we sleep for 2 whole hours before having to get up, load the car and head back to the airport.
after much messing around checking in, everything is finally sorted and we wish each other well and say our goodbyes – all hopeful that we will see each other again soon.
limited express (has gone?) made it safely back to japan where they will tour the release of their 2nd album ‘makes you dance’ in january/february.
if our ideas and plans come to fruition they’ll be back here in march/april 2005.
thanks to everyone who made this ‘special show time!’
look out for a live cd and dvd from the tour
They later posted this message to their website (translated from Japanese):
“Limited Express (has gone?) has returned home safely!!!.
The Australia/New Zealand tour was a great success, if I may say so myself (of course, it wasn’t easy…). We did 4 shows in 2 days, slept next to a ton of ants crawling from the ceiling to the floor and down the walls, and had a bit of a fuss at customs. We were supposed to start at 9 o’clock, but we didn’t mind starting at 10:30. But anyway, it was a great success.
We did 2 to 4 shows in each city, and the last day of all the three cities we went to (Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington) was SOLD OUT, and all the CDs we brought with us were SOLD OUT!!!. The reason for this is probably the power of word of mouth and the high interest people in Oceania have in gigs. Australia and New Zealand are not well known at all, but they have a solid music scene, and the networks of newspapers, radio, etc. that support it are really well developed, and it was an eye-opener for me.
There are many times when people who came to see our live show want to say, “Come on my radio show tomorrow.” And there are a lot of people who came to the gig after listening to it. There is always something like a local music newspaper. I thought that was amazing.
Australians are looking for Japanese bands. I really felt that. When we went, everyone talked about the friction that caused them to come two months ago. We will definitely go again. Japanese bands should go there more and more.
Thanks to Shaun, Kyoko, Robby, Kieran and Chrissie!!!”
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