indigo la end's live report from the final show of their 18-show national tour "All about indigo" has arrived! The band also announced 2 days at the Budokan to celebrate their 15th anniversary!

On June 21, indigo la End (hereafter referred to as "Indigo") held its Tokyo concert, the final leg of the "ONEMAN TOUR 2025 'All about indigo'" tour, at Tokyo International Forum Hall A. Indigo, which celebrated its 15th anniversary this year, is currently developing its "15th Anniversary Special Series" throughout the year, and this tour is the second one following the anniversary live "Yonagi" held at Tokyo Garden Theater in February. A total of nearly 90 songs were performed at all 18 shows, giving the audience a sense of the depth of the band's 15-year history.

The opening act of the event was Australian singer-songwriter Yorke, who performed "like in the movies" as the soundtrack for her national tour "Aishu" from 2023 to 2024, which triggered an exchange through social networking sites. Yorke performed "like in the movies" as the first song, which drew cheers from the audience, followed by five more songs. She then went on to perform five songs in rapid succession, wowing the audience with her indie-inspired electro-pop and her high singing ability, and ending her first Japan concert in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

After opening with a spotlight on each member, Indigo's live started with "Nacht," which is also the first song on their new album "MOLTING AND DANCING" released in January. Since this tour is part of the 15th anniversary series, the set list was not mainly songs from the new album, but songs from a wide range of eras. The theme of the album, "a sense of shedding skin and dynamism," was a common theme throughout the tour.

Almond" with a progressive intro added after the repeated modulation in the outro of "Before I Get Sad" and "BOYFRIEND" with the rock band-like dynamism of the climax also symbolize such a current mode. The intro to "Nama wa Katayoi" usually features Gotoori alone asking the audience to clap along, but the two of them clapped along with Emine Kawatani, creating a more open atmosphere than ever before. Songs such as "Rakuen," a song from the indies era with an impressive monologue by Kawatani, and "Playback," a fresh live arrangement that begins with a guitar riff by Curtis Osada, also gave a strong sense of the band's current dynamism.

After running through the first half of 11 songs at once, here Kawatani said, "indigo la End has written a lot of songs, and we were able to play quite a few of them on this tour, and I think this tour affirmed our old selves," and performed "Street Love" as "an embarrassing but important song. The band performed "Street Love," which they described as "embarrassing but important. In the middle part of the live, they continued with beautiful and sad ballad numbers, another characteristic of Indigo, and created the world view of the songs with the production, such as the shadows of the four members projected on the stage for "Hug me" and the starry sky in the background for "If happiness overflows". The performance of many songs from "Shiawase ga Oubarashitara", their first major album released exactly 10 years ago, also emphasized the anniversary nature of the event.

From this point on, the atmosphere on stage changed dramatically again. During "FEVER," which included many solo parts by each member, "Please cheer for me," was shown on the screen for each solo, and the floor cheered loudly. The solos continued with Eitaro Sato in the intro, Gotori and Nagata in the middle of the song, and the support chorus featured Etsuko and Sasamio, and finally Kawatani, who was just having fun doing whatever he wanted to do. The stage was quite chaotic with smoke and lasers. In the outro, each member again played a solo with a high heat level, which greatly enlivened the audience.

The second half of the concert, starting with "Dawn in the City of Dawn, Sayonara," was a series of important songs for the band, including "ABCDC," a Creep Hype cover performed with a laugh and saying, "This tour may have surpassed the number of times the original band has done this," and "Natsuya no Magic," a song "we want to keep playing for a long time to come. These are songs that have been created over the past 15 years and have become an integral part of the band's history. Kawatani concluded the performance by saying, "All of Ai means 'all of us,' but I want to play the song that shows our roots the most at the end," while revealing his struggle to continue the band and define happiness. The last song of the show was "Play Back End Roll," a profound performance that was truly wonderful, and befitting of a live concert.

For the encore, the band performed "Because the Rain Dances," a dance track from "MOLTING AND DANCING. ＜The song, which quotes lyrics from the past and sings, "Hurry up and get ready, let's go outside to meet you in the city at dawn," is a song that symbolizes the open mood of the band today. The band also welcomed guest Yorke, with whom they collaborated on Yorke's "sorry in advance," a song that was released on June 13. This song is from Yorke's new EP "unfinished business" released on June 13, but it was arranged by the band and Kawatani's part was sung in Japanese, creating a completely new version of the song, giving the audience hope for the future of this collaboration.

The last song, "Lauren," which is also included in "MOLTING AND DANCING" at the end of the album, was performed with the end roll for the grand finale. After the show, it was announced that following the third installment of the anniversary series, "Natsuyono Magic vol. 4" at the Kawaguchiko Stella Theater in October, a two-days Nippon Budokan concert will be held in January next year as the final event of the series. Repeating the end and returning to the beginning, the history of indigo la End will continue.

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