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Lead Upturn 2016: The Showcase
Video by
ReleasedDecember 21, 2016
Recorded2016
GenrePop, hip hop
LabelPony Canyon
DVD (PCBP-53157)
Blu-ray (PCXP-50450)
Lead chronology
Lead Upturn 2015: Master Plan
(2015)
Lead Upturn 2016: The Showcase
(2016)
Lead 15th Anniversary Live Box
(2017)

Lead Upturn 2016 ~The Showcase~ (stylized as Lead Upturn 2016 ~THE SHOWCASE~) is the thirteenth concert video released by the Japanese hip-hop group Lead. The video was released on December 21, 2016. It took the #57 spot during its first week on the Oricon DVD charts and remained on the charts for two weeks.

The tour corresponded with their seventh studio album, The Showcase, along with songs from previous albums, including "Virgin Blue" from 4 (2006) and the then-unreleased song "Dilemma", which would later be released on a future single.

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Lead Upturn 2016 ~The Showcase~ is the thirteenth concert video released by the Japanese hip-hop group Lead. The video was released on December 21, 2016 on both DVD and Blu-ray. It took #57 on the Oricon DVD charts and #90 on the Oricon Blu-ray charts, remaining on the charts for two weeks and one week respectively.[1][2]

The DVD included a collection of MCs showing off their skills, while the Blu-ray carried behind-the-scene footage of the tour's finale.[3] For those who purchased the concert video, there was one of two probable items: a ticket to Lead's New Year's Party in Tokyo in January, or a special tour good.

The tour became their first in four years to correspond with the release of an album, their previous being 10th Anniversary Tour Lead Upturn 2012 ~Now or Never~,[4] corresponding with their seventh studio album The Showcase.[5]

With the album having been put together in order the group intended to perform the songs,[6] most of the tracks were performed in the order released, only broken up occasionally by songs from singles released throughout the era.[7] The concept of the tour was to give the members a challenge, whereas they performed various genres previously unreleased. The group only performed two songs outside of those released post Now or Never through The Showcase; the song "Virgin Blue" from the album 4 (2006), and their then-unreleased song "Dilemma", which would later be released on their 2017 single Tokyo Fever.[8]

The performance utilized on the DVD and Blu-ray was of their finale at Nakano Sun Plaza in Nakano, Tokyo on September 10, 2016.[9]

Track listing

  1. "Opening"
  2. "Loud! Loud! Loud!"
  3. "Let's Get On It"
  4. "Moonlight Shower"
  5. "Game"
  6. "Stand by me"
  7. "Dilemma"
  8. "Zoom up"
    <DANCE CORNER>
  9. "Green Days"
  10. "Virgin Blue"
  11. "Summer Love Story"
  12. "Amazing"
  13. "You're the only one"
  14. "Wake me up"
  15. "Kokorozashi ~KO.KO.RO.ZA.SHI~"
  16. "It's My Style"
  17. "Just do it"
    <ENCORE>
  18. "Stand Up Action"
  19. "Giant Steps"
    Bonus Footage
  20. "MC Footage"*
  21. "Behind-the-Scenes"**

(*DVD only)
(**Blu-ray only)

Charts (Japan)

Release Chart Peak position
December 21, 2018 Oricon DVD Chart 57
Oricon Blu-ray Chart 90

References

  1. ^ "Lead Upturn 2016 ~THE SHOWCASE~ (DVD) / Lead / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lead Upturn 2016 ~THE SHOWCASE~ (Blu-ray) / Lead / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  3. ^ "Lead Upturn 2016 ~THE SHOWCASE~ [DVD]". Amazon Japan. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Lead「10th Anniversary TOUR Lead Upturn 2012 ~NOW OR NEVER~」". Billboard Japan. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Lead Upturn 2016 -THE SHOWCASE-". Lead Official. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "New Album「THE SHOWCASE」セルフライナーノーツ". Lead Official. June 9, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  7. ^ "Lead Upturn 2016 ~THE SHOWCASE~ (Bu-ray) : Lead". HMV&BOOKS. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Lead、新作「トーキョーフィーバー」c/wにメンバー自作の楽曲も (Lead, new single "Tokyo Fever" c/w will have songs created by members)". natalie. January 30, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "2016.9.10 Lead Upturn 2016 ~THE SHOWCASE~@中野サンプラザ". Alasar's Otaku Memo. Retrieved February 14, 2019.