KAMIJO - 2024 European Tour

[Jeen]

Amazing show in Paris, what energy from the band and the crowd !
Everyone were so happy to be here, very fun.
Too bad that the sound of the Badaboum was not the best for this kind of show, especially from the mic…
Fortunately, the band and Kamijo enthusiasm made us forget it.

If someone who attended have the set list I take it ! Without order and what i recognize/remember 100% they played :

Habsburg, Beautiful rock’n roll, Vampire rock star, Moulin Rouge, Eye of Providence, Bara wa utsukushiku chiru, Avec toi, Louis, Castrato, The Anthem (new song, lead from new mini album), Nobless Oblige

[Leo]

Also Yamiyo no Lion as the opening, Throne as the closer, Twilight (another New song), a bunch of SE… Hopefully someone noted the whole setlist.

Honnestly, the sound and setlist threw me off a little bit. (And god DAMN I was hoping we’d get the new outfit, but instead we got the exact same from 2018 ) But yeah, awesome energy all around, you could tell he was very happy to be back!

[suji]

Paris 6/8

[Jigsaw]

Budapest was great! It was off to a bit of a bumpy start tho, as the band came in late because of luggage and equipment transportation troubles apparently, plus there was a half-hour delay to the show start with a painfully slow audience entry to the venue (srsly, I don’t even remember the last time I had to queue anywhere to get into such a relatively small-size gig), but it was all in good spirits. I heard that the crowd size might have been close to 400 in a 450-cap venue so it felt pretty full but not uncomfortably so.

The show itself was just what I needed, pure unadulterated VK cheese for a hefty 90-or-so minutes. The whole band was really on their A-game and everything sounded relatively good for this type of small-to-mid level venue, at least on a Hungarian scale. Both the band and the crowd were very energetic, there was lots of bouncing, jumping and synchronized fist/hand movements. I didn’t know what to think of Yohio in advance tbh, but he did great with the shreddin’ guitar solos and proved to be a worthy character in hamming it up just like the rest of the guys (plus he translated for Kamijo in the MCs so that was neat, heh).

I’m not a hardcore Kamijo listener so lots of his songs just kinda blend together for me, but I had a great time (although at the very end with that super-long encore song mammoth I was getting a bit overwhelmed and tired). The new songs sounded okay too, kinda more of the same. I don’t have a setlist yet, but looking at the Paris one, ours was definitely changed up at least in song order, plus they played Nosferatu as the closing track of the main portion of the gig (which I appreciated cuz that’s one of the few tunes I actually recognize and love).

(edit: setlist! I think it’s accurate)

Anyway, all in all a fantastic night, I couldn’t have asked for better! Hopefully lots more to come in the future with other VK acts again after such a long drought.

[delkmiroph]

@Jigsaw

I’m not a hardcore Kamijo listener

Jig u are one of biggest kamijo fan now hahahaha

[yamiyonolion]

We had some queue troubles in Paris, too. Nothing as extreme, the show started exactly on time give or take a minute, but the event organizers failed to delineate VVIP / VIP / GA early enough, and by 6:30pm the line was all the way down the block on a narrow Parisian street and it was slightly chaotic as they tried to wrangle the three tiers into the correct order. Told us to stand in one place, then to move somewhere else, trying to get hundreds of people to move to accommodate, etc. etc. Hardly the worst, but it did strike me as extremely odd.

At Badaboum I was right on the barricade (or lack thereof) in the middle and honestly was just glad I could hear more than the drums, hahahaha. Which is impressive given how excitedly and tight Ushi plays. There were a few times I struggled to hear both guitars, though.

I’m jealous we didn’t get Nosferatu! It’s such standard fare for him. I’m lucky since I got to hear it last summer in Japan, but of course it’s different with a Western audience entirely. I definitely felt I could let loose more in the Paris crowd (as much as you might at any typical rock/metal concert, not beholden to furi), and maybe I’m biased, but I think I saw him smile a bit more too.

I know Badaboum is primarily a night club, and it is hardly the first time I’ve been this close to a stage, but I’m still just shocked at the lack of barricade. I could see the man’s cavities and his nose hairs, I’m not kidding. Saw the line between his foundation and his neck. It was nice, being able to lock eyes and sing lyrics together and smile at some points, and he gave a LOT of crowd interaction to those up front (I tended to try and dodge, it’s just not my vibe - don’t pet my head pls), which made for lots of fun memories. My neck hurts from staring up for two hours straight! Unfortunately a few people got a little handsy; I saw some trying to play with his coat or grab at him. He played it off very professionally, as one would expect, but still. It’s rude…

I think my only minor complaint is how wicked fast the M&G/photo-op went by. I had more time with him in Japan, which is saying something considering I had to translate for myself on the spot then. I don’t expect it to be a three minute affair or anything, but I didn’t even have the time to ask a simple and quick question! (Which song of his to learn on bass next… Guess I’ll just choose for myself, hahaha.) Guess that’s how it goes, though. I’m a bit of a pushover and felt it’d be rude if I stuck around even a few seconds more after they snapped my photo and made the person behind me wait, so despite Kamijo looking appreciative and as if he could say more or listen more, I just moved on.

Unintentional concert report… Well, I had a lot of fun! I hope this isn’t the last time I get to see him live, whether this side of the Atlantic or otherwise. It was such a treat getting to meet other fans and even talk shop with a few who were more musically-oriented, that definitely made waiting in queue way less painful and it was really nice to be able to react with others in real time.

I’d love to read reports about other stops on the tour!!!

[CervaCannibale]

Just came back home from the Berlin concert.

This was my first time seeing him live. Apart from the very cringe people in front of me who also filmed despite it being very strictly forbidden and triggering an annoucement that they would stop the concert if they caught anybody else filming, it was a great evening.

I was a bid worried that we would have to wait outside very long after reading about the prevoius concerts but it went relativly smooth. It was pretty crowded. I was surprised because it looked liked there were still tickets left a few days ago. But it did not seem as it would be safe to let more people in

They started around 15 minutes late but that’s nothing. I have waited way longer for other artists.

Kamijo seemed to live his dream of being a vampire rockstar to the fullest (Let’s be honest he wrote that song so people would scream “vampire rockstar!” at him.)

Hiro looked so fine with the tight leather pants, the handsome face and long sleek black hair. Can he please make a shampoo commercial with Die?

All the members seemed to play well together and there was a lot of hugging each other in the end.

Mum also enjoyed the showed and said it was pretty good music (and bought the expensive Blu-Ray for my umpcoming birthday )

[yamiyonolion]

I’m not too mad at the venue difference, because I feel our show was more intimate for it (sound problems notwithstanding…), what I am a little upset about is how our setlists were deliberately shorter by at least one song. It didn’t have to be Nosferatu or one of the Sangs, but doing something to make sure the setlists are the same length only seems fair?

From a production POV I’m trying to figure out why that would have been the decision made. Perhaps Badaboum had a strict out time for acts or a strict live time for their house mixers. IDK.

[Jeen]

Yeah iam kinda sad he didn’t played at least Theme of sang at Paris clearly one of his best song imo and maybe my favorite one, the chorus fit a live perfectly and idk it’s iconic.
Same for Shadow of Oscar, my favorite song from Oscar and a hit.
BUT iam still happy with what we got !

[Luna]

I was at the concert in Cologne and that was a very nice experience for me. For me it was the first time to see him live and to my surprise I felt so close to the stage (although I had a general ticket). I had a pretty good view despite my short height. Around 450 people there were and this time no one took photos or videos during the show xD

The entrance was on time and went smooth but the show started 15-20 minutes late which was okay for me. When he sang the first songs, he fell down and stopped his singing then he got up on stage and started singing again as if nothing had happened. Fortunately nothing serious happened so I guess he is alright.

The show itself was just amazing, he knows how to entertain his fans and motivated us to sing along, to dance or to jump. Everyone was fully energetic, Kamijo also enjoyed it seeing us like that and for several times he said: “I’m so happy.” That was kinda cute and brought me a smile.
And another thing was, yesterday started the European Championship in Germany so Kamijo had a signed football and gave it away but I couldn’t catch it xD

The setlist was the same as from Berlin, though that new song “Twilight”, got replaced with “Mademoiselle”, that was the only change.

In the end I can say it was a great show, I don’t regret being there. First, I had doubts about attending the concert because of my social anxiety. But it was worth to overcome it and after that I felt very happy and proud of myself.

[Bunny-Usagii]

We got Sang in our setlist

We also had Kamijo x Ikuo fanservice during Vampire rock star, they basically sat on each other n Kamijo gave Ikuo a kiss on his cheek

I was all the way on the right in front of the speaker. Hiro came to stand on it a few times and I didn’t know what to do as his crotch was basically in my face hfnfh
Sorry to the people behind me bc I automatically moved backwards
I also hit Ikuo’s bass on accident bc I did the sakihokore during his solo but he decided to whip around his bass at the same time… :,)

The meet&greet went very quickly, I only had the chance to ask if I had to stand left or right, but Kamijo led me by my hand so that got solved quickly lmao
(100% sure he did this with everyone)

I got the notebook btw hehe

Good night, didn’t keep track of the setlist tho

[Rize]

I went yesterday to KAMIJO in Amstelveen.
He was fashionable 15 min late but quite impressed with the concert, it’s my first time seeing him live for being a fan over 14 years lol. Also a first that people listened to their rules well here for not filming or taking photos during the concert. Good respect.

During the concert Kamijo sure had some extra dance moves, went a lot on his knees and the fan service was mad xD he loved the attention for sure xD

Yohio was staying at the same place most of the time and barely moved around with his guitar, even Kamijo pushed him a bit to move to the center xD

Ikuo was overly excited and the other 2 were hyping during the concert too. Cool guys.

Also I think there was a disfuncion with a sound box halfway, cause during a song it went BANG and everyone stopped playing and were shocked but how they recovered so fast with continueing the song was so professional.

I think I had most fun at this concert!

Cheers! (I’m in the middle w purple hair) ^^

[Bunny-Usagii]

Yeah the bang happened during Mademoiselle, which indeed shocked me and my group a bit too in front of the speaker :,)
They recovered within seconds, which was amazing (^^)

I didn’t see Kamijo when he was going down bc of people being taller than me, so I couldn’t see anything but his head when he was laying down. I was able to tell that he was fully down, just not exactly how lol

[Valentine145]

London was amazing - I’ve basically lost my voice from screaming. They seemed to be sold out of shirts by the end - the hype of being there almost convinced me to buy one but in retrospect (5 minutes later) I still don’t like the design enough and I’m kind of glad it worked out that way. Brought my non-vkei friend with me and they loved it so much they ended up buying a signed poster.

As others said, a lot of fanservice. Everyone clung to Kamijo during Vampire Rockstar in the encore, faces were close with Yohio and Ikuo multiple times, plenty of mic sharing. A lot of nice words from all of them - Kamijo used Yohio to translate for him a few times which earned a lot of laughs and cheers from us. Many fans brought roses, which he gladly took and incorporated into his performance.

Struggling to remember the setlist in all honesty, but he played the usual hits. Bara Wa Utsukushiku Chiru, Mademoiselle, Nosferatu, Castrato, Vampire Rockstar.

Snagged myself the photoset and a keyring.

Also if you’re a dude who got complimented on his DEG shirt by someone with a black bob who said he lurks on here - hello :]

[Valentine145]

We had a small speaker(?) issue with Mademoiselle in London actually, metallic noises and lack of sound from Kamijo, but it was fixed very quickly.

[Leviathan]

Apart from the very cringe people in front of me who also filmed despite it being very strictly forbidden and triggering an annoucement that they would stop the concert if they caught anybody else filming, it was a great evening.

I take a bit of an issue with that wording as it is clear (at least from my experience) that there were plenty of newcomers, younger ppl and so on. In Cologne, the announcement was just in heavily accented English (which not everybody speaks). The no photo no filming policy is relatively unique to VK.

I was at the concert in Cologne and that was a very nice experience for me.

Ah, we should have met up and spoken some

[CervaCannibale]

@Leviathan

I take a bit of an issue with that wording

There were signs like every 5 meters that said “no photo, no video”. It was impossible to overlook these. And they were clearly german speaking. Probably in their 20th. They absolutely knew what that ment. Nobody else was using their phones at all. They behaved very inconsiderate of other people around them the whole time. They really don’t need your defence.

Btw they were cringe for the other things they did not for the filming part.