2006.08.28

「 HEAVY RHYTHM FINAL 」 @ Namba Hatch (Osaka)



SCANDAL's first ever live performance, held exactly one week after the band formed (August 21, 2006). They performed a cover of Sadistic Mika Band's "Time Machine ni Onegai" (Do Me a Favor, Time Machine).



Here are the band's blog entries about that performance:
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t12724-opening-act-2006-08-29-tomomi
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t12725-sukyandaru-first-debut-2006-08-29-haruna
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t12734-sukyandaru-first-debut-2006-08-29-rina
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t12735-yesterday-was-2006-08-29-mami



Here is what MASTERWORKS, a music producer/writer/etc. that is connected to the dance & vocal training school that SCANDAL attended, said about how the band got started + a brief blurb on their first performance:

Formed on August 21, 2006 at the two-year-old request of Kitty Rights & Entertainment who had been eager for Caless to form an "all-girl band." The band started with four members selected via auditions by gathering applicants within the school (almost all of them were amateurs). Being a dance & vocal training school, there was no formal band-training curriculum and none of the four members had instrument experience, making for pretty tough start. However, only one week after forming, they were made to perform as the opening act at the "HEAVY RHYTHM FINAL" performance held at Namba Hatch. The song they performed was "Time Machine ni Onegai." The photo (pictured above) is a live photo from then.

Here is another blog by MASTERWORKS written about the early days of the band:

There were some serious problems in regards to band activities. First, the members could only get together on the weekends. The reason being that two members were chosen from the Osaka branch, and two were chosen from the Nagoya branch. Since it was summer vacation when the band formed, they were able to practice at a training camp for the entire time. They were all students last year (2006), and after summer vacation was over, they would use the weekends to get together in Osaka. From the start, the Caless staff had given me the assignment to shape the band within a year, so it was quite difficult to get together only on weekends. I was worried about the biggest obstacle, which was whether or not they would like playing instruments.

There were a lot of problems, but all of those were proven to be unfounded.

2006.12.25

「X'mas SPECIAL NIGHT ～Girl's Bar Esaka Passion～ 」 @ ESAKA MUSE (Osaka)




This performance is officially considered to be SCANDAL's first real live show (due to how quick their "HEAVY RHYTHM" appearance was). This is also one of the only times that MAMI's and TOMOMI's standing positions on stage were switched.



Here are the band's blog entries about the performance:
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t13262-our-first-live-is-done-2006-12-26-haruna
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t13263-boom-2006-12-26-mami
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t13264-esaka-muse-2006-12-26-rina
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t13265-25th-2006-12-26-tomomi



The following photos are from Caless's staff's blog.




Here is what the staff said about this performance in the aforementioned blog:

Spoiler:

2006.12.29

「 CALESS SHOW CASE 2006 」 @ americamura FANJ twice (Osaka)




The band appeared at Caless's end-of-year live.



Here are blog entries about the performance by MAMI and RINA:
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t13270-kusu-2006-12-30-mami
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t13271-namba-2006-12-30-rina



The following photos are from Caless's staff's blog.






Here is a fairly harsh review from an attendee of the performance:

Spoiler:

2007.03.11

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park




This was SCANDAL's first performance on Shiroten Street (the street leading up to the Osaka-Jo Hall venue).

More photos:

Here is what the Caless staff said the day before the performance:

Spoiler:

2007.05.12

「 SQUARE ENIX PARTY 2007 」 @ Makuhari Messe (Chiba)




SCANDAL's song "START" was used as the theme song for the video game Star Ocean: Second Evolution. They performed the song at the "Star Ocean Special Stage" held during SQUARE ENIX PARTY 2007 in Tokyo.

More photos:

Here is what MASTERWORKS said about this performance + the tie-in with the game:

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Here is another staff blog entry:

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Here is what the Caless staff said about the recording of the song:

Spoiler:

2007.05.22

「 ESAKA Passion vol.1 」 @ ESAKA MUSE (Osaka)

More photos:

Setlist:

1. Space Ranger
2. Ashita no Ashita
3. Koi Moyou
4. Good morning (original version of "FUTURE")
5. again (original version of "Koi no Kajitsu")
6. Playboy

Here is what the Caless staff said about this performance as well as the performance the following day at KYOTO MUSE:

Spoiler:

2007.05.23

「 GO!GIRLS!GO! 」 @ KYOTO MUSE (Kyoto)

More photos:

Setlist unknown (though it's likely similar/the same as the performance the day before), but they did perform "Space Ranger," "again/Koi no Kajitsu," and "Playboy."

2007.07.01

「 CALESS SHOW CASE～2007 SUMMER～ 」 @ americamura FANJ twice (Osaka)




Supposedly, this was the first time they performed "Koi no Kajitsu" under its new title, rather than the original title of "again."

More photos:

Here is what someone seemingly connected to Caless said about SCANDAL's performance:

Spoiler:

2007.07.07

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park

More photos:

Setlist unknown, but they did perform "Space Ranger."



Here's a short blurb about this performance from Caless's staff's blog:

Today, SCANDAL held a Shiroten street live in front of Osaka-Jo's train station.

According to them, it went well.

According to them...

2007.08.15

「 club dinner 」 @ club asia (Tokyo)


No known photos from this performance. Supposedly, they debuted their song "Natsuneiro" here.



Here is what the Caless staff blogged a few days before the performance:

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Here is what the staff blogged the day before the performance:

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And here is what the staff said about the performance the day after:

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And here is what an attendee said about it:

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2007.08.22

「 Unknown free event 」 @ Sun Street Kameido (Tokyo)


Other than SCANDAL performing two times on this day (5 pm and 6 pm), nothing seems to be known about this performance; only a flyer advertising it (which was passed out at the club asia performance the week before) remains:

2007.08.26

「 GET A DREAM 2007 」 @ CLUB DIAMOND HALL (Aichi)


No known photos, but here is what the Caless staff said about SCANDAL the day before:

SCANDAL will be performing as guests.

It's been exactly a year since MAMI and HARUNA from the Nagoya branch of the school have been going to Osaka every weekend, so I want them to do their best so that it's a huge moment for them.

And after their performance:

SCANDAL, who has now been a band + has now been playing instruments for a year, played two songs.

Usually, you'd be like, "I'll work harder," but they sound super good compared to two months ago, which is odd!? (haha)

But they did their best to not be outdone by the other bands and those in Nagoya.

2007.09.08

「 GET A DREAM 11 」 @ Kadoma Citizens' Culture Center Lumiere Hall (Osaka)


No known information/photos, aside from "Koi no Kajitsu" and "Space Ranger" supposedly being performed.

2007.09.16

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park

More photos:

2007.09.23

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park

More photos:

2007.09.28

「 LIFEsize 2007 」 @ ESAKA MUSE (Osaka)

More photos:

Here is what the Caless staff said after the performance:

Yesterday, SCANDAL performed at a live event held at ESAKA MUSE HALL.

There were somehow able to make it through with no problems.

2007.10.07

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park

More photos:

Setlist:

1. Ashita no Ashita
2. Space Ranger
3. JOY (YUKI cover)
4. Koi no Kajitsu

*The entire set can be seen here

YUKI, the original singer of "JOY," played a concert at Osaka-Jo Hall, which is up the street from Shiroten, later that same day. Also, TOMO confirmed during their set that the members of fellow Caless group SUGER are the people dancing in skeleton-luchador costumes during this song.



Here is what the Caless staff said about the performance:

Spoiler:

2007.10.21

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park


No known photos or info.

2007.11.03

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park


Screenshot from the "MUSIC EDGE Osaka Style" TV program that aired in 2012:



Setlist unknown, but they did perform "Ashita no Ashita."

2007.11.14

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park


No known photos or info.

2007.12.02

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park

More photos:

Setlist unknown, but they did perform "Playboy."

2007.12.20

「 HERE TO STAY in Osaka 」 @ OSAKA MUSE (Osaka)


No known photos or info.

2007.12.25

「 Coor's night X'mas SPECIAL NIGHT～ESAKA Passion～ 」 @ ESAKA MUSE (Osaka)




No known info, except that they supposedly performed "Kagerou" for the first time.



Here is a blog posted in November from the Caless staff mentioning that well-known record producer Jin Nakamura has written a song for SCANDAL ("Kagerou" - the music and arrangement were written by him while the lyrics were written by TOMO + MASTERWORKS):

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2007.12.31

「 Americamura TV Year-End Party 07-08 」 @ HILLS PAN KOJO (Osaka)


This is another performance where MAMI and TOMO's positions on stage were swapped.


Setlist:

1. Space Ranger
2. S.L.Magic
3. SAKURA
4. Koi no Kajitsu

*The entire set can be viewed here

2008.01.14

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park

No known photos or info.

2008.02.10

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park




Setlist unknown, but they did perform "SCANDAL no Theme + Kagerou."

2008.03.02

「 Shiroten Street Live 」 @ Osaka Castle Park


No known photos or info.

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