Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 428 The Curtain Opens
On June 6th, in Somerset, England, the world's largest open-air music festival, the 27th Glastonbury Music Festival, slowly kicked off!

In 1970, the first Glastonbury Music Festival lasted for two days, with only 1500 fans present.

In the second year, the number of fans increased dramatically, reaching 12000.

The organizer, farmer Michael Ives, began selling a small number of tickets and erected the iconic pyramid-shaped stage with scaffolding.

In the 70s, the theme of the Glastonbury Music Festival was mainly hippie culture. After entering the 80s, it absorbed a wider range of cultural connotations, and its scale also expanded.

Glastonbury Music Festival, in the early 90s, experienced short-term chaos and violence, but in its 30-year history, it has always shown a positive and enthusiastic state. Its unique music atmosphere has won the hearts of rock fans. favorite.

However, the Glastonbury Festival, which has been in existence for nearly 40 years, encountered real trouble on the occasion of its 2008th edition in 38.

It is the tradition of Glastonbury Music Festival to choose a guitar rock band as the opening card of the festival.

However, this year, the organizer chose the American rapper Jay-Z as the opening card of the festival.

After this decision was announced, it was immediately criticized by many parties.

Not only that, what disappointed the organizers the most was that the ticket sales situation was very bleak one month before the start of the music festival. There were still tens of thousands of tickets that could not be sold. Until the opening day of the music festival on the 27th, there were still nearly 1000 Multiple tickets, no owner.

Ticket sales are the lifeblood of music festivals.

After all, failing to sell tickets means that there are no audiences.

Without audiences, there will be no income and no influence, which means that it will be very difficult for the music festival to continue.

Without an influential music festival, not many big-name artists want to come. . .

The reason why the Glastonbury Music Festival cannot sell out tickets is largely due to the arrival of the economic crisis.

The United Kingdom under the economic crisis has begun to show signs of economic downturn.

In the context of the economic downturn, Britons are more willing to save money for a rainy day than to go to a non-life show.

Another reason is competition from rivals.

The most famous British music festival is the "Glastonbury Festival", but this is not the only choice for the audience.

For example, the "two-in-one" Reading and Leeds Music Festival, which also has a long history, has been jointly organized by the two places, making the Reading and Leeds Music Festival quickly become a music that threatens the dominance of the Glastonbury Music Festival and British music festivals. Festival.

The diversion of the music festival to the Glastonbury Music Festival will inevitably reduce the influence of the Glastonbury Music Festival.

However, none of this has anything to do with Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the others.

You know, the three-day Glastonbury Music Festival has more than [-] spectators!
It is already a great honor for THE SUN to participate in such a grand event of such a scale. As for the music festival not making money, what does it matter to them?

They just came to sing a song and enjoy the atmosphere of European and American music festivals. . .

It wasn't until they came to Glastonbury that they realized that they were just one of hundreds of singers.

Moreover, it may be the most unknown group of singers among the hundreds of invited singers. The three of THE SUN have no pressure at all.

This is England, not Japan.

In Japan, THE SUN is a much-anticipated national band, and every move will be followed by the media and the public.

But in the strange country of Britain, they are just nobody.

No one knows them, and no media paparazzi will chase them down, and no one will be as crazy as Japanese female fans, screaming when they see three people, and then desperately surround them

If I can describe it in two words, it would be "freedom"

All three enjoyed this short period of freedom very much.

However, the three of them did not forget the purpose of their trip, which is to use the platform of Glastonbury to promote the name THE SUN to the world for the first time!
. . .

"Clap clap clap!"

There was thunderous applause throughout Worthy Farm.

And the applause was just for Pete Doherty who had just finished singing "Albion" on the stage.

Even Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was standing in the background and was about to go on stage, applauded for Pete Doherty.

"As expected of the soul of The Libertines..." Ogawa couldn't help sighing.

Peter Doherty, the former core of The Libertines who participated in the Glastonbury Music Festival in his personal capacity for the first time, is the "former" core of The Libertines, known as "the greatest rock band in Britain today".

The Libertines were disbanded because of a conflict with another core, Karl Bharat, which caused the two souls to fall out.

However, when the ever-provoking Pete Doherty calms down and puts on a good show, he's still the same talented singer!
Ogawa is really a big fan of The Libertines, and it is a pity for The Libertines' explanation.

And this time, I was very pleasantly surprised to see Pete Doherty's performance at the music festival, not to mention, Pete Doherty expressed his apology to his former teammate Karl Bharat while speaking.

"That is to say, there is a possibility of reorganization of The Libertines?" Chiba Masaki also heard the songs of this band, and he also has some understanding of the disbandment storm that year.

"If it's true, it's fine..." Xiao Chuanzhen murmured.

Snapped!
At this moment, Sakamoto Kiyoshi patted Ogawa Shin who was in deep thought, and said, "It's our turn!"

"Oh!"

Ogawa, who came back to his senses, was just about to go on stage when he was stopped by Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Just when Ogawa really turned his head in doubt, he saw Kiyoshi Sakamoto stretching out his palm with the palm down and smiling.

"You seem to have forgotten something?"

Chiba Masaki was the first to react.

Folding his palm on Sakamoto Kiyoshi's hand, Chiba Masaki also looked at Ogawa Zhen with a smile on his face.

If you can't remember, then Xiao Chuan really shouldn't.

After all, this is the tradition of THE SUN. . .

"Oh! I almost forgot..."

Xiao Chuan really quickly folded his hands and looked at the two apologetically.

"one!"

"two!"

"three!"

"come on!!!"

Three hands raised into the air at the same time.

. . .

"Next, let us welcome the first new generation rock band from Asia, THE SUN!!!"

Under the slightly surprised introduction of the host, the three of THE SUN came to the stage and began to tune up.

Most of the audience who heard the host's introduction were dumbfounded.

In addition to well-known orchestras performing hard on the big stage surrounded by tens of thousands of spectators, there are also countless small stages around. Countless unnamed orchestras with different styles are performing various kinds of music. people, join in the dance.

The stage where the three of THE SUN are located is not the "pyramid" stage of the main stage, but it is also a large-scale stage of the next level. Judging from the number of audience in the audience, there should be about 2 people.

At this time, the 2 people were all looking at the three young people on the stage with puzzled faces, preparing for the performance.

Off the stage, many audience members began to ask their friends.

In the crowd, a couple began to chat about this unnamed band.

"Kane, do you know this band?"

"Uh... I don't know, what's it called?"

"THE SUN?"

"Well, according to the host, it's a rock band from Asia?"

"it seems that..."

. . .

With 2 people, even if each of them speaks a word lightly, the superposition will make a lot of noise, let alone a heated discussion?
There was a commotion under the stage. For such an unknown band, audiences from all over the world did not buy it.

Some questioning voices combined into waves of voices that swept over, rushing towards the three of them!

However, even so, it did not affect the trio on stage.

Sakamoto stood calmly in front of the shaker, and nodded slightly to Chiba Masaki behind him.

Chiba Masaki, who received the signal, also nodded, and raised his hand holding the drumstick, indicating that he was ready.

"Everyone, next, please enjoy, "We Are Young"!"

After shouting loudly to the shaker, Kiyoshi Sakamoto stretched out his right hand and swung it down!
This movement was like the starting gun of a track and field competition. Immediately, the drum stick held high in Chiba Masaki's hand slammed down hard on the drum set in front of him.

A burst of "dong dong dong" drum accompaniment appeared abruptly and continuously.

The prelude to the song "We Are Young" can be said to be very catchy, as if there is a magic power that makes people want to stop and listen to it.

Sure enough, as soon as the prelude sounded, the entire audience in the audience stopped discussing and pricked up their ears.

All eyes were on the stage.

After all, the audience in the audience came to this annual music event to enjoy the music.

Since the prelude is good, let's listen quietly!

At this moment, the [-] spectators surrounding the stage were all thinking this way. . .

On the stage, in order to make the whole song more complete, Sakamoto Kiyoshi specially borrowed a senior keyboard player from the music festival to play the piano accompaniment part of the song.

In this way, the whole song "We Are Young" is closer to the original song except for the harmony part without female voice.

Eight beats later, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's magnetic voice, accompanied by the sound of the piano and drums, reached the ears of every audience present through the microphone.

"Give me a second I'"

“I need to get my story straight”

“My friends are in the bathroom”

“getting higher than the Empire State”

. . .

The eloquent songs fascinated all the audience present.

At this time, there is only one question left in everyone's mind.

That is, "Who the hell are they?!"

　Thanks to the cute book friends who are handsome enough to be played, perforated, and Kumamoto Road for their rewards!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)