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Vanilla Beans in-store live report
Vanilla Beans, my favorite neo-Shibuya-kei idol duo, have been touring record stores in promotion of their new DVD. They're doing a series of 5 shows in each of which they wear a different outfit. They've been coming up with a new outfit for every single release.
Today was the 4th of the series, at Tower Records in Shinjuku, and they wore outfits as seen on the "Nicola" single (watch the video below).
Set list: Nicola / Nostalgy (Nicola B-side) / koi no Theory
That was a very fun show, especially that "Nicola" and "koi no Theory" are two songs that I like very much. They had most of the crowd dancing along their choreographed moves. Best of all though was a cute short elderly man in a suit standing in front of me... he knew all of the moves!! I couldn't help but wonder if he could be the grandfather of either of the girls. I didn't ask but I think I will if I see him again at their show. :)
I was also happy that they offered a quick 30-second photo session. (Sorry for the blurry shot, but I thought it looked kind of good anyway.)
Next time I see them might be for their "one-man" show on December 23 at Daikanyama Unit (details at Tokyo Gig Guide). Meanwhile they also have a last in-store event this Wednesday at HMV Shibuya from 18:30, and a talk event coming at Shinjuku Loft Plus One on November 23.
Watch Vanilla Beans' "Nicola" (also on YouTube)
Posted on November 2, 2009 at 22:00 | Tweet
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