Bringing it back home 

Great! Hope I can go there

Osaka Jo Hall? Sounds like a DVD is on its way, 10/10 would buy it  

I hope it's going to be a DVD release, after 4-5 year without DVD. I miss them

Haru kind of looks like Mami in the second photo

It's too early to say, but would really like to understand how the ticket sales will go? And what about overseas fans? Does anyone have experience who was there in 2013 from abroad?

I can say that in February 2021 BAND-MAID has planned a concert in Budokan. And foreign fans could join to fan club and win a ticket. I really hope that SCANDAL will be provide something opportunity too.

Meph1766 wrote:I can say that in February 2021 BAND-MAID has planned a concert in Budokan. And foreign fans could join to fan club and win a ticket. I really hope that SCANDAL will be provide something opportunity too.

That's a great marketing tactic. But imho February does seem a little too soon for social distancing measures to be fully lifted. It would be a real bummer to have a 15K capacity venue only to be limited to a 7K audience cos they all need to stay 1m apart. 

Hopefully all these will have eased up by the time Scandal's August performance comes around. I'm certain they will at least do a paid livestream for overseas viewers for this event, since they've done it once already and know how lucrative it can be.

Steadystate wrote:

Meph1766 wrote:I can say that in February 2021 BAND-MAID has planned a concert in Budokan. And foreign fans could join to fan club and win a ticket. I really hope that SCANDAL will be provide something opportunity too.

That's a great marketing tactic. But imho February does seem a little too soon for social distancing measures to be fully lifted. It would be a real bummer to have a 15K capacity venue only to be limited to a 7K audience cos they all need to stay 1m apart. 

Hopefully all these will have eased up by the time Scandal's August performance comes around. I'm certain they will at least do a paid livestream for overseas viewers for this event, since they've done it once already and know how lucrative it can be.

They informed about it in advance. In line with the government and administration's guidelines, we have decided to hold a new style of performance in the Japan Budokan perfomance, next year on the 11th of February 2021 (Thursday / National Foundation Day). Maybe in August situation will be better.

It is certainly sad if the situation does not change by February and concert will be only for a half of people. But my big warries about the borders. Will they open for foreigners to enter Japan in February or not. Because they said that even if a person cannot come due the virus, the money for the ticket will not be refunded...

I don't think SCANDAL will broadcast this. This show will almost certainly released on Bluray / DVD.

Meph1766 wrote:I don't think SCANDAL will broadcast this. This show will almost certainly released on Bluray / DVD.

 Yeah DVD is a given. But I was hoping both livestream and DVD?  

Think the DVD would still sell if it used different footage than the broadcast to provide viewers a completely different view of the same concert (since there'll be a gazillion cameras there) and if they threw in a behind-the-scenes documentary, for instance. Die-hard fans would buy both, and there will surely be fans who only buy one or the other. 

Guess I'm getting a little carried away, but I do believe with last weekend's livestream that Scandal has unlocked a new way to engage a larger viewer base. They should milk it hard  

Steadystate wrote: But I was hoping both livestream and DVD?  

A livestream would be nice. I was thinking today that a livetream at big show could be an added revenue for bands.

Meph1766 wrote:It's too early to say, but would really like to understand how the ticket sales will go? And what about overseas fans? Does anyone have experience who was there in 2013 from abroad?

I attended that show, but unfortunately, you cannot at all compare how things were back then to how they are now (this thread details how crazy things currently are).

Back then, two of my friends who joined MANIA (via shopping services who signed up for them) simply asked the services to enter the MANIA ticket lottery for them, which they were able to do with no problem. They both scored tickets and the friend who got my ticket got really good ones: seventh row from the stage. A few other friends went a different route and bought front row or close to it via auction sites.

Neither of these options work right now.

We're still a year out from this. It's quite possible that they could devise a way for overseas fans to be able to buy tickets, but right now it's impossible to predict what could happen, especially given everything that's happening now. We'll just have to wait and see.

Miss the old ways of buying tickets for SCANDAL gigs in Japan.

ATM, we'll just have to wait. Not just for whether overseas fans can buy a ticket but for things to get better in general (vaccine, opening of borders, etc). Here's hoping.

I just watched KFTD Special with English subs and if I understood correctly in 2013 Osaka-Jo Hall tickets sold out in 5 minutes. Hopefully they will set aside some tickets for foreign fans, otherwise getting a ticket becomes a mission impossible. Live stream would also be a good alternative.

Yes, I have heard about ID checking. I had a bad experience with it in the past. But still, I hope they will make an exception for this show. And checking all the people in this huge place is not a good idea, it will probably take a lot of time. Wait and hope for the best.

So happy that Scandal is doing an arena live after so long.   Definitely will be a dvd afterwards, most likely the show will be broadcast like their other Arena lives.