@mattthecat I guess MomoTamai is popular in your area...I'll be on it tomorrow (Monday). RR

TD4 attends the KISS End of The Road concert
at the Tokyo Dome show on December 11, 2019

Is it just me, or does it seem strange to anyone else that the set list did not include Yume no Ukiyo Saita Mina, the KISS/Momoclo collaboration song?

I'm not suggesting that Momoclo should have been invited to perform at last night's show. But the song is KISS's most recent number one song in Japan. And in my opinion, Momoclo was doing KISS more of a favor than the other way around with this collaboration.

Then KISS turns around and covers another Japanese song in the show, albeit a beloved classic. I just don't get it.







Images are from Leader's Instagram where she wrote, "嬉しすぎる再会!!!!本当に最高でした!!!!Thank you KISS I hope to see you again"
Translation: "Such a happy reunion!!!! It was really great!!!! Thank you KISS I hope to see you again"

KISS @ Tokyo Dome Set List - December 11, 2019
01 Detroit Rock City
02 Shout It Out Loud
03Deuce
04Say Yeah
05 I Love It Loud
06 Heaven's on Fire
07 War Machine
08 Lick it Up
09 Calling Dr. Love
10 100,000 Years
11 Cold Gin
12 God of Thunder
13 Psycho Circus
14 Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll
15 Sukiyaki (Kyu Sakamoto cover - original title Ue o Muite Aruko)
16 Love Gun
17 I Was Made for Lovin' You
18 Crazy Crazy Nights
19 Black Diamond

Encore:

20 Beth (with Yoshiki)
21 Rock and Roll All Nite (with Yoshiki)

By the way, there is plenty of coverage of their visit to Tokyo on all of KISS's social media accounts and official website, but not one word (or even a photo) of Momoclo is to be found anywhere, only what Leader posted on her own Instagram.

There is a post on Gene Simmons's Instagram regarding who joined the band on stage for the encore numbers...




Gene Simmons's text does suggest others appeared with KISS before, but not by name. Also, it is not lost on me that the only KISS member who could manage to share a Kodak moment with TD4 was Gene Simmons.

Many thought I was a bit of a conspiracy nut when I suggested there was more than meets the eye when Ariyasu suddenly left MCZ. As it turned out, I wasn't wrong.

So maybe I'll be thought of as nutty again when I say that something is off here with the KISS diss of Momoclo. Now I'm starting to wonder whether Momoclo was comped tickets for the show, or they had to pay to get in, and the photo with Gene Simmons only happened because it was part of the VIP ticket package...

RR

They probably couldn't be bothered to rehearse the song, just for one show.

Maybe Momoclo was invited, but couldn't commit to the full tour (Sendai, Tokyo, Morioka, Osaka, and Nagoya), the Osaka date conflicts with Folk Mura 103 on the 17th next week. And for that reason KISS is dissing them, though if true that would be kind of adolescent.

It's probably also true that they're lazy ass sad bastards who can't get it up to do the number on they're own, regardless if it put them on top of the charts last time they were in Japan.

Whatever the reasoning for not including the song, I think it was nonetheless impolite and disrespectful of KISS to publicly ignore their benefactors and collaborators.

RR

True that Master M. TD4 is not a tour bus full of sad bastards. And beyond that, they have the professionalism to show support to their fans for the old guys. That speaks volumes to me.
RR

ruthyruth said:

Many thought I was a bit of a conspiracy nut when I suggested there was more than meets the eye when Ariyasu suddenly left MCZ. As it turned out, I wasn't wrong.

RR-san

In as much as it does not imply excessively tactless statements or speculations, could you possibly elaborate on what "turned out"?
(Apart from the marriage, of course).

It is not meant as a rhetorical or provocative question. I am really "out of touch", when it comes to this kind of things...

From what I recall from that time, while not agreeing with your theses, I was also surprised by the slightly cold, all too pragmatic reaction by many other persons here...

Please excuse my rude intervention.

Ariyasu will make her first TV interview appearance since her MCZ gaduation on NTV December 18, 2019 at 19:00.

NTV Program Note

Oricon News article

RR

Flowercreek said:

It seems Momoclo will have the honour of carrying the Olympic torch! This is super cool!

Cool indeed.

Nevertheless, given their adoption of extensive olympic references and symbolisms during the last seven years, not to mention the endorsement of the Tokyo candidacy, one could hope for an involvement of much higher profile.

Of course their mainstream exposure is different today, but still...

Hot Wave - December 22, 2019

https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=160324 (1080i)
https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=160325 (720p)

A digest of Noboru Yamamoto's expeditions to 2019 Momoclo events on
https://www.teletama.jp/hotwave/

Has anyone else noticed that Leader has totally straightened her teeth?

This photo was taken around January 19, 2019




Leader posted her intention to correct her teeth on Instagram on February 6, 2019. She may have already started at this point. It seems there is some noticeable swelling on the left side of her face.




Over the intervening months Leader's made several Instagram posts, but this selfie from November 25, 2019 stands out...



and this one from December 12, 2019...



I've always thought that the process of straightening teeth was a long and painful ordeal. I mean, from February to November is nine months. Not a short period, but not a very long one when it come to Orthodontic corrective work.

In my opinion, that was some pretty fast work with amazing results. It had to have been a painful process, but Leader wouldn't be Leader if she didn't face every challenge head on. She is "the real deal" to be sure!

RR

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