Ranking Every B’z Song’s Chances for Pleasure 2018
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B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- will serve to commemorate the band’s thirtieth anniversary on the music scene and will culminate with a pair of performances to mark the exact date, on September 21 and 22. This is their tenth Pleasure outing in all—a moniker given to non-album tours that essentially serve the purpose of playing their best output without regard for a single era or recent release.
As part of a series of articles discussing the band’s catalogue to date, we are looking at which signature tracks we expect to hear on the live stage this year as well as those we think are probably not going to make an appearance. Additionally, we’ve taken guesses as to which lesser-heard songs may or may not make their way onto the setlist as well. Several different factors were weighed in judging each song’s chances, including how recently they’ve been performed, how recently they’ve made their way to home video, and the general unlikelihood certain songs would appear.
Naturally, this list is ultimately all conjecture. B’z always pack surprises into their setlists and we expect this year will be no different. Be sure to read beyond the break to see our Pleasure 2018 rankings for every song in the B’z catalogue!
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I like to see they presented more than 30 songs on the stadium shows, shame it’s unlikely.
I went to Pleasure 1997, 2008, 2013, and will attend 2018 twice at Nissan Stadium.
In 2008 went to both Action and Pleasure, thus observed this pattern:
B’z made sure not to repeat any songs for both Action and Pleasure,
since both tours took place in the same calendar year.
Please take a look at Action and Pleasure 2008 set lists.
In B’z live Dinosaur (which I also went), the following non-Dinosaur-album songs were played:
孤独のRunaway
Fireball
Don’t Leave Me
Motel
赤い河
イチブトゼンブ
DIVE
ultra soul
BANZAI
If B’z elect the same logic of not repeating any songs in two same-year tours,
then we know the above 9 songs won’t be played at Hinotori.
Will you be attending Hinotori?
Thanks for your continued support and your valuable comments!
We will join the HINOTORI tour for the 9/21 show at Ajinomoto Stadium. Some of my friends will also be attending other shows on the tour.
Cheers,
Tobias