was a live show performed by Japanese musician
Sheena Ringo
, known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, songwriter and musician. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen.
She describes herself as "". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled ...
at the Kaho
Theater
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...
( in
Iizuka City, Fukuoka. The event took place on July 30, 2000. The event's official name is "".
A video recording of the event was released on DVD by
EMI Music Japan
, formerly , was one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. on June 30, 2007, after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. Its CEO and president was Kazuhiko Koike. Wh ...
on September 17, 2008 as part of the celebration for the 10th anniversary of Ringo Sheena's debut.
Ticket lottery
Due to the high demand for tickets exceeding the capacity of the Kaho Theater (a theater featuring traditional Japanese architecture with a capacity of 1,000 people), tickets for the concert were sold by lottery. The high demand for tickets resulted in many being sold at auction for a higher price. Toshiba EMI broadcast a live-stream of the performance, which was viewed by approximately 17,300 people, a new national record in Japan.
Sheena invited fans who had not managed to get tickets to play
extras in the filming of the promotional video for
Yattsuke Shigoto on July 28, where band members had a
dress rehearsal
The dress rehearsal is a full-scale rehearsal shortly before the first performance where the actors and/or musicians perform every detail of the performance. Dress rehearsal is often the final rehearsal before the premiere
A premiere, also ...
before the public performance. Inspired by a rock band vocalist who told his fans to "wear black to tomorrow's show" and then did not wear black himself, Sheena asked all the guests to wear red for the day. No music was recorded during filming. The track used in the video was the recording from the performance at
Shibuya Public Hall
(also known as Line Cube Shibuya for sponsorship reasons) is a theater (building), theatre located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It was completed in 1964 to host the Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting events in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The thea ...
on April 15, 2000 from the "
Gekokujou Xstasy" tour. Thus, at the end of the video, the beginning of another song, "Benkai Debussy", can be heard.
Performance
The show was a one-night performance that took place at the Kaho Theater in Iizuka in
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders ...
.
The
scenic design
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and stage effects incorporated (the traditional sliding door of translucent paper) and other Japanese-style effects. Sheena and members of the backing band, Gyakutai Glycogen, were all costumed in (traditional cotton
kimono
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). As part of the stage performance, Sheena crucified a
mannequin
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dressed in the image of her bandage-like costume from her previous nationwide tour "Gekokujou Xstasy." She also used similar Japanese themes in her later nationwide tour "
Sugoroku Ecstasy
(literally 'double six') refers to two different forms of a Japanese board game: ''ban-sugoroku'' (盤双六, 'board-sugoroku') which is similar to western tables games like backgammon, and ''e-sugoroku'' (絵双六, 'picture-sugoroku') which i ...
" (which was recorded and released on DVD as "
Electric Mole"). A photograph of this was posted on the homepage of Kaho Theater.
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Backing band
(1999–2000)
* Vocals, Electric guitar:
* Electric guitar: (1999), (2000, Sheena's former husband)
* Electric bass guitar:
* Synthesizer, Keyboard instrument: (from Thinners, SPARKY)
* Drums:
* Music sequencer
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Notes
References
{{Ringo Sheena
Ringo Sheena video albums