But anyway, wow, it's been a LONG time since I've been to a concert like this. I forgot how freaking LOUD they are. This one especially. The sound crew couldn't get the right balance between Hyde's vocals and the BG guitars & whatnot. For the first couple songs, you could hardly tell that Hyde was singing at all. I mean, sure, I like the music, but damn, I wanna hear him SING, too. ^^;; Then every now and then, I got the feeling that Hyde was having trouble hearing the music himself. haha I felt he was getting a bit off-key and he'd raise his hand to touch the earphone... If anyone's performed on stage, you'd now how really DIFFICULT it is to hear yourself enough to stay on key! I can just imagine how much more difficult that would be when you're fighting against those loud guitars, etc. But then again, live performances are always like that, eh? CDs are a little too perfect.
I knew all the songs he sang, save for one... and I want to find out what song that was...because I thought I had all of his stuff. ^^;; Must not leave anything out!!!
I stayed a little bit after the concert to buy some goodies, too. Got a neat black tanktop (the signs said "tunktops" heehee) and a typical Tee with some funky logo on it. I looked online and none of this stuff is available from his HYDEIST site. Unusual, but maybe they want the tour goods to be special for those who actually go to the concerts? Dunno. I kinda wish I brought more money. I would have bought a wristband too...for only 800Y. I had just enough for these two shirts, though. ^^;;
But wow, really enjoyed the concert! Love Hyde's stuff and it was cool to see him. I had pretty decent seats; I was in the stands, facing the stage pretty much head-on. That happened COMPLETELY by luck, since I bought the tickets through Sunday Folk, the online place that was hosting the concert tickets. You didn't didn't have a choice of where your seats were, at least I couldn't select anything by the time I bought the tickets... Anyway, here's a little pic of the stage I took with my phone. It was really dark and you can't see much but bahhh. Something to remember the concert by! lol The four little lights surrounding the stage was fire. They lit more things of fire for one of the other songs later in the concert. Very cool light design.
So if anyone is a Hyde fan and you get the chance to go to one of his concerts, GO! NO IF/BUTs ABOUT IT!!! You won't regret it!!
I also noticed he sometimes sang off-key in the beginning, but I've heard that's just the way he is a lot of the time. 
(Not really a live-performance kind of guy.) But as long as he's still uber-cute and energetic, who cares. 
