^ well we're skipping Ruisrock now...still need to tell Sakura that when she comes online. Well, at least he promised us we'll get on the guest list and photo admittance in Stockholm.

I hope we can change our flight booking without too much of extra-costs.



WOW...now that's awesome! How did they get such great tickets?

*sighs* I have mixed feelings about the whole thing now...I'm excited to see Despa again, but it's uncertain that we get to talk to them/do an interview. Marius said he'll try.

ah, that sounds complicated! I hope everything will go fine!

One of them is in the Moi dix Mois / Mana fanclub, so she got fanclub tickets for all of them

Well...it's going down the drain at the moment...seems like I won't be going at all ...so, have fun at the festivals, ne?



Ah, I see. I was thinking about joining Mon amour, but I'm still debating with myself.

you can't go at all? omg o.O
that sucks so bad? u sure u won't be able to go anywhere?
or did I misunderstand you

No you didn't. For a while it seemed as if Sakura would cancel the whole trip. But we talked it through and now we'll be going to Helsinki and Stockholm like I said. We'll return to Finland afterwards and should I get my loan we'll try to come to Turku as well, but that would just be bonus.

*huffs* Yes, no, yes, no, yes...I'm turning into a nervous wreck here...I guess I'll be on edge until we're finally sitting onboard the plane.

jesus.. I would be nervous if I were u.. My festivals are so sure so I don't have to worry at all.. but u got the acrredation to tuska didn't you? then you'll be watching the gig from the first row I guess, I'll be in the crowd.. Just search for a tall girl with black/blonde hair and black lip and eyebrow piercings and say hi! I'll probably have a huge mohawk as well, so it will be easy to spot me

next week *__* I can't wait

and Kaisaniemi, the park where Tuska is held in, is in the heart of Helsinki's center, next to the train station

^ Sakura's got accreditation, I'll be in the crowd as well, I guess. Oh, we'll see.

To be honest, I AM nervous as hell. Eight days to go and I'll be on my way.

well if you'd like I can ask my friends if you can tag along with us
I'm getting kinda nervous too

Sounds cool! And we should definitely meet up one of the days, you know.

Waaahhhh, I can't wait...I'm so excited I'm gonna see the guys again. And I'm curious if they'll remember me at all. ^^

yup definelty! I have no idea if I'll be staying around Helsinki though.. i gotta check my work schedule..

The stage the boys will play at in Tuska is farely small and this kinda tent stage, but the stage they'll play in Ruisrock is the biggest stage of the whole festival *__*

Do that. We'll be arriving on Saturday and will be leaving for Strockholm on...Monday or Tuesday, I'm not completely sure there.



Wow, that sounds awesome! And Tuska...*laughs* That's gonna be cool, like a small club-concert.

I have been having nightamres of Tuska :<
On Sunday omfg
I'm gonna pee my pants before that happens

*hugs* I've been having strange dreams nightmares about Despa and festivals since spring. *scratches head*

Waaahhhhhhhh...on sunday...omg I'm soooo excited! *jumps up and down*

have a great time guys!

reports please ne?

Sure thing. We'll share the work. I'll do a report on the live in Stockholm, Kat's gonna do the report on Ruisrock, as I probably won't be there and we'll both report on Tuska, as we're gonna meet there.

Okay...I'll go pack now ^^

ur freakken darn lucky shoot! IM JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhahaha hes the sexiest looking one out of all the other ones haha

Heya!

Just a short notice from me.

I arrived in Stockholm a few hours ago, leaving Helsinki behind me.

Tuska was great and Despa were AWESOME!!!

They did an autograph-signing before the show and the guys signed something very special for me

The show was great, although it was a rather short set, only songs from MIRROR. I'll type a detailed report later, I'm still trying to recover from the flight here that has been rather bumpy.

@Kat: It was lovely to meet you! I hope it wasn't the last time we met. *hugs*

Okay, fotos and detailed report when I get back home.

*hugs all* *waves*

@ Amber: It wa sso nice to meet you too! It would have been great to talk more and stuff!!

yup, the gig was great! second row in front of hizumi, and at the end, these two huge guys in front of me let me come to the first row from ime to time to stare at hizumi I caught tsukasa's waterbottle but some dumbasses ripped it from me :<
I also got autographs <3

I wish you good luck for the stockholm gig amber, I hope they'll play some other songs than the MIRROR songs there.. Can't wait for saturday, i hope they would play atleast one old song, but I still won't complain abt mirror

@Kat: We'll meet again. *hugs*

Concert was nice, they played at least two oldert songs (Reddish and Infection).

Big report when I'm back home.

agggggggggh.
T__T i wanna see them live
you guys mustve had a great time ne ?

reports please ^___^

Here's some report from mi amor, Shiva_K
D'espairsRay live in Spain
http://shiva--k.livejournal.com/46181.html?nc=19

*-*

I think A,ber should make a short report from her side in Tuska (she was in the first row in front of Karyu) and I could do a short one from my side (second row between Hizumi and Zero) I'll do one tomorrow, I'm super tired now..

INFECTION!! I love that song...plus its the only song that I can sing along to for the whole time LOL. Do give a report!

pics from the Tuska festival!!

http://www.rikos.org/~aya/tuska2007/
(click the d'espairsray pics)

http://stock.noiseshooter.com/thumbnails.php?album=73

http://www.kammio.fi/tuska07_2/
(scroll to the end

http://www.metalshots.com/2007-06-29_Tuska...Tuska_0520.html
(D'espairsray pics are 520-527)

here's a pic of the audience: (I modified it a little xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD)



and here's a few of my pics, I won't post many, cause compared to those pics taken by professionals, these suck!
















(this WAS an accident, but it was so funny D)




(lol, bunny Hizumi)

sorrie no pics of Karyu really, or Tsukasa.. it was so hard to take pics from the second row, since there were two really tall guys in front of me and everyone was pushing really hard, and I was a little left from Hizumi, and Karyu was mainly staying at his side)

and my signed booklet <3

^ahhhh thanks for the pics!! shirtless Hizumi is always love!! I really want to see them again now....

Zero's hair is cute! lol

Hey guys!

I'm back home...finally. Although I'm a little sad...I would have loved to see Despa one last time at Ruisrock...but oh well.

@Tuska: Kat is right, I was standing first row, right in front of Karyu

The show was awesome, although it was only a short set with songs from Mirror, bur they were really energetig and bouncing. At some point I started feeling weak (hadn't eaten all day) and had to go to the back. But I had a nice view from there. When they played Screen I felt tears rolling down my cheeks...it's the song I heard all the time when my mom was in intensive care. My best friend had press-acces and did alot of photos, I'll tell you as soon as she's updated our myspace.

The autograph-signing beforehand was...funny. The first person I saw was Nora, the interpreter. I was really surprized to see her, as I thought she'd still be in the USA with Diru. She recognized me and said hi. Then she wanted to give me a pic to get signed, but I had other plans. I had something very special to get signed: my red cylinder.

First to sign was Zero. He hardly looked at me, but smiled. Then came Tsukasa. He practically grinned at me, he also recognized me from last winter. He signed the hat and then took my hand to shake it. Although it was pretty loud around (Blind Guardian were playing at that time), I managed to tell Tsu that we'd be in Stockholm also. He smiled and nodded.

Then came Karyu. He took the hat, grinning broadly. He signed it, then he took it...and PUT IT ON!!!! Then he handed it back to me, taking my hand and holding it. He winked at me before I turned to Hizumi. Hizumi must have recognized me as well, he signed the hat, handed it to me and shook my hand. I looked to Karyu and he seemed to want to say something, but then I was pushed aside. *sighs*


my preciousssssssssssss...

The next day we took a plane over to Stockholm.

The Klubben is a nice location on the south island of Stockholm, not far from a huge bus-station (5 minutes walk). We came there early, because we wanted to see if we could get in before the others to take pics.

...

We couldn't. I had to call Gan-Shin twice to find out, that we weren't on the guest-list and were denied photo-access. I felt like crying (I actually did), but we didn't want to leave, so we decided to buy tickets and see the concert nonetheless. I met some people from last year's tour and we talked a little...when Nora suddenly appeared, talking to the fans and filming them. I was able to talk to her and tell her about our problems, but she couldn't do anything for us either...but the took messages and gifts with her.

We were still able to get tickets and we were lucky to stand third row...in front of Zero, because Sakura had aseked me to stand on his side. The guys came on stage a little late...but as soon as Damned started, everybody started pushing. We were squeezed into second row...not that we minded. ^^

I don't recall every song, but from the old songs they played Infection, Forbidden, Reddish and maybe one more, but it's wiped from my memory, as that was at the time someone suddenly grabbed me from behind and yanked. Hard. I fell to the floor, but luckily hands were there to help me up. I went out of the crowd for a while, but went back in when they played Screen. I couldn't help but cry again...and for a moment Hizumi looked at me...right when a single tear rolled down my cheek. He looked touched...I still want to write the guys a letter to explain.

Hollow was awesome...he asked us to sing along, and we did, same with Closer to ideal.

Karyu and Zero switched positions three or four times and at one point Karyu saw me and pointed at me, grinning. I wore the cylinder and he must have spotted it in the crowd .

When they played Kaleidoscope, I went to the bar to get something to drink...I was drained. I went outside to have a chat with the guy from the merchandise-stand. I went back inside for the encore...and then it was over. I went to the side of the stage, sad that we hadn't cought anything...whe I spotted something white on Zero's micstand. It was one of his bass-pics! I asked the technician to give it to me and he did. I gave it to Sakura and she almost glomped me, hugging me tightly.

We went outside then, wantigt to see Despa off. Around midnight they left in four taxis.

*sighs* It was awesome and I still hope they will come back in winter for a few more concerts. Sakura will be at the anniversary-gig in Shibuya on September 9th. Lucky her...she got one of the special tickets.

Hizumi is so freaken hot!
LOVE HIM!! *faints*

@ Amber: though it seems that u ran into some problems all in all you still got to meet them and have them sign your precious!!! lol....aH I want a Karyu wink lol. I don't even know when the heck i'll be able to see D'espa again. I want to so bad

on a side note: I saw 12012 today. I stood like second row in front of the speakers on Hiroaki's side. I'm a little deaf right now. Though they aren't my favorite band, I loved when they played Cyclone and Butterfly (I think that was the song). I must say, they are all very good looking and stylish. I loved their outfits (especially Hiroaki's)

ahhh.
the concert sounds so AWESOME!
i really want to see them live. ( like i do for everyother band D: )

at ruisrock they played songs from mirror and squall, but also closer to ideal (yay! older song but on mirror ) and garnet (ppl went crazy)
there were a lot of techinacl problems and stuff but overall, the performance was good
the crowd
was not
report coming soon!

^ Sounds like a mixed experience...they really played Garnet? Wow.

*waiting for the report*

D: waiting for report as well

i forgot to mention before...

SHIRTLESS HIZUMI
lol, was there ever a concert where he wasnt shirtless ?

*giggles* Uhm actually at the murder day live he wasn't. As far as I remember, that is.

But shirtless Hizumi is <3

Oh, btw...the pics from Tuska are up at our MySpace.

^ I will always remember the sight of Hizumi shirtless (from CBGB) Though his hoodie that he had on before he took it off was very cool. I wanted it lol...and it looked really good on him.

nooo the Despa thread was like on page 5 or something....must save it



^ they look so good

Zero and his curly hair lol...it kinda suits him

^*nods* omg Hizumi's so cuteee x3
thanx mucho for all pix xD



*-* I GOT HIZUMI'S AUTOGRAPH FINALLY~!!!! xDDDD
Must thank you to mi amor, Shiva_k xD I didn't even ask her for that since all I asked from her was just kidnapping Hizumi for me *coughs*
lol but i do hope someday i could go to see all their lives *-*

^ ooh that's so awesome! How lucky = D

i didnt realize hizumi was that short
zero looks gorgeous <3 he dresses wayyyyyy better than me. LOL

zomg. lucky pou! how are you btw, i havent talked to you in a while!

*waves*

xD ty&hi precious4e (please don't kill me for forgetting your name T_T) hm...i hv one question i wanna ask you all along >< what's in your ava o.o??

@shirley: *glomps* hi hi i'm exhausted with study x_X but ty for asking me ne ^^ i miss talking to you ;-;
yeah Hizumi is ssssshort T_T he's the same height as me actually ><

ahh..i'm waiting for their new live dvd *-*

*huggles Pou* Don't overwork yourself, ne?

About Hizumi being short...you don't notice AT ALL when you're standing next to him. Only when I looked at the photo we had made after the interview in Hamburg I was like O_o...he's so much shorter than me T_T but oh well...I have my Karyu...

@the new live DVD: I wonder if they're gonna include the footage from Scandinavia...if they do, look out for a brightred cylinder...that's me

what lives are gonna be on the DVD ?
i wonder when they'll have a new single coming out ^^

*HUG* pouuuuu~ hm, how tall are you ? kakaka i'll see if i can catch you on MSN and we'll talk again.

hahahah my name's Anna
in my avatar...that's my pet....it's a marimo lol. It's basically a round algae ball that grows in Hokkaido. I named it Momo. My best guy buddy bought it for me for my birthday and I raise it religiously lol. I can't have real pets like dogs or cats since my parents won't let so I raise this lol. This reminds me.....I have to change it's water soon.

And D'espa has a new DVD coming out? I vaguely remember hearing this lol but my brain isn't functioning correctly at this moment. Cool.

^lol, how do you "raise" it? can you like feed algae ? D: i wanna get one.
btw did you get home safe from yesterday? the steam pipe explosion didnt affect you did it ? D:
i was wondering since you get off late, and like the subways were kinda screwed up.

i wonder what they'll title their DVD.

^ I got home fine thanks. I got a ride from my dad. Though my subway line to work might be messed up since it runs on Lex....this sucks...I have to go to work tomorrow = (

thats good to hear ^^
ahh i think the subways are gonna be up and running soon...

something random:

hizumi was asked if he could describe the band in one word, what would it be, he replied "helium"

^perfect answer xD you know >.> 'He' is an ideal gas aka inert gas which means it can live freely without forming any bond with the others. i guess he (hizumi lol) means their music is unique, doesn't depend on the others or something likethat ><;; wait..he probably just answered it coz it's cool lol
=D hope we can talk soon ne, shirley ^^ hmm...i'm 5'7" ><

=O anna-chan~! your marimo is so cutee x3 how big is it, btw o.o

*hugs all*

i don't know which live's gonna be on their new dvd but who cares? xD their lives are always rock+sugoi, aren't they? *pokes amber*

ohcrap. that explains alot. and yeah he probably said that cuz its cool XD
T^T i wish i was 5'7. yesssss i'll see you on MSN ^^

hizumi's message to his fans was methaphetamine (did i spell it right?)
its a drug right ? o_o

^yeah it's a drug, an addictive one...hmm...i guess (again >< gomen) what he wanna say was, addicted to their music, let it made you hyperactive & crazy like that drug even if its overdose could kill you *coughs* thank god i'm still alive lol Woohooo~! D'espairsRay Rocks~! xD hahaha

*huggies* then ttyl, shirley =D

Oh absolutely. I've seen Despa four times now...and even though some of it was tinged, it was marvellous beyond description. I always think back with a warm smile on my face.

And yes, in a way they are addictive, their music and everything about them. Once I learned about them I couldn't let go anymore.

*laughs*

^*nods* coz we are their MANIA xDDD

gnite.