Lead 20th Anniversary Live: Kankin Dousai & Snow Magic
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Released | March 22, 2023 | |||
Recorded | 2022 | |||
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Label | Pony Canyon | |||
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Lead 20th Anniversary Live ~Kankin Dousai & Snow Magic~ (感今導祭 / Guiding Emotions) is a video release by Japanese hip-hop group Lead, released on March 22, 2023. It debuted at No. 8 on the Oricon DVD charts.
The set featured two separate performances spanning across two DVDs or Blu-rays to celebrate the group's twentieth anniversary in the music industry, having debuted in 2002 with the song "Manatsu no Magic".[1]
The first DVD featured the live performance to celebrate their anniversary Lead 20th Anniversary Live ~Kankin Dousai~, which the group held in Tachikawa, Tokyo in July. The second disc held their December 3 performance of their Snow Magic concert, which was held at the Ex Theater Roppongi in Tokyo.
Both performances were performed in front of live audiences for the first time since 2020. The group had previously been performing online lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
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[edit]Lead 20th Anniversary Live ~Kankin Dousai & Snow Magic~ is the nineteenth concert video released by Lead on March 22, 2023. It debuted at No. 8 on the Oricon DVD Charts and took No. 12 on the weekly ranking.[2][3] The set spanned across two discs, released on both DVD and Blu-ray, with each performance being housed on a separate disc.
Lead 20th Anniversary Live ~Kankin Dousai~ became their first concert performed in front of a live audience since 2019, whereas they had been performing online lives due to COVID-19 precautions.[4] The anniversary live was held at the Tachikawa Stage Garden in Tachikawa, Tokyo on July 31, 2022, the same day their compilation album Lead the Best was released. The songs performed at the venue were those chosen by fans, with the exception of the first song, "Manatsu no Magic".[5] During one of the evening performances, former group member and leader, Hiroki Nakadoi, made an appearance.[6]
Winter Live 2022 ~Snow Magic~ was performed at the Ex Theater Roppongi in Tokyo on December 3, 2022.[7][8] During their performance, they performed the song "Ding Dong", which was originally placed on Christmas Harmony: Vision Factory Presents, which was an album compilation of various artists under the Pony Canyon label in 2007.[9]
Promotional activities
[edit]Preorders through Amazon Japan included one of three posters based on a first-come, first-served basis. On Pony Canyon's official site, a special box edition was available for preorder through January 21 to February 11. The edition featured both concerts, a bonus video containing behind-the-scenes footage, a CD containing an audio version of their anniversary concert and a photobook.[10]
Track listing
[edit]- Disc 1: Lead 20th Anniversary Live ~Kankin Dousai~
- "Manatsu no Magic"
- Melody ~"Summer Madness" / "Funky Days!" / "Green Days" / "Sunnyday" / "Virgin Blue" / "Show me the way"~
- "Hateshinaku Hiroi Kono Sekai no Nakade"
- "Tokio Night"
- "Twilight"
- "Yakusoku"
- Melody ~"Fly Away" / "Love Rain" / "Still"~
- "Upturn"
- "I believe"
- "Dear"
- "Summer Vacation"
- "Sonic Boom"
- "Be the Naked"
-Encore- - "Night Deluxe"
- "Michishirube"
- "Manatsu no Magic"
- Disc 2: Lead Winter Live 2022 ~Snow Magic~
- "Hide and Seek"
- "Moonlight Shower"
- Melody ~"Let's Get On It" / "Funk This Time!"~
- "Love or Love?"
- "Ding Dong"
- "My One"
- "Field of Soul"
- "Amazing"
- "Fuyuiro Girl"
- "Shizuku ~Sizk~"
- "Cosmic Drive"
- "Anytime"
-Encore- - "Ordinary"
- "Get Wild Life"
- "Shining Day"
Charts
[edit]Release | Chart | Peak position |
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March 22, 2023 | Oricon Daily Chart | 8 |
Oricon Weekly Chart | 12 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Lead、ライブ映像作品『Lead 20th Anniversary Live ~感今導祭 & Snow Magic~』リリース決定". Yahoo! Japan. January 22, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "デイリー ミュージックDVDランキング2023年03月20日付". Oricon. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ "週間 ミュージックDVDランキング2023年04月03日付(2023年03月20日~2023年03月26日)". Oricon. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ "Lead 20th Anniversary Live 〜感今導祭〜". Tachikawa Stage Garden Official Twitter. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "Lead、20周年記念ライブ『感今導祭』で見せた成長・進化した姿 さらなる高みを目指して". Real Sound. August 10, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "Lead 20周年記念日に昼夜2回公演 鍵本輝「そろってライブできて震えるぐらいうれしかった」". Chunichi Shimbun. July 31, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "Lead Winter Live 2022~Snow Magic~@EX THEATER ROPPONGI――ライブレポート". USEN encore. December 13, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "【レポート】「Lead Winter Live 2022~Snow Magic〜」の様子をお届け". 2.5 News. December 13, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "CHRISTMAS HARMONY VISION FACTORY presents". Oricon. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "デビュー20周年を迎えたLead、大盛況で終えたライブ「Lead 20th Anniversary Live ~感今導祭~」の模様をパッケージ化!". Pony Canyon. Retrieved March 6, 2023.