LiSA released her single ASH in November, celebrating its debut at 5th place on the Oricon weekly rankings. She has just finished her 13th Japan hall tour “LiVE is Smile Always 〜 LiTTLE DEViL PARADE〜soshite Parade wa tsuzuku”, to which 25,000 fans attended. LiSA had her first acoustic one-man-live in Taiwan over two days. Her first performance was held on Saturday 9th December in Taipei at Legacy Max.
Her performance in Taiwan time was part of a one-man-live arena and hall tour. Instead of a full band, there was a keyboardist, acoustic guitarist and LiSA – a simple acoustic setting.
There were 1400 tickets for her concert set according to the capacity of the venues – all of which are sold out! This is just even more proof that LiSA is popular. She performed 16 acoustic and karaoke songs. The venue was hot with excitement from the fans and from LiSA’s passionate voice, so much so that the cold outside could hardly be felt!
At the end of the live, the audience cried out for an encore, to which LiSA dragged the band back on stage to deliver yet another performance! She performed the Chinese version of her iconic song “Catch the Moment”, during which the evening reached its climax!
As LiSA seized her acoustic guitar and started strumming the opening riff to “ONLY#LONELY”, the venue became warm and LiSA delivered a magnificent performance.
Next year in 2018, LiSA will be embarking on her asia tour “LiVE is Smile Always～ASiA TOUR 2018～”during which she will be performing in Japan. On Saturday 21st July she will be performing in Singapore, hitting up Hong Kong on Saturday 11th August, followed by Taipei (Taiwan) on Saturday 18th August. When she announced this news to her fans at the live, many were deeply filled with emotion, tears welling up in their eyes. The venue was wrapped in the delight and excitement of the fans.
In order to fully deliver the ultimate Christmas present that extends into next year to her fans at Legacy Max Taiwan, LiSA passionately sung her killer tune “Rising Hope”. As excitement was at its max voltage, the acoustic live came to a close.
From June 2018, LiSA will be embarking on her tour, starting with two performances at Nippon Budokan and two performances at Osaka-jō Hall. She will then be performing in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei.
However, she will not only be performing in the three different locations mentioned above. She will be announcing other countries in which she will perform in the future! Nobody can contain their excitement for the follow up report!
◼︎Information
LiVE is Smile Always～ASiA TOUR 2018～
■ Japan arena Japan arena performances
Thursday 14th & Friday 15th June 2018 – Nippon Budokan (Tokyo)
Saturday 30th June & Sunday 1st July 2018- Osaka-j ō
Hall（Osaka）
Overseas lives（first announcement）
Saturday 21st July 2018 – Singapore
Saturday 11th August – Hong Kong
Saturday 18th August – Taiwan AND MORE！
☆ New single “ASH” – release information!! ☆
LiSA 13th Single “ASH” – release date: 2017. 11. 29
LiSA×Fate – a chance to meet again! TV anime “Fate/Apocrypha” 2nd cool opening theme song
“LiSA×Fate” – a chance to meet again!
LiSA’s 13th single was made into the second opening theme song for the cool anime “Fate/Apocrypha”. LiSA, who has managed numerous hit anime songs, describes this song as cool and emotional rock!!
≪CD contents≫
【First-run limited edition version（CD＋DVD）】 VVCL-1130～1131 / ￥1,600 + tax
≪CD≫
M1： “ASH”（October release anime Fate/Apocrypha 2nd cool opening theme song
Lyrics：Mao（from SID） Music：Aki Mimegumi（from SID） Arrangement：Ryo Eguchi
M2： “Tsumibito”
Lyrics：LiSA Music：Sho（from MY FIRST STORY） Arrangement：Sho（from MY FIRST STORY）
M3： “ONLY≠LONELY”
Lyrics：Masato Kanai（BIGMAMA） Music：Yasuha Kominami Arrangement：Shota Horie
M4： “ASH -Instrumental-”
≪DVD≫ “ASH” music video DVD included
【Standard edition（CD）】 VVCL-1132 / ￥1,200 ＋ tax
≪CD≫
M1： “ASH”（October release anime Fate/Apocrypha 2nd cool opening theme song
Lyrics：Mao（from SID） Music：Aki Mimegumi（from SID） Arrangement：Ryo Eguchi
M2： “Tsumibito”
Lyrics：LiSA Music：Sho（from MY FIRST STORY） Arrangement：Sho（from MY FIRST STORY）
M3： “ONLY≠LONELY”
Lyrics：Masato Kanai（BIGMAMA） Music：Yasuha Kominami Arrangement：Shota Horie
M4： “ASH -Instrumental-”
【Limited edition version（CD＋DVD）】 VVCL-1133～1134 / ￥1,600 + tax
≪CD≫
M1： “ASH”（October release anime Fate/Apocrypha 2nd cool opening theme song
Lyrics：Mao（from SID） Music：Aki Mimegumi（from SID） Arrangement：Ryo Eguchi
M2： “Tsumibito”
Lyrics：LiSA Music：Sho（from MY FIRST STORY） Arrangement：Sho（from MY FIRST STORY）
M3： “ONLY≠LONELY”
Lyrics：Masato Kanai（BIGMAMA） Music：Yasuha Kominami Arrangement：Shota Horie
M4： “ASH -Instrumental-”
≪DVD≫ TV anime “Fate/Apocrypha” Non-credit opening video DVD included
☆TV anime “Fate/Apocrypha” 2nd cool theme song – Non-credit opening video DVD included
☆ Includes illustrated mini poster
☆ Inlcludes 3-sided illustrated case
※ Orders will be shipped until the end of February 2018
【 “ASH” full version streaming site】 https://lisa.lnk.to/ASH
【TV anime “Fate/Apocrypha” official HP】http://fate-apocrypha.com/
【TV anime “Fate/Apocrypha” 2nd cool PV】https://youtu.be/A14xTieK9B8
☆ LiSA live INFORMATION☆
【Live event information】
・Thursday 28th ～ Sunday 31st December “rockin’on presents COUNTDOWN JAPAN 17/18”（Makuhari Messe International Halls 1～11/event hall, Chiba prefecture,）
※ LiSA will only be performing on Thursday 28th December
・National holiday Monday 8th January – “DENGEKI 25th Anniversary DENGEKI MUSIC LIVE!! 2018”（Makuhari Messe International Event Hall, Chiba）
【LiSA Official Website】 http://www.lxixsxa.com/
【LiSA Official YouTube】 https://www.youtube.com/c/lisaSMEJ
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