDD. They also discussed how cute Pokoponpekorya dance is (they gave example the "gyu" part), while they should be looking wild or manly. Then each of them made a sexy pose & look, and all of the fans screamed like crazy. They closed the VTR with manly expressions and deep voices (and burning fire sfx LOL) saying, "Pokoponpekorya". The song and the dance....were still the cute ones hahaha we got trolled thinking that they made a remix. They performed Greedier (with standing mics decorated with shells and starfish), Koi Matsuri (and the mass towel-playing), Endless Summer.
Coz my memory is messing with me, so here what I could remember afterwards:
- They performed SHOCK ME, which made me really shocked, because I was wearing the costume when they performed SHOCK ME during pacific concert...or N-E-W-S one? The choreography and music were changed a bit, it was so refreshing!
- Massu seriously look very sexy during Remedy. Wearing a sleeveless shirt with very low side-cut, his muscles showing...No need to look cute anymore!
- Shige's solo Dreamcatcher....so Shige-ish! A bit jazzy with the screen showing 2 Shiges, one live (wearing pink suit) and another one was recorded (wearing simple white shirt).
- Keichan's solo was as beautiful and gorgeous as always...with K-popish touch as we all know about his style.
- Tegoshi's Loving U...Performed with guitar and strong expressions.
- MC. This was where the hilariousness happened. So they talked about Tego being late when they supposed to go to Niigata. Instead of saying sorry, Tego just calmly greeted them and sat (Massu imitated him veeery well XD). They made it to arrive at the venue 30mins before the show! Shige said exaggeratingly, "What if Tegoshi didn't appear..How many people in NEWS will remain? Three?!" LOL. Tegoshi's lateness wasn't the first time. One time he was so late that they picked him up at his house, where he just woke up because his alarm was put in "oyasumi mode". They were also panicked because Tego can't be reached by phone, they even called his mom XD. And Tegoshi just commented, "I was only 5 mins late!" which got protested. They demanded him to apologize and Tego imitated Massu's gag "Gomen gomen gomen namaste". Keichan said he should kneeled down while apologizing, and they made a simulation where Tegoshi was late and came during World Quest song. So they returned to backstage using the hydraulic stage...with Keichan n Tego kneeled down. Keichan suddenly said, "Ohh! Why I'm kneeling down too?!" to which Tego replied, "because you're an airhead". They performed the beginning part of World Quest with Tego kneeling down and saying, "Gomennasai", which made Aya & I bursted into laughter, remembering we blamed Tego when we got problems before coming to their live XDDD
- They performed Liar, which I didn't think will happen.
- Last MC was hilarious coz the member giving speech imitated what the previous member said, and how they said it, then they made their own speech.
- Shige said, "Arigatooooooooooooo" with a very long "ooooo" that even surpassed Tego's "Chankapanaaaaaaaaaaa". We applauded him, but then Koyategomass made fun of it by harmonizing "arigatooo", then changed it to "Shigekatoooo shagareruuuuu" (=hoarse voice).
- Tego said that he was worried of fans coming to the afternoon show, whether we have had breakfast (oh he knew us so well! XD) or we got rained.. Keichan asked what time did we wake up and most fans said 6 AM. We shouted the time randomly and he said, "Urusai!!"
- Keichan asked if we're having fun, coz it's the most important. then he continued, "Will you marry me?" (yaaaaaaaaaaay), "Who wants to marry me?" *lots raised their hands up*
- Delusional time: I thought I got spotted by Massu & Keichan because they pointed their fingers around my seat (thanks lighting operator for the spotlight to my area XD). My costume must be so blindingly bling bling just like theirs so they (maybe) noticed it. Yay! *delusional*
- Shige was like taking glances, moved away, then waved coolly, all the time. Tsundere!!
- Tegoshi and his speech skills were lovely! So positive! He made us believe that NEWS is okay and will continue to be doing great.
- Massu..... Damn I didn't remember much because I was too stunned by him, blamed him for coming to our area often XD. Massu changed clothes, Massu drank water, Massu wiped his sweat etc etc he did it at the stage near my seat.
- Songs performed (not in order): World Quest, 4+FAN, Chankapana, Nagisa no Oneesama, Endless Summer, weeeek, Koi no ABO, BE FUNKY, Liar, Bolero...(didn't remember the full title), Dance in the Dark (sexy Massu!!!), Higher Ground. Futari/130000000 no Kiseki and Summertime were remixed into slower tempo, almost ballad-like. Cherish (which made me cry again).
- 1st encore: 4+FAN, Happy Birthday
- 2nd encore: Nagisa no Oneesama, then Kei introduces all the Juniors including Massu who danced happily XD When they went down the stairs to backstage, Massu said "Bye bye my kittens" just like how Tego did. #foreverteasing
I think that's all that I can write tonight. Will add some details when my memory is back.