I see you do have a knack for sounds, NuClearSounds LOL

Looking forward to your word-for-word introduction~~

Can't wait to read that also, NuClearSounds.

Alright so I'm guessing its my turn to say what had happened .wow.

DAY 2
So I went to meet up with the SH members this day and it wasn't hard to spot them,they had the banner ready to go...I went up to them, I felt awkward since it was my first time meeting all of them but I just tagged along with the crowed .sweat. Well then I went by myself to pick up my passport and came back,they were taking pictures with the banner by then so I rushed there will they were calling me xD ... Oke so after that Lale,Kelly and I went to Starbucks to get something to eat and drink,Lale was upset because starbucks didn't heat up his food,They told him that they did not have a microwave???? I was like what Starbucks does not have a freaking microwave lol ... alright so we head back to see whats going on in exhibit hall and there wasn't much,the cure booth only had SCANDAL's 2 albums a mag. and a shirt... We walked around for a bit and the 9 SH members were taking pictures in one of those purikura picture booths,then headed to the Food trucks to grab some grub,killed some time and waited in line for Kanon Wakeshima & Kanon x Kanon Concert ... after it was done We headed straight to LAX Airport and Oh boy how Awsome was this! so we went to terminal 3 and waited about 1hr and a half by then we found out there was another flight coming in and we sent someone [insert here] I forgot who... sorry .shy. about 30min later Wat gets a call and we all start rushing towards terminal 5 were they landed , saw the Am2 guy there who was going to pick them up, waited some more by then we all just like this --> .toj. and when they finally came out .dies. All us,full of excitement I manage to snap some shots of them これ:

Haruna & Tomomi


Tomomi


Rina


Mami


When they went outside the Am2 guy told us we can cheer them on outside an so we did,then all of a sudden Rina started taking pictures of us and also their staff took one...Wat & Zimbobbio were dancing in the Canta & Doraemon cosplay's, they made the girls laugh and smile it was so cute .love. ,pretty much after this we went to dinner at King's Hawaiian, talked about what happened and planned out the next day...Since it was SCANDAL's day....

Day 3
The Big DAY! has arrived so much was happening,I got there late and was pretty bummed out about that since they wouldnt let anymore people join in line with SH mem. for the PANEL .whiteflag. I was almost at the end of the line but went to meet up with them and sign the banner...We entered waited a bit while the announcer was doing an intro... Everyone from SH got a good view of the girl's since they sat right in front of them I was so jelly , I was sitting on the left side and They entered from the right side...so beautiful in their new outfit Love Survive ... this was were Jade manage to take pictures since she was press

The Q & A by Mercurius

Spoiler:

After this they went out for a bit and Last Minute they announced that we couldnt get an autograph unless purchasing a shirt,it came with a white cardboard paper to get signed,but alot of people were pretty upset about this since we all brought something to get signed...and it was unfair , it wasn't Am2 fault at all but Cure overwrote the agreement they had...so we had no choice but to spend $30 on the shirt and sign... SCANDAL came back in, everyone was cheering again and they let us go by row's ... when it was my turn I couldn't think straight they were just a few cm away from me and Mami was 1st to write "SCANDAL" and here sig. I said 'HI' and smiled back :D then it was tomomi awe my gawd she was lovely in person don't get me wrong they were all beautiful but tomomi threw this cute smile at me and then Rina,signed it first then looked at me .nosebleed. ... then Haruna signed it and said "Thank you" I bowed back and said thank you as well... I didn't talk much because I didn't know what to say but Im happy to hear that bigOeyez interacted with them alot more than me,I'm sure to be right next to him if ever they come back to visit again haha,I met with everyone outside waiting in line for the Meet and Greet This was just to surprising...we all got hit with bricks and stones when we entered the room,and the first group to go...they were sitting right in front of usSERIOUSLY! no joke and smiling at us... this was surely SCANDAL HEAVEN at this point...we Had 7min to talk to them ask more Q's and give them gifts ...Zimbobbio made a really awesome first impression besides cosplaying as Doraemon He gave the girl's an autographed Sum 41 Cd, quoted: “This a gift from someone who inspired you given to us whom you expire” everyone was so shocked about this and I give Props to him for doing this .clap. after this the 2nd group had went in while we headed straight to wait in line for the concert...13 people were already waiting in line and we were surprised how fast they got there,reason is they didnt go to the event's so that how they were there first,anyway waited about 4-5hours talked with some of the guys the last 1hour or so I started hearing them practice,since I was next to the door started bumping my head,it was so EPIC even though they were practicing... I heard Shoujo S,Haruka,Scandal Baby,and Shunkan Sentimental... before we went in The Enforcer was such a nice guy,he took my glow sticks and told me "sorry I'll have to take these away" haha he was just joking about that and gave them back to me,we went in and I went straight towards tomomi's side 1st row I'm forgetting one person but he was next to me were phillip,matt,ross,then jade and that was us SH first row Left side we were in Command of the banner...

SCANDAL Setlist
1. SCANDAL no Theme
2. Hi-Hi-Hi
3. EVERYBODY SAY YEAH
4. Shoujo S
5. Hoshi no Furu Yoru ni
6. DOLL
7. LOVE SURVIVE
8. Hikare
9. Haruka
10. Shunkan Sentimental
11. Kagerou
12. Space Ranger
13. SCANDAL BABY

Encore:
14. Pride

When they Started Scandal no Theme ... we had a cue to break the Glow sticks, right when Rina Count's "1!2!3!4!!!! we hit the glow sticks on 4 and started Rocking out .punches. ... EVERYBODY SAY YAH ---> everyone was so into the music going YAH! Haruna "MAMI!!!" she starts playing a solo and it was too amazing Haruna "EVERYBODY ARE YOU READY" the whole crowed YAHHH!!! , Haruna " hello eveyone! we are SCANDAL...How are you Am2? yah yah yah...Lets sing and dance tonight! " ... After DOLL they had a little intro In ENGLISH? Haruna " Arigatou, Ok let me introduce the members,mazu(first) Drummer! RINA! " Rina " I'm Rina,you having fun? <3 Guys,Guys,Guys?? Yah...EVERYBODY SAY...YAH x2 YAY<3 GREAT THANK YOU , I LOVE YOU!!!<3 " Haruna " next Guitar MAMI! " Mami " Yesterday I was surprised,alot of fans waiting at the airport, I'm so HAPPY<3 very Happy, Thank You! " ---> this was when we Held up the BANNER and TOMOMI Pointed at us .love. Haruna " next Bass TOMOMI " Tomomi "Hello!,I'm Tomomi ,ehh Last night,we went to 711,Red Bull...Japanese Red bull :with her hands she shows us how small it was: so cute... American Red Bull :hands spread apart: Big! everyone was laughing ^ ^ very surprised WOW! .lol. Thank you <3 " Haruna " Vocal's...Thank you Thank you <3, I'm so happy, we Have a NEW song tonght,New Song is Very Very Fast...But! Very Very Exciting, OK? OK? ok... LOVE SURVIVE! " Very Powerful Song I loved it ... Haruna " Thanks to all everything, Japan is still going STRONG!,so lets go to Haruka " Haruna " Thanks, Arigatou, We are really Glad to be here,Very Very Happy,We would like to COME BACK, これからもよろしくね(It was nice meeting you all),みな大好きだよ(I love you ALL),We would like to play more songs OK?,まだまだライブ好きましょう (Still like more songs)OK?Are you ready to ROCK? ROCK? YAY? YAY? もかい yay? OK lets rock Shunkan Sentimental! ... After Scandal Baby, they went backstage...All of us cheered for an encore for a 1min or so,then they came back out to play PRIDE, Haruna "Thank you encore,元気?(fine?)元気ですか?(are you alright)すばらしですね?(it's wonderful isnt it)Everyone very excited Yay!" Rina was making cute sounds here"Last song" all of were going awe~ .please. "Last Song PRIDE" "We Would Like to Come Back, Arigatou Gozaimashita"

The Little Things
You may think it's over,but there is still more .clap.
so we evacuated the premises and went out of the concert room,we were planning to take a SH Group Picture then all of a sudden a bunch of people started taking pictures of us,after we went down to the 1st floor and gathered all the glow sticks we had and made this:









The Last one



I dont know if Hope was by our side but SCANDAL came out of no where and walked pass by us we were all cheering I wasn't able to take pictures because I was just gazing at them ... We went out side , the convention was closing and then we meet Sadie right outside ... getting ready to leave in 5min,so we took some pics and talked for a bit ... here's Ross:



We ended Splitting from here,everyone was tired and needed to rest up for the last meet and greet the next day, but Lale,ultimaraiden,bigOeyez his sister and I went to iHop ... and For Tomomi:



She made me want some... I end up not finishing it ... we shared some moment's and then left

The Last Day
So I stayed up making a card for them last minute,and I Failed ... but I got like 2hrs of sleep,I went to CVS to print out some pictures of us and the one's from LAX to give to the Girls,I was running late and eveyone from SH was already in line by the time I got there,bigOeyez was at the end of the line and we ended going as the last group,it sure was nice seeing them one last time,I handed the Card and pictures to the lady that was collecting the gifts,and I couldn't remember what the Q's were but I remember the last one someone asked What was there ideal K-pop/J-pop guy and Haruna ended up saying "We Love you!!!!<3" then before we left We Shook their Hands OMG All of their hand were so soft .love. I was sure to make eye contact with each of them,that made my EPIC journey memorable , We got out and met with SH and went to the swimming pool next to the meet and greet , tried to find the place of Tomomi tweeted ... asked Chase Wang to help us and realized it was in an upper floor some of us said our goodbyes to the am2 staff for being so generous to us and putting up with us,we asked to try to bring SCANDAL back :D,then we just decided where to eat,everyone agreed to iHop ... Oh boy , there was 23 of us and waited about 25min ... Dbag ordered a steak while most of us ordered Pancakii .uhuh. here:



there was a 2nd table but I forgot to take a picture of the others .sweat. sorry....

Farewells

Each of us were leaving one by one and saying our Goodbyes ...it was sad that it had ended but such a memorable weekend for all of us, We all split and were still SCANDAL HIGH .stars. I got a ride with BigDnm01 and we sent Dbag aka Freddy to the airport,and headed to little tokyo,not much there spent half an hour or so and we split... This was the end of our journey at Am2 Hopefully the will come back sometime soon in the near future

Special Thanks
I want to thank and give props to:
Wat - for being organized and as a Leader role model ... cosplaying as Canta
zimbobbio - giving the girls the autograph CD and being such a cool guy ;D ... cosplaying Doraemon
propglenn - getting the banner and pins for us
Jade & Ross - being SCANDAL-HEAVEN's Podcast Press and getting us some nice pictures
Mercurius - thanks for taking notes at the Q and A
ultimaraiden - thanks for bringing the Glow sticks,it made the girls happy
lale - for being one of the first SH buddie to help me out with things
BigDnm01 - giving me rides thanks so much,I am really thankful
bigOeyez - giving us the Banner idea and being a cool guy to hang around :metalboy: ;D

AM2 SPECIAL THANKS to them especially for making this happen the staff were so kind

If I'm missing anyone I am sorry but thanks guys for everything,just being there to help support SCANDAL and giving them a memorable time in the US after 3 and half years we really made a good impression,so next time around we will make it even bigger,it was nice meeting all of you and hope someday we will hang out again domo Arigatou Gozaimasu .hi.

Jade, BigDnm01, Noodles, 320x200, Vince, yup, sincerely THANK YOU for all the photos, videos, reviews, everything!

And sorry if I forgot to mention anyone!

Lol, Dbag wasn't the only one who ordered steak, so did I

Wow! That was really comprehensive! Thanks for all the effort, Vince_Untan!

Sunday July 3, 2011
Anaheim, CA
SCANDAL at AM2


2:00 AM



SCANDAL Panel 10:00 AM


SCANDAL Autograph Session 11:00 AM

SCANDAL Passport Holders Meet and Greet 2:00 PM

SCANDAL Concert Line Up 2:30 PM – 7:00 PM


SCANDAL Concert 8:00 PM


1. SCANDAL no Theme
2. Hi-Hi-Hi
3. Everybody Say Yeah
4. Shoujo S
5. Hoshi No Furu Yoru Ni
6. Doll
6a. Band Introductions
7. Love Survive
8. Hikare
9. Haruka
10. Shukan Sentimental
11. Kagerou
12. Space Ranger
13. SCANDAL Baby
14. Pride (Encore)





Monday July 4, 2011
Anaheim, CA
SCANDAL at AM2


My final thoughts:

to clarify, this is more or less what i said during the M&G:

Question:

"In previous interviews from a few years ago you mentioned SUM41 as one of your major inspirations and I was wondering if that's still the case or if you still follow them?"

Answer: (Note: though this was a general question, TOMO stepped up to answer it at the previous event which was the panel, i told her that she's my favorite member while they were signing autographs and of course with the Doraemon cosplay i could assume its cause she remembered me muahaha)

"Early in our career we would watch their DVDs and concert videos to learn how to act on stage and to get the crowd going, but as we went on our influences have grown to involve many more bands than just SUM41."

Note: this question, besides being out of interest, i figured was a good way to segue into the next part... which I'm sure you all remember haha

Me:

"Ok, I was just wondering because I actually know SUM41 from my hometown in Canada where I'm originally from and I got them to autograph a CD for you."

*hands over the open CD displaying the autographs*

"I'm glad to be able to give something to the people who inspired me something from the people who have inspired them."

hmmm.. OR:

"I'm glad to be able to give you something from the ones who inspired you because you are the ones who have inspired me."

But you get the general idea right? heheh.

This was followed by many "Sugoi!"s and "Arigatou!"s, and one of the most memorable Tomo faces I had seen all weekend that I'll never forget (and trust me there were plenty).

As if that wasn't amazing enough for the M&G, even walking out, while sad, was one of the best parts. In order to head in the direction of the door, naturally I had to look away from Tomo, but of course that being so difficult I would turn around to wave goodbye every now and then. So here's the best part: everytime I would turn around to wave bye and thank them (which was 3 or more times during a walk about the distance of 5-10 m or so lol) Tomo was looking right back at me smiling and waving. Either we would happen to look at each other at the same time, or she never stopped looking and waving at me as I left... of course i'd like to think it was the latter :whistle:

Awesome and detailed fan accounts, Vince_Untan & NuClearSounds, you both wrote.
Just by reading what you have wrote were able to feel how you were feeling already.

+1 and nice pictures you have taken.
Nice!

Thanks for sharing!

@Tofu: Yeah, I really don't talk much in person unless truly necessary and in those particular situations it was obligatory... HA HA! I wasn't willing to chance another 3+/forever many years to run into them again, so I just loosened up the chokehold a bit... The end results were way more than I expected... Dude my sister brought up a good point about the sticks too, I should have personalized 1 set for Rina and kept the grounded down one for signing just in case... DOH! but that's something we both can keep in mind for next time...


@Noodles: Well, the pancakes were really good and I totally forgot to say... HA HA! Nah, like I said in the "post" post in the other thread, it never really hit me until just the other day... It was my sister that got me thinking actually because she said something like, "Hmm, I know I'm not a SCANDAL fan, but having spent the last 3 days chasing them around and seeing what they're like, I might just end up listening to them."... So then it hit me... Like a freight train without brakes... "ROCK ON!" FIST PUMP!!!


@Counterclock: Yeah that's me in the avatar... Not big, just tall... I think I surprised everyone at the con because this was the actual first SoCal meet I could make it to... I tried to make it to the meet the previous week prior to the concert, just so I could break the ice, but damn my work is busy... HA HA! Ross: "Damn man! You're really tall!" (BWAH HA HA!)

But yeah you're right about the Haruna vs. Rina thing... I'm a drummer so it was pretty easy for me to connect with Rina, but I really did want to talk to Haruna... Unfortunately I was never near Haru at whichever greeting but I was always in front of Rina and Tomomi, so I just went and made the most of it... Tomomi on the other hand, suprised the heck out of me because I thought we wouldn't connect because of the awkward moment from before... She proved me wrong!!! WOO YEAH!!!


@USG and BigD: YEAH HIM! Zarate for sure right? I remember that being on his name tag... The most shocking part of his stories were the streakings during AX... PWAH HA HA! Who'd have thought that there was so much exhibitionism back then... Eh, and then he brought up "Man Faye"... *shudders*


@Cide: No worries lil dude, you can expect us to be there when the next concert rolls around... Even if you aren't able to drive by then, save up your shillings and prepare to use cabs, buses and trains if possible... HA HA! It's worth the trouble in the end...


@Vince: HA! Yeah, I wanted to walk over and jump the line a bit when you called me over, but I also wanted to give everyone a head of me a chance to meet the band, if they hadn't done so already, since I had a ball at the first one... Plus Zarate was telling us his stories at that moment, so I don't think it would have went well if I walked over to cut the line while he was in the middle of it... HA HA!

And that pic of Ross and Sadie... Hmm... There's... a... backstory... to that... (HA HA!)


@ Nuclear Sounds: Speaking of putting name to face, here's everyone I can remember or ran into... Neil;Zimbob, Glenn(+Toshiko);Propglenn, Erich;Wat, Jade;GuiltyEyes, Ross; "Did you change your SN?!", Sam;320x200(HA!), Vince;Vince Untan, Steven;?, Matt;?, Kelly;RYDAH BLADE!!!, Ansom;UltimaRaiden, Alan;?, Robert;?, Dara;?, Jared;Tofu, ?(+brother?);SakiBomb, and I know I talked to some others but never got their names... The guy I was supposed to wrestle if Rina threw her sticks off stage, the guy sleeping across from me when I was eating my sandwich, and the couple at IHOP when I left... Forgive me if I mispelled any names or forgotten anyone, but it was a lot to intake aside from SCANDAL... SCANDAL HEAVEN!!!


And one more memorable moment I forgot to mention, right after the concert was over, a bunch of random people started taking photos with the SH crew and the banner... A guy hands me his camera to take a photo of him with the banner, my sister turns to me and says "Uhm, I don't think he knows you're part of SCANDAL HEAVEN."... HA HA! And another thing at that time was what Neil said: "Oh man! It feels like WE just came off stage!"... BWAH HA HA!

Tomo's blog titled "LA":

Spoiler:

Using google translate:

"America went


America's three half years is a warm climate people Yappari


You live and Miguri, I was glad that everyone's chance to interact with fans more opportunities


Kuretari come to meet people who also came three years ago, they really can not remember who but the lyrics and Japanese songs,


I was impressed once again that the people that they really rooting for their land beyond the sea


Everyone who came, thank you! ! !
I'll go again! ! ! ! !


Nevertheless, I was cheering like it was on the Lady"

very rough translation, but you can get the main idea. and from what i can tell at the end she made a reference to lady gaga... perhaps something along the lines of: it was like cheering for lady gaga?

hehe feel free to clarify, and i eagerly await further blogging about their epic return to America

p.s. my favorite part is the "I'll go again! ! ! ! !" .clap.

Damn.. reading all these posts makes me soooo jealous D:
Really though, I'm imagining what you write in my head.. and it just gets my heart racing.

Thank you for sharing

I hope everyone who got to go enjoyed Scandal's performance. Sounds like it was a lot of fun!

I'm very glad to read all these first hand accounts of the meet/greet. I had to run the charity auction, so unfortunately I did not have the chance to attend it. Thanks all

Proper translation of TOMO's blog entry here, by tenjou (thanks!):
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t3703-la-2011-07-07-tomomi

Also, if you haven't done so already, please remember to show AM2 some love on their forums as well as any suggestions you might have for the future. They need the encouragement, and of course this all would not have been possible without them. I don't know which thread, just pick one lol:
http://forums.am2con.org/index.php?/forum/25-commentssuggestions/

Can't say enough how happy I am with the whole experience. :) Whenever I listen to an artist/band a lot I always want to 'give back' somehow, show my support, express thanks, contribute in some way, etc. Most of the time the best you can do is keep buying their stuff and send a fan letter in and maybe it gets read, maybe not, who knows. Being able to sit at a table with Scandal and just tell them I had a great time at their show and thank you was really great. Add to that all the support we were able to show and knowing it made a difference to them is just awesome. :)

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shuythuyshuy wrote:http://www.flickr.com/photos/64995561@N08/5912714855/in/photostream

thanks!!! I looks so out of it. LOL

oh awesome! I'm right there!

Dangit LOL, I'm not in the picture. D; I was sitting on the side where the catwalk thing was. xD

Yay I'm in the picture! well kind of. In the third row you can see my purple plaid shirt lol

I am Too .... haha yay! 2nd too last , its nice sitting front row .clap.

320x200 wrote:In the old thread nerf asked if they used “Rock And Roll High School” as an intro only in America or if they always use it as an intro. Nope and nope. They used it as an intro in Japan on March 21st 2010 (Music Cube) and they use different openers (check out the Everybody Say Yeah tour DVD or the First Live DVD).

Thanks 320x200 I didn't think anyone anywhere cared to notice their stage intros.

I was in the 2nd to last group to go in for the 1st M&G and I gave each member the same Ramones record http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=550357 because I thought they must like the Ramones. But I almost didn't do it after hearing their current favorite artists. The Jonas Brothers? I actually took the records back to my car but then retrieved them when I thought I should at least give one to Mami since she likes the Strokes. I ended up bringing all of the records because of the bring candy for everyone etiquette.

When I handed out the records Scandal were checking them out ooh-ing and ah-ing and even their roadie/guardian, who was sitting right next to Haruna, seemed impressed as he leaned in for a closer look and said "vintage." They all said thank you in English. I was surprised by Haruna's reaction given her favorite artists. I was pretty happy that they seemed genuinely awestruck and appreciative so I didn’t notice that Mami had said something until the translator started talking but I was only half listening. Mami said something like the Ramones were an inspiration early on in their careers. Yeah it’s true, Mami won’t let you down She always gives the most thoughtful answers. Haruna is interesting because she has the most girlie music tastes but she seems to have the most attitude and her favorite song to play, Space Ranger, is their most punky number.

So I thought maybe the Ramones records might have inspired Scandal to choose to enter onstage with Rock n Roll High School. Way cool if it did or maybe they were going to do it anyway or maybe it’s all up to the roadie to pick the music. Maybe I inspired him. Funny that they were given Sum41and the Ramones, two bands that inspired them in their early kind of punk rock days And here they’re worried that their fans will be turned off by the fast tempo of their new single.

BTW thanks noodles for clarifying that I’m not crazy because I also heard Mami say Ernie Ball yellow package instead of clear package. Also I’d just like to add that Rina said during the 1st panel that she picked up the drums out of necessity because they needed a drummer not because it was her choice. But eventually she realized that drums suited her personality anyway.

We have more pictures on the way Here's one a SHIELD member took of you.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/264204_1956865635230_1050390002_31757577_6818351_n.jpg

shuythuyshuy wrote:We have more pictures on the way Here's one a SHIELD member took of you.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/264204_1956865635230_1050390002_31757577_6818351_n.jpg

LOL at the press girl to Jade's right. She couldn't stand our hardcore w00tness during the concert