Hot Japanese band Vamps are coming to New York City, and twi-ny has a pair of free tickets to give away
Roseland Ballroom
239 West 52nd St. between Broadway & Eighth Ave.
Saturday, October 9, $35 ($47.20 including all fees), 8:00
212-777-6800
www.roselandballroom.com
www.myspace.com/vampsofficial
Singer and guitarist Hyde of l’Arc~en~Ciel and guitarist K.A.Z. of Oblivion Dust had been collaborating for several years, but when they finally decided to get together and form their own band, the goth-metal outfit Vamps, it sent shockwaves through the Japanese music industry. Huge pop stars in their home country, Vamps will be making a brief U.S. tour in October, playing shows in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, highlighting their latest record, BEAST (Avex Trax, July 2010), which features such heavy tunage as “Devil Side,” “Angel Trip,” “Euphoria,” ”Revolution,” and “Rumble.” Strongly influenced by such 1980s American groups as Mötley Crüe and Cheap Trick, they’ll also dip into their 2009 eponymously tilted debut record, which includes such metal madness as “Love Addict” (“Hey! Keep on rolling baby I want to explode / Oh yes, need you darling with the growling exhaust note”), “Vampire Depression,” “Redrum,” and the instant classic “Sex Blood Rock n’ Roll.”
Vamps will be at Roseland on October 9, with tickets going for $47.20 apiece (including all fees), but twi-ny has one pair to give away for free, courtesy of our good friends at New York-Tokyo. To enter, send your name and daytime phone number to contest@twi-ny.com no later than Sunday, October 3, at 12 noon. All entrants must be at least twenty-one years of age, and employees of Roseland, New York-Tokyo, and This Week in New York are not eligible. One winner will be selected at random. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see one of Japan’s hottest exports!