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So as you might already know the GazettE have finished their probably most longest tour ever, the 2007-2008. Standing live tour STACKED RUBBISH - PULSE WRIGGLING TO BLACK.
The tour started way back in July (15.7.2007.) and lasted to 20.4.2008. with a total of 71 performances divided unto 4 tour parts.

Part 1 (15.7-7.9.2007.) had live performances throughout various clubs, halls and live houses in Japan with a final performed on 7.9. in Nippon Budoukan. Anybody watching the NAMELESS LIBERTY SIX GUNS live DVD (from the Budoukan concert in 2006) will see that the guys have kept their promise and returned again to Nippon Budoukan as well as "making a tour in which they will go and play in every city or town, no matter how small it is". Looks like they'd even managed to do that, since they had so many performances.

In the interlude between tour 1 and 2 the guys managed to put a special 1.5 tour as well, going to Europe and performing in Finland, Germany, France and England. The concerts were a big success, some had to be moved to bigger venues, while others were sold within days. Man the months before 1.5 and the days this tour lasted were a real torture to me, knowing that my favorite band is performing at a distance that is no more than 500km away from me, on a tour I had a chance to go, but couldn't since my father's trip to India came in the same time when these guys had their tour.
I swear that I really hated them back then just because I love their music so much and that I'll have to wait again (after waiting a year) for them to come back to Europe. All I wanted was to see the persons whose music means the life to me. Just to say one day Thank you for everything to them would mean the world to me. Because I can't never make up for what they have done for me.
After coming back from Europe (which was also marked with their reversion to indies as I've heard, well no one knows for sure if they're major or indie) their tour went into stage 2 (6.-29.11.2007.) of their tour which was basically touring around Live Houses throughout Japan. The boys got rid of their BURIAL APPLICANT outfits (THANK YOU GOD) and had special outfits just for this tour. This tour marked the end of a very successful year for the GazettE starting with the release of the great single Hyena, boiled up with the announcement of their 3rd album which was a little disappointing (and as such the only remark on the GazettE this year), but they made up for that with a fabulous tour and the announcement of their single Guren.

The start of 2008. was marked with the boys collaboration with the jewelry label GEMCEREY and the release of their personally designed jewelry, which was followed with the release of their, probably the best, single ever Guren. The single was released on 13.2.2008. and managed to get to number 2 in the Oricon single charts. After the single release the guy's were ready to continue their PULSE WRIGGLING TO BACK tour with the Fan Club only tour part 3 (1.-10.3.2008.)

The tour went into it's last stage with the tour part 4 (11.3.-8.4.2008.) where the boys played in various halls in Japan and head forth for the Tour GRAND FINALE [REPEATED COUNTLESS ERROR]. Their tour final was performed in the big Oosakajou Hall (where the boys used screens for the first time, I'm not really a fan of screens during concerts (I think it rather makes a distance then a connection with the fans) so that didn't really pleased me). So the tour ended with a two day spectacle in the Yoyogi park (Gymnasium something) and judging by the live reports the final was truly great.

As predictable the band announced that the concert held yesterday in Yoyogi National Stadium will be released on a DVD the GazettE TOUR 2007-2008 STACKED RUBBISH GRAND FINALE [REPEATED COUNTLESS ERROR] IN 国立代々木競技場第一体育館 and the band will hold a Gazerock Festival [BURST INTO BLAZE] on 23.8.2008. on Fujikyuu (not quite sure about that) highlands. And of course the guys will release a new single this autumn (let's hope it will be Gazerock at it's best and craziest form).

So yeah, wishing them less than this would be egoistical (knowing that I'm not really fond of the band's ever growing popularity, but I can't keep them for myself can I?) so I wish them the best and more than that because they deserve more than the best. They have got my biggest gratitude.

Even if they really know to piss and annoy me sometimes, I still love them. I wish them a lot of success and many years of happy Gazerocking.

To the greatest rock band if not in the whole, than at least in my world.