[GENERATIONS]First national arena tour with 6 new members! Shingo Katori on October 14th! October 15th, Noritake Kinashi makes a surprise appearance with AK-69! !

GENERATIONS LIVE TOUR 2024 “GENERATIONS 2.0”, the first arena tour in about 9 months with a new lineup of 6 members, will be held at Yoyogi National Stadium for 2 days on October 14th and 15th, with 12 performances in 7 cities nationwide. It was held at the stadium No. 1 Gymnasium.

In the first half of 2024, each member of GENERATIONS focused on their solo activities, increasing their sensibilities and achieving further power-up.

DREAMERS (a collective term for fans) rushed to the venue from all over the country to see the first live performance with the six members.

From the beginning, GENERATIONS’ charming opening video was played, and as the excitement in the venue quickly rose, the six members appeared along with the intro of “Evergreen 2.0.”

“Evergreen”, which was released in May 2015 and is handed down as a masterpiece among DREAMERS, has been rearranged for this tour, resulting in a song with an even more epic feel.

DREAMERS’ loud cheers echoed throughout the venue as the performance felt like turning a new page in history.

As the live performance approached its midway point, vocalists Ryutomo Kazuhara and Ryota Katayose each performed their solo songs.

Ryuto Kazuhara performed “Pacific Love Memories” with all English lyrics. Along with her sweet singing voice, she also played a blues harp at the end of the song.

Ryota Katayose performed “Tonight wa Boogie Back feat. eill has appeared. They showed off their lively dialogue and gave a performance that seemed to have jumped out of the world of the music video.

The last song of the main story was “Endless Journey”, which was released in May as a song to support gymnastics in Japan. It was a performance that gave courage to DREAMERS.

During the encore on October 14th (Monday), the venue was filled with excitement as they sang “YMCA”.

Shingo Katori, dressed as Ryutomo Kazuhara, appears as a special support member.

Completely reproduces Ryuto Kazuhara’s hairstyle, beard, and clothes.

“This is Shin Kazuhara’s friend!” the venue was filled with laughter.

Ryutomo Kazuhara himself was not informed of his appearance, and although he seemed taken aback and collapsed, he moved on stage with Shingo Katori in high spirits.

after that,

Shingo Katori shouted, “This is my favorite GENERATIONS song!” and performed “DREAMERS.”

Shingo Katori’s solo song “Tokyo SNG” was also performed with the GENERATIONS members, and he sang “Let’s play together again!!” and “I love you!!”

He gave DREAMERS energy and left the venue.

During the encore on October 15th (Tuesday), Noritake Kinashi suddenly appeared during the singing of “YMCA” and gave a powerful performance that excited the audience.

Noritake Kinashi shouted, “I started HIPHOP at age 62!”, then popular rapper AK-69 was called in, and the big surprise that followed caused the audience to erupt in cheers.

Keeping the excitement alive, Noritake Kinashi performed “No Limit feat AK-69” from his 3rd album “Kinashi Soul” which will be released on October 30th.
DREAMERS couldn’t hide their excitement at the collaboration, which no one could have predicted, and waving their hands wildly, showing the climax of excitement.

At the end, she left the stage with a smile and said, “I held out my hand, but you just stopped pulling it back!? But thank you! See you later!”

At the last MC of the performance,

Ryota Katayose: “I will continue to do my best to entertain the DREAMERS with various entertainment!”

Ryutomo Kazuhara “I always receive strength from everyone in DREAMERS, and I feel that this is where we belong. Thank you very much for today! We look forward to your continued support!”

he said.

Furthermore, in the interview before the performance,

Hayabusa Komori said, “After touring over and over again, I realize that there was nothing wrong with what we were doing.”

Japan’s best entertainment was delivered to DREAMERS by Shingo Katori, Noritake Kinashi, AK-69, and GENERATIONS.

Alan Shirahama expressed his gratitude to the special support members who have appeared so far, saying, “I’m very happy and grateful to have received so much help from so many guests on this tour.”

They will continue to bring a variety of exciting entertainment to the world.

The performance was filled with hopes and expectations for GENERATIONS’ future.

[Performance schedule]

(Osaka) Osaka Castle Hall

2024/10/19 (Sat) Doors open 16:00 / Start 17:00

2024/10/20 (Sun) Doors open 15:00 / Performance starts 16:00

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