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Rufus in-store live report
Yesterday I dropped by Tower Records Shinjuku for Rufus' in-store mini-live. Rufus (alias of the solo unit of Ueda Shūhei) played a special acoustic set, accompanied by with the three members of Wednesday, which seems to be his regular live band.
At first the live space was rather empty, and watchers were asked several times to come closer to the small stage where the four guys sat, but as the show progressed the place got a bit crowded.
They played a total of 5 songs, and there was a short interview after the first two. They were very good musicians, and Rufus' soulful vocals are great and his English pronounciation not bad (all of his songs are sung in English). The songs sounded pretty good "unplugged". Before the last song, the lead guitarist broke a string, and there was no time for him to fix it, so he just switched his guitar with Rufus' (who does rhythm).
Set list: ? (song from New Arrival e.p.) / Eddie The Extreme (Remix) / Long Distance / Dance With Me / The Amicable Suit
Once the show was over, I hesitated a bit with the older mini-album "introdufus", and ended up buying the 4-song "New Arrival e.p.". Unfortunately I had already bought the latest album "Long Distance" at HMV a while ago, so I couldn't get an autograph or the sticker being given away.
Rufus will play a full set in Tokyo on September 10 at Shibuya O-Nest, at the Utrecht release party.
After leaving Tower, I went to Takashimaya, and 5 foreigners, who were either models or nuts (I suspect the former), walked out of the 1st floor main entrance wearing sort of jinbei made of newspaper... One person with them had a camera and took pictures of them lined-up. I didn't take a picture but I, and many other amused watchers, wondered what that was about.
Posted on August 4, 2006 at 12:29 | Tweet
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