After a long 15 years of waiting for their concert
in Indonesia. Finally, L’Arc~en~ciel or Laruku (Raruku in Japanese
spelling) had their first concert ever in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was a
dream come true for me.
The ticket sales was opened since January 2012 and
instantly sold out to the die hard fans of Laruku. Even the VIP ticket
that cost 1.2 million rupiahs were sold out in two days. It’s been a
long wait for the Laruku fans in Indonesia to
be able to watch their beloved Japanese rock band performing live, so
it wasn’t a big surprise.
I’ve been a fan of Laruku since junior high, Blurry
Eyes was the first song that captured my heart and made me fall in love
with Laruku (unfortunately they didn't put this song in the list :')). Their epic video clip of Stay Away has always been my
lifetime favourite and I’ve been following their
journey ever since, including each of their solo projects.
Although a fan, I don’t join any fansclub or forum. It’s just not my thing :p
Anyway, back to the concert. It was a super
fantastic one. Around 10.000 people gathered around and sang along with
Laruku in every song. It was such a heartwarming moment. There was no
chaos, everything was in order and everyone felt like
family.
The weather was a bit cloudy and there was drizzle right when the song Anata was sang by the fans as a prelude to the
encore part of the concert. It was such an emotional moment after hyde shed his tears when he sang Forbidden Lovers earlier, several people even shed a tear while singing Anata.
During the concert, Laruku was trying hard to
communicate with the fans in Indonesian. Sometimes, hyde, ken or tetsu
laughed at their own effort in saying the words but they continued to do
it. Ken even said several lines in Indonesia with
a help of a note, joking with hyde by giving him Wayang (Indonesian
traditional puppet) and a traditional flute. Hyde tried to blow the
flute but he couldn’t figure out the way and finally giving up trying.
Before the last song, Hyde asked the fans if they
felt happy, the crowd replied with a loud yes and Hyde then said that he
also felt happy and promised that they would come again to Jakarta
which then responded with a loud cheering from
the crowd.
Then they played the last song, NIJI and ended the
concert. Hyde, Ken, Tetsu and Yukihiro took some time to thank the
crowd and listened to the cheering crowd. After that, they went
backstage and Tetsu suddenly got back to the stage with
a basket of bananas and lollipops. As he often did in their other
concert, he would throw the bananas and lollipops to the crowd after
kissing it first.
That act, officially ended the concert.They had accomplished their 19 songs set brilliantly.
It was one of the historical moments in my life and
I never regretted being a Laruku fans. It was a lifetime experience and
would always be remembered.
Thank you Laruku, hope to see you again in
the future.
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