npvGuy wrote:Are they offering VIP tickets to their Japan dates too, or is this just for the overseas dates?

No, they've never offered VIP tickets for any of their lives in Japan because offering things like that is just not something that any acts do there. They've always been an overseas exclusive.

Even though they've never played true, full-length concerts in the US before, they did the same kind of thing the last two times they were here where we got to meet and shake hands with them. It was totally a worthwhile thing for me personally because both times the band highly praised me for my outfits (I wore cosplays of their BABY ACTION and TaiKimi outfits and they called me cute, said my outfits were perfect, etc.) and were really impressed. If those had been offered as part of a VIP package like this, I definitely would have paid extra for them because, really, the only times you could ever actually meet the band are at overseas events; they hardly ever do meet-and-greet-type events in Japan.

metalleo wrote:

npvGuy wrote:Since you've done it twice, I'm assuming you think it's worth the extra price?

Depends on how you look at it I guess. I also did it last year in Singapore, and IMO the closer proximity to the band for the VIP tickets more than justified the price (there were probably just 5 other people directly in front of me). To me the high touch passed too fast (just about 10-15 seconds, since there's just 4 members), which to some people may not be worth it, but some quick close up (and physical) contact with the members is better than none, because how often do you get to "touch" them? (sorry if I sounded like a perv here).

Also, NOT saying that it will occur, in the SE Asian Tour last Spring (incl the KL one in late 2012), fans had another chance of meeting the band but this is wholly dependent on the band's management and the tour promoter.

In Singapore, apart from the hi touch seshes, anyone who bought ENCORE SHOW at a particular retailer at a specific time gets to meet the band to have the CD signed - the experience was slightly longer than the hi touch. In KL, fans got to be at a meet 'n' greet at a hotel with a super VIP ticket (they didn't do the hi touch at these cities if I'm not mistaken). There was a meet 'n' greet in Jakarta but I'm not too sure how that came about (Indonesian S-H members - was it VIP tickets too?).

What I'm trying to say is to keep your eyes/ears open within your locality (London, Paris etc) for any such events like the Singapore one - in that leg of the tour, fans (the lucky ones) got to meet SCANDAL 3 times.

Just to add, though - this was at a time when they just got big (Singapore was post-1st Jo-Hall gig). Not sure if they will do so now.

Back to the question of "is it worth it?" - depends on how big a fan you are. Hehe. I defo loved it. I told TIMO at the hi touch of nite 2: "Igirisu ni kite kudasai. Onegaishimasu!" (Please come to the UK!) and she went "KYAAAAAAAAAAA?!" in her cute TIMO way.

WORTH EVERY EXTRA PENNY.

Well unless you are really short on money... VIP = close/touch/talk to SCANDAL even if it's only 5 seconds it's worth it I think!!!! .nosebleed. .nosebleed.

i wish will try to buy a ticket for London concert,it's a fantastic,awesome opportunity to see SCANDAL for a fans in europe.
Good Luck to all,i hope some member here can go to this concerts in europe.

I'm thinking about the VIP tickets (if I can get one) but since I've never been to a concert (only sport events so the doors open schedules were the same for everybody), I have a question : the doors open at 6PM for those who buy VIP tickets. Does it mean that you can come just 1 hour before (it's an example) because you will enter before others (due to the hi-touch) ?

yup. Vip have separate queue. I would still came early to meet all the people xD

@Mithguar

thank you for your answer. Yes sure I want to meet SH members and other fans too.

^^Obviously you will enter earlier for Hi-touch but if you come earlier, you can be at the beginning of the "VIP" queue xD

Hi touch may not necessarily be before the concert, if it's anything like the Singapore concert it will be after, where you will do it with them on your way out. The layout of the venue may just be that they need to allow the VIP ticket holders to enter first. But yeah, you will want to come early for the front row positions, unless the tickets are for numbered seats, in which case coming early or not doesn't make a difference anymore, since your position would already have been predetermined by your ticket.

Just had an online conversation with another S-H member on a separate thread for the London show in 2015.

Can any S-H members from France tell us if b7klan is an actual tour promoter that sells the tickets officially?

From it's website, it boasts a roster of previous J-bands that have come to Europe for their tours. I knew of them from the time OOR came to Europe in 2013.

The reason there is a slight concern is that, none of the official channels (eg the O2 Academy website) have any indication of ticket sales this coming Wednesday. Furthermore, the 26 April slot is still blank at this moment of me writing this. Le Bataclan has a photo of SCANDAL for the 25 April but no further info on ticket sale dates.

So, if anyone from France who could reassure us that they have bought tix from b7klan in the past and there's nothing to worry, that'd be great!

b7klan is an official organiser and ticket seller about Japanese music. 
Most of Japanese live (and maybe all), in France, are supervise by this company. I don't have any problem with them and anyway, as they have not their own ticket sale website, when you'r going to buy your ticket, you are redirect to ticket website seller like FNAC/weezevent that you can compare like eticket or pia in Japan
So,overall, b7klan organize the event and ticket seller websites sells tickets. For all Japanese lives I did, they always did this system. But I don't know why, this time, tickets are not available from the O2 website like OOR's.

babaloued wrote:^^Obviously you will enter earlier for Hi-touch but if you come earlier, you can be at the beginning of the "VIP" queue xD

Okay, I will try my best to come early.

metalleo wrote:Hi touch may not necessarily be before the concert, if it's anything like the Singapore concert it will be after, where you will do it with them on your way out.

hum ... yeah, now I remember that I've read something similar for idols, it was after the live.

About blimmin' time!

www.o2academyislington.co.uk/Search/List?q=scandal

Info from the O2 Academy Islington site:

Scandal
O2 Academy Islington
Sun 26 Apr 15
Door time: 7.00pm
Show time: TBC

Due to previous problems we hereby inform all customers that early queuing in the N1 Centre is prohibited. Anyone queuing in the N1 Centre or the local area more than a few hours before the show will be moved on and possibly denied entry to the concert. Thank you for your cooperation.

Under 25s require ID to purchase alcohol
Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult over 18 at all times. Minimum age is 8.

Curfew: 11pm

On sale from Fri 28 Nov 14 - 11.00AM

And this from the O2 Academy Islington FB page:

Tickets available on O2 Priority Wed 26th Nov @ 11am www.o2priority.co.uk/

Tickets General sale Fri 28th Nov @ 11am.

There is no info on the O2 site regarding the VIP tickets, which thus far is only announced at the b7klan website.

Anyone wanting to buy the tix from the O2 site as opposed to b7klan on Wednesday need to be a customer with O2 ie have an O2 mobile phone. Otherwise, it's Friday.

#pleasedon'tcrashpleasedon'tcrash

maharizm wrote:

 Anyone queuing in the N1 Centre or the local area more than a few hours before the show will be moved on and possibly denied entry to the concert. Thank you for your cooperation.

How many hours do they mean by "a few" ? 4/5 hours ?  .whistle.
It sounds we are going to have some time to visit the around  lol

The O2 Academy Islington is located in the vicinity of a shopping mall/arcade (http://n1islington.com/). Hence, a queue from early morning is disruptive to the patrons.

You can still mill around, like chill in the nearby cafés and the like. Like those OOR fans who got to take photos with Ryota, Toru and Tomoya when they were walking around the area in the afternoon before the gig (although I cannot imagine the SCANDAL lasses will be moving around unescorted... hahaha).

I once arrived at the O2 15 mins before doors open and the queue was already around the block, which implies they'd prolly let you queue an hour before doors open I guess.

Oh I see. But i sounds good to chill somewhere lol

With no mention of "Hi-Touch" tickets, I'm going to be getting my tickets through the b7klan website instead!

An Help Regarding the tickets for London is officially start tomorrow at 12:00 at B7klan
it's possible take 2 tickets with one account or not,or the tickets are nominal ?

schiapcom wrote:An Help Regarding the tickets for London is officially start tomorrow at 12:00 at B7klan
it's possible take 2 tickets with one account or not,or the tickets are nominal ?

It depends on the tour promoter. You will know when you start buying them. Even in the most popular defo sell out gigs they'll let you buy two at the very least.

Understandably the limited number of tix is to discourage scalpers. I can't stand scalpers - making a quick buck whilst taking advantage of genuine fans who could not buy tix...

From b7klan twitter

Scandal ticket sales start tomorrow: Are you ready??
Few informations:
VIP in Paris: Total price will be 61,54€ (commission included)
Normal in Paris: Total price will be 36 € (commission included)
These tickets will only be available first through www.b7klan.com
Leftover tickets will be on sale in Fnac and others 2 months before the shows with different but higher commissions.
Good news for London tickets: we made cheaper prices than announced:
VIP in London : Total price is finally 71,79€ (=GBP57 commission included) available only through www.b7klan.com
Normal in London through www.b7klan.com will be 41,03€ (=GBP32,5) commission included )
Normal in London will also be possible through local Uk ticketing companies (price infos tomorrow through www.b7klan.com website)

See you at the shows...

I saw that on their FB page too.

Don't like the "are you ready?" bit - makes it look like a competition.

Tickets for their London concert go on sale at 11am ( GMT ) tomorrow morning ( November 26th ) 

babaloued wrote:From b7klan twitter

Scandal ticket sales start tomorrow: Are you ready??
Few informations:
VIP in Paris: Total price will be 61,54€ (commission included)
Normal in Paris: Total price will be 36 € (commission included)
These tickets will only be available first through www.b7klan.com
Leftover tickets will be on sale in Fnac and others 2 months before the shows with different but higher commissions.
Good news for London tickets: we made cheaper prices than announced:
VIP in London : Total price is finally 71,79€ (=GBP57 commission included) available only through www.b7klan.com
Normal in London through www.b7klan.com will be 41,03€ (=GBP32,5) commission included )
Normal in London will also be possible through local Uk ticketing companies (price infos tomorrow through www.b7klan.com website)

See you at the shows...

Thanks to all
but b7klan accept paypal or not ?

It looks like they do,

I sended them a mail and they responded :

"Once on sale, you can order (in link) your ticket and then pay by paypal" (the link is : www.b7klan.com)

So, it'll be okay I think. (But I've asked for Paris Ticket)

schiapcom wrote:but b7klan accept paypal or not ?

To buy a e-ticket by paypal or bank transfer, please contact us at tg@torpedo-productions.com only after completing the reservation online.

But as I never paid by paypal on their website (and I didn't know that they had ticket sales website), I don't know how it really works