Battle-worn fighters, angry seas, stranded ships and dazzling waterfalls. Oh, and an imprisoned man who says “I am not the hero you seek.”
05.08.2022 - 17:43 / variety.com
Vivienne Chow Hong Kong boy band Mirror has pulled out of Japan’s Summer Sonic festival, organizers confirmed, while investigations continue into last week’s horrific incident that severely injured two dancers on stage during a live concert in their hometown.Summer Sonic announced on Friday that the 12-piece group has canceled the performance at the festival’s Tokyo Pacific Stage, originally scheduled for Aug. 20, “due to unforeseen circumstances.”“We sincerely apologize to all of you and hope to have the opportunity to participate again,” a comment from Mirror cited in Summer Sonic’s statement.The news follows a tragic incident on July 28, when a giant LED screen hanging above the stage fell and struck 27-year-old dancer “Mo” Lee Kai-yin in the head during Mirror’s concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
Another dancer, Chang Tsz-fung, 29, was also seriously injured while trying to move the heavy screen away from Lee. The concert, which was the fourth of a 12-concert series, was suspended right away and the two dancers were rushed to the hospital.
Battle-worn fighters, angry seas, stranded ships and dazzling waterfalls. Oh, and an imprisoned man who says “I am not the hero you seek.”
The 1975 performed their 2020 song ‘Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)’ live for the first time in Osaka, Japan last night (August 21) – you can watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.The four-piece made their live return at Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo on Saturday (August 20), where they performed a new song titled ‘I’m In Love With You’.The band then moved on to Osaka last night to play the second leg of Summer Sonic. During their 18-song set, The 1975 performed ‘Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)’ – which featured on their fourth studio album ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ – live for the first time.You can watch fan-shot footage of the debut performance of ‘Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)’ below.You can see The 1975’s Osaka setlist below (via setlist.fm).‘If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)’‘Love Me’‘Chocolate’‘Me & You Together Song’‘TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME’‘It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)’‘Paris’‘Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)’‘Happiness’‘Robbers’‘A Change Of Heart’‘I’m In Love With You’‘Somebody Else’‘Love It If We Made It’‘People’‘The Sound’‘Sex’‘Give Yourself A Try’The 1975 will headline Reading & Leeds Festival this weekend.
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The 1975 made their live return in Japan, playing the first of two gigs as part of the Summer Sonic Festival – watch them debut a new song called ‘I’m In Love With You’ below.The gigs mark the band’s first live shows since they performed in Dublin in March 2020, and come ahead of a last-minute pair of headline gigs at Reading & Leeds (August 26-28), where they’ve replaced Rage Against The Machine, who were forced to pull out due to injury.Across their 16-song set, the band played tracks from all four of their studio albums, as well as two cuts from forthcoming LP ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, which is due out on October 14 via Dirty Hit/Polydor.One of the songs given a live debut was new single ‘Happiness’, with an unreleased, anthemic track called ‘I’m In Love With You’ – confirmed to be on the ‘Being Happy…’ tracklist – also performed.
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