-- News 2002 --
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| December 17th 2002 : Glay One Love in Beijing will be on sale tomorrow! According to the Pony Canyon website, there are only 11 songs and that's including the opening and the ending. DVD benefit is that it includes some 'special recordings'. Next year will be a year to look forward to, since in February, Glay will be releasing 2 albums: "Glay Rare Collectives Vol.1" and "Glay Rare Collectives Vol.2", each priced at ¥2625. There are 2 CDs in each album, which makes a total of 4 CDs... looks like we should be getting our money's worth this time. 3 new tracks are included, 2 being songs for the upcoming drama 'Keiji Ichiro' titled "Shiawaseni Naru Sonotokini" and "Itsuka" which will be the theme song. The other new track is titled "17 Ans"... should be French which will mean '17 years old'. We'll see. Glay has provided us with more greeting cards we can send to people, as well as a new style on the Glay Life MasterCard. 
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| November 11th 2002 : Wow~ It's been a month since I've updated the news section. Gomennasai! Glay will be officially releasing the live they had in Beijing on DVD and VHS on December 18th. Price will be ¥5700 and it's titled "Glay One Love in Beijing Live & Document". Could this mean that they'll be adding backstage footage again?! Glay's been on quite a few magazine covers lately. There's BPass, PatiPati, Arena37 etc. Glad to see that they're back in the scene. We've missed them! 
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| October 17th 2002 : HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY TO JIRO!
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| October 10th 2002 : Video Glay 5 due in November! It's finally here after more than 2 years (since Video Glay 4). What a long wait it's been. The cover is designed by our lovely Teru and the skull was probably Hisashi's idea (my guess). If you wanna check out the cover look and the track list (which is a shocking 12), it's up in the Discography Section under Videos. The DVD version contains extra stuff like director's comments and stuff. Both DVD and VHS are priced at ¥4700. Glay will be participating in a live held in Shibuya AX called "Sakuma Samit". My guess is that it's supposed to be 'summit', but whatever. It's sponsored by NesCafe (yummy) and other people are going to perform as well, such as Glay's producer Masahide Sakuma, Cune, The Pan etc. Should be interesting... since it'll be a joint concert. Again, international fans just have to sulk. But for the fans up in Beijing, China... they'll be having the time of their lives on October 13th. The long awaited live held out of Japan is going to be in China. No offence, but why China?! Yes, yes... the diplomatic relations thing. Those lucky people in Beijing. And for people who sign up from Taiwan and Hong Kong, they get ARENA tickets, and other goodies like a TShirt, a commemorative pass and a welcome card.
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| September 13th 2002 : Today's Friday the 13th! I just realised that. Anyhow... Glay went to Beijing and met up with the president of China Mr. Jiang Zemin since Glay's concert in October is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of China and Japan's diplomatic relations. 
 First press present for the upcoming album, 'Unity Roots & Family, Away' is a set of pins/badges. Not the usual postcards or pictures... maybe Glay wants to be less 'visual' in presents and prove that not everything is based on looks?! Could be, but who can resist those good looks? The CFs for the album has also been posted up on the HSSS as well as my Main page, so go check it out.  Glay's gonna be on tons of TV programs this month to 'advertise' their new album and also on a lot of magazines, which they haven't done in a while. Can't wait to see their new image, although it looks like things haven't changed since the release of their singles. But it's something to look forward to. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO GREEDY? I've been getting emails saying "Send me all songs of Glay" or "Give me blah blah blah (listing out like a million songs)". Have those people NO SHAME? And the worst part is they don't say the magic words like "Please" or "Thank You". If people are greedy with manners, that's fine (I happily reply to those who are well mannered.)... but greedy and impolite?! To the shitter they go! On a lighter note, I still haven't gotten the One Love tour DVD yet, so I can't tell you guys if it's good or not. However, all Glay lives are good! HSSS has a new look, but I'm sure you guys have all seen it. There's still not much news so this about wraps up this update. How boring.
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| August 28th 2002 : Glay has finally released the song list and album cover for their new album 'Unity Roots & Family, Away'. It's a step away from that retro look from the One Love album and back into Mother Nature... very sleek. For the full song list and the cover jacket, check it out in my Discography section under Albums. Please note that the romanji for the song titles are subject to errors and I'll change it as I'm aware of the correct one. Old news again, but Glay will be releasing a new book end of September. Published by Kadokawa Publishing, the price is still unknown. It's sort of a continuation (if I may call it that) from their book "Yume no Chihei" since this one is titled "Yume no Kizuna" (subject to error again). This book follows Glay from New York in April 2001 till the recording of their new album Unity Roots & Family, Away.   |
August 5th 2002 : Glay are going to be releasing another long awaited new album on September 19th titled "Unity Roots & Family, Away". Strange title for a Glay album... sounds so serious, but Glay are coming up with strange titles lately (eg: Brothel Creepers?!). This album is priced at the usual ¥3059. Still no cover jacket for us to see though... soon, soon. But the cover jacket for the "One Love Dome Tour" has been released. (You can see it on the official site). It's gonna be on sale the end of this month, so get ready to use up some of that 'well earned/hard saved' money. It'll all be worth it in the end. It always is. Takuro has teamed up with Toki (I have no idea who he is, so forgive me for my ignorance!). Takuro composed the songs and I guess Toki is singing them (under the name "Stealth" I think). This single goes on sale on September 29th. You can check out the official site in my links section. Teru's Boys Only live is coming closer as is the Glorious Night Cruise. Tour goods for the cruise have been revealed and they look pretty attractive! Go look for yourself! It's the usual tourbook, badges, tshirts and stuff. As for Teru's live, he's opened up a little site of his own, so go check it out here. That about wraps this up. I've changed the featured songs on the FTP and got new PVs up. The FTP has been screwed up but it should be up and running now. If it's still screwed, post in the BBS and don't email me about it, cos I don't have time to answer you guys one by one. |
July 16th 2002 : Glay will be performing in China on October 13th 2002. The event is sponsered by JAL and is called 'One Love in Beijing' respectively. It's a diplomatic event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Japanese-Chinese relations. The press conference was held in Beijing on July 4th. click for larger image. 
 Glay will be releasing the DVD and VHS for the last show in Tokyo Dome of the One Love Dome Tour. Both the DVD and VHS will be up for grabs on August 28th for ¥5,500. I can't wait to get my hands on that since it's an entire different feeling to know I watched it live. An online shop has been opened on the official Glay site. I've checked it out and it seems like they only ship to Japan residents. What's selling? Album band scores and books... but I'm sure they'll put more stuff on later. Oh well, it's just for looking anyway to us international fans. |
June 30th 2002 : One more month till Glay's 2 new singles are released. More information has been released regarding the 2 singles, including an audio preview of "Matakokode Aimashou" and also the cover jackets for both the singles. You can sample the song on my main page or on the official Glay site. 
 Teru will be producing another 'Boys Only Night' live in Osaka on August 27th. The boys only night live last time was held in Fukuoka in 2000. Once again, he's left the screaming girl fans behind to only entertain the guys. Tickets for this event start selling on August 4th for ¥4,500 thru phone and the e+ site.  |
June 12th 2002 : Glay will be releasing 2 singles in July. First one will be on sale on July 24th titled "Matakokode Aimashou" and the C/W song for this single is composed and written by Hisashi titled "Giant Strong Faust Super Star". Number 2 single will be launched one week after on July 31st titled "Aitai Kimochi" and is the theme for the new TV drama called 'Satorare'. This single's C/W song is co-written by Hisashi with Takuro and it's composed by Takuro (naturally). It's title is "Brothel Creepers". Nothing else about the singles have been released; as in it's price, which will be around the same as the previous singles, and the cover jacket is still a mystery. What's also a mystery (to me anyway) is the song names... very strange aren't they?! 'Brothel Creepers'?! Gosh, I hope it's not referring to themselves! On a lighter note, Teru left a message on HSSS saying that Glay have finished shooting the new single's PV and also cover jacket up in Shanghai, China. It should be Glay's first time up there... and I think they liked it quite a lot. Teru's changed his look a bit. Lots of controversy and arguements have popped up in mailing lists about it. Long, blonde, permed hair is definitely not Teru's style (in my opinion... so don't be mean to me!)  |
June 8th 2002 : HAPPY 31ST BIRTHDAY TO TERU! |
May 26th 2002 : HAPPY 31ST BIRTHDAY TO TAKURO! |
May 23rd 2002 : The Glay news drought has really hit it's peak. Ever since Teru's marriage announcement, things haven't picked up too much. This is quite a bit of old news, but here it goes. Glay have a monument set up in Hokkaido's Ishikari Aoba Park. It's to commemorate the greatest mobilized tour in the history of Hokkaido... the Glay 2001 Expo. 
 Speaking of monuments... Glay will be performing in the "China Millennium Monument" event that will be held in Beijing on August 3rd 2002. HSFC members get a chance to go see them at a high price of 180,000 Yen which includes airfare and the event tickets. Only 5,000 lucky people get to go and it's at a first come first served basis. This is just the first step in bring Japan and China together! Hopefully, Glay can bring Japan together with other countries too, so that the international fans get to see them too! There's still no news about the Asia Tour. There's also no new Glay pictures. Basically, like I said, there's a major Glay drought. I hope things pick up soon... don't we all?! Meanwhile, I'm waiting patiently for my Hisashi designed BearBrick to arrive. |
April 29th 2002 : Teru got married to Ami (of Puffy) on April 28th 2002. First, let me congratulate the couple and wish them the best of luck and a lifetime together full of happiness. Teru announced his marriage in his message on Happy Swing today. This is what the message says (subject to errors since I'm bad at this translating stuff.) Everyone, how are you? [April 29th] Have to borrow this place to announce to all the supporters of Glay that... on April 28th 2002, I've gotten married to Ami Onuki. Due to our love of music in this world, we hope to continue walking down the road of music together. Right now, Glay are recording a new album, and hope you understand why we are reporting it in this way. In order to allow the songs to be brought to everyone, we ask for everyone's perserverance. Regards from TERU Thanks to `kane for correcting my last sentence! ^_^ Well, it seems like Takuro is the only bachelor left in Glay. We will have to keep a close eye on him now. But it is such great news that Teru got married. We should all be happy for him! Other than the marriage announcement, I'm glad to hear that Glay are starting to record a new album. But it will probably be awhile till it come out. Until then we will have to wait. As for the Asia tour, there is still no official news, but hopefully they will make an announcement soon. |
April 15th 2002 : This time it's Takuro's and Hisashi's time to shine. First let me announce Takuro's news. As we all know, Takuro's participated in an album with Vanessa Mae titled Flow of Soul Vol.1 ~Takuro meets Vanessa Mae~. They've opened up an official website Flow of Soul where there are previews of the songs and the full track list. Favorites include However, Zutto Futari De, Kanojo no Modern, Pure Soul... and many more. There are 12 tracks in total.  Other than Takuro collaborating with other artists, Hisashi's been getting down to business too! Hisashi's featured in Utada Hikaru's upcoming single "Sakura Drops" in the song "Letters". Unfortunately, it's not a vocal feature, but a guitar feature... naturally. It'd be cool if Hisashi was featured vocally though... right? I'm looking forward to this single to hear Hisashi's guitar playing, but I like Hikki too, so it's good both ways. Here's a link to Hikki's Official Site. The Asia tour seems to have gone quiet again. And Glay's made other plans this summer in Japan. A series of special lives which are only available to Happy Swing Fan Club, Happy Swing Members Site and Glay Phone owners. There will be a total of 10 shows starting from August 11th till September 1st 2002. That means, either the Asia tour has been cancelled (oh no!), or just pushed back. Rumors still have it that it'll be pushed back till September. I hope so... If I hear anything concrete (which I doubt will be soon), I'll make a special announcement here. |
March 25th 2002 : It seems like there has been a Glay news "drought" for awhile now. However, there's still some news here and there. This time is all about Teru. First off, Teru's regular radio program, Teru Me Night Glay, will be going off air with it's last show on March 27th. Teru Me Night has been on the air since April 5th 1995! Maybe ending the radio program will allow Teru to fully concentrate on making music and also on Glay's radio program, Glay Radio Communication. Next up is our popular Teru again! This time, he's featured as a drink specially served up in Hard Rock Cafe named the "Teru's Oolong Highball". An oolong tea flavored alcoholic drink... sounds pretty cool. Teru's the first artist to have his "own" drink in Hard Rock. Maybe next up will be the other members of Glay!? (A highball's random info: the most original highball is made with whiskey, ginger ale and ice.) |
March 4th 2002 : Way of Difference was finally released after the long wait! Glay have not failed to amaze us this time by producing 2 songs of excellent quaility. The coupling track "Sotsugyou Made Ato Sukoshi" is a great song on it's own and paired up with Ainori's theme song Way of Difference, it hit #1 on the Oricon charts the day of it's release! An all new CM for Way of Difference has been completed and will air on TV starting from March 9th in Hokkaido, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka. The international fans are left out again... but hopefully we'll get lucky! Glay HSSS has been completely renovated and now the site has never looked this good. With the color theme of green (to match Way of Difference), and total Flash effects; it's easier to navigate and the best part is that there's a fully updated English section. I guess Glay are paying more attention to the international fans. 
 Glay is participating in what will be a series of CDs that features tracks performed by famous musicians like YoYo Ma, Vanessa Mae, Ryuichi Sakamoto, etc. The first CD in the series features Takuro and Vanessa Mae, titled "Flow of Soul Vol. 1 ~Takuro meets Vanessa Mae~" due to be released on April 24th 2002, priced at 2,625Yen. Glay have teamed up with FM802 and Hard Rock Cafe in Universal Studios Osaka and are delivering a special drink called Way of Difference. This non-alcoholic drink is priced at a hefty 1,400Yen. The reason for this high price is because you get to go home with the glass the drink comes in which has a Glay and FM802 logo. A special present will be given away on a first come first serve basis and the Way of Difference PV will also be shown in Hard Rock, while you sip your drink. Sounds like a fun filled "Glay Day"! As for the boiling rumors of Glay's Asia Tour this summer, it seems as though it is confirmed already, but Glay just haven't announced it yet. Cities picked out for the Asia Tour is as follows: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing. The live in Beijing is supposed to be a diplomatic event which is to strengthen political ties between Japan and China. As soon as any official announcement is made, I'll udate in here right away. This Asia Tour just goes to prove that Glay's theme of "Global Communication" and "One Love" is definitely working.  |
February 15th 2002 : Ever since the One Love Dome Tour ended, Glay have been keeping to themselves and are being extremely quiet. Glay have stopped gracing the magazine covers, and only news of their upcoming single is being repeated over and over again on HSSS. Is something wrong?! Glay did have a few follow up shows in the North Eastern district of Japan, the "Glay Tour 2002 Special Extra Package One Love", consisting of 5 shows, which is now over. Rumors are flying around that Glay will be holding an "Asia Tour" this summer, performing in Hong Kong and China. How true this is, I am not quite sure. Also rumored, is that Glay will be releasing a singles collection during the summer, which will contain the B-side tracks from their singles. But everything is still to be official announced and confirmed. I haven't been updating as regularly as I wish, but due to the lack of Glay news, there really isn't much for me to update on. Hopefully things will pick up after Way of Difference is released in 2 weeks time. |
February 2nd 2002 : HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY TO HISASHI! |
January 30th 2002 : Not much news coming from Glay lately. But supposedly, some important announcement will be made at the beginning of February. We'll just have to wait and see what it is. For the residents of Japan, there will be a Glay Special on cable, in which Glay will be repeatedly broadcasted 24 hours a day. Those lucky people! HSSS has launched Glay Greeting Cards on their website in which you can send your friends (or yourself?) a message next to 3 different choices of Glay pictures. The card also announces Glay's upcoming single release Way of Difference. To send a card, click this link: Glay Greeting Cards |
January 16th 2002 : But for some happy news now. Starting tomorrow, the Way of Difference PV will air on Fuji TV. Still more than a month to go before Glay's release of their upcoming single Way of Difference, which will be selling for 1,260 Yen, and we're all waiting anxiously. Fortunately, Glay know the fans well and have released the title of the CW song which is "Sotsugyou Made Ato Sukoshi" and also the single jacket for us already. Nothing fancy, just a beautiful flower... jasmine, I think. Is it to welcome spring?  The One Love Dome Tour has ended, with the last show at Tokyo Dome. It was another great tour, mostly featuring songs from the new album One Love, as well as other favorites like Winter Again and of course, Shutter Speeds no Teema. I said before that I'd be giving a detailed report of the first show at Osaka Dome, but I still haven't. So I'll write it here now. All songs from the One Love album were performed, with All Standard is You as the opening song. The other songs performed were (in no particular order): Way of Difference, Winter Again, Shutter Speeds no Teema, Biri Biri Crashmen, Yuuwaku, Kuchibiru, Young Oh Oh and Survival. Teru forgot his lines during Fighting Spirit, but picked up again really fast. For Christmas Ring, torches were lighted and the atmosphere was spooky as well as romantic. During Jiro's Highway No.5, Glay played this really cute video where the members were doing all these strange things... and for Hisashi's Denki Iruka song, a video of clowns was played, with the clowns sing along to "I'm singing in the rain, it's my way..." Hisashi's guitar solo was spectacular! The frets of his LFO talbo lighted up and at the end of his solo, fireworks shot from his beloved talbo. Amazing! Jiro's solo was on a more light-hearted side, with a video of Jiro's very own band; "The Thunder Zombies". Members consisted of Jiro dressing up as Slash (Guns n Roses), Jimmy Hendrix (dreadlocks and all!) and a rapper whom should be DMX. End roll was One Love~All Standard is You~Reprise. The usual fireworks were displayed as well as a credit video of Glay in the recording studio. That about wraps up this update. Here are a few pictures taken from HSSS of the One Love Tour 2001-2002.  |
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