BABYMETAL

Here is a riddle for you all to consider: What is cute as a basket of puppies, addictive as a bag of chocolates, and as entertaining as a Chinese finger trap (maybe even more). The answer is BABYMETAL.
I was referred to their YouTube channel by a friend. Then the magic truly began. I was watching their music videos day and night, (in a non-creepy way, considering SU-METAL is older than me by a lot) and then I was compelled to learn Japanese, which in my mind is serious dedication. I then continued to watch their lives on YouTube (most in horrible quality), reviews, and dance covers made by other fans. I am glad I am not the only stalker on the Internet. I then asked myself a question: "It would TOTALLY be worth it to go to one of these, right?" I then begged my relative who lives abroad to let me go to the BABYMETAL birthday celebration of YUI-METAL in Paris, and later MOA-METAL's in Cologne.
I completely blew all of my summer's spending money, but to me, nothing was more worth the money than to see those girls and Kami-Band in the live performance.
When I finally got to the floor of both of those theatres, I had a huge adrenaline spike. It was hard for me to even breathe. The music fusion of J-Pop and Metal, the in-sync-ness of the whole experience, the fans. It was too much to absorb. I would recommend the BABYMETAL experience to anyone who wants to go on a fox-ride of an adventure, like the one I am experiencing now. But to put it shortly, I'll say this: BABYMETAL is coming. And you are next.

I'm a huge fan of BABYMETAL and was looking forward to the show. Although the quality of their actual performance was pretty good, I took issue with a few things that night. First of all, the line to get into the venue (Regency Ballroom) was over three blocks long and it moved very slowly. It took us over an hour to get inside. Fortunately, we got in a few minutes before the show started, but the place was very crowded (it was sold out) and difficult to see the stage. My girlfriend is only 5'2" tall, and she could not see the band at all. They should raise the stage a bit to help with this problem. It did not help that the ventilation is quite poor--it got very hot and stuffy with all those hundreds of people. It felt like a health hazard! Not fun to stand around in all night! The show itself was only about an hour and a half, which is short in my opinion, especially since there was no warm up band. They never played some of my favorite songs as a result. They did one encore. I had never been to the Regency Ballroom, and I don't think I will go back unless they improve some of the things I mentioned. The next time I see BABYMETAL, I will be more choosy about the venue!

This was my first time seeing Babymetal. Our Tucson, Arizona show was decent, and I was very excited to see the act. However, I felt a little underwhelmed when the show was over. I think my biggest complaint was the set length. The set list was only about an hour long. At the end, they just left the stage. No encore, no "we love you guys, Tucson is the best!", nothing. The crowd stayed around for a minute, wondering, "is this really it?" I kinda felt jipped. The saving grace for the event was the opening act. I'd never heard of Avatar before this show, and I didn't YouTube any of their music prior to the show. I thought they were a little silly at first, with the outfits and face paint and voice style and everything, but in the end, I enjoyed Avatar a lot. Sadly, more than the Babymetal act. Would I see Babymetal again? Yes, but I'd be going in with lowered expectations. Would I see Avatar again? Absolutely, and with deserved high expectations.

A great show!!

It was far from flawless, there were sound problems throughout the night and it seemed to take the sound engineer a while to sort the levels out but as a show it was spectacular with a walkway from the main stage to a separate small stage in the middle of the floor. The lighting was on a huge scale, reminiscent of the likes of AC/DC and Iron Maiden, with plenty of Rammstein-esque pyrotechnics.

The audience were a complete mix, from metal-heads and J-pop lovers and everything in between with an age range of five to 75 and from many nationalities. I counted at least 10 different national flags!! The one thing most noticeable, though, was that everyone was there to enjoy themselves and it was evident from the Kami Band as well as the girls themselves. At the end of the last song, Road to Resistance, all three seemed reluctant to finally leave the stage.

For an evening of pure fun and enjoyment Babymetal are very hard to beat.

Sold out/general admission so we were almost 2 hours early (to have dinner and get in line). But the line was already around the entire building. There was the craziest diversity: anime girls in full costume followed by tattooed death metal guys in Megadeth t-shirts followed by conservative Asian dad with 6 year old girl in pigtails and then the wife and I (who just had to see it in person after seeing their videos on youtube). The people watching was great. It turned out to be a real high octane show that fully held my attention the entire time. It was worth our time. The band kicks ass. The girls are amazing. It was unlike anything we have ever seen. Great time.

First time I'd been privileged enough to see the girls perform, when they were dancing in front of the red wall, just blew my mind took me back a long time to bands back in the 70s/80s. Wembley is a great place because although so many other fans there, you still felt really close to the girls which added to the memory. The four men playing the instruments were the work force making the girls what they are brilliant...dazed after the concert was over, I only had about 60, miles to drive, I forgot the route it took us nearly 2, hours or more to get home, but didn't we all remained entranced by the sound & sights in front of that redwall

So the Babymetal concert was a fantastic show. The songs, the choreography, the lightshow, all were brilliant. I didn't even really mind the addition of two new dancers that much. The Kami Band was of course excellent.

However, missing one member of the original line-up (Yui) made the show feel distinctly un-Babymetal-like. The 'kawaii' that made the act so endearing in the first place is missing without the trio of girls. Not that they can't be allowed to grow up, but they're a team, and the interaction of the three of them is noticably missing.

Overall, very worth the trouble to see. Just...different from earlier Babymetal.

All of the videos I've seen for Babymetal are good, but they don't do the band justice. The girls are great, full of energy and put on an awesome show, and the guys playing the instruments are very talented as well.
It was a very heavy, intense concert.

The only downside to my experience was I picked a bad place to stand and had a hard time seeing them. But that was my own fault. When you go to their show, you definitely want to be able to see them while they're performing.

I would highly recommend everybody see Babymetal live. I know I'll be eagerly waiting for their next tour!

Stunning, amazing, breathtaking... I don't know which word to use to describe it the best. Such a great and professional performance from Babymetal, I just can't praise them enough. The feel you get from seeing them perform in person has a completely different vibe to it than just listening to them on Youtube. Everyone in crowd was going wild, everyone there shared the same love for the band and that made it even better!

Fantastic show! The lead singer is a pretty good singer and does NOT lip synch! The girls are fun to watch and full of energy.The backing metal band is spectacular!
It was great to see a wider variety of fans than at a standard metal show. I also loved seeing all the standard fans embracing such a novel idea.
Would definitely see them again!