RESET>>LIVE*000 report
reported by Kintaro
*** Thanks soo much Kin-chan!!
^__^ -- from hyde so so
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Set List
1. finale
2. caress of venus
3. Driver's High
4. LOVE FLIES
5. fate
6. ibara no namida
7. trick
8. HONEY
9. Promised Land
10. Shout at the Devil
11. NEO UNIVERSE
12. HEAVEN'S DRIVE
13. DIVE TO BLUE
14. niji
15. winterfall
16. Blurry Eyes
17. milky way
18. Pieces
The line to get in was
incredibly long. We (my friend and I) got there
around 5:30 pm and the
doors were supposed to open at 7:30. With 2 hours
to wait I decided to
walk around the Big Site. There were many cosplays;
some were better than
others. My friend and I got in line finally. It
looked like we were at
the end =(. I decided to walk around and see if
they were selling any
official goods. I went inside the Big Site and found
nothing but a bunch of
people sitting around. I spotted some people with
bags that said "L'Arc-en-Ciel
RESET>>LIVE*000" so I assumed they were
selling some stuff. I
got tired of looking around by myself and decided
to ask some people where
they got the stuff. They told me and I was on my
way. When I finally found
it, it was the same place as they sold the tour
goods for the GCT and
where they were going to hold the virtual reality
thing.This time they
were selling 6 items and left overs from the GCT.
They had "The Vamphook"
which is produced by hyde. It is a brass colored
vampire bat with a hook
coming out of it so you can hang a hanger or a
coat or whatever. "Aibu"
is produced by Tetsu. It's a wannabe of the Aibo,
(the Sony dog) but this
one is only a remote controlled dog. They were
already sold out by the
time I got there. Ken had a "manicure set" which
is just three different
colored nail polishes. The colors are:Soap Orange,
Soap Pink and Pearl Red.
They are all glittery. Next on the list is a
pair of black pajamas
produced by Yukihiro. There is a clothing brand in
Japan called "Y's for
men" and Yukkie's is a wannabe called "Y's for
room". The remaining
two items are an orange colored flece vest that has
a patch on the back that
reads "*000" (It was WAY too big and only came
in one size) and "kairo"
which is those little warm packets that you
shake and they get warm
(the opposite of the Ice Rockets from the GCT
since it is winter now).
After I bought my stuff I went to go back in line and on my way back
I spotted some "unofficial"
goods. Mostly just small posters and telephone
cards with L'Arc on them.
They had some T-shirts and towels that said
"L'Arc-en-Ciel Grand
Cross Tour 1999" on them. A few minutes after I got
back in line it started
to move...but everyone else that I thought was in
front of us wasn't moving!?!
For some reason a small portion of the line
was moving forward and
I was included!! We moved up the stairs fairly
close to the entrance
now.
It was about 8:00 when
they finally started to let people in. The
line led into the Big
Site and down the same route I took to get to the
GCT. They took our tickets
and gave us a pamphlet that had that girl
riding the dragon on
the cover.Inside was mostly just advertisments of
the members sponsering
their instruments. We followed the line that led to
the goods room and then
finally led out and let us free to go to our
blocks. I had A-2 tickets!!!
Which were basically front middle. All the
A blocks were in the
front row.There were 5 A blocks, (A-1 being the
furthest left and A-5
being the furthest right)and A-3 was the middle. By
the time I ran in and
found my block to my supprise there weren't many
people there yet, but
the front right corner and right side was already
taken. I was able to
get a spot really close to the front rail though. It
was about 8:30 when some
people took out portable TVs to watch L'Arc on
Kohaku. The concert was
to start at 10:30, so there was a while to wait.
There were 2 big TV screens
on at the front left and right sides that
displayed the asteris
(*) thing from the RESET>>LIVE*000 titile. Its was
that green color like
it is on the LArcom website. There was a BIG curtain
that covered the whole
front stage and it was also that green color
(because they had lights
shining on it).
At about 10:00 a display from behind the curtain read "L'Arc-en-Ciel"
with the letters running
from right to left in the same green color. At
10:15 everyone started
to stand up and I got pushed to the front, so now I
was REALLY close to the
rail. At about 10:25 the display froze and
everyone gasped...but
then it started back up again and everyone laughed.
We all stood till around
10:45 then the lights began to dim...everyone let
out a big cheer and small
little white light dots appeared on the curtain.
It looked like stars
were dancing...then the music started...but it was so
unfamiliar. A green light
shone from behind the curtain and we could see
the silhouete's of four
people...L'Arc-en-Ciel!!
Hyde started to sing
a wonderful
new song which was finale.
On the screens you could
see blurry
images of the members
as the camera switched from person to person. The
song was so hypnotic
and soothing. After the song ended it was black
again...then a rainbow
of spotlights appeared on the curtain and began
to move around and caress
of venus started. Then the curtain fell. Hyde
was wearing a black jacket
that seemed to be made of black feathers. He
also wore a black shirt
and leather pants. Tetsu had on a red leather
trench coat and leather
pants and his hair was red again. Ken wore a pair
of sunglasses that looked
like they were from the old show "CHiPS" about
those highway patrol
guys. Yukkie had on a silver looking dress shirt
I think leather pants
(can't really see his legs behind the drums). By
the time everyone was
jumping up and down excitedly and pushing even more
forward. Next was Driver's
High. After that hyde had an MC. He just
basically welcomed everyone
and asked if we were having fun and if we
wanted to hear more.
Of course we all yelled "KIKITAI!" (we wanna hear
more!)
After this I am not sure
about the order of the songs because I was
too excited and it isn't
really clear anymore...sorry!! But this is what
I remember.Tetsu came
out in a new outfit. It was a red and black top and
black and red shorts
(I think =P). Next they performed Love Flies then
Ibara no namida then
fate. Then they had a short intermission during
which hole (I assumed)
was playing. Then we could see Yukkie getting a
guitar ready so that
meant trick was next...and it was. Then hyde put on
his guitar and started
to sing honey after that came Heaven's Drive. At
this time three doors
behind L'Arc opened up and there where three girls
dancing on poles like
in the PV. Then came another MC. Hyde asked if we
were "nemui?" (sleepy)
and everyone answered, "nemukunai!!!" (we are not
sleepy!) then hyde said
"ahhh...boku nemui" (ahh...I am sleepy).Then he
asked if everyone was
having fun and asked if the people in the back were
having fun, then if the
next door people (the virtual reality thing) were
having fun and we couldn't
hear anything and hyde held his hand to his ear
as if he was waiting
for them to answer. Then hyde yelled "PROMISED LAND!!"
During Promised Land
the back opened up again and this time there were
flames from there. After
that hyde yelled "shout at the devil!" and then
started the intro "1
2 3 GO!!!" Everyone started to jump around. After
that it was black and
they all left the stage. Some rave style sounding
music started to play.
Then on the TV screens images started to flash up
and spin around. There
were imagaes of Jesus on the cross and buddha and
what looked to me like
the statue of David. There was also a little
man doing kung fu stances
that flashed up really quickly and looked like
he was sorta moving.
After a while of that images of the members started
to fly toward us. First
hyde then ken then tetsu and finally yukkie. They
kept on coming towards
us with the music getting weirder and more odd
images poping up and
spinning around. Then it got faster and faster. Then
finally L'Arc came out.
Hyde
was wearing a white suit and had his hair
slicked back. I kinda
forget what everyone else was wearing. Just their
usual clothes...nothing
special. Then a timer poped up and read something
like 3:14 and was counting
down with the images still spinning and flying
towards us and the music
started to sound like a bomb or something was
about to go off. Then
hyde said some stuff...and at 14 he started to
countdown.13..12..11..10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1..0...BANG
some stuff
popped up and hyde yelled
and said "NEW MILLENIUM!!" And then he said
"NEO...UNIVERSE!!" and
they started NEO UNIVERSE and then hyde said
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!!" and
when that was over hyde had an MC. Where he just
said "happy new year"
and "omedetou" and talk about how this was their
first countdown concert
and how they were having fun too. Next came niji
then milky way then dive
to blue. The whole stage turned blue while they
sang it. Then they sang
winter fall to everyone's supprise. Next came
blurry eyes. Hyde had
a wistle and then he threw it into the crowd. Some
lucky fan caught it.
During the part in blurry eyes after hyde sings
"why do you stare at
the sky with your blurry eyes" they stopped just like
they did at the GCT.
And Tetsu started to talk again. First he asked,
"minna genki!?!" (is
everyone OK!?!) Everyone replied "GENKI!" (we are
OK!) then he said again
"GENKI!?!" and everyone replied again "GENKI!"
then he whispered "yahoou!"
and looked out at the crowd. Then he went
away and came back with
a bananna and held it up and said, "ore no
bananna!" (this is my
bananna!) and everyone screamed. Then he went up to
the egde of the stage
as if he was going to throw it and then he suddenly
peeled a little of it
then everyone screamed again and he finally threw
it out and someone actually
caught it whole. Then he asked, "KIKITAI!?!"
and everyone answered
"KIKITAI" then hyde said "KIKITAI?" and everyone
said "KIKITAI!!!" then
they started the rest of blurry eyes. Then came the
last MC where hyde said
it was a fun first countdown live and how it was
the begining of a new
year (and millenium) and the next song was the last
song and of course everyone
screamed. Then they started pieces. After
that hyde said "domo
arigatou gozaimashita" (thankyou very much) and he
said "happy new year"
then Tetsu came out with mochi and threw it into
the crowd. Two were thrown
at my block but none came close to me. Most
of the stuff they threw
out (hyde's whistle, tetsu's bananna, guitar and
bass pics, and most of
the mochi) was thrown at the center block (A-3).
Then they all bowed and
waved good bye and went backstage and while they
were walking backstage
hyde jumped up and waved good bye one last time.
Then a message appeared
on the TV screen that said L'Arc-en-Ciel
RESET>>LIVE*000 and below
it, it said "see you" and then the lights came
on and the concert was
over.
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