From atami46791

28/3/2024 Oberhausen, turbinenhalle

GIG REVIEW, DIR EN GREY mode of withering to death.

Since the m&g was at 6 and the gig didn’t start till 8 it was a bit of a long wait.

Luckily they started right on time!

It was just surreal to see them again and so up close, RAHHH. Shinay wore a white dress jacket and black trousers. Kaoru wore a beautiful 3 piece. He later took off the jacket so we could see the waistcoat and billowy shirt underneath better. Die wore his black dress/leather shorts combo with a red and black thing over it for most of the show. Toshiya wore his sparkly black dress with the leather boots, gosh, so pretty!! And Kyo was in his black adidas tracksuit. Tshirt underneath and a necklace over it. He wore 2 rings on his left hand, pinky and middle fingers, I think. He wore a white/blind contact lens in his left eye and his right was normal. Had the bald head with the extensions on it and the make up he did for most of the shows. Ah speaking of make up- Kaoru had two little vampire fangs drawn on him!! It was so cute.

I don’t know the exact setlist. I’m sure someone has already posted it but I think it was the same for the other Withering shows. It was just amazing to hear these song live and the music was good and Kyo was audible and RAAHH it was just so, so fucking good.

They seemed really energetic and especially during Jesus Christ R ‘n R Kyo was interacting with the crowd a lot. He took out his earpiece to listen to us sing and also shouted ‘Sing!’ at us at the ominous communication part. AHHH. It was amazing! I think I spotted the tiniest crack of a smile on Kyo’s face.

The others switched places during playing which was very nice! They just all seemed to be in good spirits. I also saw Kaoru singing along with a few songs and so did Die and idk why but it just made me immensely happy.

I’ve worn blind/white eye lenses before and you can’t see much out of them so Kyo only had 1 good eye during the show. He had moments of looking into the crowd but I noticed he spend a lot of time singing with his eyes almost closed for a good while. I can relate, I couldn’t help from closing my eyes from time to time to just feel the music, even though I didn’t want to miss a second of it. He also danced to a few songs, and after having seen them live for quite some years, to me it felt like he generally had a good time and good live. His voice was also SO good, gosh. How that man has grown (figuratively, bwhaha).

They ended with Akoru no oka (my heart) and it was quiet a moment before Kyo just said BYE BYE in the mic and left the stage. Shinya threw his drumsticks and the other 3 stayed a little longer to throw their water bottles and plectrums. Kaoru threw one of his weirdly on the otherside where we were standing and I think it bounces off the barricade or something!? But it made him burst out in laughter and that was so nice to see ;o;

Die nearly killed someone with his bottle throw LOL, and after that we gathered ourselves and it was time to get ready to leave and head back home. I just felt filled with joy, and still do the morning after. So happy I decided to go and also finally chance the meet and greet.

Feel free to repost pictures, but please credit!

Spring in O.

Alex Turner - Rudolf Weber Arena, Oberhausen

03/05/2023

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Former Tietz Department Store (1925-28) in Oberhausen, Germany, by Otto Scheib

Oberhausen 03.05.2023

"What a stylish bunch of Oberhausen rockers we've got here tonight. All in one place. Here in the Rudolf Weber, I can't quite believe my eyes. I can't believe my luck."

Cornerstone - Rudolf Weber-Arena, Oberhausen [03-05-2023] by strangedaysindeed9

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Apparently his shirt was open for the entire show, so I saw -500 pictures of that?

Gifs from maria.kisie's videos

Yesterday (28/3/2024) I saw Dir en grey at their Oberhausen live. Am gonna make two posts, one about the meet & greet/merch and one about the live. Starting off with the meet and greet!

I’ve been a fan since 2005/2006? I saw the live first in 2006 when they came to Europe to do Rock am Ring and uhhh yeah it’s been nearly 20 years of having these crazy guys in my life.

So, on to yesterday! We arrived and my friend is in a wheelchair so we had to take a special entrance. We also got handed our vip bags in the normal line, which are so cute!! Really in love with the design on the drawstring bag. We were a bit stressed cos the meet and greet started at 6 and they only went to get us at this door at 6, but it was okay. We were lead through the backstage area and I was trying to pay attention to pushing the chair but my friend caught a glimpse of them backstage ahh!!

Before I really realized what was happening we we’re standing inside the venue and the boys were already there behind their table, ready for the meet and greet. My mind kind of went in overdrive as I realized they were already RIGHT THERE. We joined the line and it all went to fast.

First was Shinya, then Die, Kyo, Kaoru and Toshiya. Since Shinya was first I was still having some kind of outer body experience and hardly registered anything. I think I told all of them Thank you!? I hope I did. Shinya was wearing big sunglasses. Die was next and all I remember thinking was wow, he’s so gorgeous. He said thank you in English. He was also wearing big diva sunglasses. Kyo was in the middle and he was wearing a hat, sunglasses and a very long trenchcoat. Honestly he looked uncomfortable, but no bag on his head this time! It was more I could have ever asked for. I’m kinda upset I didn’t look at his hands better as he handed me the card. Kaoru was after him and the only one near wearing sunglasses. This man looked me straight in the eyes and it’s the thing I remember most of the whole meet and greet…. Gosh… *fans self*. He was wearing a baggy double denim fit with a blue baseball cap. Toshiya was last, he was the most smiley out of all of them and wore slightly tinted glasses. I think he wore a grey turtle neck with a necklace over it? The signed cards they gave us are beautiful, but unfortunately I didn’t get any crazy drawings of Kyo.

After that we got our spot at the barricade and I kept sneaking glances backwards at the boys still doing their meet and greet and finishing up. After that I decided to go to buy merch since prio and normal entry weren’t being admitted yet and my friend held my spot.

I bought 3 blind gift bag things, 1 for my friend and 2 for me. I got a Kaoru keychain and a GRIEVE pink and blue sweatband. I also bought 4 lucky charms, 2 for my friends and 2 for myself. My Uroboros one contained a signed paper by Kyo and gods, I’m so indescribably happy with it!

Onto post two for the gig review!

Das alte Steigerhaus

hmu if you want to see Fall Out Boy live in Oberhausen on 6th November and still need a ticket.

Sadly, I can’t go there myself bc of work and studies here in Berlin so now I have to give it away.

Of course, I‘ll sell it for the original purchase price (63 euros). 🎸

Arctic Monkeys - Rudolf Weber Arena, Oberhausen

03/05/2023

📸: jojoshithappens