Day 2- Hide Memorial Summit (Picture heavy)

decided to start a new post or the old one will turn out ridiculously LONG!

Day 2 - Hide Memorial Summit (Hot and sunny! Yeah, have a good tan!)

Most goods are sold out after first day including Xjapan goods. No replenishment it seems. Many came in sportswear, I think waiting to strip when it gets too hot. Some changes in timing and a small message from the event organizer:

東京・味の素スタジアムで開催中の「hide memorial summit」。
本日、運営上の都合により、一部アーティストの出演時間が変更になりました。
●13時05分 ～ heidi.
●13時20分 ～ TOKYO YANKEES
●13時35分 ～ LADIES ROOM
hideが空に旅立って10年... hideの名の下に集結した、21組のアーティストが2日間にわたって 熱いライブを繰り広げる「hide memorial summit」。 たくさんの笑顔に出会えることを楽しみにしております。
~hide memorial summit制作運営委員会 ~

Event starts on time for day 2 at 1305. Stadium was not completely filled up coz nobody it seems knew about the change in starting time (gawd.....bad bad organization)

First band - heidi is working the crowd up. Covered hide's Tell Me (uuuurgh, one of my favourites) + 2 other songs (泡沫 and レム)

Next up is Tokyo Yankees on LH side stage. Am wondering who the vocalist is since Umemura passed away last year? Oh.... seems the 無敵flag is out......gee, thats early. (Yoshi and Nori took over the vocals for Tokyo Yankees)

Next up Ladies Rm - set list - 1.ダメージ 2 ジェットコースター 3 せっくすろっくんろ.

Diru takes main stage now. They cover MISCAST! Yeah! Yoyo, make sure you release the DVD for day 2!
Diru Set list:
1．THE FINAL 　
2．miscast 　
3．COCEIVED SORROW 　
4．dead tree 　
5．OBSCURE 　
6．DOZING GREEN 　
7．朔 　
8．THE ⅢD EMPIRE

the Underneath performing now. Heard everyone's running for the toilet! Gee......Mucc should be coming up next. .............Well....we got it all wrong. Despa up next.
Despa setlist: 1．POSE 　2．69 　3．ブリリアント 　4．ミラー ムック 　
They covered hide's ポーズ! Now, at this point I really wished I was there.

And it seems the dark clouds are gathering. Its gonna rain......definitely. Heehee .....さすが雨男でしょう！Luna Sea plays Rain in the rain! 最高！Latest news is that Xjapan should be on stage by 1830.

Back to Aji, Mucc on stage now. ............ and they have some trouble with the equipment. Hope everything is ok and it does not affect the performance. Seems the guitars were too loud and we can barely hear Tatsuro's voice. Thats pure unlucky. Mucc's set list :蘭鋳, 梟の揺り籠, 志恩, ファズ, ダイス(カバー), リブラ.

Mucc covered DICE!!!!!! Thx man!
(my top 4 fav hide songs - tell me, good bye, pink spider and dice. Why am I not there???!!!)

The remaining lineup should be - Oblivion Dust, LunaSea, X japan, 無敵 session band.
I am really wondering what the session band will play coz almost all the more popular hide songs have been covered by one band or another? And who will be in the session band?

Luna Sea just ended its session. They covered hide's Scanner. Setlist:
01.PRECIOUS…
02.G.
03.Dejavu
04. Slave
05. Scanner (hide cover)
06. In Silence
07. BLUE TRANSPARENCY～限りなく透明に近いブルー～
08. Rosier
09. Tonight
10. Wish
11. Up To You
(11 songs, thats like more than 1/2 a concert. Not bad, the tix price at 14800 yen is worth it, considering its for charity as well and you get to watch so many other acts.)

X japan stage set up now.......

I always loved it when he does this at the beginning!

Setlist :
1.Amethyst/World Anthem
2. Rusty Nail
3. Scars
4. MC
5. Silent Jealousy (Noooooooooo....I want to hear this live again!)
6. VTR of hide's interview (BGM Forever Love)
7. Piano Solo
8. Without you
9. Kurenai

Entire stadium doing X Wave now amidst calls of enco-reeeee.

BTW, Yoyo announces August Taiwan concert and probably another Tokyo Dome show! Come! Lets GO! And Diru's next album will be produced by yoshiki.

(無敵 session band standby)
10. Endless Rain
11. Orgasm
12. IV (Sugizo joins in)

HIGHLIGHT OF DAY 2 無敵 session band ----- (The DVD BETTER be out!)
1. ピンクスパイダ (pink spider)
(Gu：Yo, pata, inoran, sugizo. Yo uses hide's yellow heart. Uuuuurgh, I have never seen him play guitar live before, it had always been on film. And yoyo has not done it in public for a long time.
Ba: Heath, J
Dr：真矢)

2. Believe
(X JAPAN+LUNA SEA　
Twin Vo: RYUICHI+TOSHI
Dr：YOSHIKI
Gu：PATA+ SUGIZO+ INORAN+ 真矢
Ba. HEATH, J )

3.X
(X JAPAN+LUNA SEA+T.M.Revolution+ムック+Spread Beaver+LADIESROOM
Twin Vo: RYUICHI+TOSHI + everyone else who sang at least 1-2 verses
Dr：YOSHIKI )
Every one did the X jump, played around with the 無敵flag



最高！感動過ぎる！無敵バンド最高！

For those at the stadium, to be able to see Yoshiki play guitar again.....priceless! Although he is quite a good guitarist (good enuf for a few endorsements and custom made), he seldom plays publicly. He usually does this on a non-X basis, eg when he gate crashes some other band's lives. Am still recovering from the fact that he actually did it today, although I half suspected he would be doing so since they announced the session band.

This scene is priceless - Yo high on guitar, toshi chuckling behind, shinya on yo's drums.

I have been totally hyped up the whole day. I have stayed up for more than 10 hrs, following closely all live reports on 2ch, wow wow and relying on sms from a few friends who are there at aji. I have never done live blogging like this before.

Its over. I wished I was there. X Japan +Luna Sea + everyone else there...... you guys are truly無敵!

PS1: momo daisuki has updated her thoughts on Day 2.Check it out.

PS2: Taiji 有去！Taiji 有去！Taiji 有去！Taiji 有去！Taiji 有去！Taiji 有去！Taiji 有去！
他在自己的日记提到了。为什么，人都到了那边去，却没和yo见面。和以前tokyo yankees and ladies room 的member都见面了，为什么就是不肯提对方的名字。yo你为什么不去找泰哥，明明就很挂念，要不也不会有意无意提到他。 你们两个到底要别扭到什么时候！！！！！两个加起来都快百岁了好不好。还有几个10 年让你们别扭。真想把你们吊起来打！