I know you neither said or meant that. But there are VK Fans who do.
I’m just a little annoyed (not because of you, obviously, we’re good ). Since diving back into the scene around a year ago I had a few situations where I felt like I was being looked down upon for liking Mana’s music. Some people tend to be very condescening and snubby about that.
Back to topic: I don’t think the organizer can count that much on young fans. Going to a concert (maybe with a parent) near your homteown in one thing. But flying to a different country plus all the costs for the festival itself, travel, hotel, etc. is another thing. I would not expect to many people under 20 who are not from France at this festival.
I wouldn’t under estimate the persistance of teens and their ability to convince their parents to attend such a festival.
Speaking from Personal expierence of being a teen who was into vk:
My first ever festival was in Belgium. Dir end grey played. I had turned 18 the same month. It was my second time seeing DEG and my 3rd jrock concert. The dad of my best friend drove us from Germany. Bestie was 16.
Her 19th birthday the two of us celebrated in Osaka at a Sadie live. We traveled without our parents, just a group of four 19/20 year olds. I had turned 20 shortly before the trip and was the oldest of our group
My thoughts exactly, I got a bit carried away with the first three announcements because I figured they’re going with the hungry young lions and capping it off with some legacy bands but now after booking two washed up osare bands I’m worried it’ll be the EU VK spectacle I initially expected (I know An Cafe and LM.C are probably fun live and the first two albums for both of them were big for the culture, and me, but in the last decade and a half they haven’t done anything for me).
But I don’t think they’re bad bookings if they’re keeping things diverse, I was just thinking of my own taste here. LM.C and An Cafe got more likes on FB than the previous three bands did, and I think the conversation about who draws and who doesn’t is getting out of control because we genuinely don’t know due to a lack of bands coming over –– and those that did aren’t 1:1 comparable. I would say that Damned just performed to hundreds of people in each country double-tapping places Deviloof was just at –– vk is hotter now than it was pre-covid. Speculation should wait until the announcement of the headliners, and it seems that the bands get bigger with each announcement.
Yea, same. I have attended J-Rock Invasion when I was 16. Left on Friday evening, took the cheap regional trains only, arrived at 3 pm, attended the festival, left at 4 am on Sunday, returned Sunday evening at home lol no hotel, sleep whatsoever
I get your point. However, if I would attend, I estimate the total cost (ticket, train, flight, hotel, food and drinks) is at least 750 Euro - and that is just for one person. I think there are a lot of people who either can’t spend that money or are not willing to spend that much money.
I’m pretty sure that trip to the belgium festival was much cheaper than that (also, things were a lot cheaper in general back then)
Yea some peoples parents love them. Mine wouldn’t take me to see Versailles the one time they played NYC in 2008 and I was underage at the time. We only live an hour from NYC but whatever. I’m not still bitter about it 17 years later.
And there are also many people who can and want to spend that. Both is true. The more young fans are intrested the more young fans who are able to spend that will be reached. There are also older people who can’t afford this. I just don’t think that age necessarily is an indicator if a person can do this.
Also we were absolutely not well off when I was a teenager.
If you have time (summer break from school likely in July) you can get cheaper travel like busses (Berlin↔Paris both directions together 115 €). And when you are young, you are more likely to just sleep at a train station, than getting a hotel. I can give recommendation of best german train stations to spend the night at for a reason and the reason is visual kei. I wouldn’t do such a thing nowadays nor reccomend it but a Mana obsessed teen might…
Damn that’s a big return (for us people in our 30s… the younger people I have met irl are surprisingly unfamiliar with them) and they announced it early.
For some reason the IG post was deleted… Could it be that they released that one too early haha? But I’m SO FUCKING EXCITED to see D’espairsRay in 2026 after seeing them in 2006 for the first time!!!
If it flops, it will probably be for logistics reasons and not necessarily attendance. I’ve seen maybe a few people say “I refuse to go to France”, but I’d say that if enough people across Europe are serious about supporting VK as a whole on the continent, the numbers will be there.
Hell, I’m seriously considering this if the dates I’m thinking of for Japan next year don’t work for whatever reason.
). Since diving back into the scene around a year ago I had a few situations where I felt like I was being looked down upon for liking Mana’s music. Some people tend to be very condescening and snubby about that.
