2011-2012 Jihen Releases & Tour Discussion

[chinnian]

Hi all, I'm new here. stumbled upon this great Tokyo Jihen forum in English when I was trying to find out on how to get a ticket to one of their concerts.

I'll be visiting Japan in Nov, and was hoping to catch their show on 12 Nov at Nagoya Century Hall. I understand from the ticketing site that normal sales starts 28 Aug and costs ¥6600.

Can anyone advise , or even assist me in getting a ticket to this show?
I've enquired a "3rd party ticket agent" and this is a reply I got (at the bottom of this post). He further mentioned that ticket though the normal sales channel is subject to balloting (lottery). Is it true? Thanks for reading.


THNAK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONTACTING US.
> > WE OFFER AS FOLLOWS.
> >
> > 東京事変
> > 12NOV 18:30@NAGOYA CENTURY HALL
> > TICKET FOR SPECIAL ADVANCED SALE .........19,000 YEN
> > SHIPPING CHARGE SEPARATELY 1,000YEN
> >
> > NOTE
> > TICKET WILL BE ISSUED BY 10 DAYS-1 WEEK PRIOR OF CONCERT.
> > SO SEAT LOCATION UNKOWN UNTIL THEN.
> > AND WE WILL SHIP TICKET TO YOUR HOTEL(ADDRESS) IN JAPAN.
> >
> > PAYMENT
> > WE ACCEPT ONLY VIA PAYPAL. (https://www.paypal.com/)
> > PLEAS SEND PAYMENT TO "info@ryoko-donya.com" OR
> > WE WILL SEND YOU INVOICE VIA PAYPAL.
> >
> > REMARKS
> > WE DON'T GUARANTEED GOOD SEAT EVEN TICKET FOR FC MEMBER.
> > NO CHANGE, NO REFUND AVBL.
> >
> > THNAK YOU VERY MUCH AND WITH BEST REGARDS
> >
> > JAPAN EVENT TICKET SHOP
> > BELL THE CAT LTD.,JAPAN
> > http://www.ryoko-donya.com/TKT/japan-ticket.htm
> > info@ryoko-donya.com

[karateexplosion]

Yikes, what a markup.

[TurtleFu]

I don't even get it. I understand TJ is popular, but they honestly aren't THAT popular. Why are their tickets so expensive?
I mean, you have other Japanese artists with comparable sales having shows that don't even sell out. WTH? And I thought ticket sales (+prices) were supposed to be going down

[W3iHong]

I think the number of shows for TJ are very little... And Ringo is one hell of a performer.

[chinnian]

Apparently, this (3rd-party) ticket agent said he's getting it from the "black market". From someone who already has an advance sale ticket. And not from the official ticket sales channel.

[chinnian]

OK, a quick check on yahoo auction JP yields these results:

http://auctions.search.yahoo.co.jp/s...ab_ex=commerce

so he's about right, if he were to buy it off yahoo auction.

I wonder if it's really so hard to buy a ticket from 28 aug when the official ticket agent starts selling them.

[Postman]

Mina-san konnichiwa.

I'm in the same boat as chinnian: I'm visiting Japan in October and would love to go to one of the TJ shows in Fukuoka (I actually timed my trip accordingly), but I have no chance getting a ticket from Germany. Is anyone on the forum maybe willing to help me get a ticket on Sunday? Of course I'd pay extra for the work involved. Doumo arigatou gozaimasu.

[ChickShhh]

Any guess on the opening song?

[The Most Curious Thing]

Tengoku e Youkoso? Kachiikusa was kind of out of left field, so I don't know. Kabuki and Fukushuu were spine tracks, but Daihakken obviously doesn't have one.

[ChickShhh]

Jihen just finished playing at TV Asahi Dream Festival
Here's the setlist:

1. Sora ga Natteiru
2. Handsome Sugite (tambourine)
3. OSCA (megaphone)
4. Atarashii Bunmei Kaika (megaphone)
5. Noudouteki Sanpunkan
6. Denpa Tsuushin
7. Onna no Ko wa Dare demo (a small harp thing?)
8. Senko Shoujo
9. Killer Tune