There are review about the Christmas concert at Tokyo Dome, let c guys. IT'S AWESOME
The intro was basically the same, telling the story of the vampires' creation and watching Gackt and heroic crew ride out into battle. There were a few new scenes spliced into the intro movie. And with good reason. DAMN good reason. So, on screen, as they rode out into battle, suddenly Gackt and crew came charging out into the arena on horses. Let me repeat that. THEY CAME CHARGING OUT ON HORSEBACK and rode around the inner circle of the arena floor. Oh. My. God. What a way to start a show! I fully and completely believe him now when he says his tours are always in the red concerning profits and that he blows the budget each time. No i can't read. The songs were the same this time around.
During the MC, after a long, drawn out, odd process of elimination, one lucky girl, Mami-chan walked away with the following: one crew shirt, one crew sweatshirt, You-kun's sunglasses and belt, Ryu's sticks and gloves, CHACHA'S GUITAR [Bitch! she probably can't even play. I can, give it to me~~! ^___^] and a Darts ring from Gackt. Actually I shouldn't say walked away, because once she was off stage, she promptly passed the hell out and had to be carried away. Such is the price you pay for such blindingly incredible luck. Maybe next Christmas. He also talked about how this was the first and last time he'll play Tokyo Dome, simply because it's too big. This was also the last time he'll be doing U+K. Perhaps this was the end of the dancing cats. The end of an era? We'll have to wait and see.
So it was solid, wall to wall rock for nearly two hours and then...then the encore came. Which of course involved Gackt cloaked in a stunning white coat being wired across the audience to the part of the stage that jutted out into the audience all the while singing the opening lines to 12 gatsu no Love Song. Cue the water works. I've never seen a performance so wonderful or moving or simply beautiful in my life. Trans-Siberian Orchestra was my number one for the holiday fuzzies, but they've just been bumped to the second place slot. I was stunned into silence and into tears. And then naturally I just had to sing along. What better way to follow up a heart warming Christmas song like 12 gatsu? Why, with a heartbreaking one- Love Letter of course! That brought down the house. Everyone was swaying with their little blue glowsticks. Sang more-cried more. But they were happy tears. I thought I'd be lonely or bummed out that I wasn't in NY with my family, but strangely enough, I wasn't. I was beyond thrilled to be exactly where I was and be with who I was with. He made quite the flashy exit too, but I really didn't expect any less from Gackt. I left there with puffy eyes and an incredibly light heart.
The Gackt Xmas Eve concert at Tokyo Dome was EXTREMELY EXCELLENT!!! This one had two screens on both sides for those poor souls in the back, like me, who couldn't see much from their seats.
First thing, they showed the usual opening movie, but now it's longer, including clips of a mother and child. The mother is killed by the enemy, I'm assuming, and the boy is vainly trying to shake her awake. He looks up to see another enemy, holding a sword, and you see Gackt's angry face as he rides into battle.
THEN ALL FIVE BAND MEMBERS RIDE AROUND TOKYO DOME ON REAL HORSES.Just when you think Gackt can't up the ante anymore, he pulls this on you. After that was the usual repetoire of songs: Dybbuk, etc. For some of the songs, though, the footage that played on the two screens was obviously different from what was happening on stage. Such as, Gackt was with a i can't read-ton of his dancers, but the screens only showed him dancing around. Or one time, he was on his knees, singing by himself, but the screens showed him holding a woman's dead body. O_o Cool but very disorienting.
For the MC (the part where he takes a break to talk to the audience), he picked out five people from the crowd (I think some people had been pre-selected somehow, like with a piece of paper on their seat or something, but I'm not sure). The first guy to come up looked like a geeky salaryman and had come with his wife, but Gackt was hanging all over him. You could tell the guy was ecstatic. Hell, who wouldn't be? Anyway, all five people (two guys, three girls) did rock-paper-scissors, and the girl who won got presents from each band member.
From Junken: a band t-shirt (probably signed?)
From Ryu: a pair of his drum sticks and some gloves
From You: his OWN belt and sunglasses (he had to run offstage for a second to get a new belt, else his pants would've fallen down)
From Chacha: a signed band sweatshirt and HIS GUITAR (he gave her his own guitar!!)
From Gackt: a Darts ring, which he put on her finger himself
Then she got a hug from him and was sent back to her seat. The entire time, she looked very happy and ready to faint. I was so happy for her. ^___^
After Todokanai..., the usual ending song, Gackt came out again wearing a white coat. He was magically lifted from one part of the arena to the end of the center catwalk on the stage, singing 12月のLove Song the whole time. On stage, he performed Love Letter, during which he was lifted up by a rising pillar. Everyone had blue glow sticks, there were pretty giant lights flinging around everywhere, and the arena crew was firing off fake snow. It was incredibly uplifting, and I saw several of my friends cry. I didn't cry (I did scratch my neck since it suddenly got itchy), but it was a happy moment.
Mostly during that incredibly intense minute when all of this stuff was getting thrown at me near the end, I wasn't thinking about how I felt. I was thinking about how he felt, standing up there by himself on that tall platform, surrounded by all these pretty lights and all this falling snow, singing to thousands of his adoring fans. He's got a great life, I tell ya.
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Poor Gakuto.
(i have a memory of a goldfish)
At least by now. I didn't want to post it just because they've denied it, so is a rumour and nothing more. Take a look here, there are two articles related to this (and translated) -> 
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Can't thank you enough for listening to me and for your PMs.
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