WagakkiBand Ticket Giveaway
The organizers of the WagakkiBand DEEP IMPACT US Tour have given ANN three pairs of tickets (1 pair per show) to give-away to readers.
Tour Details
July 12: LOS ANGELES @ Club Bahia
July 14: SAN DIEGO @ House of Blues
July 16: SAN FRANCISCO @ The Fillmore
WagakkiBand is an 8-piece band that fuses Shigin, poetry recitation rooted in Japanese traditional performing arts, Wagakki, traditional Japanese musical instruments, and rock music to bring a fresh and yet authentically Japanese live show. Their YouTube smash hit,“Senbonzakura” has over 42 million views and counting and their latest single, “Hangeki no Yaiba” is the theme song for the TV original series of mega manga/anime hit, “Attack on Titan.”
Front woman Yuko Suzuhana is in fact the champion of a nationwide Shigin contest. Backing Suzuhana are 7 members playing traditional instruments including Shakuhachi (bamboo flute), Shamisen (3 string guitar like instrument), Koto (Japanese Harp), and Taiko (Japanese drum).
They released their debut album Vocalo Zanmai in 2014, which hit Top 10 twice during a 22 week stay in the Top 100 of Japan's Oricon weekly charts. While their video "Senbonzakura" hit 10 million views within a few months of release.
On January 6 WagakkiBand played for over 10,000 fans at the legendary Budokan. Tokyo-based music critic Daniel Robson described it:
"As the band left the stage after two thrilling hours, it was the audience's turn to sing, chanting the chorus to “Akatsukino Ito” until the band came back for an encore... They saved their biggest hit for last. As Beni and Daisuke perfomed the rousing Tsugaru-jamisen and shakuhachi intro to “Senbonzakura”, a shower of glittering ribbons fell from the ceiling. Yuko held out her mic so that the crowd could sing along. For WagakkiBand, of course, a promising new year has only just begun."
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