| sumoboy ( @ 2006-07-05 21:26:00 |
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This is taken from Sho Beat 060701. Not the whole thing but a part of it. I don't normally translate bits of radio shows cos its neither here nor there, except when I think there is something worth mentioning. Just this section, an excerpt from Listeners Beat. Its about their concerts and how they reacted to the additional shows and the additional additional shows.
Sho was reading an email from Ayumi-san from Tokyo
"The other day, when I heard that there were additional shows to the additional shows, I was very happy, but when I saw the schedule, I was very surprised. It wasn't a case of having extra days, but it was a case of having three shows in one day!! In one concert, you have to do a lot of dancing and singing and running around, you have to use a lot of strength and energy. I can feel that it will be very tough on you guys. My feelings now are that I am half happy and the other half of me, I am worried about the physical condition of Sho-kun and the others. Really, I want you not to force yourself. There are so many performances, each time, please don't force yourself if you cannot do it. So, in any case, I am looking forward to enjoying your concert. I will be supporting you."
I hate those people who do not give their all during the concert. If you go for a concert, you would want the performancers to give it their all, right? Therefore I will push myself. But actually, originally it was only intended that Yokohama Arena and Nagoya would have additional shows. For Osaka, we couldn't get the schedule of the venue to meet our schedule. But there were a lot of applications for concert tickets, so, then they asked us "How about doing it three times?" Well, if there are enough customers who were willing to come to see us and out schedules could fit, then how about doing more shows?
So, we had an Arashi meeting. The five of us, we asked each other "Well, what should we do?"
"Well, could we do it three times?"
"Well, er.. yes, we could, we could, couldn't we?" -- we had a discussion along these lines.
So the five of us decided, "If it can be done, shall we do it!! Please allow us do it three times!!" - we said something like this - the five of us. So, Osaka's additional shows were decided.
So, following that, when we looked at our schedule, we were actually very surprised. Since Osaka was decided like that, surely for the other venues we also had to do it, for Yokohama and Nagoya. We had additional shows and then one more round of additional shows. it was all inserted like "pon pon" and in the end, we had 12 shows at Yokohama arena! (Wild laughter) ^ ^I thought, if the venue were a bit bigger, then we can just do it once, right? Certainly, there are alot of customers who would want to come to see us. However, for the 10am shows -the venue opens at 9am, so its like going to school, right? We were like "should we start the first song like in morning assembly?" But having said that, the oldest of us is 25, the youngest is 22. Well, really, this year's concert schedule is overflowing with the freshness of youth, with three shows a day scheduled at 10am, 14.00 and 18.00, we will rush headlong into it. Isn't it sugoi, a total of 10 venues and 37 shows. so please, by all means, I would like for you to come and see us.
.They wanted to do it to please all their fans, and I believe that they will give it their all for each and every show. With such a tough schedule esp the last three days, that all last final takes on more meaning . Its like "Hontou ni hontou ni otsukare samadeshita!!"