Pop-rock group Remioromen may have a difficult-to-pronounce name (GACKT himself claims that he first read their name as “Remiomeron [remio-melon]”, and I have undergone training so as not to call them “Remiorem” anymore.), but these guys can rock. And rock they will, come May…and it looks like they won’t stop rocking until the end of the year. Now that is what I call an anniversary tour worthy of the ten years its celebrating.
~MAY~
05.13 (Thur) Yamanashi Yamanashi Pref. Citizen’s Cultural Hall (big Hall)
05.14 (Fri) Yamanashi Yamanashi Pref. Citizen’s Cultural Hall (big Hall)
05.16 (Sun) Chiba Forest Hall 21
05.18 (Tue) Gunma Beishia Cultural Hall (Gunma Pref. People’s Hall)
05.19 (Wed) Ibaraki Ibaraki Prefecture Citizen’s Cultural Center
05.21 (Fri) Tokyo Eight Princes City Meeting Hall
05.23 (Sun) Yamagata Yamagata City Meeting Hall (Big Hall)
05.27 (Thur) Osaka Osaka Intl. Conference Center (main hall)
05.28 (Fri) Osaka Osaka Intl. Conference Center (main hall)
05.31 (Mon) Tokyo Shibutani C.C.Lemon Hall
~JUNE~
06.01 (Tue) Tokyo Shibutani C.C.Lemon Hall
06.04 (Fri) Kyoto Kyoto Meeting Hall (first hall)
06.05 (Sat) Nara Nara 100 Year Assembly Hall (big hall)
06.08 (Tue) Mie Mie Prefectural Assembly Hall (big hall)
06.09 (Wed) Gifu International Conference Hall
06.12 (Sat) Kanagawa Kanagawa Citizen’s Prefectural Hall
06.19 (Sat) Nagasaki Nagasaki Brick Hall
06.20 (Sun) Kumamoto Agaki Daigaku Citizen’s Hall (Citizen’s hall)
06.23 (Wed) Yamaguchi Yamaguchi City Meeting Hall (big hall)
06.25 (Fri) Okayama Kurashiki City Meeting Hall
06.27 (Sun) Shimane Shimane Prefectural Meeting Hall (big hall)
06.29 (Tue) Kagawa Takamatsu Alpha Anabuki Hall (big hall)
06.30 (Wed) Kouchi Kouchi City Cultural Plaza Karu Port (big hall)
[Do you think there are seriously “little halls”, or do you think they just want you to know that the hall will be proportion to the band’s greatness?]
~JULY~
07.03 (Sat) Okinawa Okinawa Meeting Hall (big hall)
~SEPTEMBER~
09.03 (Fri) Iwate Morioka Citizen’s Cultural Hall (big hall)
09.04 (Sat) Akita Akita City Cultural Assembly Hall (big hall)
09.07 (Tue) Hokkaido Obihiro Citizen’s Cultural Hall (big hall)
09.08 (Wed) Hokkaido Nitori Cultural Hall
09.10 (Fri) Hokkaido Wakkanai Sougou Cultural Center
09.18 (Sat) Shimane Matsumoto City Fine Arts Hall
09.23 (Thur) Fukushima Kooriyama Citizen’s Cultural Center (big hall)
09.26 (Sun) Osaka Osaka International Conference Hall (main hall)
09.28 (Tue) Tochigi Utsunomiya City Cultural Assembly Hall
09.29 (Wed) Saitama Imperial Palace SONIC CITY (big hall)
~OCTOBER~
10.01 (Fri) Shizuoka Shizuoka Citizen’s Cultural Assembly Hall
10.03 (Sun) Fukui Fukui City Cultural Assembly Hall
10.08 (Fri) Tottori Tottori~ Torigin Cultural Assembly Hall (Nashika Hall)
10.10 (Sun) Hiroshima Hiroshima Cultural Exchange As. Hall (former welfare building)
10.11 (Mon) Hiroshima Fukuyama Fine Arts Assembly Hall
10.15 (Fri) Ehime Matsuyama City Meeting Hall (big hall)
10.16 (Sat) Tokushima Naruto City Assembly Hall
10.20 (Wed) Tomiyama Toyama Prefectural Meeting Hall
10.22 (Fri) Shiga Shiga Prefecture Fine Arts Theater (Biwa Lake Hall)
10.24 (Sun) Wakayama Wakayama Cultural Assembly Hall (big hall)
10.29 (Fri) Kagoshima Takarayama Hall (Kagoshima Pref. Cultural Center)
10.31 (Sun) Ooita Ooita Cultural Assembly Hall
[I am getting incredibly awesome at reading Japanese place-name Kanji. This tour schedule is practically an encyclopedia of them…]
~NOVEMBER~
11.02 (Tue) Fukuoka Fukuoka Sun Palace
11.03 (Wed +Holiday) Fukuoka Fukuoka Sun Palace
11.05 (Fri) Saga Saga Citizens Assembly Hall
11.06 (Sat) Miyazaki Medeikitto Citizens Cultural Center (Engeki Hall)
11.12 (Fri) Miyagi Sendai Sun Plaza
11.14 (Sun) Aomori Aomori City Cultural Assembly Hall
11.16 (Tue) Hyougo Kobe International As. Hall (Kokusai Hall)
11.17 (Wed) Hyougo Kobe International As. Hall (Kokusai Hall)
11.23 (Tue) Niigata Niigata Prefectural Assembly Hall
11.24 (Wed) Ishikawa Honda’s Forest Hall (Former Ishikawa welfare building)
11.26 (Fri) Aichi Nagoya International As. Hall Century Hall
11.27 (Sat) Aichi Nagoya International As. Hall Century Hall
11.29 (Mon) Tokyo Tokyo International Forum Hall-A
11.30 (Tue) Tokyo Tokyo International Forum Hall-A
[…Yes, I am tired of typing the words “assembly hall”]
~DECEMBER~
12.05 Yamanashi Yamanashi Prefectural Cultural Citizen’s Hall (big hall)
12.06 Yamanashi Yamanashi Prefectural Cultural Citizen’s Hall (big hall)
[..They did these last two just to spite me.]
Seriously. That’s the longest tour schedule I’ve ever seen. And I never want to hear the words “prefectural cultural citizen’s assembly super plaza center plus (big hall)” ever again. I did, however, greatly improve my ability to read Japanese city names (and if you ever need help finding the sign for an ‘assembly hall’ in Japan, I’m your sherpa.).
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