the studs, live in Paris

On the 16th of June, the studs invaded Europe for their first overseas concert. Many fans turned up for the show, obviously excited to see these four famous musicians together on stage. the studs had only very recently released a mini album before the concert, so despite the band members' fame, it was still surprising to see so many show up at the concert.

As the doors at La Maroquinerie opened at 19:30, people rushed in to get as close as they could to the stage. The concert was scheduled to begin an hour later and started right on time. Hibiki came out on stage first and the crowd started cheering wildly; they were so loud that it was difficult to hear anything else when Yukino and aie stepped on stage. These three played an intro before Daisuke came out on stage, and the fans went absolutely crazy when he began singing the lyrics to the first song, Yuki no basse.

This song was followed by Disclosure before the band suddenly stopped playing and left the stage. It turned out that a girl in the front had fainted because so many people were pushing from behind. The concert was halted until the crowd was finally moved back, giving those in front some room to breathe. Security guards and staff were placed an the front to avoid more pushing, although they couldn't do much when Daisuke took the stage again and encouraged the audience to jump and move closer to the stage. The band continued playing and people continued singing and dancing as if nothing had happened.

Vocalist Daisuke was very comfortable with the audience and guitarist aie rocked the stage with his awesome guitar skills. They had both played in Europe before so they knew what they could expect of the European fans. Yukino, on the other hand, seemed a bit afraid of the energetic overseas fans. He looked a little shocked initially but soon started smiling at the fans as he became used to the energy in the room. Hibiki looked very happy behind the drums he plays so well. He sang along with the songs and banged his head once in a while, and all in all he seemed very pleased with the reaction of the fans to their music.

Yukino showed off his bass after each song and every time the crowd shouted and cheered like he was doing some kind of trick. It was amazing for the fans to see him on stage again after his short career with lynch.. It was also very touching to see aie back after the shocking disbandment of deadman. Although Daisuke was missed the most by the European fans, Hibiki was cheered for as well and all were impressed by his drumming.

After a few songs aie, Yukino, and Hibiki started jamming, sounding absolutely perfect together. A number of people had expressed their doubts about the studs when they first formed, considering it was an all star 'Nagoya band + Daisuke' but they quickly showed the audience that this was the band the fans had waited for.

The concert seemed to be pass very quickly; there was not one dull moment and the studs kept the fans on their toes throughout the night. Everyone was singing along with Daisuke and after tonight is the night they left the stage, Yukino exiting first after tossing his pick into the crowd. Hibiki and aie left then and finally Daisuke followed. People were already calling for an encore but unfortunately only the staff came out on stage, signaling the end of the show.

No one knew which songs they would play during the concert, aside from the six songs on the mini-album, and even though a number of people thought they would play only those songs, they still came to support the band. the studs surprised us all when they played so many new songs, leading to speculation about a new release to be coming soon.

Setlist

01. Intro
02. Untitled
03. Disclosure
04. Untitled
05. Untitled
06. Untitled
07. Untitled
08. Untitled
09. rain drop
10. Untitled
11. spread from sister
12. Untitled
13. Untitled
14. false the skin
15. Untitled
16. thursday
17. tonight in the night
18. Outro