X JAPAN’s VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT–Powered by Rakuten
Over 100,000 Music Fans Gather For First-Annual Event Marking The Largest Rock Festival for 2016 in Japan
October 24, 2016 –
More than 105,000 music fans joined the iconic rock group X JAPAN October 14-16 Friday, October 14, Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16) as they headlined all three nights of the first-ever VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT festival at Makuhari-Messe outside Tokyo, Japan. Now, the largest three-day festival in Japan for 2016, VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT celebrates a Japanese music movement called “Visual Kei”–a fusion of Western rock and punk with Eastern culture, Kabuki theatrics and anime. Pioneered by the recently reunited X JAPAN and heavily influenced by David Bowie, the Sex Pistols and KISS, “Visual Kei” translates to “psychedelic crime of visual shock” and its purpose as an artistic movement is pushing forward the “freedom to express anything” in a reserved society. Gene Simmons of KISS made a surprise appearance to perform “Rock ‘n’ Roll All Nite” at the festival which marks the first-time ever these stadium bands including GLAY, Luna Sea and over 50 acts gathered in one place in what will become an annual event.
