【連載】BAND-MAID＜10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR in NORTH AMERICA＞5月前編

■5/19 Atlanta, GA Buckhead

4日目は、ジョージア州アトランタ・Buckhead公演。BAND-MAIDがアトランタでパフォーマンスをするのは初となる。初公演でありながらSOLD OUTを記録した本公演では、BAND-MAIDを待ち侘びていたファンがこの日も開演前から長蛇の列を作るなど、フェスの余韻も冷めやらないままの大盛況で単独公演を迎えた。


前日のフェスで会場を沸かせた「One and only」「Blooming」のほか、「HATE？」も披露。小鳩ミク（G, Vo）がリードボーカルをとる楽曲には「Rock In Me」をもってくるなど、毎公演異なる多彩なセットリストでご主人様・お嬢様（ファンの呼称）へのサプライズも怠らないエンターテインメント性も彼女たちの魅力のひとつ。フェス翌日のお給仕にも関わらず、全く疲れを感じさせない熱い公演となった。




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May 19 Atlanta, GA　Buckhead
Tour stop #4 was at Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia. This marked BAND-MAID's first time performing in Atlanta. Playing to a sold-out crowd of fans who lined up for hours before the show, the excitement was palpable long before the performance started, and the band brought the fire from their Welcome to Rockville performance and poured it into their solo show, to great acclaim.



"One and only" and "Blooming" reappeared after hyping up the festival crowds from the previous show, and "HATE?" was added to the set list too. BAND-MAID's unfailing talent for charming their masters and princesses (fans) and skill as entertainers was on full display, with the ever-changing set list supplemented by surprises like MIKU Kobato taking lead vocals on "Rock In Me" for an okyuji from this tireless band that was just as fiery as their music festival performance the day before.

JAPANESE TEXT ＆ PHOTO FG5
TRASLATION Natalie S. Hadjiloukas