ItalianoNikkan Sports: GACKT’s Powerful Live Exceeds 3 Hours 「Voice has closed shop」
On the 3rd, singer GACKT (42) held the last performance of his「GACKT WORLD TOUR 2016 LAST VISUALIVE Saigo no Tsuki －LAST MOON－」at Saitama Super Arena.
With a total of 42 performances for this tour, the last performance had an attendance of 12,000 people. The performance was split into 4 parts.
In part 1 and 2, the staging was linked to the worldview of the GACKT all-produced stage play「MOON SAGA －Yoshitsune Hiden－」and「Chapter 2」, without any MC portions at all. In part 3, during his conversation with the excited audience, GACKT said with his withered voice before entering part 4 in the MC,「GACKT’s voice has already closed shop. Everything after this will be sung by drummer VAL」. With that declaration, the audience used their 2 light sticks to form the X sign, signalling their huge disapproval, the audience were wowed by themselves when he said「You don’t have to reject with full force right」.
As he said「Although this is the tour’s final, I don’t want you to be sad」, he got a few words off his chest, saying「It’s been 17 years since I first went solo. When I look around me, there are friends who are disappearing but, because there are people who are supporting me I’m able to do this. Please let me say this from the deepest depths of my heart. Truly, thank you for everything so far!」.
With his comment「With all my life, I will deliver something special to everyone so, everyone please do receive my special something too」, they went through the introduction of his members and then started the 4th part. It It was a powerful live that lasted for more than 3 hours, and including his newest single「ARROW」, a total of 17 songs were performed.
Also, on this day, it was announced that he will be voicing the Fiend with Twenty Faces for the TV anime「TRICKSTER －Edogawa Ranpo『Shounen Tanteidan』yori－」which will start in October, and that his son「Kimi Dake no Boku de Iru Kara」will be used as the opening theme song.
Source: nikkansports.com
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA