Free Concert, New Single, and Upcoming Hall Concert from D’espairsRay

D'espairsRay

In celebration of their tenth anniversary, D’espairsRay will be holding a free concert at SHIBUYA-AX to go along with their new single, FINAL CALL. This will be their first single released on a major label, Delicious Deli Records, an imprint of Universal Music Japan. Delicious Deli, launched on January 1, 2009, describes itself as “Japanese music in Western music.” It goes on to explain: “Started with the vision of showing Japanese musicians to the world, and bringing Western musicians to Japan, and promoting a means of world-wide collaboration between Japanese and Western artists.” Labelmates for D’espairsRay include Uchusentai NOIZ and light rock act, fu-ca.

To get into the concert, you’ll still need a ticket from the venue. Free tickets will be distributed at SHIBUYA-AX from noon on the day of the show until enough tickets have been given out to reach the venue’s capacity (about 1500 people). The concert starts at 19:09 (7:09pm), going with the theme of nines for the day, with and doors open at 8.

D’espairsRay’s first major single, FINAL CALL goes on sale on September 9 as well. In addition to the standard version, which includes an extra song, “Ark in the storm,” there will be two limited first press editions: the A version includes a DVD of documentary footage from the 2009 Europe tour PSYCHADELIC PARADE in EUROPE and the B version includes an anniversary tour booklet and a DVD of the PV of FINAL CALL. All three releases feature the songs “FINAL CALL” and “Going on!.”

See D’espairsRay’s oneman at Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall, the band’s first live at a hall-sized venue, on October 1. Ticket pre-orders start Monday, September 7, (general sale opens on September 8). And of course, D’espairsRay is also participating in the highly anticipated V-Rock Festival, which takes place October 24 and 25.

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