I'm relatively new to this band, but I'm settling in now. I would say they have like at least 40 that I love incredibly! Insanely underrated band. Band-Maid for life!!! 🤘

And that's sad. They need management with connections. The smallest venues they should be playing now should be at least 5000 seats. I heard their entire US tour last year, small as it was, sold out in less than 2 hours. It's nice that they don't think they're too good for small venues but on the other hand I wonder if they really understand just how good they really are and how big they could be. World Domination is there for the taking. Watch how fast they sell out Budokan next year.

@@hopsmetalshow3413 Thank you!

That's amazing

@@Hadrian1616 Honestly, it was pretty rough. Atl to NYC on Wed, show on Thu. NYC to Dallas on Friday, show on Saturday. Dallas to LA on Sunday, shows on Mon & Tue. Fly back to Atl on Wed. I was exhausted and had caught a cold by the end of it. But, the hilarious thing is that Band-Maid's flight back to Tokyo was leaving from the gate directly across from my flight to Atl. I ran into Miku and Misa walking down the concourse, and I just stopped and stared with my mouth open like an idiot. Miku saw me and started laughing, and said, "Hello! Thanks-Po!" (She never drops character.) A little while later, I ran into Akane, Saiki, and Kanami, and at least had the presence of mind to actually say hello in a funny way. I had VIP tickets to the four shows I went to, so I did the meet-n-greet thing and was at the front of the stage, so they actually recognized me, which was funny and kind of gratifying. Also ran into their guitar tech and wished him a safe trip since I had talked to him several times after the shows; we bought him a beer after the Dallas show. He's a cool dude; gave a friend of mine one of Kanami's picks after the Dallas show, and gave me one of Miku's after the NYC show.

@@saldiven2009 ...wow, incredible story. Such amazing memories you made those days. Bet that cold was worth it. But what does "thanks po" mean?

@@Hadrian1616 English, Spanish and Italian pigeons and doves say coo. Japanese pigeons and doves say Po. Kobato Miku has a 810 year old pigeon that takes up a little space in her head but that small pigeon has NEVER given her bad advice. And the two shows at the Echoplex in LA were far from cold. It was 75 and a light breeze. I saw our ladies being photographed at Echo Lake that afternoon before the show at the Echoplex. I will say this: they have to be seen live. MV and CD won't give you even half of what seeing them perform and interact with the audience. It really is intimate and strangely compelling. Miku does not talk at you or even to you. She talks with you. And at the Echoplex better than 90% of it was English.

@@sacluvsBM ...810 year old pigeon made me lol. Spokespigeon, indeed, literally.

So what's interesting gentlemen is that the band does incorporate a good deal of English, but many of us are learning Japanese (and Romajii) like you said. If you watch the shows they just did and their is some decent quality ones from all three venues, the number of people singing along and doing the hey heys and all of that is fantastic!!! They are already exploding here in the States!!! 🤘🤘

I second and 780th that

I saw on you tube one re-actor and his mate did a 16 hour drive to the Dallas gig from South Carolina (?). You need to be prepared to get a ticket and then go for it. I do the London gigs, but would like to do one aboard. I have seen Mutant Monster in London and Nagoya as well as Manchester.

...and, here I am in South Dakota, where we don't get dick for live music of any kind. LOL

They really need to open for a bigger band to get some more exposure. Would kill to see them open for a band like Ghost or Iron Maiden, doing full arenas

@Tim Brown I agree. That, plus festivals outside of Japan to build up the fan base.

And with good reason, but the MV is my preferred option over any of the live performances for its sheer, driving power.

@@MoonmanRedux Agreed

Choose Me is a great song, Miku wrote Daydreaming as the flipside. I have pre-ordered the new album with a concert DVD. You can get blue ray as well. .

@@Pebble3007 Good point, it is available for pre-order. I was wondering about the setting of the instrumentals for the blu-ray/dvd, are you sure it's at a concert?

@@acornsoda22 Last one was a concert one, some clips are on KZfaq, but looking at the shop. Just instrumental videos, which could be from a concert.

The preorder Blu-ray this time is not concert footage. It’s music videos of instrumental versions of 3 of their songs. The instrumental versions have Not yet been performed at their concerts.

Downright filthy in fact but I'm guessing that they're cool with it. I know that they performed it in Paris and Helsinki last year.

@Damon Brown Depends what you mean by "the West". They've performed it in Paris, Helsinki, Warsaw, Cologne, Barcelona, Mexico City, and quite a few times in London. They even performed it at Sakura-Con in Seattle.

@@rickwagner- Apparently, I was misinformed. I had read (relatively recently) that they had only performed it live in Japan. Obviously, this was incorrect. I would suggest the guys look for a live version then to react to, but I still think that's a music video specifically worth watching.

@Damon Brown The music video is a lot of fun. It's an early one, but still a great song. Actually kind of funny how many people don't realize all the lyrics are in English until that's pointed out. : ) At this point we could safely say that they haven't performed it at a headlining show in the USA.

They definitely fine with it. Did you know that MISA joke about asshole on Twitter ? And she also do dirty jokes with other girls, the funny thing is that Kanami sometimes don't get the joke.

What kind of venues do they play in the states?

@@DMiyash248 So right... But I bet they had fun... lol

@@hopsmetalshow3413 The best.Please checkout more aldious,they are so good live,on the other hand ,there are no bad japanese bands.imo.Cheers from the uk.

@@hopsmetalshow3413 np if you need anymore info on these ladies dont hesitate to give a buzz. i dont know it all but i do know alot LOL

Wish I could give you more thumbs up.

Truth

Also, check out The Warning (hard rock teen sibling sisters from Mexico who sing in English - one Spanish song out of 30+ original compositions); Motion Device (metal/prog metal - two girls and one guy - siblings - plus one guy cousin from Canada).

Hops Metal Show start off with Dust to Dust

LouieGrandie I agree. Dust to Dust live at Lumario!

Jason Nord yes excellent version

@@hopsmetalshow3413 that's right I forgot but don't let your foot off it there's plenty to do youve hardly started and a new album is about to be released. Why don't you just go through all the songs yourselves watch some concert footage and some funny moments and tribute clips from fans, pick out the things that you like most and just keep bringing in your friends or even people from the local music store or radio station and watch their reaction to your favorite BAND MAID songs.

Facts

japanese lables are sadly just bad in promoting stuff overseas.

There's no bad songs

I prefer Band Maid, as they seen more of an actual metal band, playing their own instruments.