Mix Speaker's,Inc. 2016 Summer Tour at Yokohama BAYSIS

Mix Speaker's,Inc. had their summer tour, Welcome to my town vol,2 ~MSI vs 栄夢恵巣愛 (MSI) ~, from July 23rd to August 11th. In two days, the band had shows in five different cities and both days featured a different theme. The first day, titled MSI day, was based on the band’s current concept of Zetsubou restaurant (The restaurant of despair), while the second day, 栄夢恵巣愛 (MSI) day, had the band appear as a Japanese motorcycle gang with that name. On July 31st, 栄夢恵巣愛 (MSI) took over Yokohama BAYSIS.

The band of six stepped onstage one by one with intimidating looks on their faces, and actually wore the Japanese motorcycle gang’s long jackets as their stage costumes. While sound effects of motorcycle engines played, vocalist NIKA, co-vocalist MIKI, guitarist AYA, guitarist keiji, bassist seek, and drummer S took their positions to cheers from the capacity crowd.

The band went full-throttle from the beginning of the show, opening with SCREAM go AROUND. Fans rumbled along with aggressive sounds from the stage by moshing, jumping, and shouting. The band members seemed to enjoy the physical freedom the stage outfits allowed them, especially S, who did not have to put on his signature heavy costume. As always, the two vocalists were in sync with each other both in singing and dancing, and fans enjoyed swaying with NIKA and MIKI during Friday Night Busters.

Later, NIKA made fans burst into laughter by singing Yokohama Ginbae’s Tsuppari High School Rock'n Roll a cappella. “Give us everything you got tonight,” NIKA said to fans in a different tone than usual after he finished singing the high school bad boy band’s popular song from 1981. Fans enjoyed watching a different character, NIKA - the One Pan Man, which he played only during 栄夢恵巣愛 (MSI) day.

However, the band completely changed the atmosphere by playing Side trip Killer rose, which immediately turned the venue into a haunted mansion. They later revealed their new single Saigo no bansan, which will be released November 30th on a mini-album. The two vocalists sung with sweet voices during the melancholic song, which had a nostalgic feel.

Later during the show, seek made fans laugh with his comment about NIKA, “I noticed he spoke smoother than usual when he was NIKA - the One Pan Man.” NIKA also seemed to enjoy playing the character and made fans laugh again with his puzzling remark, “I’m going to make you guys faint, but I will help you if you don’t feel well.” “You are not making any sense at all,” MIKI teased his junior. After the band enjoyed their casual conversation, they invited fans to embrace the summer festival by playing Urameshi yashiki. Fans and the two vocalists swayed together, holding Japanese folding fans.

During the encore, the band revealed another new song JUNKY BAD HEELS from their forthcoming mini-album. Fans jumped and head banged to the aggressively fast song. “Are you ready to die?!” MIKI stirred fans up before the band went into Crash Clover long ver and keiji and AYA’s powerful guitar sounds made fans lose control and rush to the front row. seek jumped off the stage and enjoyed crowd surfing among fans. Finally, the band and fans communed by singing along during the last song YOU♪AI♪Message.

“I’ll only say it once. I love you all! Thank you for the great night and please come to my hometown Sendai!” NIKA - the One Pan Man bid fans farewell.

Mix Speaker's,Inc. will release their new single and mini-album, both titled Saigo no bansan, on November 30th. The new mini-album will only be available by mail order, which can be made through the band’s website Mix Speaker's,Shop, and at live venues from December 8th when the band embarks on their 10th Anniversary Tour 2016~2017 “Saigo no bansan”. The tour will conclude with their 10th Anniversary live show on February 19th, 2017 at Tokyo’s Shinjuku BLAZE.

You can check the tour schedule on the band’s website Mix Speaker's,Inc. and watch a teaser lyric video of Saigo no bansan below.



Set List

01. SCREAM go AROUND
02. Wanderer
03. Friday Night Busters
04. Side trip Killer rose
05. GREEN
06. THIRTEEN
07. Saigo no bansan
08. ☆彡station
09. Boy meets December
10. MERMAID
11. HAPPyyy!!LAND
12. Urameshi yashiki
13. JUNK STORY
14. CRAZY TRAIN A GO! GO!
15. Carni=balism
16. Aoi Monscar long ver
17. No,5 COASTER

Encore

18. JUNKY BAD HEELS
19. Pandora
20. Crash Clover long ver
21. YOU♪AI♪Message